What about 'Sir' Alex then??
I watched the news this morning about yesterdays game - and sadly I could lip read everything he said at the touchline!
I'm no prude, but surely a 'gentleman' of his standing should not be using language of that type!! Leave that to the yobs. :(

Hey - who said AF was a gentleman?? :D

Actually quite a few Premiership and Nationwide League managers have done what he did.

True Russ, but I just expected better of him!! :shrug:

Silly!! This is AF we're talking about!!! ;)

Were we watching the same match???

The TV replays show that both Van Nistelrooy & Scholes were clearly onside when the ball was played to them. Just bad defending by Newcastle.

Come on Mal, you know the rules! Nothing, least of all the 'facts', should get in the way of a good Man Utd bashing!!! :D

True:D

Last week I was not too sure Chelsea were title contenders. I knew Chelsea has probably one of the best defence in the premiership and have the most consistent keeper in the premiership. If you look in midfield, Duff is an excellent player, Lampard is a good player, capable of scoring 12 goals a season and Veron now showing why Man U payed all that money for him. Mutu and Crespo likely to form the main attack. Chelsea just needs to add a combative midfielder to complete the team. I think Chelsea needs to add another wide player.

They've definately got a bunch of good players, but whether or not they can consistantly play well together is what makes a good team a great team.

yep as i said earlier if they can gel together get to learn each others positioning etc they can do well but for now they are just a normal team with stars or potential stars

ok chelsea have strung 2 wins back to back for probably the first time since chopper harris was captain.....see where they are come the end of the season.
man utd and arsenal are still the only contenders..
also how come uriah rennie wore green instead of black and white like the rest of his newcastle team?....we all know he was playing for newcastle on saturday and wearing green will not make me think he wasn't biased against man utd...
alex was right he is a joke

"bring on the prawn sandwiches"

Good, intelligent players will always play well together. I guess Veron would be picked out by many people to have inconsistent performances. However, I can see fellow Argentine Herman Crespo bringing out the best of Veron. Players like Crespo and Mutu are capable of turning games around at a flash. Duff is the sort of player who will battle through no matter what. Chelsea is solid at the back. I'm not too sure about Lampard but I understand he was consistent last season.

Chelsea have done well to beat Liverpool considering a lot of players have recently been bought. The game against Leicester showed Chelsea were able to battle where necessary. These are sure signs Chelsea will be title challengers. Another 7 or 8 games under Chelsea's belt and they'll be flying.

My only concern about Chelsea is their ability to dominate the middle of the park. Arsenal and Man U are definitely stronger in that area.

And one thing United have a shining record in, is not crapping out halfway through/at the end of the season. Consistancy is the key. I'll only be impressed with Chelsea if they are top 5 by march/april.

If Chelsea are a bit short by mid season they could always buy one or two players to add sparkle. I was also just as convinced when the kids at Man U were capable of winning the league.

But wouldn't the transfer deadlines put paid to that?

The transfer window opens again for a short time in mid season.

But bringing in a few players mid season when the current team's form dips is hardly the way to inspire moral and confidence - AF may threaten to do that when United lose to some two-bit sunday league team but that's part of his psychological warfare. Part of the spirit within United that keeps them going all season is the knowledge that Fergie is fiercely loyal to his players. You just can't buy that sort of moral and comeraderie.

It is a well know fact by bringing in new players will give the team a lift and existing players will have to fight for their places. I didn't see Real Madrid moral dropping when they bought David Beckham. Even Fergie will be looking for new players to strengthen his squad when he can.

The point is if a team looking for honours then fresh legs are a welcome bonus. The biggest dent to team's moral is carrying players who cannot perform.

Southampton 1 - 0 Manchester United. :D

United's 1st league defeat in 2003.

Ah well, we lost - just like Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea all will this year....

One game does not a season make :cry: :cry: :cry:

Agreed.

I wouldn't want to be playing Man U after that display..;)

Fergie will be roasting a few people, and they will probably bounce back with venom.

well im not going to deny we played pretty poorly southampton deserve the win they played alot better attacking and defensive wise

we ? I didn't see you on the pitch :p

nope but i still count it as we i mean i do support them man utd

:D

aha the man utd hater watched the game did he?
pay per view as well
a closet man utd fan as i knew all along

yeh we lost our 1st league game this year , it wont be our last.
we were crap and southampton never gave up and deserved the win.


"bring on the prawn sandwiches"

We weren't particularly good against Wolves either.

Tim Howard would get my Man of the Match today if anyone deserved it.

The only good thing to notice in the game is that Forlan seems to be improving somewhat.

