May 21
CHAMPIONEEEESSSSSS! YESSSSS!
UPDATE: I want to write a report, but don’t know where to start. Give me some more time to collect my thoughts (because yesterday was a blur), and I promise I’ll make it up to you.
Article when I get sober.
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dream land boys! we always gotta do it the hard way!
…..Roll on transfer market!
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Poor John Terry… couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy… Except maybe Ashley Cole HAH. cough.
Justice was served and the best team won.
Glory Glory Man United.
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you know, i know what u mean about boxing the other team in, but as far as i saw, he just nonchalantly kicked it outta play again… it didnt seem like he was trying anything. BUT! i dont know, it was such a blur
and i did say that chelsea did do the same thing, haha so okay i at least got someone elses opinion about the igniting factor…
what about JT and his noserubbing at tevez? haha cold moscow air or something more
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the stuff of dreams.
from munich 58 to moscow 08.
man united will never die.
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Yep as Champions of Europe we have great leverage and we should use that to secure some amazing players to make us even stronger! This should be a platform to dominate Europe for years to come. Our squad is so strong that really we will have to spend good to buy players better than we already have.
On my shopping list would be:
A 15-20 million striker with height and pace. Against Chelsea we were crying out for someone tall enough to get on the end of those crosses and someone with a yard more pace to get onto the chances Tevez missed.
A 5-10 million defender as there will be gaps when Silvestre, Pique and possible Neville leave/retire.
A 10 million winger ideally someone who can play on both flanks as Giggs will have even less involvement next year and Park and Nani prefer the left which leaves the right wing understaffed..unless of course we continue playing Hargreaves there.
Total outlay around 30 million. Add that to the 20 million securing Tevez on a permanent and that seems a realistic transfer budget.
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If anyone has any smidgen of sympathy for Terry’s penalty miss, take a look at him spitting at Tevez.
http://i30.tinypic.com/aylrn6.gif
The guy is nothing but scum. I’m so happy he fucked it up for Chelsea. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person.
Did you hear about Terry releasing a new range of vodka? Made in England, bottled in Russia.
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The season ended as it started. We won against Chelsea on penalties after playing 1-1 at full time, and half time, and VDS is the hero. What a game, what a final, what joy and what a team. Best Ive ever seen! This truly is Fergies best team. I celebrated until late night and I woke up early, so I should be sleepy. But Ive not been this awake this whole year. CHAMPIONS!!
I am impressed by Anderson and Nani, both players coming on to take penalties and both scored, in a nerve wrecking game and what pressure they must have felt! Both taking first class penalties, and I am especially happy that Andy scored. He is my favorite player and I have been praying for him to score some day, and he did it with a pen in the CL final. I know it was in a penaly shootout, ut anyway, he scored.
Vidic, Brown, VDS, Evra, Carrick and Owen were great yesterday. But my MOTM was Ronaldo. His first half was amazing, Ive never seen him better. Who says he cant perform against big team. Against Chelsea, in a Champions League final, he made Essien look like a 2 year old that had never seen a footballer or the game itself and he made the whole Chelski team look shite! He missed his pen, but we won and there is always going to be a player that misses his penalty, so I wont blame him. 8.5/10 cause he dissapeard a little in the second half. And I can promise you: HE WILL STAY!!
CHAMPIOONE, CHAMPIOONE, OLE OLE OLEEE! CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!
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Ronaldo will stay: http://www.manchesterunited.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=110467
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Just have to say: WHY, OH WHY GOD? Do you have to make us this nervous and anxious. It is dangerous, you know that. Read that you can die because of heart attack or problems breathing. This is the third Champions League final that United win late, very late.
1968: Extra time. 4-1
1999: Stappage time. 2-1
2008: Penalty shootout. 1-1(7-6)
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Well I have had a good sleep and I woke up this morning and pinched myself first to see if it was all a dream. Truthfully people, I couldn’t have dreamed a final as thrilling and as dramatic as the one we all witnessed yesterday. How do you come down from such a high and actually recover from the damage done to your nervous system after such a grueling ordeal? And I never went out and got pissed out of my mind either. I seem to be a lone wolf here in Vancouver Canada when it comes to loving the beautiful game. I just have no friends that give a damn about the sport and so unlike hockey or North American football, I have to do my celebrating alone. BUMMER! I really could have gone for a few pints at the nearest pub but then again the few footy pubs available to me are filled with fucking useless Arsenal, Chelsea and mostly Liverpool fans. Don’t ask me why. What I would have given to have been transported to good old Manchester for one night of partying and drinking? Anyway, it’s the morning after and it’s time to reflect.
