6 Reasons why EPL title could be Man U's
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1) Resurgence of Ronaldo - he has looked a little inconsistent of late, impressing against inter milan but dipping in form against liverpool and fulham. But last night, he inspired the comeback when no one else could and he finally scored from a free kick this season.
2) Rooney, Vidic and Scholes are back - Need I say more?
3) Strength in depth - Frederico Macheda. With that sort of technique at 17 years old, he is definitely a great player of the future. Not forgetting danny welbeck and johnny evans.
4) Once bitten twice shy - Precisely becos they have lost the title after taking a 12 point lead over Arsenal, Man U are determined not to let history repeat itself.
5) The chase for the historic quintuple...the desire to write themselves in world history books as the greatest football team ever.
6) Alex Ferguson's strong karma - so many seasons luck has played a part....be it goal line clearances, last minute goals etc, he's got all of them. And this season, it will be no different.
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well, a few reasons why MU may not win it..
1) Fixture Congestion. I do believe we have the worst fixture congestion if we were to challenge for all four fronts. And's that not healthy.
2) RM is already playing games with Ronaldo's head, and that's not too good.
3) Rooney is starting to show signs of reverting to his rage. and that could be a potential time bomb..
4) Our defences were rock solid, suddenly, it disappears, and we are suffering from a blimp. How fast we recovers, determines what we win at end of season.
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the problem with the press nowadays is that with just ONE game, macam the whole future is decided
liverpool win man utd, suddenly back in contention
man utd lose one game, suddenly "losing it"
man utd now win one game, they are going to win the title.
its not a 20+ point gap leh. there are 7 more games to go, ANYTHING can happen. even chelsea can pop up quietly and win if both liverpool and man utd cock up.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
well, a few reasons why MU may not win it..
1) Fixture Congestion. I do believe we have the worst fixture congestion if we were to challenge for all four fronts. And's that not healthy.
2) RM is already playing games with Ronaldo's head, and that's not too good.
3) Rooney is starting to show signs of reverting to his rage. and that could be a potential time bomb..
4) Our defences were rock solid, suddenly, it disappears, and we are suffering from a blimp. How fast we recovers, determines what we win at end of season.
1) only 3 front left
2) ronaldo scored twice in last game
3) see how
4) ok..
and.. 1 game in hand, 1 point ahead.
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
the problem with the press nowadays is that with just ONE game, macam the whole future is decided
liverpool win man utd, suddenly back in contention
man utd lose one game, suddenly "losing it"
man utd now win one game, they are going to win the title.
its not a 20+ point gap leh. there are 7 more games to go, ANYTHING can happen. even chelsea can pop up quietly and win if both liverpool and man utd cock up.
chelsea is just 3 points behind pool right??
well, if and only if, Chelsea wins the EPL, I am okay than Poo winning it..
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Its still a long way to go... Don't start counting your chickens first...
The Premiership have shown anything can happen in just a match or two...
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the thing now is that whoever cocks up less will win the title.
not winning ONE game then say "its mine"
every game is a potential cock up.
liverpool could have walked away with one point, man utd with zero. it was that close to cocking up for both teams. now everyone is just pressuring the top 2 teams, chelsea quietly at the back bagging 3 points each game.
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erm wad if Liverpool get the title?
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Frederico Macheda should not get number 7 jersey for man utd..
seeing the amount of no. 7 getting raped by RMmaybe get 11 can stay long long
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
well, a few reasons why MU may not win it..
1) Fixture Congestion. I do believe we have the worst fixture congestion if we were to challenge for all four fronts. And's that not healthy.
2) RM is already playing games with Ronaldo's head, and that's not too good.
3) Rooney is starting to show signs of reverting to his rage. and that could be a potential time bomb..
4) Our defences were rock solid, suddenly, it disappears, and we are suffering from a blimp. How fast we recovers, determines what we win at end of season.
well 1) is a possibility but when man u won the treble in 1999, their fixtures were congested too. They chased the treble then, man u is also chasing the remanining treble now too.2) Ronaldo wasnt so affected by RM last night right? lol. Look at the way he celbrated the second comeback goal. His veins looked like they almost burst.
3) Rooney will learn from his rage lessons. Saw how Capello reined him in as he shone in those 2 midweek internationals?
4) Defence is a concern i agree.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
2) Ronaldo wasnt so affected by RM last night right? lol. Look at the way he celbrated the second comeback goal. His veins looked like they almost burst.
His jugular always like gonna explode one mah. Bugger has a strong neck.
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not so long ago everybody thought man u had the title already.
yesterday we saw how worried the fans were when villa was leading 1 - 2.
dont be so sure!!!
