Play-off final vs Aston Villa

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Team:

1. Foster
2. Rafael
3. Dudgeon
4. Evans
5. De Laet
6. Gill
7. Stewart
8. Possebon
9. Diouf
10. Norwood
11. Macheda

Subs:
12. Wootton
13. Zieler
14. Pogba
15. Obertan
16. Keane
 

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Team:

1. Foster
2. Rafael
3. Dudgeon
4. Evans
5. De Laet
6. Gill
7. Stewart
8. Possebon
9. Diouf
10. Norwood
11. Macheda

Subs:
12. Wootton
13. Zieler
14. Pogba
15. Obertan
16. Keane
Diouf's back:lol:
 

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evans in midfield .. nice


wonder if he will get some game time in preseason .. he has come along nicely in the last 2 seasons ..
 

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Villa:

1. Marshall
2. Roome
3. O'Halloran
4. Hogg
5. Clark
6. Baker
7. Albrighton
8. Wiemann
9. Delfouneso
10. Bannan
11. Hofbauer

Subs
12. Forrester
13. Bevan
14. Collins
15. Bradley
 

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I would've liked to see:

VDS

Rafael---Rio---Vidic---Evra

Fletcher---Scholes---Giggs

Valencia---Rooney---Nani
 

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I can't find one in the usual place does anyone have a stream would really like to watch this.
 

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Good goal by Villa.

United's midfield is looking embarassingly out of its depth
 

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Diouf uses his pace to get behind the Villa defence but the keeper smothers the ball at his feet.
 

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We're playing a lot better now, at least. Villa holding on for half time a bit.
 

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Ball rolled into Diouf by Norwood from a free kick out on the right but Diouf smashes it over. Should have buried that one.
 

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Diouf thwarted by the keeper again. They're struggling to cope with his pace.

And now he scores 1-1.
 

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Well at least it sounds like he's getting involved, all of our chances seem to have fallen to Diouf, maybe he just felt scoring all 4 would have been a bit embarrassing.
 

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1-1 HT

Villa are very well organised and playing more as a team and on the balance of play unfortunate to be level, however United have had the better chances, all falling to Diouf.

Norwood is coming into the game well, and Macheda and Diouf have been linking together well towards the end of the half.
 

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1-1 HT

Villa are very well organised and playing more as a team and on the balance of play unfortunate to be behind, however United have had the better chances, all falling to Diouf.

Norwood is coming into the game well, and Macheda and Diouf have been linking together well towards the end of the half.
Behind? Thought it was 1-1
 

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Well at least it sounds like he's getting involved, all of our chances seem to have fallen to Diouf, maybe he just felt scoring all 4 would have been a bit embarrassing.
He still looked quite annoyed with himself after the goal. His finishing does seem to be quite erratic (although none of his misses today have been shockers). Hopefully it's something he can improve by working on it over the summer. He really does stand out at this level so all the jibes levelled at him on this forum since he disappeared through injury seem pretty unfair.
 

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He still looked quite annoyed with himself after the goal. His finishing does seem to be quite erratic (although none of his misses today have been shockers). Hopefully it's something he can improve by working on it over the summer. He really does stant out at this level so all the jibes levelled at him on this forum since he disappeared through injury seem pretty unfair.
I think half of that is because of all that 'the one' bollocks building him up. It's his first game for a while as well so you could expect some rustiness. The only chance he really should have done better with was the cut back from the free kick where he should have at least got it on target.

Btw how bad is the refereeing in this game?!
 

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Well at least it sounds like he's getting involved, all of our chances seem to have fallen to Diouf, maybe he just felt scoring all 4 would have been a bit embarrassing.
He's so much better/faster than the Villa defenders, it's a bit silly.

Villa were good for about 25-30 minutes but since United's midfield has started getting on the ball Diouf's just been taking the piss.
 

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I think half of that is because of all that 'the one' bollocks building him up. It's his first game for a while as well so you could expect some rustiness. The only chance he really should have done better with was the cut back from the free kick where he should have at least got it on target.

Btw how bad is the refereeing in this game?!
To be fair, Diouf has never been a lethal finisher. Still, he is very good at getting himself in the right positions and he always get's a lot of chances, therefore he will score goals. If his finishing was anything like Solskjaer or Nistelrooy, he would be deadly.
 

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I think half of that is because of all that 'the one' bollocks building him up. It's his first game for a while as well so you could expect some rustiness. The only chance he really should have done better with was the cut back from the free kick where he should have at least got it on target.

Btw how bad is the refereeing in this game?!
Yea, all that 'the one' business did him no favours. Also, that header he messed up in his last first team appearance seemed to be enough evidence for some clowns on here to decide that he's rubbish.

And the refereeing.... from a Premier League referee no less. Are these guys really the best the country has to offer?