United did the business yesterday JUST. We really deserved to win the game despite what the ass clown AV Grant, The Emperor of Personality himself thought his bunch of cheaters, crybabies and poor sportsmen deserved to win the game. Sure they hit the post twice but lets face it, they deserved to be down 3-0 or 4-0 by the time they even scored their first gift goal. And what a beauty it was too. Can Francine Lampard score a goal that doesn’t have some kind of deflection or ricochet involved in it? Had we lost the game we would be mulling over the missed opportunities and the fact that all the hard work and beautiful football we showed in that first half would have gone down the drain.
Yesterday I got very spiritual but it is hard for me to analyze a game as gut wrenching as this one without wondering if there was a little devine intervention or spiritual scriptwriting involved. The best screenwriters in Hollywood couldn’t have done a better job scripting the events of this game. The game had everything and then some. For all the people who hate the penalty shootout for determining winners I say BOLLOCKS! Why? Because it simply is the most dramatic and emotionally gut wrenching experience in all sports. So please tell me why that is a bad thing for the game. If two teams can’t settle it after extra time, then it needs to end in some spectacular fashion before all the players drop from physical exhaustion. And yes, I would be saying this if we had lost. You still have to have talent, guts and mental strength to participate in it and a whole lot of luck too. Sorry but it works for me.
A few observations on the game;
1. To all the haters on this site that loved watching John Terry miss the penalty. He didn’t out and out miss it due to his inability. Lets face it he did a Beckham (remember vs France in EURO 04) and slipped as he planted his left foot just prior to kicking the ball. Three cheers for the pitch giving way. Bad luck! Perhaps but nobody else seemed to slip and his was the one to win it all for Chelshit. Like I said before, devine intervention. Somebody in heaven sits on his throne and wears the new Manchester United CL 08 Final jersey with pride.
2. We need a striker and true goal scorer. We need a target man who can leap tall buildings in a single bound and get to crosses that our two Hobbits Mr Rooney and Mr Tevez could not get to. There were several instances of crosses or passes that went in to the box yesterday that Tevez could not reach because of his lack of height. He’s good at heading a ball if it’s low but he just does not have the super human Ronaldo like vertical that is needed to over compensate for his lack of height. Huntelaar or Gomez would have scored at least two goals yesterday on some really missed opportunities. Even Rooney suffers mightily in the air. Add to that the inability to find this pair consistently in the box on crosses and it is clear to me we need a striker more than ever. We need a Drogba like target man but preferably one that isn’t an asshole like the Drogba.
3. Three boos to UEFA for choosing Moscow for a final and notmaking sure that the pitch situation was not taken care of way before it was. Yes winter ends late in Russia as it does here in Canada but what they do here is put hot lamps all over the field to make sure new grass grows and stays fresh. I’ve said for years that groundskeepers around the planet have nothing on American groundskeepers in regards to the science of pitch management. I have seen fields in America after major snowfalls or storms look brilliant due to very high tech drainage systems built in to the pitch. It’s not just about laying down sod. There’s an entire team of botonists who manage the care of these surfaces. The surface in Moscow was a disgrace and could have cost a player a career should he have planted wrong or caught his spike in a seam between two cubes of sod. Lets face it, it cost Chelsea a victory in PK’s. Unbeleivable
4. How many of you were cursing the name Louis Saha last night when we were going into extra time and Rooney had been subbed off? Would it not have been ideal to be able to replace one striker for another? Louis let us all down again. From the celebrations of the League to yesterday I’d really like to know what he did to injure himself again? Honestly. Just stick the guy in a hyperbolic chamber and don’t let him do anything until the final. Protect him like rare flower. This guy can hurt himself by going to the toilet to take a dump. By walking his dog, by bending to tie his shoe laces. He is an accident waiting to happen and it absolutely amazes me that idiots like Curbishly, Keegan and even Wenger are interested in him. Wait a second, Wenger is interested in any colored Frenchman that’s available.
