Comments on: Did Fergie Bottle It? http://redrants.com/did-fergie-bottle-it/ Manchester United Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:16:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: furrball http://redrants.com/did-fergie-bottle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-154 furrball Wed, 23 May 2007 14:30:37 +0000 http://redrants.com/did-fergie-bottle-it/#comment-154 yeah in terms of formation and team sheet i think fergie's got it absolutely spot on, what most of us are griping about i believe is probably the way the team was set out to play, a defensive game of containment. United just arent good at doing that and perhaps they've to learn when in europe and up against a team like milan i didnt really think smithy should have started on saturday as well based on his last few league displays, i just felt that he was awesome as a targetman against roma and perhaps he could have been utilised in Europe more often to get stuck in. I believe Europe's different from the league, in the league it's a lot more fast paced and physical and smithy needs more games to be back at his best. unfortunately though these would comprise of games where he's being pedestrian. I think smithy's record speaks for itself, he was always first choice at leeds and went on a scoring run when he first came to United i think it was 6-7 goals he chipped in before he got that horrific injury? That's not bad for someone who has to contend a place on the bench with saha van nistelrooy and rooney above him in the pecking order. He's got vision too, who can forget his pass for rooney to sweep past arsenal or the one he lofted over 4 defenders against watford? i truly believe there's good reason they compare him to sparky yeah gabby was absolutely brilliant shackling drogba, vidic was a pillar. im hoping of more the same next season yeah in terms of formation and team sheet i think fergie’s got it absolutely spot on, what most of us are griping about i believe is probably the way the team was set out to play, a defensive game of containment. United just arent good at doing that and perhaps they’ve to learn when in europe and up against a team like milan

i didnt really think smithy should have started on saturday as well based on his last few league displays, i just felt that he was awesome as a targetman against roma and perhaps he could have been utilised in Europe more often to get stuck in. I believe Europe’s different from the league, in the league it’s a lot more fast paced and physical and smithy needs more games to be back at his best. unfortunately though these would comprise of games where he’s being pedestrian.

I think smithy’s record speaks for itself, he was always first choice at leeds and went on a scoring run when he first came to United i think it was 6-7 goals he chipped in before he got that horrific injury? That’s not bad for someone who has to contend a place on the bench with saha van nistelrooy and rooney above him in the pecking order.

He’s got vision too, who can forget his pass for rooney to sweep past arsenal or the one he lofted over 4 defenders against watford? i truly believe there’s good reason they compare him to sparky

yeah gabby was absolutely brilliant shackling drogba, vidic was a pillar. im hoping of more the same next season

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]]> By: Mick http://redrants.com/did-fergie-bottle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Mick Tue, 22 May 2007 16:06:41 +0000 http://redrants.com/did-fergie-bottle-it/#comment-147 I don't think fergie bottled it at all. We restricted Chelsea to very few chances, if any, and created some decent opportunities for ourself. If Park and Saha were fit we might have been able to shake things up in attack but Ole (2007 version), Smith and O'Shea were never gonna have much of an impact. Should Smith have started? If you can even ask that question you clearly haven't watched his displays in the last few games of the season. He has been a passenger. Love his attitude but a good attitude is all he has to his game. With the players he had available for selection, Fergie picked the right team and formation. My only quibble would be whether Evra could have got the nod ahead of Heinze but Gabby played his part in completely snuffing out Drogba as an attacking threat for 116 minutes (no mean feat) I don’t think fergie bottled it at all. We restricted Chelsea to very few chances, if any, and created some decent opportunities for ourself. If Park and Saha were fit we might have been able to shake things up in attack but Ole (2007 version), Smith and O’Shea were never gonna have much of an impact.

Should Smith have started? If you can even ask that question you clearly haven’t watched his displays in the last few games of the season. He has been a passenger. Love his attitude but a good attitude is all he has to his game.

With the players he had available for selection, Fergie picked the right team and formation. My only quibble would be whether Evra could have got the nod ahead of Heinze but Gabby played his part in completely snuffing out Drogba as an attacking threat for 116 minutes (no mean feat)

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