Man Utd - Fulham Game Thread 8/22/2010
by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 3:44 PM BST
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PrintI hope that Section 312 doesn't mind I'm doing this but I figured the sooner the better for the thread to go up for the game.
News:
*Javier Hernandez makes his first EPL start as Wayne Rooney is not included in today's squad.
*Ji Sung Park has been chosen to start over Nani.
*Ryan Giggs not chosen to start again but is included in today's squad.
*Clint Dempsey will start for Fulham, as manager Mark Hughes looks to change his attack after an opening game 0-0 draw versus Bolton.
*Paul Konchesky has been ruled fit to play and will be starting for Fulham.
Per BBC Sport - Football:
FULHAM v MANCHESTER UNITED LINE-UPS
Fulham: Stockdale, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Duff, Murphy, Etuhu, Davies, Dempsey, Zamora.
Subs: Zuberbuhler, Kelly, Baird, Gera, Riise, Greening, Dembele.
Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Vidic, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes, Park, Hernandez, Berbatov.
Subs: Kuszczak, Owen, Giggs, Smalling, Carrick, Nani, Rafael Da Silva.
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)
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I was hoping to see Rooney-Hernandez.
At least we get to see Hernandez start.
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by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 4:06 PM BST up reply actions
United get caught on a 3-2 break...
But a poor through pass from Davies to Zamora allows United to regroup and squash the counter.
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A challenge by Evra for a header leaves Zamora on the ground.
No card, no foul. Zamora shaken up a little, the trainer comes over and checks him. Seems to be fine now.
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Valencia leaves a ball for Scholes at the top of the 18...
But Scholes misjudges it and over runs the slight backheel.
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A great standing tackle by Park leads to multiple attempts in the box.
Berba tries to play it back and forth but it gets stopped. Park gets on top of the ball but has almost no angle to score when he shoots.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Sounds like he was a League One ‘keeper recently. I didn’t pick up on the name of his former team.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 4:14 PM BST up reply actions
Hernandez misshits a shot inside the box and it floats to Berba...
Who tries a bicycle kick that is parried away, over the goal for a corner kick.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
GOAL! PAUL SCHOLES!
Valencia feeds Berbatov who pushes the ball back after the corner to Paul Scholes. Scholes smashes the ball to the bottom right corner of the goal. No chance to make that save.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
I think back to ’08 versus Barcelona, second league in Champions League.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 4:15 PM BST up reply actions
Absolutely. It’s great to see him having control of the game with his passing and then get a goal like that.
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by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 4:21 PM BST up reply actions
United lucky as Davies just volleys over.
Zamora heads the ball to Davies misses on his volley. Would have been a great goal.
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Berba called for offsides on ball blocked by Valencia.
Combination of bad positioning and typical lazy Berba play.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Hernandez tries a shot with his left, wide of left post.
Nice to see the kid have confidence, though.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Dempsey lets it fly from far out, falls gently to Van der Sar on a bounce.
If that’s all that Fulham has to attack with today it’ll be a pretty game for United.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Not that I dislike Fulham....
I actually kinda like this squad….but United need to absolutely curb stomp them…I don’t like being so far behind on goal difference this early and Chelsea is setting a blistering pace…
I understand where you're coming from.
Fulham is a likable squad and team. The problem for us is that we’re currently 7 goals behind Chelsea, which will surely come back to bite us late this season.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 4:23 PM BST up reply actions
Evans heads away a lob inside the box.
Would have been onside, so a wonderful play from Johnny.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Evans is turning into a great central defender
It’s nice to have that option with Rio’s injury. Haven’t had much depth behind Vidic and Ferdinand in a couple of years.
Minus that foul, yes he is.
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by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 4:27 PM BST up reply actions
Stockdale comes up with another great save.
Berba gets a fine pass from Hernandez and shoots it short side and is saved.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Pantsil crosses it into the middle of the box...
And his ball is almost immediately gobbled up by the United defense.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Konchesky gets a feed from Duff and lifts it into the United box...
Where Zamora meets it with his head but the ball goes wide.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Evans with a foul on Zamora.