5. I don’t know about all of you but I found it highly entertaining when the camera would quite often show the reactions of Roman Abramovich after specific moment. mostly negative ones for Chelsea. The classic moment was when Drogba got the red card. He just looked totally disgusted and you could make him say to his girlfriend the word DROGBA in a manner that looked like Drogba was going to experience his last words while a member of Chelski. The Terry penalty was classic too and the moment we won it was classic as he looked totally resigned and defeated. Moments like that are to be cherished. I for one LOVED IT.
6. Our lads put it all out on display yesterday but I want to single out a few for moments of true heroism. Paul Scholes for showing us what a warrior and what a big heart he had. He had his nose broken (a compound fracture) but he still lasted 80 minutes and he played well although he did tire in the second half. Nemanja Vidic for backing up his talk during the week with a blanket performance against the Drogba. Other than a long range shot that hit the post, Drogba for me was pretty invisible. And Vidic got into his head big time. Owen Hargreaves once again was asked to something he hadn’t done more than once all season and he played his heart out despite also being given a bloody nose. When Giggs came in for Scholes he was asked to move in to cover and cause havoc and from that point on the Chelsea threat in the second half and extra time ended. Like the Energizer bunny, you just wind him up and he goes on and on. Rio Ferdinand who may not have had one of his best games but who fought leg injuries and cramps for the entire game and showed the guts, determination and willpower a true captain and leader shows. Ryan Giggs for coming in and calming down the troops. Unlucky not to get the winner in extra time and a true champion in the way he put the penalty away that won it for us. And special praise to unexpected warriors. Anderson and Nani. Both didn’t contribute much on the field but they showed maturity, courage and willingness beyond their years to step up and score two pressure filled penalties. Many greats have failed where they succeeded.
7. The referee had a hard job to do and although he let too much physical banging go, he did dish out punishment evenly and fairly in my opinion. Above all, he never made any mistakes in the box which could have cost us. He should have yellow carded more Chelsea players for constantly bitching and ganging up on him.
8. And finally, I applaud the class shown by United to give the losers a guard of honor, as if they deserved it with their childish antics. Chelski are a disgrace the way they gang up on referees and the way they conduct themselves on the pitch. Extremely poor sportsmanship is the earmark of Chelsea FC. No class at all. And Joe Cole is a bloody embarrassment for English footballers. I question his birthplace and true heritage. It can’t be English.
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Terry spat on tevez thats payback time..Screw chelski i hate them anyways Glory glory Man utd…
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My other video link of the disgraceful Terry Tevez incident got deleted on youtube due to copyright by UEFA. There is another link below, watch it while it is stil available.
Around the 10 second mark
Still looks as though none of the press or news are saying anything about this. I wouldn’t be suprised if Sky and ITV are burning the evidence as we speak to save there pathetic, piece of shit of an England captain. I can guarantee there would have been more attention if it had been Rio involved in the incident rather than Terry. How quick were the press to jump on stories of the Evra’s fight with Chelsea groundstaff and Rio accidently hitting that woman in the Chelsea tunnel. After a 2nd look it looks like he might have snotted Tevez instead of spiiting, what a dirty little cunt.
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For all of you out there waking up (presumably very very drunk)to the news that Ronaldo MAY leave; let me put your mind at ease.
Now credit here must go to the editor over at http://www.redcafe.net; who has published the full post-match interviews Ronaldo gave in which he repeatedly said he wanted to stay next season, something most media sources have inexplicably left out.
TV interview with BBC after the match and celebrations on the pitch
BBC TV presenter : Are you going to stay at Man United or are the rumours about you going to Real Madrid, are they true?
CR : I stay.
Radio interview with BBC after the match and celebrations on the pitch but before the TV interview
BBC Radio interviewer: Winning the Champions league..(muttering…).
CR : Of course, you know, this club has the opportunity to win everything. We show this season we are a great team, we are the best team in Europe, in the Premier league and next season we try to do the same again
Interviewer: Can you assure Manchester United supporters that you will be here next season?
CR : Say again?
Interviewer: Can you assure…you know, can you promise Manchester United supporters that you will be with them next season?
CR (laughing): I never promise nothing. I dont promise nothing to my mum…I dont promise nothing to the supporters
Interviewer: But, but, when you say I want…
CR (cutting off the interviewer): I want to stay, i want to stay, really…Its OK, i want to stay. But the future no one knows, but I want to stay.
Interviewer : But does there have to be a new contract or something like that?
CR : I dont know nothing..Nobody speak with me…eh…We are going to see next two weeks, OK?
Interviewer: But when you say, ‘I will make a decision’….i mean…that means that?
