Everton Vs ManUtd Feb 20 2010

Be sure what you wish for, it may come back and haunt you! 


Thats what happened this weekend at everton. Last week, i had wished everton to beat chelsea and help us in the title race, but what i forgot was that we have to goto everton too. 


Final score: 3-1


What a disappointing performance! Absolutely ridiculous! The first half was lively, with nice quick plays and we got the lead through berba, but they got level through a wonderful strike i must admit. But, the second half was lackluster. Why don't valencia play the full 90 minutes with the same vigor and enthusiasm? He was absolute waste in second half and was not getting in the play to feed berba or rooney. Then the second everton goal came in 76th minute i guess. Again valencia the culprit. He was sleeping without marking the run of pienaar and a cross across the goal was met by Dosling. 


United made substitution with berba being substituted by obertan. For gods sake why go to 4-5-1 when you are chasing the game and with valencia having a horrible game. WE NEED A STRIKER to help rooney in his attempt to get us the title. No, Owen is not the one! Berba is cool but with his niggling injury problems he cant play whole 90 minutes and wont start many matches. Rooney can play upfront on his own if he gets good service from others, but that doesn't happen in a consistent manner. One day you play the best game of your life, next week you lose miserably. Same players, same formation but different results. 


The defense was so weak today. They were running through the center of our defense dribbling. I felt as if we are playing a man short in midfield. I dont understand what carrick was doing the whole game. Apart from a shot on goal and a corner i never saw him in the game. We need rio and vidic very badly in defense if we have to go on a continuous run of wins and with any hope of winning the title.


I sometimes feel Rooney is the only one in the team who plays to win. Ok even fletcher too. But others are just so impassionate about united and the desire to win. United means winning. If you dont play to win, then better dont play for united. Thats my call for the united players who played today. Playing well and losing is better than playing to lose. 

MILAN MADNESS

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” Marilyn Monroe said that, although it may well have been Sir Alex Ferguson after Tuesday's see-sawing battle at San Siro.

The Reds went behind via a deflection, then levelled courtesy of a  gigantico slice of fortune before the break (not since Giggsy's contribution late in the 1999 Champions League final has a United mis-kick been quite so effective). Then Wayne Rooney scored two headers – the second of which he could have brought down and taken three touches before backheeling into the net, such was the lax Milan marking – and United, in the manager’s words, were “coasting”.

Five minutes from time, however, the Reds allowed Clarence Seedorf to steal in and pull a goal back with an outrageous flick. Milan were back in the tie. Oh yes, and there was still time for Michael Carrick to be sent off for the most petty of crimes.

Exciting? Sure. Football at its finest? Yes… and no. The match ebbed and flowed, the pendulum of power swinging from Milan to Manchester and back again more times than the master puppeteer Ronaldinho went to ground looking for a free-kick. But the excitement – the nail-biting drama and tension football fans only feel a few times a season – was only possible thanks to football’s imperfections.


PS: Was extracted from ManUtd website. 

Preview to AC Milan vs ManUTD

Just cannot wait to see Becks in action. He will always remain one of my most favourite players. I hope that Fergie gets him back to OT for maybe just an year before he retires. How awesome would that be :)

ManUtd haven't really done well at the San Siro in the recent past. However, I believe they have just been unlucky. They are no less than teams like Milan, Madrid, etc. It somehow just has never worked out against them. I really believe they can do it this time. In fact, they should be able to win both legs, that too with ease.

Irrespective of what happens, I want Becks to score a free kick at OT. It would be amazing to see the OT fans cheer him. I am sure that it will be a moment he will cherish forever.

Hope Nani plays. Hope both Rooney and Berbatov/Owen play. Hope Scholesy does not play! We should be fine then :). I eagerly await the match.

Manchester United Vs Aston Villa : FEB 10 2010

The day when united potentially had a very good chance of going top went begging. It was a 1-1 draw in the end, with united playing for over an hour with ten men. I guess the image tells you who saw RED.

