North Korean levels of propaganda
That photoshop from Marca is unbelievable. Embarrassingly desperate.
Can someone check the article and make sure they didn't bullshit about the result
Manchester United vs Real Madrid (Pre-season Friendly)
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Can someone check the article and make sure they didn't bullshit about the result
Sorry man, we just disagree and that's that (looks like I'm not the only one to do so here either). Honestly you come off as a bit of a troll, calling people scousers simply because they are happy that we are doing well this preseason. Compared to last preseason and what that foreshadowed, they have had plenty to be happy for.
Maybe Real Madrid wasn't playing as hard as they could have been, but you know what, that's all on them. It doesn't take anything away from United. And just so you know, these games aren't worthless or meaningless. In addition to all the typical money made from adverts and such, the winner of this tournament gets $1 million for winning. Might not seem like alot, but it might have been just enough to keep a FFP investigation off of RM next year.
So I'm a troll now because I'm viewing things differently? And yes, with the excitement going on around here, the scousers comment isn't far off because it's exactly what United fans laugh about when it comes to Liverpool. I simply have different expectations or let's say it takes more for me to get excited. I'm not ready to be extremely happy now just to get disappointed later. It's kinda like people trashing a player one day and then praising him the next, you go from one extreme to the other instead of taking a wait-and-see approach. I'm happy we're actually playing football again, but I need consistent performances against real competition. Like I said before, in last season's game against Swansea, the first day of the BPL, we actually looked decent.Sorry man, we just disagree and that's that (looks like I'm not the only one to do so here either). Honestly you come off as a bit of a troll, calling people scousers simply because they are happy that we are doing well this preseason. Compared to last preseason and what that foreshadowed, they have had plenty to be happy for.
Maybe Real Madrid wasn't playing as hard as they could have been, but you know what, that's all on them. It doesn't take anything away from United. And just so you know, these games aren't worthless or meaningless. In addition to all the typical money made from adverts and such, the winner of this tournament gets $1 million for winning. Might not seem like alot, but it might have been just enough to keep a FFP investigation off of RM next year.
With that being said, it does matter if Real played as hard as they could have because they made it easier for us to look good.
Jesus turned water to wine, Van Gaal was just sat in the corner watching & laughing while pissing Bollinger into a Moyes shaped skull.
That's a way of not addressing my points. You just write everyone who doesn't gloat over a preseason win off as negative, claim I jumped to conclusions and then back out of the discussion.
Bloody hell. Is this real?
That photoshop from Marca is unbelievable. Embarrassingly desperate.
Oh it's real, alright. Even a Liverpool fan in the comment section is calling them out on it of all people
http://www.marca.com/2014/08/02/futbol/equipos/real_madrid/1407013378.html
There was 109k there
Missed the match due to unforeseen issues however I see it was a cracker. Downloading the game now.
Looks like a lot of the crowd were weearing white although you can see a little Red behind on of the goal posts and slightly to the side. massive stadium though. Still the 3rd biggest in the world I read.
Anyone have the highlights?
I don't really understand your comment. I was referencing the question of whether or not the photoshopped crowd was really on Marca, in which case, it was. It was a sea of red, plain and simple. Marca can suck themselves.
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Of course they can!
They can play much better than that, too! Remember, they are in transition! New manager, new system, etc.
Marca is notorious was altering images to suit their agenda, far from the first time. Odd to see Ann Arbor hosting a football match like that, I spent many a wonderful occasion at the stadium watching the Wolverines play there - typically a great atmosphere
Wtf. Photoshopping the crowd to add more white shirts? Franco would be proud, I guess.
If only we can photoshop us winning 10 European cups, huh?
If only we can photoshop us winning 10 European cups, huh?
Sorry, hadn't seen the comments about the photoshop. Just went to the marca page and saw the pic. Thought the comments were about the 110k people. Massive stadium.
Here is the post game press conference
Do you get something for a correct score prediction?
Working with the ball in training. Game time .High pressure . Moving without the ball. One touch passing. That's it. Don't care if it's 532 or 442 or 352 or 433. Best
off season game. Let's wait. I'm happy so far.
off season game. Let's wait. I'm happy so far.
Harsh on Chicharito. He sounds a lot more excited when he's criticizing him than when he's praising his goal.
When was this? And whats he talking about?
Yes . These games doesn't matter. What matters is the championship this year. But so far so good. We heard let's wait for Roma. Let's wait for Real. Now let's wait for Liverpool game. I like the way our team is playing.
I think that quote is from the presser and it's not as bad as it sounds. He was talking about Madrid missing players and then stated who was missing for United. Nothing in it really.
What an amazing man! He tells it straight though and thats why many people have a problem with him.
The authority and details he shares is also a bit surprising. Otherwise all we heard from Moyes was boring uninsightful stuff.
Yes.
Also he mentioned Him before RVP and Adnan doesn't mean he rates him higher than them.
I think it's more of a method to push Chich to become even better.
If we have strootman with Herrera in midfield?
Great game to watch, especially as an American to see how the game is growing in the country and the fact that there are a lot of man utd fans here. The swagger we carried at times was promising even though it's still preseason. Liked the performances of Young, Fletcher, and Kagawa.
What were u going to say if we lost all the games so far. Wait for swansea game
As I expected United were the better team. Van Gaal has them all fighting for a place in the team, whereas Madrid is still very rusty other than Gareth Bale. Casillas was woeful by the way (not that United wouldn't have won anyway) and I simply cannot see the logic in keeping him and selling Diego Lopez, specially when everyone knows that by mid-september, Keylor Navas will start.
I don't understand why Van Gaal is so hard on Chicharito. I know that in many ways, he doesn't fit the profile of what Van Gaal wants in a striker (he's always had very technical strikers) but then just put him on the market and don't knock down his price by criticizing him.
I don't understand why Van Gaal is so hard on Chicharito. I know that in many ways, he doesn't fit the profile of what Van Gaal wants in a striker (he's always had very technical strikers) but then just put him on the market and don't knock down his price by criticizing him.
Just got in from work and very pleasantly surprised to see us win and apparently play so well. It all bodes well for the new season and true to his word he is giving every player his chance, who'd have thought Ashley Young would be still here let alone very much in Van Gaal's plans.
Anyone seen Micah Richards penalty last night ?
Anyone seen Micah Richards penalty last night ?
Too funny, his follow through was em, unique.Anyone seen Micah Richards penalty last night ?
He looked like he was doing gymnastics the way his left leg was careering around by his earhole.
It was a kick that Johnny Wilkinson would have been proud of.Anyone seen Micah Richards penalty last night ?
I still can't wrap my head around on how that worked out.
Give it a rest with all this cleverley bashing he's been doing ok not
well then they are idiots because he's never been a donkey
You guess the players have always had the potential! It's the same players that won the bloody league, in style, the season before bloody moyes took over. This team was never shite just took the right manager to remind them of what they are capable of.
As do I, we're on a good path, no doubt, but there's still plenty of room for improvement.
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