Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:11 pm  

Top performance by Man U in the 2nd half. Scary considering it was such a young team.

If I was a Spurs player I'd be a bit miffed with VDV. Shooting from long range everytime he got the ball. Thought Spurs looked sharp in the 1st half, but their heads went after the 1st goal.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:01 pm  

DAR130 wrote:

I know he spent his whole career at United but can someone tell Neville to stop saying 'we' when talking about them on Sky.Your a pundit now Gary,your not a United player anymore.Other than that he's looking like he's going to be a good replacement for Andy Gray.

Aww, absolutely!

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:09 am  

Paul HHZ wrote:

Top performance by Man U in the 2nd half. Scary considering it was such a young team.

If I was a Spurs player I'd be a bit miffed with VDV. Shooting from long range everytime he got the ball. Thought Spurs looked sharp in the 1st half, but their heads went after the 1st goal.

Seemed to be a tactic that. Shoot on sight. Stupid really, they had a few opportunities to keep hold and have possession in the final third but spunked it away by shooting from 25-30 yards. If every team hope for a De Gea balls up I'll be delighted.

Spurs got what they deserved. Poor really. Solid display from the young Reds though, especially 2nd half. Clev upped his workrate, Welbeck got with it a bit more, Smalling was a constant threat and Jones was MOTM. Happy to see Evans play well too.

I still want a midfielder. Wouldn't be shocked to see Nasri or Modric end up at Utd. More likely to be no further business admittedly.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:01 am  

RedTez wrote:

Seemed to be a tactic that. Shoot on sight. Stupid really, they had a few opportunities to keep hold and have possession in the final third but spunked it away by shooting from 25-30 yards. If every team hope for a De Gea balls up I'll be delighted.

Spurs got what they deserved. Poor really. Solid display from the young Reds though, especially 2nd half. Clev upped his workrate, Welbeck got with it a bit more, Smalling was a constant threat and Jones was MOTM. Happy to see Evans play well too.

I still want a midfielder. Wouldn't be shocked to see Nasri or Modric end up at Utd. More likely to be no further business admittedly.

Was really impressed with Jones, the block on Bale was great. Smalling continues impress and Evans also played well. We must sign a cm as we don't have enough there for the season. Something is happening I think, Utd told Sky no transfer questions. Also think Diouf will be sold and Macheda to go on loan.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:47 am  

Routine for United last night. Phil Jones look's an absolute belter. De Gea looking much better. Joe Hart has conceded more against inferior opposition.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:15 am  

Jones has always been a good player, he's not turned into one at Utd. He's been a rock at times for Blackburn in the last two years, I think one of his first if not his first game for Blackburn was against Chelsea on TV and he was marking Drogba and he was immense, not shirking the physicality whatsoever. He's got the lot, and appears settled as a human too, no edge to him.

In a Michael Atherton way, he's the new F.E.C

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:22 am  

Looking good for United. How impressive was Chris Smalling? I'd stick both him and Jones straight into the England team now, they're outstanding.

Wellbeck had a storming game as well. His finish was good and the backheel for Anderson's goal was brilliant.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:11 am  

Mark wrote:

Routine for United last night. Phil Jones look's an absolute belter. De Gea looking much better. Joe Hart has conceded more against inferior opposition.

Joe Hart is street ahead of the stupid quiff.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:23 am  

JWP wrote:

Jones has always been a good player, he's not turned into one at Utd. He's been a rock at times for Blackburn in the last two years, I think one of his first if not his first game for Blackburn was against Chelsea on TV and he was marking Drogba and he was immense, not shirking the physicality whatsoever. He's got the lot, and appears settled as a human too, no edge to him.

In a Michael Atherton way, he's the new F.E.C

In his autobigraphy Atherton claimed that FEC actually stood for "F***ing Educated C***.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:47 am  

Ajw71 wrote:

Joe Hart is street ahead of the stupid quiff.

He's also 4 years older and has played 120 more PL games than "the stupid quiff".
And I wouldn't say streets ahead either.