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5th February 2012, 18:52
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DDG - 7 - 1 world class save
Rafael - 9 - Was absolutely brillaint. MOM maybe but subbed early. Evans - 7 - Solid Rio - 6 - I thought he was pretty average today. Evra - 4 - Young - 6 - Back after a lay off.Did ok. Good squad player. Carrick - 6.5 - Giggs - 7 - 10 poor balls but he always get that one or two which in the end is the difference Valencia - 6 - His poorest performance since back from injury.Expected him to tear Bosingwa a new one. Rooney - 6 + 1 - for 2 goals.How many times did he mess up in the last third Welbeck - 7 - Worked hard. Scholes - 7 - Composure Hernandez - 6 - Goal |
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5th February 2012, 18:55
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DDG - nervy in the first half but some cracking saves at the end
Rafael - brilliant. Cracking performance, got everything right especially defensively. MOTM. Evans - I thought he played well again, unlucky with the goal. Rio - back to the Rio of 2004, but without the pace. Evra - liability Young - rusty, tentative Carrick - excellent Giggs - erratic but important Valencia - never in the game Rooney - rusty, ropey Welbeck - lively, some smart passing and movement Scholes - Paul Scholes Hernandez - offside, offside, scored the moral winner, offside |
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5th February 2012, 19:05
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DDG - 7 Couldn't really fault him on the goals, world class save at the end
Rafael - 8 best of a weak bunch... would have rather seen Evra go off, keep it up lad Evans - 5 Unlucky on the OG, but dodgy at other times as well... plays better with Smalling. Rio - 4 Can no longer be considered an automatic choice when fit Evra - 4 Would like to see Fabio get a few games, maybe he needs a break. Young - 6 Thrown in at the deep end, did ok, may need a few games before we see him at his best. Carrick - 6 Poor first 60mins, but did step up when counted upon. Giggs - 7 Always looking to try things even when they didn't always work, great cross. Valencia - 6 Has been playing so well of late, so this was a bit of a disappointment, but great tackle on Torres late on, when the Lady boy could have killed us off. Rooney 5 + 1 for each Peno so 7 Not a great game, but clutch when he had to be. Welbeck 7 Pure hard work and great running. Scholes 6 I thought he was quite poor, too many passes went astray in good positions... but he gets a 6 because of the confidence he brought when he came on, it raised the game of those around him. Hernandez 8.5 Changed the game when he came on, scored what could be a key goal in the race. Someone was saying that over the past 18 months, he's scored twice as many headers as Carroll (and that included Carroll's time at Newcastle... that can't be right, can it?) Fergie 9 For all the stick he took after the Liverpool game, his subs today were spot on and stole us a point... now I wonder what he really thinks about Rio? |
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5th February 2012, 20:05
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DDG 8 - got better as the match went on
Rafael 8 - impressive display Evans 6 - some super defending in amongst some careless play, unlucky with the own goal Rio 5 - unconvincing Evra 5 - yet more defensive errors but did win a penalty Young 6 - erratic. Shots were reasonably good, crosses disappointing Carrick 8 - impressive Giggs 6 - gave the ball away cheaply but came up with another assist Valencia 6 - some nice touches but alarmingly quiet overall Rooney 7 - heavily involved, some good play especially driving forward in the 2nd half, touch let him down a few times Welbeck 7 - good performance overall Scholes 5 - gave the ball away too often Hernandez 7 - got a goal, decent link play, poor shot when well placed Park 6 - only a few mins |
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5th February 2012, 20:06
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DDG - Much betterer...except for one incident near the start when he muscled himself impressively to the ball...and then pansy patted it away like some kind of wimpering badminton player.