CR (cutting off the interviewer): I dont say ‘ I will make a decision..I dont say…I dont say that…Its the the club take the decision… I dont know…I think…I dont know..’
It must also be noted that in a television interview with ITV after the game Ronaldo was asked the same question; to which he answered ‘No, no, no. I`m going to stay’, before going to join the celebrations with his colleges.
So all in all, its very very positve. I have always said he will stay, and this has mearly cemented that theory for me; regardless of the media’s agenda to drive the brightest talents out of our league. But this shouldnt be a day of worrying, Ronaldo’s staying, we’ve just won the Double, HAPPY DAYS!!!
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Munkey Feet – post 79. Very gutsy of you mate to come visit this site and leave your well wishes – thanks for your comments. I agree both teams were dominant at different parts of the game.
I feel for your guttedness, because I know United fans would be gutted if we had lost the match. Look forward with you to all the spicy encounters between our teams next year, and a repeat CL match would be interesting to say the least. I think L’Pool and Arsenal might be doing everything they can to prevent that prospect though. United are going for a repeat double, so let the contests begin!.
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Dan Hertree – post 71. Thanks for visiting red rants to congratulate our lads on winning the CL trophy. Being a Liverpool fan, it couldn’t have been easy for you visiting a United blog.
With regards to John Terry being in tears again, I think he got just what he deserved in the end, due to his unsavoury behaviour, and that of some of his team mates during the game!.
Looking forward to our games against L’pool next year Dan.
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we should bring up the spitting thing… a world wide web motion to bring the incident (JT spitting) to fore… its fairness… justice had already been served tho… haha
i really hate em
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on the itv coverage after the match the interviewer asked ronaldo if he was going to stay after this and ronaldo said yes
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John Terry is a great player but he is miserable disgusting piece of human waste. The man has no class and he is terrible sportsman. The way the whole team carries themselves on the field is indicative of their captain, classless and childish. He and his mates are nothing more than babies and dirty tricksters. For me they didn’t just lose. They lost in a way that served up justice personified. Dramatic and heartbreaking and John Terry wearing the goat horns. QUALITY!
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I am really starting to believe that the Terry incident is being buried. Not only has it received no coverage to my knowledge but the only place actually reporting it, The Mail have mysteriously taken the story off their website. You can see it is the 3rd most read article on the right hand side of the page if you click the Most Read tab.
Then when selecting the article it has been mysteriously deleted.
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yea, thanks to the CL win next season we will be competing in 7 competitions next season, wouldnt it be great if we won all of them
PL
CL
FA CUP
LEAGUE CUP
CS
WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
EUROPEAN SUPER CUP, not that any of these add-ons mean anything..
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On the comments made by Ronaldo, people we need to have some perspective. The kid’s agent is trying to negotiate a bigger deal for him, one worthy of the undisputed best player in the world. So, when he says he wants to stay, but “it’s up to the club to decide,” what he’s really saying is “my agent told me not to commit unequivocally, because it will make negotiations with the club a little more difficult if they know that it is my desire to stay.” It’s basic negotiation.
With regard to anyone who would say, “but he just signed a contract and should honor it,” please keep in mind that a footballer’s career has a limited life span and as Eduardo’s horrific injury shows, it can end at any moment. That tackle by Carvalho could easily have resulted in the same injury, had Ronny’s kleats been planted. I don’t begrudge the boy his right to make his money entering the prime of his career and have every confidence he will stay as long as SAF and Queiroz stay.
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George Best was born on May 22 1946
MANY COINCIDENCES
SEEMS LIKE THE UNIVERSE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR US SINCE MUNICH DISASTER
George Best was born on May 22 1946
The tropphy was lifted on May 22 2008 (Moscow hour)
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[rsg]
I don’t think it was buried. It’s on the Telegraph for one. The Mail doesn’t represent the media, as a whole, by any stretch.
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John Terry was lucky…UEFA just issued him a yellow card for his 2-footed challenge on the ball! That was a red card offense!
