To those saying what has changed in one year, erm maybe Modric having his worst season at the club? He looked disinterested to say the least
To be honest all we really need now is a box to box midfielder with a bit of guile like Javi Martinez, it's a risk relying on Fletcher to not only come back from his virus but come back on his 2008 form, and Anderson I feel just doesn't try hard enough and again is an injury concern. The signing of Kagawa will probably mean a change of formation aswell, maybe sticking to 4-5-1 that was so successful a few years ago. That's why we can allow Berba and Owen, maybe even Macheda to lea...
All the people saying, ''blah blah blah football lost'' etc, who decided that attacking was more important than defending? Is it written into Uefa rules or something? Bayern missed those chances because of great defending, Cole especially blocked off nearly everything and always put pressure on Robben once he forced him inside. To be honest, Chelsea over the years have been great and deserve at least one champions league victory. Mario gomez was invisible, like he has been vs ...
@Kingpin, the difference is the Manchesters were in the Europa whreas Barca Madrid stayed in the Champions league. But still don't know why @STOP can't just congratulate Athletico and Bilbao instead of having a dig at other teams, sad really.
Fully deserved to win on the night, Falcao is immense when he gets anywhere near the box! But winning the hearts of football fans can be just as important as trophies and i'm sure we all have a soft spot for Bilbao and their brand of football after watching them this season, I know other fans love them simply for what they did to us at Old Trafford :P Munian will surely become one of the worlds best players soon, his final ball let him down a few times but he was one of the few Bilbao pla...
Lets face it, Ronaldo and Messi are in a league of their own. Every few years there's a new flavour of the month Brazillian wonder kid who never fulfills his potential when he moves to Europe, Robinho was the one before Neymar (although Neymar is way better than him)To get anywhere near Messi and Ronaldo, Neymar has to first overtake the likes of Iniesta etc
Good choice, he was tarnished by Liverpool where he made some very bad decisions but we can call that a blip, Gerrard and Carragher even admitted it was the players fault. He has more success than 'arry who has won one F.a cup, been relegated and has bankrupted clubs, he has shown to be tactically inept and the fact is if he was England manager he would be complaining about being 'down to the bare bones' 'iniesta? Triffic player i'll have a word and see if we can bring him...
Yeah well you can't just 'give' the result to them, they have to earn it. Also if Newcastle lose to Chelsea that would mean they have lost two in a row so they will be fired up to not lose three consecutive games! I can't really complain if Newcastle do lose to City though because i'm sure they will put up more of a fight than we did last night.
This is gonna be crazy, it's a late kick off aswell and night matches are almost always better, the fans will be louder and it's gonna be fast and furious, the clasico is about possession and skill this will be about hunger, desire and skill. I just hope that we can weather the storm in the first 15 minutes or so because our defence barely copes with people who can dribble or run at you and Tevez and Aguero are two of the best at that. Even if City do win there are still twists and t...
It's not even Ronaldo's fault, what can he do when Mourinho decides to defend and play long balls up to him, he's not magic he's the second best player in the world. I actually thought Howard Webb did okay, he missed a couple of dives from Ribery, and maybe Arebloa should have been booked but tbh Marcelo was probably just about a yellow, it was a stupid kick rather than overly dangerous using studs, and as for the penalty it would have been harsh since Ramos had won the ball b...
Not a Liverpool fan but Škrtel? also off the top of my head players who have vastly improved (not including Van Persie etc because even though they have improved they were already really good) Rosicky? J. Hoilett? (Blackburn) Collocini?(Newcastle) Mark Davies (Bolton) Mclean (Sunderland)
Ramsey missed on purpose, didn't want any more deaths on his conscience :P
Decent match, I love a great defensive display- great seeing Milan players celebrate after heroic blocks! They really should have scored though, those missed chances could be crucial but like asmith said, only a draw is needed to advance and they've already had the 2-2 so it's gonna be interesting
@Fatgaybald, Don't make BS up, they knew each other from Arsenal days and infact spoke to each other a week before Fabrice had the heart attack
FOR CHRISTS SAKE, people say the premier league is better because there is more competition, not because we believe that our teams are better than Spanish teams. How can you not understand that?! Rgb, seriously have a word with yourself, no epl teams shouldn't turn over la liga teams, no team has a divine right to win a match, isn't that why we watch football? because on any given day any team can win?
WOW, I knew football fans in general were not the smartest but this is just hilarious, one bad season somehow eradicates all the previous years of English teams consistently making semi and finals of the champions league. What I'm saying is, next season if this happens again then you can all open your mouths but it wont and you know it, Barca and Madrid, Bayern and Ac to a lesser extent will still be strong (obviously), but there is no way in hell City and Utd will play this poorly and if...
Honestly I don't think people realise how big of an achievement it would have been to lose the title to city by only a few points never mind actually winning the thing! The injuries we've had have been horrendous, imagine City without Kompany for most of the season, or Silva, or Yaya Toure not to mention bedding in a young keeper. Sir Alex Ferguson = pure winning desire, he just keeps on going on and you can see that through the way the players play, people always knock Evans and Carr...
@Johnnyisawesome, that's a strawman arguement because nobody says that. This is football anything can happen, we also lost to Blackburn at ot, does that make them better than us? Spain have excellent football playing sides, some people say the bpl is better for the excitement not because they believe spanish teams are poor. Bilbao were excellent, yes, but just admit that utd didn't have their best players on through injury, infact that wasn't even our strongest side from the playe...
@Gamer982 - Look I love the English league as much as anyone and i do agree with you that it's the best but you can't say these kind of matches don't happen elsewhere, didn't Marseille and Lyon draw 5-5 earlier in the season? I think what makes the English league better is that these kind of matches happen more often rather than they only happen here. Btw I know you only mentioned La liga and Serie A but honestly in terms of entertainment Bundesliga and the French league are m...
Apart from the sloppy goals England played well, Milner seems to die of exhaustion 10 minutes into the second half, I agree that he should be used as cover for Parker. I think Ox should start as Theo can be woeful at times, it's much better to use him as a supersub. To all the Spanish bummers, you can talk all you want but what if you end up facing France? ''The Brits will get what they deserve'' Really? Idiot.