Comments on: United Battle Back http://www.thedevilinme.co.uk/2009/09/14/united-battle-back/ Football analysis by Mark Payne Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ahmad http://www.thedevilinme.co.uk/2009/09/14/united-battle-back/comment-page-1/#comment-4336 Ahmad Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:44:57 +0000 http://www.thedevilinme.co.uk/?p=344#comment-4336 Great article...thou being a bit harsh on berba..he made a decent preformance..ran after everyball and came close to scoring,and elegant player that adds something special to United,Evra made a huge impact,he and rooney seem always to be working even when everyone else is having a bad day,Carrick have been left out recently by the Sir , i think he should be starting against beskitas ,while owen should also start ,since he has experience of facing all kinds of hostility United showed a great preformance,united material ,which we lost with Ronaldo , the only problem ..will be consistency of that team .. Great article…thou being a bit harsh on berba..he made a decent preformance..ran after everyball and came close to scoring,and elegant player that adds something special to United,Evra made a huge impact,he and rooney seem always to be working even when everyone else is having a bad day,Carrick have been left out recently by the Sir , i think he should be starting against beskitas ,while owen should also start ,since he has experience of facing all kinds of hostility
United showed a great preformance,united material ,which we lost with Ronaldo , the only problem ..will be consistency of that team ..

]]> By: Ahmad http://www.thedevilinme.co.uk/2009/09/14/united-battle-back/comment-page-1/#comment-4335 Ahmad Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:43:33 +0000 http://www.thedevilinme.co.uk/?p=344#comment-4335 Great article..thou being a bit harsh on berba..he made a decent preformance..ran after everyball and came close to scoring,and elegant player that adds something special to United,Evra made a huge impact,he and rooney seem always to be working even when everyone else is having a bad day,Carrick have been left out recently by the Sir , i think he should be starting against beskitas ,while owen should also start ,since he has experience of facing all kinds of hostility United showed a great preformance,united material ,which we lost with Ronaldo , the only problem ..will be consistency of that team .. Great article..thou being a bit harsh on berba..he made a decent preformance..ran after everyball and came close to scoring,and elegant player that adds something special to United,Evra made a huge impact,he and rooney seem always to be working even when everyone else is having a bad day,Carrick have been left out recently by the Sir , i think he should be starting against beskitas ,while owen should also start ,since he has experience of facing all kinds of hostility
United showed a great preformance,united material ,which we lost with Ronaldo , the only problem ..will be consistency of that team ..

]]> By: Jono http://www.thedevilinme.co.uk/2009/09/14/united-battle-back/comment-page-1/#comment-4223 Jono Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:07:10 +0000 http://www.thedevilinme.co.uk/?p=344#comment-4223 Make no mistake this was a stunning display. A Spurs-supporting pal of mine said United was the best team he had ever seen play at WHL and this was one of the best games he had ever seen. I couldn't bring myself to disagree with him and it would be churlish in the extreme to find reasons to criticise United's all round team performance. Nobody got less than a 7 (the Bulgar possibly excepted) and quite a few got an 8 or a 9. Funnily enough, despite all the accolades, I didn't think Rooney had been playing that well at times - a few misplaced passes, the occasional wrong decision on whether to pass, shoot or take on the man, but Giggs was a delight to watch, Scholes was the master of the midfield until he decided to try out his unique blend of tackling, and Fletcher was of course immense throughout. A Scottish Keano in the making, but without the rabid streak (leave that to Vidic). Which reminds me, Evra can get a little feisty too when the mood takes him. In fact, he does have form. But it was the TEAM which won. Brilliant passing, hard work, playing for each other, no petulance, no play-acting, no prima donna moments. Now why would I make those comments? Yes, we are a better team without young Ronnie, though we will have plenty of cause to ask "just who is going to take on the opposition and really open them up?" when we are struggling to break down some midfield-swamping bunch of dullards. Ronnie usually managed that. Yes, Besiktas will indeed be a tricky tie and we have a genuinely massive derby coming up, but on this form they are just a delight to watch. Can't wait!! Make no mistake this was a stunning display. A Spurs-supporting pal of mine said United was the best team he had ever seen play at WHL and this was one of the best games he had ever seen. I couldn’t bring myself to disagree with him and it would be churlish in the extreme to find reasons to criticise United’s all round team performance. Nobody got less than a 7 (the Bulgar possibly excepted) and quite a few got an 8 or a 9. Funnily enough, despite all the accolades, I didn’t think Rooney had been playing that well at times – a few misplaced passes, the occasional wrong decision on whether to pass, shoot or take on the man, but Giggs was a delight to watch, Scholes was the master of the midfield until he decided to try out his unique blend of tackling, and Fletcher was of course immense throughout. A Scottish Keano in the making, but without the rabid streak (leave that to Vidic). Which reminds me, Evra can get a little feisty too when the mood takes him. In fact, he does have form.

But it was the TEAM which won. Brilliant passing, hard work, playing for each other, no petulance, no play-acting, no prima donna moments. Now why would I make those comments? Yes, we are a better team without young Ronnie, though we will have plenty of cause to ask “just who is going to take on the opposition and really open them up?” when we are struggling to break down some midfield-swamping bunch of dullards. Ronnie usually managed that.

Yes, Besiktas will indeed be a tricky tie and we have a genuinely massive derby coming up, but on this form they are just a delight to watch. Can’t wait!!

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