The nothing but praise thread.

[Randall Flagg]

That was one hell of a hard earned 3 points. fecking massive win.

Apart from 2 min spells in both halves we dominated and fully deserved that. Even though it was not overly pretty at times we showed fecking big nuts tonight!

 

[Snow]

It was a work in progress all right. Well deserved. At 0-0 we weren't poor, Blackburn were just good. The best was being tried out there and all we needed was a bit of magic to put it beyond doubt. Excellent 3 points.

 

[Zen]

 

[rcoobc]

Valencia and Young.

Blackburn where excellent.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

It's the spirit/character that we have that is unmatched. There is noone like Fergie in that sense. He makes a group winners.

 

[Orton]

Loved Fergie's reaction!

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Blackburn were excellent defensively. Great win for us.

 

[RyanGoggs]

Special mention to Tony, De Gea, Scholes and Rafael who I thought were brilliant tonight

 

[Cutch]

A superbly professional display against one of the most stubborn teams i've seen against us in a long time. No panicking, kust kept plugging away knowing the goal would come. Awesome!

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Btw, I though Twigg's "post match vs" threads were "nothing but praise" threads?

 

[Sunny Jim]

Fergies tactics first he nullified Blackburn's only thread (Jones in the middle to man mark Yak) and then that killer subs. I love Fergie i want him to mange us forever.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Why on earth would anyone have nothing but praise for that performance?!? We were very very good tonight, and got our reward with a very hard fought and worthy win.

 

[Dragon_Merah]

5 am here in kl...worth sacrificing sleep over this match..what a win...what a game...

 

[Rado_N]

Blackburn were excellent defensively. Great win for us.

I hate Lance and hope someone drops a block of flats on him but I agree with this.

 

[championo]

The importance of Rio in this game vs Blackburn can not be stated enough. He made us calm at the back.

 

[Randall Flagg]

Why on earth would anyone have nothing but praise for that performance?!? We were very very good tonight, and got our reward with a very hard fought and worthy win.

I am fairly certain a few were moaning, although I was not following the match day thread

 

[FlawlessThaw]

5 points clear yippee-kai-yay motherfecker!!

 

[UnofficialDevil]

That was amazing, he was obviously touched by our away fans

 

[Godfather]

You always need special moments to break such teams down. They defended very well but Tony V provided. Great win.

 

[Aint gota Kalou]

Literally everyone did their jobs perfectly. No individuals stood out, everyone played their part.

 

[SteveJ]

I hate Lance and hope someone drops a block of flats on him but I agree with this.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Blackburn were excellent defensively. Great win for us.

Yep... they were excellent at the back, and were very effective on the counter as well and from set plays. They're game plan was working a treat... until they were outdone by two moments of real quality.

 

[Jimy_Hills_Chin]

Valencia was the man but De Gea, Rio, Evans and Young deserve honourables.

 

[All 3 United]

Good performance and great tactics. Wore them down/passed them to death and then introduced some quicker/technically better players.

 

[FreakyJim]

Great intensity after the 70min. Pity we've waited that long and it could've been too late if it wasn't for Valencia's ridiculously amazing goal but feck it. Colossal win this. Hope it's killing City inside watching us win tight games.

 

[Crustanoid]

We are true champions, it just runs through our DNA

 

[ghaliboy]

Take a bow Antonio Valencia.
Take a bow David De Gea
Take a bow Ashley young.

73% possession in a potential banana skin may not mean total domination but it was a massive factor in why we won today.

Away fans take a fecking bow as well. Immense as always.

 

[Brwned]

Why on earth would anyone have nothing but praise for that performance?!? We were very very good tonight, and got our reward with a very hard fought and worthy win.

Indeed, but there were plenty who thought Sir Alex fecked up with the system (shocker) and we were unimpressive. High standards or just simple nerves getting in the way because we were really dominant, if Chicharito had've gotten that goal we would've gotten 3 or 4 I reckon. Funny how nerves taint things like that though; ask your average Blackburn fan what they thought at half-time and they'd have said a goal was inevitable and there looked no way back, while the average fan on here was saying there was plenty of nice play in front of the defence but we weren't threatening.

Great stuff all round really, thoroughly enjoyed it throughout.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

We're so lucky to have a manager who knows how to manage people better than anyone. We're almost always mentally spot on. Players unsettle the group and they're out. Nothing/noone is bigger than the team. Unlike..

 

[Sunny Jim]

Good performance and great tactics. Wore them down/passed them to death and then introduced some quicker/technically better players.

this. IMO SAF pulled a masterstroke with playing Jones in the middle. We just killed any supply to Yak and that paid off as we didnt concede.

 

[stretford_oslo]

37 - There were 37 passes in the move for Ashley Young's goal tonight, the longest sequence of any PL goal this season.

 

[olesmyhero]

Another great side to the win is that it puts Blackburn back in the drop zone. Where they should be.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Indeed, but there were plenty who thought Sir Alex fecked up with the system (shocker) and we were unimpressive. High standards or just simple nerves getting in the way because we were really dominant, if Chicharito had've gotten that goal we would've gotten 3 or 4 I reckon. Funny how nerves taint things like that though; ask your average Blackburn fan what they thought at half-time and they'd have said a goal was inevitable and there looked no way back, while the average fan on here was saying there was plenty of nice play in front of the defence but we weren't threatening.

Great stuff all round really, thoroughly enjoyed it throughout.

Well said.

I also just think that a lot of people, unfortunately, seem to think that if we're not automatically winning a game by half time, we must be playing shit... regardless of how the game is actually being played out.

 

[Plechazunga]

That was one hell of a hard earned 3 points. fecking massive win.

Apart from 2 min spells in both halves we dominated and fully deserved that. Even though it was not overly pretty at times we showed fecking big nuts tonight!

Wouldn't you have preferred it if we'd dived more?

 

[Randall Flagg]

Wouldn't you have preferred it if we'd dived more?

Luckily it was not required tonight.

 

[LLMU]

37 - There were 37 passes in the move for Ashley Young's goal tonight, the longest sequence of any PL goal this season.

intersting stats

 

[Stack]

The match day thread was full of moaners and whingers. I was watching us play well against a team that defended deep and were organized but the moaners were out in force.

Thought we wore them down and were patient and relentless. We cant win every game 5-0 and some fans start whining if we arent 2-0 up after 10 minutes.

I am fairly certain a few were moaning, although I was not following the match day thread

 

[Sw33t]

If United and City match results/points over next four games, Utd would retain title by winning at the Etihad on April 30.

Oh my, that's the things dreams are made of.

 

[Beachryan]

The best thing about tonight's match is it gives the ABU bitters nothing. Webb was a homer, Blackburn played out of their skins and we STILL won. Beautiful.

 

[jojojo]

The boys done good