I got flogged here less than 24 hours ago for suggesting Giggs still had some game left in him.
Good to know I've been vindicated.
Good to know I've been vindicated.
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does not matter who we meet. just glad to be in the quarters.
PSG, Barca or Real Madrid, please. I want to see Messi, Ronaldo or Zlatan have their way with our defense.
If we somehow pull through against those teams we deserve to win the whole thing.
If we somehow pull through against those teams we deserve to win the whole thing.
Mata behind Rooney would be a huge waste. When we'd lose the ball I'd expect Rooney to end up dropping so deep that when Mata does get the ball Rooney will basically be next to/behind him and it'd just be pass, pass, pass cross.
What I've been saying all along.....it's the players, not Moyes
Great result, delighted we're through to the next round!
Great to be through. Most pleasing aspect was the level of desire was much improved, we have to replicate that in other games if we want to get back on track generally.
I'm glad my fears about getting exposed on the counter weren't confirmed. Giggs was very influential actually. I was concerned when we started to drop deep in the second half, I thought we were inviting unnecessary pressure. Hope RVP isn't seriously injured, had a very good game. Have to mention De Gea too, arguably our most important player.
I'm glad my fears about getting exposed on the counter weren't confirmed. Giggs was very influential actually. I was concerned when we started to drop deep in the second half, I thought we were inviting unnecessary pressure. Hope RVP isn't seriously injured, had a very good game. Have to mention De Gea too, arguably our most important player.
Would love Real or Barca. I mean....we're not going to win it...and will probably go out in the next round, so it might as well be a glamour tie...bring it on
PSG, Chelsea, or Madrid for me.So..
Barcelona, Madrid, Bayern, PSG, Chelsea, Dortmund or Atletico?
I reckon we'd be chomping at the bit to get revenge on Madrid.
Dunphy is getting his just dessert.
Carragher 
Eamon Dunphy is getting destroyed.
Any news on rvp
King Kenny is tearing him a new butthole.
But then by that logic the losses have been down to the players as well? We came out with a simple game plan today, there was no fancy interchanging or this trequartista crap, simple tactics and the players did well.
It's absolutely fantastic.
"Kroos isn't a midfielder, and can't get games in Bayern"
"He is a midfielder, and does get plenty of games"
What's he saying?
If we're conservative in the next transfer window - a leftback, and a central midfielder
If we go along with expectations - a leftback, a central midfielder, another midfielder, or a winger
We'll be fine.
If we go along with expectations - a leftback, a central midfielder, another midfielder, or a winger
We'll be fine.
But then Kenny did say that Smalling, Januzaj, Jones and Rafael would all start for a CL winning team, did he not? Where are Giles and Brady anyway? They usually shut Dunphy up a bit more than Kenny can.
Basically that we have a very poor team, with only De Gea, Jones, and Rooney are good enough to win a CL in the future. That We don't have the money to attract top players, and that it's all fergies fault.
Did he? I thought he just argued that they're more than good enough to be considered good building blocks for Utd, where as Dunphy was saying they weren't good enough.
For me it was just clear that certain players had a point to prove and for once were ready to up their performance in terms of personal pride. It was still a game which could have gone either way. At the end of the day it was a good game for Moyes but more than anything I felt it was a players performance we werent all that cohesive or fluent but they got the job done and a star player won us the game. Moyes will get plaudits for this result and to a degree he deserves some of it but after all the critics about laying blame at the players I got the feeling they felt they had to prove a point to everyone.
Maybe...I thought Dunphy asked who would get into a CL winning side. Maybe not.
That's exactly what i thought.
Shut up Randall
Talk sport says rvp injury not serious
No, Rooney has before and will stay up top when asked too.
I had no faith, delighted to be proved wrong. I hope to God that Moyes' Man Utd keep proving me wrong too.
So many players looked like their old selves tonight: Antonio Valencia took a man on, Carrick dribbled in the middle of the park, Rooney played through balls, Van Persie was razor sharp. Even Fletch when he came on looked well up for it.
Special mention to De Gea. When you have him between the sticks, you'll always be able to weather a few storms.
So many players looked like their old selves tonight: Antonio Valencia took a man on, Carrick dribbled in the middle of the park, Rooney played through balls, Van Persie was razor sharp. Even Fletch when he came on looked well up for it.
Special mention to De Gea. When you have him between the sticks, you'll always be able to weather a few storms.
I don't care what happened in the season so far, don't care about the details of the game, that was FECKING EPIC!!!
Haven't had this feeling for a while now.
Haven't had this feeling for a while now.
just saw this. no it would have been the wrong time
Love that feeling
I bet you didn't even enjoy the game
As I said if you even bothered to read it, my first preference was for United to go through, so I did enjoy it. I can't help but feel it's a bad result for United long-term, but hey ho.
And relax! The first 70 mins were great wrt commitment, fight, desire and so on. RvP finally found his shooting boots, and Roney finally looked like he knew how to play with him. The last 20 was panic mode but we've done that under Fergie too rally though not against such crappy opposition.
His third goal from free kick was so nicely executed too. Very happy for him. Hopefully his injury was minor
It's not much about him did well as a late sub. His role was to keep the ball around the corner flag to get corners and keeping the ball in their half as much as possible. Something any kids can do.
Just got home, that was pretty darn good.
And I have to say, having been moved from East 2 for the game, the away fans in the SE quadrant have a pretty excellent view! Wouldn't be against sitting them more often! Stick the away fans in tier 3!
And I have to say, having been moved from East 2 for the game, the away fans in the SE quadrant have a pretty excellent view! Wouldn't be against sitting them more often! Stick the away fans in tier 3!
wow, wasn't expecting us to go through, but great work by the lads. Missed the game, but hopefully we played well at the same time
We played better and with alot more spirit which was pleasing. Great result but we will have to improve again to get any further. I think Dortmund is our best chance of going through..
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