How About That One?

[JB]

That was the best team sir cunt could put out, and in my opinion we paid them too much respect(too many have done it this season) but we werent at our cohesive best and we still have something to bite on second leg. Is it the Italian manager factor? I havent a clue, but from 0-1 we found a way to get to 2-1 and keep it that way. Ps. all scum and associated cunts out there moaning about the penalty...jog on, remember "injury" time earlier this season. If we get through, I'll call it quits!

I would have taken 2-1 before the match but you are right - it could have been a lot more if we'd gone for the jugular. As it is it's all to play for.

[avoidconfusion]

I am a bit worried about the 2nd leg now. I hope we get a draw at least.

[Mike J]

I am a bit worried about the 2nd leg now. I hope we get a draw at least.

what we cannot afford to do in that second leg is sit back. we need to go at them, they dont like it at all!

[BlueinBosnia]

Penalty or not, he fucking gave it and we got revenge from that shit at OT back in September!

Fuck the lot of them. Great performance from Carlos.

Absolutely erected right now.

Shut it. Of course it was a penno. We were on the receiving end last game and we accepted it was correct. If you grab someone outside the box and it's a foul, then it's a penalty if you're still holding on inside the penalty area.

In that scenario, a ref should give a red card outside the box + free kick, or a pen + yellow, in my opinion. Which he did do.

[Blue Blood]

I am a bit worried about the 2nd leg now. I hope we get a draw at least.

its all on united to win it now. chillax.

[edge275]

Some brilliant individual performances. Kompany, De Jong, Tevez, Given, Bellamy were all fantastic.

i thought in the first half we were very static. We had De Jong, Zabaleta (on the left wing!?) and Barry all sitting back leaving a huge area of space from the midfield to the forward line. The rags had acres of room to play in and passed it round freely.

Although I concede our goal was lucky so was their's. Bellamy actually tackled Valencia but he got lucky and it went behind Bellamy. Valencia then crossed it in and it came off Given and fell perfectly for Giggs. Probably 9 out of every 10 times of doing that it would fall anywhere else but to Giggs' feet.

In the second half the midfield closed the gap to the forward line and that settled us a lot more. The goal also buoyed us somewhat.

When Tevez scored the second I thought it was pretty suicidal going all bust for defence. Let's be honest if the rags were 2-1 up at the swamp up they wouldn't do that.

We seemed to just about carry it off though and hung on for victory. I felt Ireland should've definitely come on at some point in the game and I'm really not sure on picking Boyata straight from the off. Don't get me wrong he performed well all considering but it was a risk that was perhaps needless considering we had Onuoha available.

At the end of the day however we won 2 - 1 and it's time to celebrate!

[Bianchi on Ice]

I am a bit worried about the 2nd leg now. I hope we get a draw at least.

what we cannot afford to do in that second leg is sit back. we need to go at them, they dont like it at all!

Exactly. They dont like it when other teams attack them because they arent used to it, and their counter attacks are increasingly aimed towards rooney. Give them time and space, more often than not they will hurt you, but the number of "jokers" sir cunt has to play are so limited now he plays Giggs from the start(he'll start second leg, absolutely) because Giggs is the one player he has who can link with rooney. A greying, 47 year old increasingly cross-eyed OBE personality of the year is their creative dynamo.Whoop de fucking do.
Never mind, once he retires he will be replaced with..........er....gabriel obertan?

[Dunne's Half-Time Pint]

Some giant individual performances from Kompany, Bellamy, Given, De Jong and Tevez got us over the line there.

Some brilliant individual performances. Kompany, De Jong, Tevez, Given, Bellamy were all fantastic.

[edge275]

Some giant individual performances from Kompany, Bellamy, Given, De Jong and Tevez got us over the line there.

Some brilliant individual performances. Kompany, De Jong, Tevez, Given, Bellamy were all fantastic.

What exactly are you trying to say?

[markuse]

Penalty or not, he fucking gave it and we got revenge from that shit at OT back in September!

Fuck the lot of them. Great performance from Carlos.

Absolutely erected right now.

Shut it. Of course it was a penno. We were on the receiving end last game and we accepted it was correct. If you grab someone outside the box and it's a foul, then it's a penalty if you're still holding on inside the penalty area.

Exactly what I thought: a copycat decision to the one against us on Saturday.

If that was a pen this is a pen, full stop. Great comeback and our midfield showed its brighter side today

[Wonderwall]

Penalty or not, he fucking gave it and we got revenge from that shit at OT back in September!

Fuck the lot of them. Great performance from Carlos.

Absolutely erected right now.

