Champions League Quarter Finals

mike65 · 01-04-2008 09:28PM

Looks like the Utd fans will have the stadium to themselves soon. Then they'll end up spend half the night in there probably.

Mike.

Aquos76 · 01-04-2008 09:34PM

Rio Ferdinand has been immense all night, my MOTM followed my Rooney.

PHB · 01-04-2008 09:51PM

Schalke

mike65, even if United fans are stuck in the stadium, because of a ticketing policy decision taken by United (only to give out the tickets to the people they are registered too, rather than the people with the ticket book) there are lots of United fans scattered around the city. Could still be trouble ahead

As for the game, that was a shakey performance. Is that how other teams play away really? It seemed to work, but christ, my heart can't take it.
United looked nervous throughout the whole game, largely I think because they were asked to play a slower tempo than they naturally do, and hence were a bit off.
Nonetheless, 2-0 is a fantastic result in theory.
However I feel we should have finished off the game. Rooney should have scored, as should Ronaldo [was clearly onside for that 1on1, would have been a defo goal], and Carrick for sure, jesus. Hopefully it'll be fine, but the tie is still in the balance.

Park did well for the header, and ran a lot and closed down, did well.
Ronaldo didn't have the best of games, but he was upfront, and you know what you measure strikers on.
Rooney played ok, but goal a poachers goal so I'm happy.
Scholes played poorly I think, but that dink for Ronaldo was class.
Carrick was ok, nothing great.
Anderson was ok going forward, very good as a defensive 3rd midfielder.
Brown and Evra were fine, with O'Shea we looked dodgy.
Ferdinand was amazing, MOM, MOT the way its going

I think the system deployed was interesting, not willing to risk Ronaldo not tracking back, so put him up front. Interesting stuff

p.s. What a ****ing save from VDS and then clearance from Rio, kept us on top, that's what top keepers do, 2-3 little things for 90 minutes, then one amazing save.

Peyton Manning · 01-04-2008 09:54PM

Roma

PHB wrote: »

mike65, even if United fans are stuck in the stadium, because of a ticketing policy decision taken by United (only to give out the tickets to the people they are registered too, rather than the people with the ticket book) there are lots of United fans scattered around the city. Could still be trouble ahead

As for the game, that was a shakey performance. Is that how other teams play away really? It seemed to work, but christ, my heart can't take it.
United looked nervous throughout the whole game, largely I think because they were asked to play a slower tempo than they naturally do, and hence were a bit off.
Nonetheless, 2-0 is a fantastic result in theory.
However I feel we should have finished off the game. Rooney should have scored, as should Ronaldo, and Carrick for sure, jesus. Hopefully it'll be fine, but the tie is still in the balance.

Park did well for the header, and ran a lot and closed down, did well.
Ronaldo didn't have the best of games, but he was upfront, and you know what you measure strikers on.
Rooney played ok, but goal a poachers goal so I'm happy.
Scholes played poorly I think, but that dink for Ronaldo was class.
Carrick was ok, nothing great.
Anderson was ok going forward, very good as a defensive 3rd midfielder.
Brown and Evra were fine, with O'Shea we looked dodgy.
Ferdinand was amazing, MOM, MOT the way its going

I think the system deployed was interesting, not willing to risk Ronaldo not tracking back, so put him up front. Interesting stuff

Bizarre

KevIRL · 01-04-2008 09:55PM

All smiles here 33/1. Ronaldo to score first and 2-0 win.

Happy happy days

:D:D:D

herbieflowers · 01-04-2008 10:01PM

I don't think Roma really caused Man U too many problems, they had that spell at the start of the second half but they were too wasteful when they had the ball and lacked the killer instinct.

Good performance from Utd, the best I've seen using that sort of system, they were clinical too, which is needed when you're set up with three deep midfielders. Great header from Ronaldo, great performance from Rio, O'Shea deputised competently for Vidic, job done.

lordgoat · 01-04-2008 10:17PM

I would have loved a third. How sh it were roma at 2-0, talk about lack of passion. As my house mate said - Seria A, Seria Pah more like. No heart in any of them. I'd be totally shocked if they mustered any kind of comeback in OT.

01-04-2008 10:27PM

PHB wrote: »

mike65, even if United fans are stuck in the stadium, because of a ticketing policy decision taken by United (only to give out the tickets to the people they are registered too, rather than the people with the ticket book) there are lots of United fans scattered around the city. Could still be trouble ahead

As for the game, that was a shakey performance. Is that how other teams play away really? It seemed to work, but christ, my heart can't take it.
United looked nervous throughout the whole game, largely I think because they were asked to play a slower tempo than they naturally do, and hence were a bit off.
Nonetheless, 2-0 is a fantastic result in theory.
However I feel we should have finished off the game. Rooney should have scored, as should Ronaldo [was clearly onside for that 1on1, would have been a defo goal], and Carrick for sure, jesus. Hopefully it'll be fine, but the tie is still in the balance.

Park did well for the header, and ran a lot and closed down, did well.
Ronaldo didn't have the best of games, but he was upfront, and you know what you measure strikers on.
Rooney played ok, but goal a poachers goal so I'm happy.
Scholes played poorly I think, but that dink for Ronaldo was class.
Carrick was ok, nothing great.
Anderson was ok going forward, very good as a defensive 3rd midfielder.
Brown and Evra were fine, with O'Shea we looked dodgy.
Ferdinand was amazing, MOM, MOT the way its going

I think the system deployed was interesting, not willing to risk Ronaldo not tracking back, so put him up front. Interesting stuff

p.s. What a ****ing save from VDS and then clearance from Rio, kept us on top, that's what top keepers do, 2-3 little things for 90 minutes, then one amazing save.