Yes, it was Nani, the most unlikely of players. United started the away game shakily as they always do. Went a goal behind through some uncertain defending in the penalty box. Then, the men in Red (Actually blue tonight) started showing their true colors as if they were waiting for a disaster to happen to wake them up and the goal came soon after. Giggs shot turned in by collins, an own goal. Uniteds 10th own goal of the campaign, the second highest goal scorer :P

United were in the ascendancy and in search of the second, when nani's two footed challenge on petrov changed the game plan. Nani saw red and rooney was left to do more than what he usually does (which by other footballers standard is more). But, united kept attacking and were solid at the back.

United were so attacking, it was hard to say who were playing with ten men. It can be proved by the number of shots each team had on goal after the dismissal. I dint see van der sar make any save in the second half, but friedel had to be at his best to keep out rooney twice. I feel if it wasn't for friedel, united would have won this game easily.

The defense was at its best today. Rafael played with maturity, brown and evans were solid, apart from some mistakes by evans which went unnoticed. I feel we are good in defense for some more years to come. No vida or rio, no worries.

Chelsea lost today to everton, as i expected but united failed to win. I see it as a very good point earned rather than 2 points dropped, taking into consideration we played with 10 men for an hour. The gap is just a point now! I feel we are on our way to fourth title in a row :)

Preview to the MidWeek Game

The MidWeek matches of the top 2 this week, i think are crucial in the title run because both teams are playing away and both have difficult opponents. Man United play Villa at villa park and Chelsea play Everton at Goodison.

ManUnited have not lost at Villa since 1999, the Omens are good and we are the heroes for the villains. But, remember the villa game at Old Trafford this season where we were beaten with ease by united standards. Nothing can be taken away from villa, they are a top 6 team now, looking for champions league spot. They have a very good team with Agbonlahor, young, heskey in attack.

But, we are United. We are on a roll for the past few weeks and I don't see the villains stopping us from being the heroes again. I see a tough match with united coming up on top in the end with ease.

Chelsea have a tough match against Everton at Goodison. Everton are the most inconsistent team i have seen this season. But, they are good at home, they have a very good team with many players coming back from injuries, most importantly Mikel Arteta. If they play like they played againt Man City, i feel we are going to go top this week. But, this is chelsea, they are not invincibles but they are good. They have got players back from African Nations and stronger than they looked 2 weeks back. I will be supporting everton in this match (As Expected) if not to batter chelsea, atleast to scrape a victory in the end.

Another Interesting match this midweek is Arsenal vs Liverpool. I wont talk much about them. But, I hope for another 4-4 match. Atleast the highlights will be good to watch :)

So, by the end of Wednesday evening, I see united winning and hoping everton to beat chelsea, to see united roaring to the top. I wish for an easy game for united without any nailbiters like last season game against villa at OT where 'Fredrico Macheda' scored this amazing goal, which i feel was the turning point for the title last season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1pgPFmXjC8&feature=related

Vision for this blog

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Manchester United Vs Arsenal and Portsmouth

what do we get to see on a nice lazy Sunday supposedly rated as the most awaited match because of the form Arsenal was in 10 matches undefeated streak. Manchester United start the game bit slowly. Everybody doubted SAF's choice to play NANI in the big match and what do we get to see No 17 comes up with the most matured and fabulous performance beating 2 people and creating a chance for the highest goal scorer in BPL ROONEY and he finishes it of easily. it does not end there rooney this time creates for nani by opening arsenal defence and he nets it in. No wonder MANUTD r the champions and will be champions.

Today's match Manutd vs Portsmouth
Right from 00:00 they were attacking and having possession with them. they created a lot of chances the best of all the lot was berbatov's chance where valencia gave a brilliant pass to charging neville, neville passes it to berbatov who is in the 3 yard box but he misses an easy chance. fletcher who has been the star performer this season apart from rooney comes up a brilliant cross and the ball finds no. 10 to just net it in wat a brilliant game play by united. Once MANUTD score a goal they dun stop there they went on to score the second time though it was a deflection but NANI showed y he is rated very highly....

Hopefully there are to come in this game....