Shut it. Of course it was a penno. We were on the receiving end last game and we accepted it was correct. If you grab someone outside the box and it's a foul, then it's a penalty if you're still holding on inside the penalty area.

Exactly what I thought: a copycat decision to the one against us on Saturday.

If that was a pen this is a pen, full stop. Great comeback and our midfield showed its brighter side today

the foul was outside the box, after bellamy entered the penalty area there was a little slap of arms and noting else. NEVER A PENALTY

[markuse]

Exactly what I thought: a copycat decision to the one against us on Saturday.

If that was a pen this is a pen, full stop. Great comeback and our midfield showed its brighter side today

the foul was outside the box, after bellamy entered the penalty area there was a little slap of arms and noting else. NEVER A PENALTY

You didn-t spot the irony in my "if". Imo neither Saturday's nor today's were penalties: they had to be both free kicks taken from where the shirt pulling began (even though I still have some doubts that Saturday's one was a foul at all because of the lack of "procured damage" - but here it's my continental point of view)

Anyway, if Henry can get praise from 80% of Bundesliga players for his "hand gaul" at least we as fans can make our compliments to Bellers for having kept his balance enough to fall inside the penalty area.

[Wonderwall]

Exactly what I thought: a copycat decision to the one against us on Saturday.

If that was a pen this is a pen, full stop. Great comeback and our midfield showed its brighter side today

the foul was outside the box, after bellamy entered the penalty area there was a little slap of arms and noting else. NEVER A PENALTY

You didn-t spot the irony in my "if". Imo neither Saturday's nor today's were penalties: they had to be both free kicks taken from where the shirt pulling began (even though I still have some doubts that Saturday's one was a foul at all because of the lack of "procured damage" - but here it's my continental point of view)

Anyway, if Henry can get praise from 80% of Bundesliga players for his "hand gaul" at least we as fans can make our compliments to Bellers for having kept his balance enough to fall inside the penalty area.

ha ha touché

[Slim]

Some giant individual performances from Kompany, Bellamy, Given, De Jong and Tevez got us over the line there.

Some brilliant individual performances. Kompany, De Jong, Tevez, Given, Bellamy were all fantastic.

What exactly are you trying to say?

Oh fuck, you agree with DHTP, it's all downhill from here.

[shawzy]

Im an old Twat at 41 very soon, and i can put hand on heart.Ive never seen a more accurate tackler than the wrinkly dog.The blokes fuckin immense.Cane we just for one fuckin second not argue and applaud Mark Hughes for signing this bloke.

[Dunne's Half-Time Pint]

Some giant individual performances from Kompany, Bellamy, Given, De Jong and Tevez got us over the line there.

Some brilliant individual performances. Kompany, De Jong, Tevez, Given, Bellamy were all fantastic.

What exactly are you trying to say?

Oh fuck, you agree with DHTP, it's all downhill from here.

He's going to have to start - now he's lost his Hughes allies it's hard to imagine people giving a fuck what he posts.

[edge275]

Some giant individual performances from Kompany, Bellamy, Given, De Jong and Tevez got us over the line there.

Some brilliant individual performances. Kompany, De Jong, Tevez, Given, Bellamy were all fantastic.

What exactly are you trying to say?

Oh fuck, you agree with DHTP, it's all downhill from here.

He's going to have to start - now he's lost his Hughes allies it's hard to imagine people giving a fuck what he posts.

You're like my own personal lap dog. Always following me around.

[BobKowalski]

Lets do the checklist...

taggert 'blinked' first and put out a strong team
We had Boyata in his second outing
They scored first and were well up for it
We overturned them and a deficit to win 2-1

Bloody awesome

And going with Boyata showed some major bollocks from Mancini :)

[john68]

No Ireland
No Toure,
No Lescott,
No Adebayour,
No RSC,
No Michael Johnson.

We were missing so many quality players and we won the game. That is quality...sheer quality.
How often have our best team failed to compete against the rags?
Now our reseves have done them...:-)
I am certain that was not lost on taggart...He isn't that clueless that he won't understand his best were beaten by our scratch team.
I shall ensure the rags I meet will understand that tomorrow.
We have good reason to be happy.

[BobKowalski]

No Ireland
No Toure,
No Lescott,
No Adebayour,
No RSC,
No Michael Johnson.

We were missing so many quality players and we won the game. That is quality...sheer quality.
How often have our best team failed to compete against the rags?
Now our reseves have done them...:-)
I am certain that was not lost on taggart...He isn't that clueless that he won't understand his best were beaten by our scratch team.
I shall ensure the rags I meet will understand that tomorrow.
We have good reason to be happy.

100% spot on