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Grognard : “John Terry is a great player but he is miserable disgusting piece of human waste”
Well said couldn’t have said it better ..THANX MATE U AMAZE US WITH UR WORDS>>
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WOW, just WOW, what a game, i’ve lost all my nails, have broken a few things around the house, hurt my mates who were round with my violent reactions to bad refereeing, but all i can say, in 10 years, no one will remember the details, the just scoreline, and as it stands and if my bad short term memory serves me right manchester united are champions of europe, hold on, that did feel right, MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB ARE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE, and what a team to beat rather than chelsea
Grognard- its a shame you have no one to share the experience with,my friends are mainly chelsea fans, and one of them is also a new york giants fan, so seeing his face and the tears after we won last night was just the sweet revenge i could have wanted after the giants fluked it against my beloved patriots last February, and you know, im never taking this united jersey off, i think its a good luck charm,i met my long term girlfriend wearing it
on to the game, in terms of drama it’s a definite 15/10, i’ve never watched anything like it, no other game in a long time will make me go through such a mixture of emotions in just over 2 hours, the tears, anger laughter relief all marked with a perfect ending of joy, i will never forget this experience and just to make the night even sweeter, alex rodriguez finally woke up a dormante yankees, for those who do not know a-rod is our CR, and he was injured and boy we missed him , now for baseball season to carry me until august
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RedRanter it has been reported in some places but I reckon it is largely being ignored so we will just have to wait and see if this changes. The only other similar incident that comes to mind is in the 1990 World Cup when Rijkaard repeatedly spat on Rudi Voller. I am not sure how Rijkaard was punished if at all although he did get a red card in the match.
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been a united fan for some years and obviously elated for the win.
one question
is there anyone here just going to enjoy the fact that WE’VE WON THE CL and leave all the dross aside?
Do you people live for taunting other people?
I’m amazed. we were once able to win gracefully. is it that wins are now taken for granted? are you genuine supporters?
we are Manchester United. Not Liverpool. Not Leeds. We’re supposed to have style, for goodness sake.
I even see Chelsea supporters here acknowledging our win, and all we can come up to is spraying shit on their captain. YOu’re letting them outclass us off the pitch: it is too obvious to state that they know the value of a win becaause they’ve tasted defeat so many times. acknowledge that they gave us some torrid times and were denied by the post and some dubious decisions (watch again ferdinand on malouda). And please PLEASE no Ronaldo/Best comparison, there’s a gulf in class between the two. great player yes but i’m not sure i want him to represent our team in the world. no good.
all right rant over (it’s red RANT isn’t it). let the party begin. savour the moment and leave Chelsea alone
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What goes around, Comes around – Terry spat on Tevez so God spat on Terry. Enjoy the Links 1 and 2
And a few JOKES because I have had a couple of negative posts today and feel the need to balance out the negativity. They are not mine so the credit is deserved by other individuals.
Why can’t you get a cup of tea at the Stamford Bridge? All the mugs are on the field and all the cups are at Old Trafford
Frank Lampard and Joe Cole were allegedly spotted out in Red Square last night, having clearly had one or two drinks. They were reportedly singing: “We’re forever blowing Doubles.”
John Terry is going to start making his own brand of vodka – and like him it’s bottled in Russia.
When asked about what it feels like to win the Champions League again and Chelseas comments that they deserved to win, Ryan Giggs answered “Its just like a chocolate orange, its not Terry’s, its mine!”
Samaritans are offering counselling to all Chelsea fans. Call 0800 101010 – that’s 08000 won nothing won nothing won nothing.
And If that line gets too busy there is another number to call: 0800 6-5 6-5 6-5.
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rsg; You stole my thunder mate. I was going to suggest that Chlesea hire Frank Rijkaard to be their next manager as he will obviously condone and encourage players like Terry to spit, snot and slap players when things don’t work out well for them. Yes Rijkaard did receive red for that disgrace against Voller. What really bothered me is that Voller did nothing and received red also. Anyway, they should throw the book at Terry for what he did to Tevez. That is below poor sportsmanship. That is disgraceful and highly insulting. Nobody but nobody should ever spit or sneeze on someone else no matter what the situation is. That’s human degradation of the worst kind. Only a total PIG or animal does that.
Mr Muhozi; Yes sweet revenge can be sweet.
I have plenty of NFL friends to share that game with but footy is a vast wasteland for me here. I suppose that is why I write so much on this blog and that I am so passionate and opinionated. I have nobody locally to let off some steam regarding the great game.
Mas_ter; Trust me I am holding back on the language I’d love to use in reference to Terry and Joe Cole too. Classless morons who deserve nothing good in their careers.