Rafael - Berbatouch Evans - According to Johnny Evans' brain, whenever Fernando Torres isn't in direct possession of the football, he doesn't actually exist. Rio - For the first goal, he lost his man, and then instead of compensating by getting into a position to deal with anything, just sort of stood there. For the second goal, he ran off beyond the near post, forcing Rafael and Evans to mark three people between them, in order to, well, just stand there, marking no one...and then for the third goal, he lost his man again and shouldered the ball into his own net. Sort it the fuck out Rio. Evra - How on earth can you let someone beat you to the line when you're already stood on the sodding line? Young - The king of stupid football. He's petrified of his left foot, and yet he never runs or cuts inside, he always runs down the line and then has to cut back on to his right...and he doesn't do it in one movement either. He stops, cuts back, stops again, cuts back a few more times, and then puts the cross in. By this time (providing everyone else hasn't already finished playing and gone home), the defenders are all behind the ball and the strikers have their backs to goal, completely defeating the point in him running behind the fullback in the first place. He does it nearly every fucking time. Carrick - He was better on the ball than anyone else in midfield other than Scholes, but then this was easy as Scholes was brilliant where as everyone else probably managed about 3 succesful passes between them. Giggs - Plenty of surging runs followed by passing the ball to Liam Miller's evil and probably offside twin. Then stood up and delivered when it mattered. Not dissimilar to Rooney. Valencia - We mostly got the ball out to him far too slowly. Chelsea had two people doubling up behind Bosingwa most of the time. The few times he did beat his man, he had to take them all out by running on the inside to play a give and go, and then he kept getting the ball played back onto his left foot, which is just a hologram of a real foot. Rooney - Wasteful at times, but he stood up. He was on the ball and driving at people all the time, and those were two fecking good penalties for someone who's been spooning them recently. Yeah, he should be scoring them, but Ruud was mentally tough and one of the best penalty takers around, and look what happened when he fucked a meaningless one up in a Charity Shield game. Welbeck - He was great first half. Disappeared from the game a bit when we changed our shape. My Superior Ginger Liege - For those who called this desperate...we'd probably be out of the title race now if we didn't re-sign him. Name one player we could have bought in January who'd have been nearly as effective in the situation we're in now. Hernandez - He managed to get caught offside before I'd even noticed he'd been subbed on. Fergie - He picks daft teams, but today was a summary of why he's the best in the business. 3-0 down and defending like shite and I'm thinking "we'll still win this" David Luiz - I've been critical since he appeared, but thought he was amazing today...he managed to defend nearly averagely despite spending the entire game sat in the stand behind United's dugout...presumably controlling himself with a Playstation remote. Howard Webb - Spent the first half inside a time warp which was five seconds behind reality. Also seemed to become confused and invent a reason to stop the game whenever the ball was in open play for more than 15 seconds. Chelsea fans - Spent the game booing Rio Ferdinand due to issues relating to the colour of his skin, and then fucked off from a great game 5 minutes early because their injury hit team had the audacity to only be drawing with the champions of England. Stamford Bridge - Why did it start melting about half way through the game? Moral draws - They're better than moral victories because they don't involve you losing the game and having a player rightfully sent off. Defending like a bunch of halfwit six year olds - Stop it. |
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5th February 2012, 21:17
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5th February 2012, 21:31
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DDG...8...not bad, amazing save at the death
Rafael...8...best defender Evans...6...we all know torres is shit jonny, doesnt mean you can totaal ignore him! Rio...6...probably his final season as guarenteed starter Evra...5...get your act together son Young...5...meh Giggs...7...wasteful with the ball but class when it counts Carrick...8...composed under pressure Valencia...6...did his best, marked out of it very well Welbeck...6...disapointing Rooney...8.5...two excellent pens, wasteful at times but so refreshing to see him running at defenders like the rooney of old. Soooooper scholsey...8.5... Just for being scholsey Chico...8.5...fucking loves playing cska fulham. |
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5th February 2012, 21:40
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DDG - 8 - kept us in it at the end with 1 stunning save
Rafael - 9 - MOM, won every tackle, the only defender sturrige couldn't fool with his trickery Evans - 7 - Solid game Rio - 6 - Average game Evra - 4 - Poor defensively Young - 5 - Didn't provide much, dived Carrick - 7 - Consistent, worked hard Giggs - 7 - some excellent play, some not so. good effort Valencia - 6 - boswingas had him in his back pocket. predictable Rooney - 7 - good pens Welbeck - 7 - done ok, created pens Scholes - 7 - set the tempo Hernandez - 6 - Goal |
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5th February 2012, 21:41
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De Gea - Nervous, then grew in confidence. I love when he tries to look cool after making a matchwinning save, and end up looking like a narcotic influenced animal of some kind. Possibly a platipus.