How they missed Scholesy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol i didn't watch the match nor paid for it directly since we get all matches for £1 a month :D :p

What do the Man U fans think of this news HERE :eek: :eek:

bahahaaha.... expect Chelsea to reinforce their "Global Branding" in the next 6 months.....

kenyon aint made man utd the biggest club in the world.....we shareholders club members and supporters have by spending our money on them.
he just knows how much the players earn and no matter what chelsea can pay for players like ruud for example , he will play for man utd until he retires from top flight football

"bring on the prawn sandwiches"

The thing is, Man Utd were already a world renouned club before Kenyon took over. Chelsea are virtually unheard of outside the UK.

true...........

very true ,chelsea may improve their profile around europe now they seem to have a player from every country (very pc)
in global fame no other team in the world comes close to man utd

"bring on the prawn sandwiches"

another good win for the boys today..
ruud was awesome..
teddy played a blinder for portsmouth too

Robert Pires 6.0, 6.0, 6.0, 6.0, 6.0, 6.0.

A top class dive. :D

Well done. Mr Pires managed a dive with no contact from a Portsmouth player and still got a penalty. This ranks as the all time great.

Arsenal are a class act in deception. Perhaps Arsenal should have NTL as their sponsors. They go hand in hand.

I though Chelsea played well against Spurs. I can see Chelsea getting stronger.

Any team can get stronger by spending millions on players but its the manager thats the most inportant thing ;)

But do they have any longevity? That's the mark of true champions IMO.

sometimes they are not very deceptive though and so they lie through their teeth (yup very ntl like)
e.g sol campbell elbowing ole gunnar then saying "it wasn't me" when every tv camera in uk filmed him doing it

COME ON YOU REDS 3 - 0 :)

Looks like another great night of European Football for the boys :wavey:


Come on 4-0 :D

i want to see more goals they deserve more giggs van nistelrooy fortune on form shame solskjaer had to go off hope hes fit for the weekend

come on lads!!!!!!

didnt man u recently loose to southampton again in a premiership match ?
I'd thought they'd or learnt from there mistakes *shrug*

K

Yeah, so at 5-0 there's no way they learned from their mistaked..... :D

stuttgart next , then bring on the men in skirts from scotland.

should beat stuttgart but rangers im scared :eek: :p ;)

we shouldve won today , we outplayed the gooners and viera got sent off so arse-end whinger will be crying about that in the papers tomorrow......ruud missed a penalty in the 90th minute...seeing how we got a penalty at the last minute of the game arse-end will be crying about man utd always having penaltys etc etc

Had Ruud put that penalty away, it would of course have been off-side.....

hehehehe yep russ i believe it would
:rofl:

You all slate how arsene wenger goes moaning to papers, Yet you all go on about how Manu DEFIENTLY SHOULD of won, How ironic! :rofl:

Should have won, actually :)

</pedantic-literate mode>

funny , i have just been talking to my mate who watched the game and he reckoned both teams played like ****e , but then he is a boro fan and they won :p :p :p :p

According to wenger, Rudd is a cheat!

I just hope the Arsenal punished properly for their players behaviour after the final whistle.

Is RVN a diver? Yes he is. Is he doing anything differently from any other striker in the Premiership? No.

That of course does not make it right, but in comparision he's just doing what they all do. If you crack down on one, you crack down on them all.

lol.... both team as bad each other but the gloating rox on RVN hehe... Bring it on!!

Arsenal = what a bunch of sorry losers :2up:

Hope the FA take action against Arsenal for their antics at the end of the game

Well he is:shrug:

Footballers get worse every week, Rudd made sure he booted Viera on the way down, Viera acted like a child and tried to kick him, the Rudd acted like a child and made out he tried to hack his legs off with a sword, then the dive for a penalty, then most of the Gunners acted like children at then end:rolleyes:

And this was supposed to be the top 2 teams in the land.... what a sorry sight, what a great advert for what is meant to be a sport. :rolleyes:

Sorry? What match were you watching?
Rudd jumped for a header, Viera leaned over and Rudd landed on him, for this he got a yellow card. Viera then kicked out at Rudd who then moved back. He didn't fall to the ground and roll about.
He dived for a penalty??? you sure you watched the match?

The point I was making, is the he calls Rudd a cheat, after his own player cheats the week before - the ref even rescinded the yellow card he gave the Portsmouth player.

So Man U supporter then? Rudd, stuck is leg into Viera on the way down, did you not see it? When Viera swung at RVN he jumped out of the way like he had a hammer swung at him, even though he was well out of reach of Viera's leg.

And yes he did dive for the penalty, that kind of incident hapens 5 times a game and no one gets a penalty for it, so made an effort to make it look really good.

Yes I did watch the game, although I wish I hadn't it was really boring, other than Ronaldo, it was a waste of time.

boro won?????? really?????? did the opposition turn up?????
:rofl:

Both were in the wrong, both got yellow cards.


Funny, I though it was Forlan who went down under the pressure from Monkey Man.

I said both were wrong mate:confused:

I didn't say it wasn't Forlan that dived under normal pressure:confused:

HUH?

