PL: Liverpool v Manchester United. 6/3/2011, KO 1330.

Liam O wrote: »

what did Nani do that upset you? Should he have stayed standing on that and risked further injury? What are you saying he should have done?

I do think Nani should have acted differently. He shouldn't have gone over to the ref and fallen in front of him and swung his legs in the air like an idiot. Yes you can be injured and not realise it, but even Nani's fall was over dramatic and idiotic. If he was in real pain and concern for his leg at the time when he went down in front of the ref he wouldn't have waved his legs up in the air. He was continuing the play acting. He was embarrassing the club. And it's players like him who very often make football horrible to watch.

bamboozling wrote: »

Unlucky United! Pathetic tactical performance from Fergie, time to give it up old timer.

lol. You are clueless.

bamboozling wrote: »

Playing Rooney, Berbatov and Hernandez with no width whatsoever.

Wrong. Completely wrong. He didn't choose to play Rooney out there, his hand was forced by injury. And even when Rooney was LM, he did actually stay wide. There was plenty of width. The problem was the lack of quality all across the midfield. And the goals conceded obviously didn't help.

bamboozling wrote: »

And as for Nani's tackle, I'm sure United fans know a lot about bad tackles.

Two wrongs don't make a right. Seriously, it's only usually children you have to explain that too.

peterswellman wrote: »

You wouldn't be upset and irrational after getting injured badly in a massive game? Plus, we know Nani is already a bit of a fool.

I smashed my ankle in a pretty big game years ago and i didn't carry on like Nani.
Granted it wasn't Liverpool vs United but it was a decent level game.
Nani is a tool.
Carragher should have seen red.
United constantly harrassing referees in games might have count against them today.
United can't complain about referees. They get more than their fair share of decisions in their favour

flahavaj wrote: »

All huge talents, all under 20. There's queston marks over them all, kike there are over any lad their age. But there's no need for you to be so dismissive really.

I personally don't rate the twins.
Danny Welbeck i don't think would have been loaned out again at his age if Fergie thought he was good enough.
I think Fergie usually keeps the good kids at that age.
It will make me very happy if thats the best young talent united have coming through

Fact of the matter is that Carragher would have gone if it wasn't for Nanis ridic theatrics every weekend.
You reep what you sow and he got taught his lesson today.

Headshot wrote: »

Heat of the moment?

pro will you ****ing give it a break, the heat of the moment is in the bar, not when your replying to the thread and typing and probably seeing the replay

please dont give me that ****e.

How do you know it isnt a bad injury? Looks pretty bad to me and he wouldnt be going off other wise.

I know your dislike for nani but please dont even try to justify the likes of LL posts.

Man of course there's heat of the moment in internet discussions. If there wasn't then people wouldn't get infracted so much and these match threads wouldn't melt down so hard.

I didn't say it wasn't a bad injury. I said that the fans will be happy to see opposition players going off unless it's a horrific injury - I know I am and there's nothing wrong with that imo.

This wasn't a horrific injury. The mad gnarly looking leg breaks we've all seen are what I would call horrific injuries to be going off with. Maybe this will turn out to be a bad injury or a difficult recovery, but it wasn't anything like horrific imo.

Lloyd didn't say anything bad that I could find in this match thread. Maybe he's happy for Nani to get a nasty injury, but I haven't seen him say that. Maybe, when thinking about it in out-of-match objectivity, he's happy for Carragher to make horrible tackles like that one today, but I haven't seen him say that either. If he does say something like that then I would criticise him about it, but until then I think people are being way too over sensitive about what he has actually said. There's been a massive amount of jumping to conclusions as far as I can see.

dannydiamond wrote: »

Fact of the matter is that Carragher would have gone if it wasn't for Nanis ridic theatrics every weekend.
You reep what you sow and he got taught his lesson today.

I honestly think this is the case. If the referee thinks it a borderline situation or doesn't get a clear view, he's going to side with the defender because he knows what kind of player Nani is, and knows that he fakes injury to try and get players sent off.

flahavaj wrote: »

Better for Welbeck to have been playing PL football regularly than reserve games surely? He's done great up there and will surely now come back to Utd having shown he can cut it at this level. He'll replace Owen quite well next season as 4th choice striker IMO. Writing hiom off purely on the basis that he was loaned out is a bit silly tbh. Sure wasn't Beckham loaned out when he was a kid?

There's plenty other young talent coming through as well as was pointed out earlier. We have very high hopes for Cleverly, Tunnicliffe, Morrison, Pogba and Josh King amongst others.

Did i ridicule the other players you have listed?
You jumped to the defence of a two bob united supporter who hasn't a clue.

I think Welbeck has found his level tbh.

Happened with Ronaldo too. Got a reputation for play acting and as a result ended up not getting many legitimate free kicks because of his reputation.

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

So a players reaction is more important in determining a red card than the actual tackle itself?

Yeah, please tell me more.:rolleyes:

Nani's known for diving, faking injuries and trying to get players sent off. He pretends to be injured so much that when he actually is, people don't believe him.