Rafael - Spot on throughout. Evans - One spazm pass, and one loss of concentration, but unlike Evra and Ferdinand, wasn't to blame for any goals. Rio - What the fuck. Looked(and played) like a narcotic influenced animal of some kind. Definately a platipus. Evra - He's lost his ability to not get skinned one-on-one, luckily Sturridge didn't really catch on to this, even after getting a free goal from challenging him. Valencia - Looked purposeful, but wasn't getting any kind of service. Got more space when shunted to right back. Carrick - Possibly our best player on the pitch. Does his job. Giggs - Had a horribly inconsistant first half, but stood up to be counted when we chased the game. Great ball for Hernandez. Young - Well, we should have played Park. Dived, lost the ball, and managed to get outpaced by Ivanovic, despite actually beating him for pace. Go figure. Rooney - Ran our comeback effort, and buried two penalties under unbelievable pressure. A fucking winner, eh Mike? Somewhat sloppy at times. Welbeck - Ran the line quite well, did okay as a winger - was fouled one on one by Cahill, which should've yielded a red card, then cheated his way to a penalty, which probably should've yielded a red card for Ivanovic. Rooney(twice) and Giggs both had fine opportunities to play him through on goal, but wasted it. Scholes - Stop it. Seriously, is it even possible? I swear he gets better, at one point he even won a sliding tackle. Unbelievably good at football. His laser guided cross-field passes are back. Valencia likes this. Hernandez - Better at his link-up play. Set up Welbeck for the second pen, set up a couple of very decent Rooney chances, scored a predator's finish to equalize. Probably should've started, forced Chelsea to defend deep Park - Ran. Webb - Shite match. When is everyone going to realize that he isn't actually a very good ref? Always fucks up United-Chelsea, and did so again. Had he given Cahill his deserved red card, we would probably have won this match 6-3. Gave us a penalty we shouldn't have, and then bottled the straightforward decision which should've followed that decision, to send off Ivanovic. David Luiz - He is a terrible centre back. Outshone in the shite CB-stakes by Rio today. Launched the ball into a Rooney facing the goal twice in the first half, entirely random too. Lost Hernandez for the goal. Gary Cahill - Are you sure this is a good idea, Villas-Boas? I mean, I know Terry has been shite this season, but signing a CB who was a liability for fecking Bolton? Chelsea supporters - Shameful. Chelsea as a team - Average. How we managed to go 3-0 behind them is almost not possible to imagine. Should've gone at them from the beginning, that would've won us this fairly easily. Not giving them a three goal headstart would do nicely though. |
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5th February 2012, 22:39
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6th February 2012, 03:08
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6th February 2012, 03:13
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I was travelling so never got to see the game and when I got on the plane I just saw we were 2 don and thought 'bollox, game over' only to land a few hours later and see on my iPhone that it was 3-3 ..... sounds like it was an amazing 2nd half? Can anybody please PM me a link where I can either download the match or watch or replay stream? Is that possible?
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6th February 2012, 07:57
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DDG - 7 - 1 bloody brilliant save but still looked shaky and didn't inspire confidence.
Rafael - 8 - did well Evans - 7 - couldn't do much for the OG, played reasonably well otherwise Rio - 6 - not bad Evra - 5 - still seems the weakest link defensively Young - 6 - quiet game, looked threatening at times Carrick - 7.5 - made a lot of interceptions, but needn't offer much offensively Giggs - 6 - had his moments, but a lot of misplaced passes Valencia - 7.5 - lively, looked dangerous, did well when dropped back to RB Rooney - 7 - general play was good but lacked an end product Welbeck - 7 - also lively, made some good runs and should've had an early pen Scholes - 6 - inspired confidence but by his standards, some misplaced passes Hernandez - 6.5 - did what he does, made runs and grabbed a goal, but generally not fantastic. |
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6th February 2012, 08:03
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6th February 2012, 08:23
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DDG - 7
Rafael - 8 Evans - 6 - I thought Evans was pretty average. What was he doing toward the end of the game when he just stood there pointing with Torres unmarked behind him? Rio - 6 Evra - 5 Young - 5 Carrick - 7 Giggs - 6 Valencia - 7 Rooney - 7 Welbeck -6 Scholes - 7 Hernandez - 6 |
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6th February 2012, 09:33
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6th February 2012, 11:02
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You need to make this a regular thing again Noodle... super stuff.
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6th February 2012, 11:24
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Not a fan of Young then Noodle. Good read. DDG - 7. "Solid" isn't a word I normally associate with him, but he mostly was bar his punching. Super save. Rafael - 7.5. Strangely subbed despite being nigh on perfect. Evans - 7. Meh. Nothing he could do about his OG. Rio - 6.5. Poor marking on the day really. Evra - 6. Liability defensively. What on earth was he doing for the Evans OG. Young - 5. Woeful. One decent shot followed by safe passes, multiple attempts to beat his man that never worked and generally doing nothing. Only back from injury though, tbf. Not a patch on Valencia or Nani. Carrick - 7.5. On form. Not his best, a few misplaced passes but still made great interceptions. Giggs - 6. Dodgy. The usual flicks and crazy passes, didn't pay off today. Valencia - 6. Read like a book by Bosingwa today. Grow a left foot please Antonio. Rooney - 8. MoTM! Far from perfect, but he led the team in the 2nd half, two super penalties and surging runs. Welbeck - 7. Workhorse, great runs, bit of a dive. Scholes - 7. God. Hernandez 6.5 - Mr. Offside. Scored a goal. |
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6th February 2012, 13:27
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6th February 2012, 19:03
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I just don't really get what the point in him as a left winger is. All he ever fecking does is cut back and allow the defenders to get behind the ball and force our own strikers to turn. Look at the third goal yesterday, if that had been Young instead of Giggs, he'd have probably cut back about five times, then swung a cross in with his right foot from the corner of the box, which would have drifted off for a goal kick. |
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6th February 2012, 19:38
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