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I don’t think we need another winger as in my eyes Hargreaves had a great game on the right wing yesterday. He may have seemed metiocre compared to the usual Ronaldo on the wing, but please do remember he was going against Ashley Cole who even Ronaldo has extreme trouble against. I’m definitely in favor of keeping him on the right wing next season, and having him play in the middle when needed. But of course a lot of his defensive ability is then wasted. Obviously if I want Hargo to be a winger, I’m in favor of getting Veloso. He can play defense and can play as a holding midfielder. This will help if we lose both Pique and Silvestre.
As for other buys, I don’t think we should invest in a new right back. Wes Brown has done a great job and we saw yesterday that he can cross better than before. I would spend 15-20 million on a striker though. For me it has to be Huntelaar. Aerial presence, and a fox-in-the-box. If we buy him he could be our one missing piece and we would be totally unstoppable. So, for me, I want Veloso and Huntelaar to United in the summer. How can they resist playing for the European champions?
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I know this is a little bit off-topic, but has anyone noticed how awful a pundit Tony Cascarino is? He’s just shit, to put it rather bluntly. Complete shit.
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Ralphie; I concur about Huntelaar 100%. Veloso would be a nice addition too as somebody will have to take the spot from Scholes. Give Anderson some competition and also give us a backup at CB or LB. Veloso can play all those positions. I still would like to see Arshavin come to United. He would really press Nani now that Giggs will be phased out.
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Hey any of you watched the match on ITV? What did Clive Tyldesley say after we won? As legendary as “Manchester United have reached the promise land”?
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Hey is it official that Grant and Drogba will be kicked out? If thats the case, then that will be two major clubs whose foundations we have shaken this season! Momentous to say the least! United leads, and the world follows!
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Yes Ashravin instead of Veloso as OH is best at Libero role only. He is not as effective a winger really.
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Read and learn to be a proper supporter
What a viewing spectacular it was, for fans of either side, neutrals and even the non football supporting public alike. This was entertainment at its finest, showcasing what we already know to be the beautiful game to an otherwise oblivious audience. Mums who usually take time to iron whilst husband and son watch ‘the match’ were seen teetering on sofa arms as Drogba hit the post from 25 yards. Girlfriends who spent evenings on social networking websites in the past left the laptop to the side and joined the boyfriend who grimaced as Ronaldo saw his penalty saved. All around the country people were joined together. Not in support of either Manchester United or Chelsea necessarily, but as fans taken on the glorious proverbial roller coaster that only live sport, and dare I say football specifically, can provide.
Forget the quality of the technical side of the game that was on offer – I’ll come to that in a moment – last night was all about entertainment. Chelsea fans may scarcely agree with me, but I will go on record as saying that football reached out to the masses, grabbed them by the collar and gave them a white knuckle ride that many will never forget. I know I won’t. Football is the beautiful game. I know that and you do too. But waking up this morning, perhaps…just perhaps, there will be more converts all around the globe. And if so, then surely, the real winner was football on a night that could forever define a legacy.
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i concur with what you say about the white-knuckle ride. it was tense, and exciting. a mini riot broke out in the place i was viewing the match from actually, no one hurt, just alot of broken furniture. but you also cannot ignore the fact that chelsea were crass in a match where the champions of champions were to be decided.
i cant agree with you that our comments arent vindicated. JT needs to be punished. the beautiful game, which you said grabbed the masses was marred by his thuggery. spitting on tevez, who later got a yellow card, for what? he didnt raise his arms at anyone, and was actually being pushed around more than anything. now, i cant fault chelsea fans, people are entitled to their bad taste
but i am entitled to expect more from paid professionals who know they are character models for people who idolise them. hence previous outrage at the stupidity nani showed. terry was a tit-head and should be branded as such till he gets what he deserves…. but that is in the end, my opinion…
one gutted chelsea supporter showing respect here doesnt clear JT of his crime…
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….the desired effect was not that of silencing everyone out….
i’m simply stating that grace and respect are as much part of winning as they are of losing.
is it too hard?
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I have been a Chelsea fan for years, but for the best part of last night I was embarrassed by the way my team reacted to decisions made by the Ref and linesman. No change there then as they have been behaving like that since Roman Abramovich bought the club, but last night showed John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Makelele and Didier Drogba for what they are in addition to this. Arrogant, disrespectful and at times during the game utter thuggish. Shame then that all the very good things that they did in the game shadow the bad.