Stupid, stupid foul Johnny. At least you aren’t booked but things like this don’t help.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Scholes with a nice long ball to Berba, who is offside.
Stop wasting brilliance, Berba.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Murphy with one of the worst shots ever taken.
Announcer supposes it almost hit the score board.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Berba smacks another one towards goal.
Easy save again.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Scare on the edge of the 18...
But the cluster of United and Fulham players cannot choose who should win possession, so the United defense finally decides to clear the ball.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Scholes with a cross to Berba, who heads it over the crossbar.
Fantastic cross by Scholes, yet another brilliant effort ruined by Berba.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
WHAT A SAVE! WHAT A SAVE! VAN DER SAR IS WORLD CLASS!
Van der Sar stone walls Etuhu then somehow manages to keep the ball out of goal on Etuhu’s second try – while he was still on the ground. What a goalkeeper, what a sequence of saves.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Poor cross by Evra to no one.
Cleared out of the Fulham box.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Fulham showing attacking promise now.
Corner for Fulham. Murphy-Dempsey-Etuhu-Zamora is causing major problems for the United midfield and defense.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Etuhu cannot control his header off the corner.
Goal kick for United.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
BERBA :(
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 4:42 PM BST up reply actions
Valencia with a moment of great skill feeds it to Berba...
Who cannot find his way to kicking the ball forward. Instead, it tips off of his boot and falls to the Fulham defense.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Valencia follows up this movement with a poor tackle for a yellow card.
Yay DAMNIT.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Fletcher finds Evans with a cross inside the box.
Stockdale with a relatively easy save. It’d be nice to see more of this and less of Fulham.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Does Vidic have a stinger?
Went down, neck hurt, without any physicality with another player.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Vidic....with a stinger, maybe?
ugh….in women’s soccer, Maryland just tied up Mizzou 1-1 in the 38th minute….
Thought the exact same thing.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 4:59 PM BST up reply actions
1-0 at half for Man Utd.
Not a terrible half, considering the lead,
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
I'm going to slow down on the comments this half.
Major happens only.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Scholes nearly has a second
Fulham counter attacks and Evans blocks it, giving Fulham a corner kick. Fulham wastes the corner….
55th minute
Scholes makes a tackle about 30 yards out, giving up a free kick. Zamora kicks it straight into the wall, gets the rebound, and kicks it into the 15th row…..
Davies with a goal. Van der Sar managed to get a hand on it but can't keep it out.
Sigh, can’t argue with a shot like that.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
1-1, Fulham pull level.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
LAZY DEFENDING!!!
Results in a Davies equalizer. Vidic looked lost in the box and O’Shea was out of position.
Hernandez with a shot from about 30 yards
ball was about 10 yards over the crossbar…when you have a chance from distance, gotta keep the ball down….
Nani changing the game.
Evans trying to do the same – the wrong way.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Ryan Giggs is coming on!
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Giggs on for Hernandez, Owen on for Valencia.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
The following is a tweet by me:
GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! GIGGS! #MUFC #GIGGS #HAPPY
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Can you spot my extreme like for him?
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 5:38 PM BST up reply actions
Nani's freekick nearly dips into the top right corner.
Less than 15 minutes left.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAL!
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Ryan Giggs time for the penalty?
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Nope, Nani.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 5:45 PM BST up reply actions
Saved, of course.
Because it wasn’t Giggs.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
Nani penalty miss comes back to bite us in the ass.
Hangeland makes up for his own goal.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
This is why you love sports and then hate them.
Formerly RyanGiggs11, currently a Contributor to SBN Philly // @scotkess
"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
You can't win the title in August
but you can certainly lose it. I hope this isn’t a game we point to in April when we’re searching for points….
Hernandez, Vidic, O’Shea, Evra were all bad.
Evans was APPALLING. I have no faith in his abilities whatsoever. Seriously, he deserves some bench time for that junk. Made my eyes bleed.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
Hernandez wasn’t given much to work with.
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"College is only 4 years, but the Eagles are for life." - Ironhank
by Scott Kessler on Aug 22, 2010 6:12 PM BST up reply actions
Let’s not forget Van Der Sar’s wonder save in the first half. We could have lost 3-2 or 3-1.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
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