posted Apr 24, 2008

It looked to me that several United players 'froze' on the night and were over-awed by the occasion. There was no inter-change bewteen Ronaldo, Tevez and Rooney (who was particularly static) like you see when they play in the Premiership. It was like they were in awe of Barcelona and felt that they could not express themselves in this setting.
Ferguson should have been yelling at them to play their normal game and stop giving the opposition so much respect. Hopefully it will be different at OT.

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posted Apr 24, 2008

Ronaldo is 23 years old and Rooney is 22 years old, it is totally excusable for them to have a bad game on a big stage, Ronaldo has already come out and said he will score at old trafford, he was smiling with eto'o just before the second half kicked off, this won't affect him at all. This poor performance from the pair has just set the stage for a tremendous night in Manchester, it is the reason they are paid so much, it is the reason we love football.

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posted Apr 24, 2008

comment by sensationalbodhran (U5911816)
posted 11 Hours Ago

You trying to tell me the premiership is a good league? Man UTD won ten maybe, next best is Arsenal with three? And we have only had 16 of them.

At least the N.Ireland league, and Scottish, are competitive.

And only people who live on an island think leagues are important.

When did Milan last win a league?
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there is so much wrong with this i do not know where to start.


scottish league ???

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posted Apr 24, 2008

i see this tie as similar to the man u/madrid meeting of the y2k season, which has kept man u scared of madrid to this day. after a soreless draw at the bernabeu, man u fans said;'they outplayed us, so what, did they score?' at old traford, they were well beaten. whether man u like it or not, barca were far better on the night. man u will only try to contain barca because if they try to attack, they will give barca more space to hit them. look at the little space barca had but they tormented man u's defence. i don't see man u doing any better at old traford. they now have more to fear and worry about.

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posted Apr 24, 2008

Was that team in white BOLTON last nite?

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posted Apr 24, 2008

Barcelona's Xavi has urged Chelsea to do the Spaniards a favour and run Manchester United into the ground on Saturday.

LOOOL chek xavi out he needs to have a bath first

man united all tha way

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posted Apr 24, 2008

i-am-dr-dre

I concede that Ronaldo's main obstacle is his acumen at times. He was playing totally out of synch with the rest of the team tonight, and the same was true of Rooney. They can't adapt to Europe

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This can be very costly when playing sides like Barca. How often was possession wasted by Ronaldo last night. Fair enough, he has the courage to run at his opponents, but when they refuse to be beaten (or when he is outnumbered) he must release the ball - he doesn't.

Ronaldo's biggest weapon is not his speed, tricks or shots, it's his PRESENCE. Just like Ronaldinho, Messi or Kaka, he needs two, sometimes three, people marking him. This, in turn, creates space for teammates. I have seen on a number of occasions Rooney getting frustrated with him - he peels off a defender and Ronaldo either takes a shot himself, waits too long or runs it out of play.

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posted Apr 24, 2008

The real deal is to watch the game,or rather switch to super sport tv and you will like the both preview match report and analyses ok
if i tell you how we run out of schdule just to come home and watch the game .REDDEVIL DIE HARDER.gats o do wats gats doo to watch tha game.goooooo manutd

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posted Apr 24, 2008

I'm a dedicated united fan but not one for being oblivious to the reality. Last night was shocking, we suffered the true experience that is the Nou Camp and I felt from the biggest club in the world's perspective we were poor. I'm tired of commentators and people in the football media constantly telling us how well we play when we don't! Last night sky sports commentator said this was a 'near perfect performance'. I'm sorry? A near perfect performance? We have the best squad in the world at the moment and we should be playing better. As much as I want to see us outplaying chelsea i have my reservations. Haven't you all seen the sign at the bridge, it says "NO GOOD FOOTBALL ALLOWED!"

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posted Apr 24, 2008

Last night sky sports commentator said this was a 'near perfect performance'. I'm sorry? A near perfect performance
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Our commentators in Ireland called it a shambles and said your only fooling yourself if you think Barca wont score at OT!

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