The funny thing is that the man with all the dignity, respect of others and etiquette, Avram Grant might lose his job. Why… ? Because he does not have the right charisma…! Oh so we are not saying he’s a bad manager then…?
You could say we were very unlucky to lose by the way we played, but we certainly lost it in the behaviour stakes
Posted by SteveB on May 22, 2008 10:05 PM
lol… see what i mean about not blaming people for their bad tastes? even fans who can be the least rational people see shit for shit
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well i see it slightly differently… it was 9 years since the last time we were able to gloat like this…and i havent seen anything out of hand… out of hand is when we invade chelsea sites to gloat… i think it is okay for us to do it here… a man utd centred site…. i think its okay to indulge abit… and do not get me wrong, my ire is not directed at you or any person commenting anywhere in the world… its solely on terry… just disgusting… spitting like that.
it comes as a sharp contrast to his interview claiming his right as england captain…
oh on another note, ronaldo’s speculate transfer… its not anything more then media’s play on words to stir up the media pot… everytime i see his quotes, he says he is staying over and over, yet people claim he isnt commited. i dont understand how ‘i am staying’ translate to ‘i want to leave’
he says he doesnt know…. because he really doesnt know, in the future can be anytime from his 24th birthday till his 35th… who knows where he will be, he just doesnt want to be stupid and commit to something he obviously cannot commit to. but he is staying so i dont think we should be too worried eh?
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last night showed John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Makelele and Didier Drogba for what they are in addition to this. Arrogant, disrespectful and at times during the game utter thuggish.
that may be right
but i’m removing my red tinted spectacles for a while to reel back to Ron’s shocking attempt at baiting Cech…disrespectful to say the least, and nearly cost us the game; otherwise immaculate scholesy trying to dispossess makalele from behind resulting in two (why two?) yellows; rio’s kung fu impression on cole, in any other occasion a bookable offence.
episodes tend to even out in the end so theres no point in chewing on them no end, especially when a trophy of that magnitude is at stake and we’ve just won it.
winning does not entitle anyone to trample over the defeated. this is what i call grace. a bit of taunting’s all right, but here seems to be the only point.
must be my age…..
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that must be some hangover red ranter
two days and you’re still not sober
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“and do not get me wrong, my ire is not directed at you or “any person commenting anywhere in the world… its solely on terry… just disgusting… spitting like that”
and please get me right: stop stirring the shit about the spitting incident: no complaint was filed for that. no point in continuously bringing it up, since it doesn’t add to the monumental value of our achievement. if something happened UEFA will take action. end of.
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Devil 61 – appreciate you comments mate, but do you really think that Terry, Drogba, Makelele, Ashley and especially SCREECHING Joe Cole every time a decision went against him, WERE the epitome of the RESPECT AND GRACE YOU ARE CALLING FOR?. Because I think – they were not even remotely so Devil61 – sorry!.
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RR – you’ve become legendary mate, your yellow pic and caption have hit all the tabloids this morning – and football fans all over the world are having a laugh. Well done!.
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Please tell me if it’s my imagination or not, but I am not sure that JT’s slip was the reason he missed his penalty kick!. I think he took his shot and it had left his boot BEFORE the famous slip. What do you all think?. If that is the case, then Chelski cannot keep making the fact he slipped the excuse for giving United a LUCKY break. I don’t think Terry was unlucky, I think he missed and the slip was not the factor for that!.
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Ok not only we’ve won the cup but we’ve also gained the right of wiping a smaller club, whose importance in Europe is that of Barnsley compared to us, away from the face of earth. Great job.
thought i was supporting a great club, not a congregation of hate.
this has been an eye-opener. long way yet….
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Devil61 – like I tried to say mate, you are entitled to your thoughts. I think even taking off red tinted specs as you call them, if you are honest as you declare you are, then you must know that United were trying to get on with the football. United players weren’t harrasing and mouthing off at the officials over every decision, in the way Chelsea players were. When things were’nt going Chelseas way, they resorted to gamesmanship, rolling all over the floor feigning real damge, then getting up and running like f***. Some injury eh mate?. United didn;t start the embarassing player altercation either, that was Drogba, Carvalho, Makelele and led by JT. They were trying to provoke and get United players sent off, every time anybody went near them. How come you can’t see that Devil61????. Just one last thing mate, you are focusing on our response to one match, but we have formulated our opinions on several seasons of the same behaviour from Chelsea players as we saw in the CL match.
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Craig you are spot on mate.
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