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after seeing how they come back from 2-1 I was thinking they have tremendous amount of luck.
the equaliser from Ronaldo was lucky, it does not have much power and he took it beyond the penalty box, had Frediel position himself properly, it would be an easy save.
the shot by Macheda as brillant and there was nothing to it. No one expected him to shoot from there - its a beauty. And looking at the Macheda, I think man U can sell Tevez this summer - the whole night he is rendered ineffective - why? bcos he is too short. and if you look at Man U's play last night, they couldn't cross the ball into the box, Tevez was too short and Ronaldo was knocked off before he could enter the penalty box. I was surprised why Fergie play Nani instead of Park - maybe he want to keep Park for Champions League.
But Macheda has the look of a strong centre fwd, he is tall and he can develope into a strong striker. Good future for him.Anyways I think Man U will win the title - but it will probably go down to the wire. But they won't win 5 trophies. Fergie will want to equal Liverpool's record before bowing out. Crucial matches: Man U vs Arsenal. Both Liverpool & Man U need to play Arsenal. In fact all three teams have to take on Arsenal.
Man U vs Middlesborough will be interesting - Boro is fighting for survival....
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Originally posted by dragg:
not so long ago everybody thought man u had the title already.
yesterday we saw how worried the fans were when villa was leading 1 - 2.
dont be so sure!!!
not the way i saw it. I'm sure many others too. I would have been more sure if man u had won against liverpool and fulham. And even till before the fulham match, I knew that if it was a draw or loss, then title race is no longer in their hands, even though they have 1 match in hand. But last night's fight back tells me that they can go all the way. -
Originally posted by Rock^Star:
1) Resurgence of Ronaldo - he has looked a little inconsistent of late, impressing against inter milan but dipping in form against liverpool and fulham. But last night, he inspired the comeback when no one else could and he finally scored from a free kick this season.
Looking at his overall gameplay yesterday, i would say it was rather poor lei.
He couldn't get pass any Villa player with his dribbling at all. The Villa players just had to stand their ground, and he'll run straight into them.
but lucky la. if he had not been stopped in his tracks and lying on the floor, he wouldn't have scored the 2nd goal, right place at the right time.
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I think the credit for last night win should go to Flecther, he's everywhere and is involved in the last 2 goals.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
4) Once bitten twice shy - Precisely becos they have lost the title after taking a 12 point lead over Arsenal, Man U are determined not to let history repeat itself.
Which season was that? -
lets not get carried away
treat every match like it is a final, we cant afford to lose our concentration and be complacent
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Originally posted by Nobouy:
I think the credit for last night win should go to Flecther, he's everywhere and is involved in the last 2 goals.
totally agreed!!
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Originally posted by Scania N113CRB l0v3r:
erm wad if Liverpool get the title?
well, then they would have their first EPL title, and not all those old English titles won by their grandpas
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
well 1) is a possibility but when man u won the treble in 1999, their fixtures were congested too. They chased the treble then, man u is also chasing the remanining treble now too.2) Ronaldo wasnt so affected by RM last night right? lol. Look at the way he celbrated the second comeback goal. His veins looked like they almost burst.
3) Rooney will learn from his rage lessons. Saw how Capello reined him in as he shone in those 2 midweek internationals?
4) Defence is a concern i agree.
#3, i do recall Rooney going a bit over the line in a tackle against an Ukraine Player, but Capello played it down.. I do think SAF has a better chance of working at it..else, he can enrol in Jack Nicholson's anger management class.
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Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:
lets not get carried away
treat every match like it is a final, we cant afford to lose our concentration and be complacent
after the butt kicking by our greatest rivals, no one at the club is complacent anymore, I am sure SAF has drilled that into them..
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Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:
Looking at his overall gameplay yesterday, i would say it was rather poor lei.
He couldn't get pass any Villa player with his dribbling at all. The Villa players just had to stand their ground, and he'll run straight into them.
but lucky la. if he had not been stopped in his tracks and lying on the floor, he wouldn't have scored the 2nd goal, right place at the right time.
if U see, there are always 2 players trying to stop him, so I do believe he can't just dribble and be cornered off. so now, he has to do something different. so he tends to go wide, spread the play, and come in from the middle like how he scored the 2nd goal. he is still a good kicker of the ball, no?
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Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:
Looking at his overall gameplay yesterday, i would say it was rather poor lei.
He couldn't get pass any Villa player with his dribbling at all. The Villa players just had to stand their ground, and he'll run straight into them.
but lucky la. if he had not been stopped in his tracks and lying on the floor, he wouldn't have scored the 2nd goal, right place at the right time.
thats ronaldo isn't it? lol. He would always dribble into players but his shooting prowess more than makes up for it. -
Originally posted by iceFatboy:
#3, i do recall Rooney going a bit over the line in a tackle against an Ukraine Player, but Capello played it down.. I do think SAF has a better chance of working at it..else, he can enrol in Jack Nicholson's anger management class.
wow! u watch every freaking game!