We must have been watching different games. United looked very assured defensively and i dont think O'Shea looked dodgy tbh.

I thought Scholes had a very good game, did what was needed, kept the ball moving in possession to tick united over which was the tactic.

Carrick was ok defensively but he over hit too many passes for me.

Rooney for me was amazing because of the fact that he turned up all over the place doing defensive work etc and just being an all round asset as a team player.

All in all I thought a very composed performance from United.

shane86 · 01-04-2008 11:32PM

lordgoat wrote: »

As my house mate said - Seria A, Seria Pah more like. No heart in any of them. I'd be totally shocked if they mustered any kind of comeback in OT.

Shocked? Id be less shocked if Jesus Christ descended on a spaceship at half time. The Italians are truly woeful in Europe, attempt to draw the visitors into a defensive, boring slow game where they hope to nick a single winning goal that will never come. I wonder what the odds being given are on them taking Man U and advancing, I really do. Id sooner put my house on Liechtenstein reaching the semis in 2010.

Very mediocre match, Utd were good enough though Anderson was awful. Rio did well after a shaky start. Anyone reckon Rooney was somewhat slow to blast the ball in when he got it? Lucky tbh!

Nalz · 02-04-2008 09:34AM

Torres vs Toure | Gallas

This should be interesting tonight. imo Toure hasnt been the same guy since returning from ANC, Willy has also been guilty of some silly mistakes. Will Wenger go with Senderos and Toure at RB?

Unearthly · 02-04-2008 11:33AM

Schalke

Good to see Ferguson has continued his embarrassing CL record with an impressive 2-0 away win.

I can see the 2nd leg being an awfully boring match though

dobsdave · 02-04-2008 11:53AM

Schalke

Unearthly wrote: »

Good to see Ferguson has continued his embarrassing CL record with an impressive 2-0 away win

Evil_Clown · 02-04-2008 11:56AM

Trilla wrote: »

Torres vs Toure | Gallas

This should be interesting tonight. imo Toure hasnt been the same guy since returning from ANC, Willy has also been guilty of some silly mistakes. Will Wenger go with Senderos and Toure at RB?

I reckon it will be Toure at RB with Swiss Tony in the centre, then the next big question is Walcott or Eboue ahead of Toure personally I would like Walcott against that Arelio chap would give him a good run for his money

Unearthly · 02-04-2008 12:15PM

Schalke

dobsdave wrote: »

little dig at our boards.ie Liverpool fans

mike65 · 02-04-2008 12:26PM

Fergies record in the CL is poor though, there are fans of the club who don't remember 1999! Some of them are reading this

Mike

dobsdave · 02-04-2008 12:42PM

Schalke

Unearthly wrote: »

little dig at our boards.ie Liverpool fans

Yes, but I think the original quote of "embarassing cl record" was due to the amount of times ye have won it/made the final, not the win/loose/draw stats.

Anyway, I'm going for a very boring 0-0 tonight at the Arsenal.
And I'm predicting the turks to do Chelsea over two legs.(You heard it here first :eek:)

StickyMcGinty · 02-04-2008 12:46PM

Schalke

Unearthly wrote: »

Good to see Ferguson has continued his embarrassing CL record with an impressive 2-0 away win.

I can see the 2nd leg being an awfully boring match though

people dislike united because of comments like that from fans like you.

02-04-2008 01:17PM

StickyMcGinty wrote: »

people dislike united because of comments like that from fans like you.

Yea thats the nail on the head as to why people dislike United.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Nalz · 02-04-2008 01:38PM

StickyMcGinty wrote: »

people dislike united because of comments like that from fans like you.

thats a silly thing to say

StickyMcGinty · 02-04-2008 01:47PM

Schalke

Deleted User wrote: »

Yea thats the nail on the head as to why people dislike United.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Trilla wrote: »

thats a silly thing to say

i always enjoy watching a good united team and i'm a liverpool fan. but when people come out with comments like that you cant see why it would annoy me?

little dig at our boards.ie Liverpool fans

kida · 02-04-2008 01:53PM

Discpline could have a big bearing on the Arsenal Pool tie

Gael Clichy, Denilson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Aleksandr Hleb and Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal) and Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Fabio Aurelio (Liverpool) will miss the second leg of this tie if shown a yellow card.

StickyMcGinty · 02-04-2008 01:56PM

Schalke

kida wrote: »

Discpline could have a big bearing on the Arsenal Pool tie

good point. I cant see Gerrard & Carra not picking up a yellow tonight

Evil_Clown · 02-04-2008 02:03PM

Eboue is a given for a yellow if he starts for something ret@rded no doubt

02-04-2008 02:07PM

StickyMcGinty wrote: »

good point. I cant see Gerrard & Carra not picking up a yellow tonight

Are they both on yellows?

StickyMcGinty · 02-04-2008 02:10PM

Schalke

Deleted User wrote: »

Are they both on yellows?

yep. i dont even want to think about them gettin booked tonight

griffdaddy · 02-04-2008 02:16PM

Can't wait to hammer some arse tonight

patrickc · 02-04-2008 02:18PM

Schalke

griffdaddy wrote: »

Can't wait to hammer some arse tonight

not a chance in hell

dobsdave · 02-04-2008 02:22PM

Schalke

patrickc wrote: »

not a chance in hell

I dont think you're qualified to talk about his private life to be honest.

Sherifu · 02-04-2008 02:22PM

Schalke

griffdaddy wrote: »

Can't wait to hammer some arse tonight

:eek:

DeadSkin · 02-04-2008 02:35PM

griffdaddy wrote: »

Can't wait to hammer some arse tonight

Will ya be watchin' the game at the same time :pac:

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