United versus Chelsea Game Thread
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 10:10 AM BST
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United will be looking to get ready for the new season more than they will be looking to win the Shield. But why not do both?
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United Starting XI:
Van der Sar
O’Shea, Vidic, Evans, Fabio
Valencia, Scholes, Carrick, Park
Rooney, Owen
Most of the first 5 minutes
were in the middle 3rd, but Rooney just sent a beautiful pass to Valencia on the right edge of the box, who tried to go over the keeper, but the keeper saves.
Chelsea keeping the ball better
but we look the more threatening early.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 3:07 PM BST reply actions
Why didn't he bring that down first?
Scholesy had all the time in the world.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 3:09 PM BST reply actions
Valencia with a nice centering pass
to Scholes who blasts the ball about 20 feet over the net from 15 yards. While his tackling is in midseason form, his shooting clearly isn’t.
First real chance fallsto Chelsea
VDS with an excellent save.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 3:17 PM BST reply actions
Rooney should have done better
but Owen doesn’t look sharp at all.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 3:20 PM BST reply actions
That is the second time
a United player wasn’t sharp enough in the box.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 3:40 PM BST reply actions
VALENCIA!!!!
Scholes finds Rooney going to the right who slides a pass past Terry into the box to an oncoming Valencia who bangs it past Hilario…1-0 UNITED!!!
That was liquid football!!!
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 3:42 PM BST up reply actions
THAT
is a goal!
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 3:41 PM BST reply actions
Disappointed
by the overall performance in the first half…poor passing to start the game, unable to keep possession…but 2 players really impressed me with their play: Valencia looks more comfortable at the wing than he was last year. He seems to be playing more aggressively both defensively and on offense. Fabio is also impressing the hell out of me the way he’s locked down the left side. His quick feet are going to get alot of tackles this year.
I thought it was a decent half
we were the more dangerous overall although Chelsea have had a couple chances. I really thought that Scholes and Rooney were the two really controlling the play for United. They looked good. O’Shea, predictably, hasn’t.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 3:52 PM BST up reply actions
That's a position we've been weak at
for a couple of years…Gary Neville isn’t healthy enough anymore…Wes Brown…John O’Shea…Rafael could anchor that RB spot for a long time
by CPC on Aug 8, 2010 3:55 PM BST up reply actions
Feels like we need a bit more
bite in midfield. Fletcher would have been nice.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 4:10 PM BST reply actions
Scholes and Chicharito
are going to be fun to watch this season.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 4:15 PM BST reply actions
We've got to sort out our defending
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 4:42 PM BST reply actions
Lots of things to sort out yet
good thing we open up with Newcastle and not City or Spurs….
by CPC on Aug 8, 2010 4:51 PM BST up reply actions
Toon toon toon
I wouldn’t dare say that’ll be easy
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I'm not saying it'll be easy
but they certainly aren’t of the quality we can expect from Chelski, Arsenal, City or Spurs.
by CPC on Aug 8, 2010 5:04 PM BST up reply actions
At the very least, it's at home
If it were at St. James, I’d be a bit on the edge of my seat
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Nice win
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 8, 2010 4:50 PM BST reply actions
As of this moment
who is your starting 11 for Newcastle?
I got: Van der Sar, Rafael, Vidic, J. Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Hernandez, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, O’Shea, Fabio, Scholes, Berbatov.
by CPC on Aug 8, 2010 4:56 PM BST up reply actions
Damn.. Chicharito was awesome today, with his movement not really his finishing..
Damn.. Chicharito was awesome today, with his movement not really his finishing..Carrick is back!! Still are shaky moments but his partnership with Scholes seems to be back..
Damn.. Chicharito was awesome today, with his movement not really his finishing..Carrick is back!! Still are shaky moments but his partnership with Scholes seems to be back..Smalling was not impressive at all.. In fact I’ve no idea what he did well.. Nearly conceded a goal after some poor communication..
Damn.. Chicharito was awesome today, with his movement not really his finishing..Carrick is back!! Still are shaky moments but his partnership with Scholes seems to be back..Smalling was not impressive at all.. In fact I’ve no idea what he did well.. Nearly conceded a goal after some poor communication..But this United side can go very far this year..
its just dramatic effect
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We looked great, for the most part, and Chelsea pretty much looked like crap from top to bottom.
Our depth at defense is a little scary, to be honest, and I hope that doesn’t come back to hurt us. I haven’t been too impressed by Smalling, and the Da Silvas seem a bit too reckless and undisciplined.
Also, I’d like to see how Rooney and Chicharito play alongside each other
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
Smalling is going to take some time
to settle in at the club. But with Vida, Rio and Evans we should be OK in the middle.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Aug 9, 2010 6:11 AM BST up reply actions
Smalling = fixture in the reserves
Give him time and he will turn out to be useful
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Danny Sturridge looked fanatastic for Chelsea after he came on, I actually thought he was the best player on the pitch for a good stretch of the 2nd half.
They also created some pretty solid chances, but had some really poor finishing (and VDS was really solid). They looked rusty, but they definitely had a few bright spots.
Reyes, Thole, Wright, Beltran, Bay, Davis, Martinez, Tejada...
by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 9, 2010 9:44 PM BST up reply actions
Has there been a shot of the 3rd jerseys yet?
Seen the home and the (putrid) away jerseys but haven’t heard anything about a 3rd this year.
Check out my pic a day for a year project-
Life Through My Lens
Third kit is always the previous season’s second kit. This year it’s the black jersey with blue chevron
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 9, 2010 11:11 PM BST up reply actions
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