You said RVN "dived" to win the penalty.
Where infact it was Forlan "won" the penalty.

tee ****in hee , yes they did which is more than man u did if i remember correctly ;)

aha thats why boro beat man utd then , we never turned up hehe

I think you will find that I type RVN name by mistake since I had typed his name so many times, and then went back and edited it, it was a mistake, I corrected it:)

Bottom line of it, Rudd kicked/kneed Viera on the way down, Viera threw a leg that was never going to hit him, and then Rudd made sure the ref knew about it, so yes he is a cheat:)

When I play foodball and somebody tries to kick me I'm pretty sure I'd always move back, its instintive, but I guess I'm a cheat too.....

The fact is that if Veria hadn't reacted then he wouldn't have been sent off. Its his fault, not RVN's

Hey mate, I think Viera deserved to go, don't see why you are having a go at me :confused:

So when you are playing fotball and somone tries to kick you do you jump out of the way 2secs late while making eye contact with ref, and making that "send him off" face? Cos if you do, yes then you too are a cheat:) ;)

roll up roll up , place your bets please , boro v man u , if you are brave enough ;)

I'd put a wee bet on, even give boro minus a goal. ;)

Sorry mate.

Pires didnt actually dive against portsmouth, Im not sure whether he was fouled or not, The portsmouth player DIDNT deserve a yellow card, but it was a penalty, He infringed on a goal scoring oppurtunity.

Pires put his leg out so he could fall over the other player, Pires should have got booked for it, no penalty that's for sure.

No problems these things happen:)

even after man u's recent past record against the boro :p :p :p

The attack on Ruud Van Nistelrooy by the Arsenal players after the final whistle was an absolute disgrace.
The Players concerned and Arsenal Football Club should be fined heavily by the FA, and also have points deducted.
Arsenal have accrued 52 red cards in 7 seasons, which is more than other clubs get yellow cards.
If Wenger cannot address the clubs poor disciplinary record, then the FA should set the example by doing it for him.

Why? Who cares how many reds they have had? They give Man U the title last year cos they had players suspended, so the punishment works:)

nah they gave us naff all......we just kept winning all our games in the second half of the season and arsenal kept blowing it , they got turned over by teams they shouldnt have even if five of their first team were suspended and missing , they blew results at places like bolton etc where they had the game won....they need to spend more of their spare time training instead of on the phone to the sun bleating about refs/manu/injurys/too many games/transfer windows/new ground/no sugar in tea/chippy too far away/price of shopping in sainsburys and everything else they bleat about etc etc etc

how about if they were paid a bit less , maybe then they would turn out there best performance week after week , and then how about paying them sweet fa now that really would make them sit up until they won , sorry this is my pet hate about football overpaid prima donnas :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
waits to be flamed from some idiot who cant see the wood from the trees ;)

yup they all get paid way too much for way too little work and no one can argue with that

another fine win for the mighty man utd and another three goals for ruuudy golden boots...thats his reply for everyone at arsenal calling him a diver last week.....talk about pot and kettle when they have Pires the greatest french diver since jacques cousteau playing for them

Yes good win for the BEST team in the premier league.

Great comment about Pires. lol:D

oh come on it was only Leicester, wait till you come up against a real team like Arsenal.... oh you have...oh well :p

oh you mean arsenal who cant seem to go a game without diving cheating or something promiscuous such as that :p

Well you didn't win did ya despite your best intentions of getting Arsenal players sent off :p

excuse me ?

they got themselves in to bother 6 players and the club charged it was there own doing :nono:

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i hope ruudy is on as good form against stuttgart

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Ever so slightly off topic, but perhaps not if you read the first post.

Just how well are Stoke City doing in Div 1 at the moment,:LOL:

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Oh and there was me thinking the best team in the premiership would be top of the premiership.

:cool:

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they will be when it counts on the last day of the season again..oh and 8 times champions in the last 11 years makes them the best unless my school taught me to add up wrong:dunce:

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Haha :-)

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Nice result :LOL:

Oh, Stoke? Not to bad actually.. good start, Fading off at the moment, Just need to get themselves back together - Not too bad for a team that's been put together for peanuts :) Its not as if we're gonna get promoted, We dont have millions like Manu.

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It's so re-assuring to note that you never miss an opportunity :blah:

However, tonight, United were cr*p.
OShea needs to take a holiday, Gary Neville needs to be replaced, Ronaldo should have been booked for diving.

Bring Beckham Back.

Grumble Grumble.........

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hehehe at least ruudy scored apart from that we were crap

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another fine win for the boys today....ruud scored another penalty.....you know we seem to get a penalty every time we play nowadays.....i wonder if theres any truth in the rumour that all the refs are closet man utd fans?

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Yes they are always Man U fans remember.... :rolleyes:

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lol they have been for the last 10 years.