Community Shield ~ Man United vs Man City
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yeaa.. yeppie. wa..again last min.. woot
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we silenced the noisy and boisterous neighbours today
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Well, the match was good entertainment. That's what matters... We saw 2 teams went all out for this charity match...
Cleverley and Welbeck had impressive showing... Jones was great, already his $16.5m price tag is looking like a bargain considering he is only 19yrs old... No wonder Kenny wanted to pay $22m for him...
Young good showing too... Only The Gal... well, he did make up a little at the end lah...
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This is what united is about, isn't it? Never give up till the last min.
Very good game. Can see that alot of players are trying to impress SAF, which is good.
Over at Mio stadium they were showing the west ham vs man utd game which man utd also go down 2-0 at half time.
Coincidence eh?
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woo hoo man utd have once again done their spectacular comeback
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to win the CL, need to play passing football and beat Barcelona at that, but I tink its very difficult as Barcelona will have most of the balls and United chasing shadows.
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Steven Howard on the Community Shield: Hail a great result for football and bravery
THINKING BIG ... Chris Smalling hauls Manchester United back into the gameTHIS was a result to make football itself stand up and cheer.
And not just because the Bad Guys got a punch on the nose from the Good Guys.
This was also a victory for the vibrancy of youth. And for the way teams and clubs should be built.
Best of all, this was a victory for having the balls to go out and play attacking football when you are staring down the barrel at a huge, embarrassing defeat.
City boss Roberto Mancini, in comparison, took off striker Mario Balotelli and sent on defensive midfielder Gareth Barry with the score at 2-2.
That told you everything you needed to know about the philosophy of the two managers.
At the end, Alex Ferguson went over to pay homage to the travelling United fans before finishing it off with a bow.
Minutes earlier, he had risen excitedly from his seat to acclaim the goal from Nani that had seen United come back from two goals down to win the Community Shield - and exact some revenge for their FA Cup semi-final defeat by their nearest and dearest.
The look on his face said 'How do I do it? Am I a genius? Or is it just luck?'
Whatever it is, even in his 70th year, Ferguson still has it.
First blood: Manchester United celebrate winning the Community Shield
At half-time, United were 2-0 down to a City side they had largely outplayed courtesy of a couple of mistakes by new £18million keeper David De Gea.
The second, when the former Atletico Madrid keeper was first out of position and then horrendously late getting down to a speculative 25-yarder from Edin Dzeko, was an absolute belter.
De Gea had arrived to tributes from all and sundry, with Liverpool's Pepe Reina saying: "He is the future of Spain, an incredible keeper who will improve even further in England."
Real Madrid's Iker Casillas heaped more praise on the 20-year-old with the words: "He'll retire us all."
Suddenly, though, we were once more hearing the name Massimo Taibi while De Gea attempted to hide behind his beard.
Ferguson's reaction was to haul off Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and the hopeless Michael Carrick.
In place of his three most experienced men came Phil Jones, Tom Cleverley and Jonny Evans.
It was a mixture of throwing in the towel and damage limitation in that Ferguson was now admitting 'Yes, it IS a meaningless friendly - and here come the kids to prove it'.
Yet within 12 minutes a team of comparative greenhorns had drawn level and scored the sort of equaliser that was patented at London Colney. It was pinball wizardry, with Nani starting and finishing the move after deft touches from both Wayne Rooney and Cleverley.
Such was United's dominance over a City side that did little other than score their two goals that United won the possession battle 63 per cent to 37 per cent.
Most encouraging for Ferguson will have been the fact that the oldest man in the side who played most of the second half was Ashley Young, at 26.
The others were De Gea, Chris Smalling (21), Jones (19), Evans (24), Rafael (21), Anderson (23), Cleverley (21), Nani (24), Rooney (25) and Danny Welbeck (20).
And they were still missing Javier Hernandez, 23.
What riches for United fans. What a testimony to the way Ferguson keeps rebuilding.
In the blink of an eye, he seems to have moved on from one dynasty - that of the retired or departed Neville, Scholes, Brown, Van der Sar and O'Shea - to another.
What a contrast to moneybags City whose main aim in life seems to be to buy every player not wanted by Barcelona or Real.
While there was a warm feeling about United yesterday, City left you cold.
They were intent on intimidating United from the start with the deranged Balotelli starting it all by going head-to-head with Vidic.
Dzeko was then booked for a late tackle on Anderson, whose reaction also bought a booking, while Micah Richards should have been sent off for a studs-up effort on Young.
Yaya Toure then saw yellow for moaning and play-acting and it was only a matter of time before Nigel de Jong came skidding in both late and from behind on Welbeck.
It made you think that if a team is built in its manager's likeness then Mancini, on yesterday's evidence, should be as ugly as sin.
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for those who watched, how, MUFC still needs wesley??
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Ytd Match
1st half kinda like...
they like to pass back often ..
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
for those who watched, how, MUFC still needs wesley??
Absolutely, Cleverly stood out because we got the 1st goal early and the adrenaline is pumping and City players probably panic abit that's why he could run around.
If you guys thinks that cleverly is up there already I guess it is still too early to judge and Carrick is disappointing as usual so I still feel the need to get wesley.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
for those who watched, how, MUFC still needs wesley??
yes united midfield is in need of an overhaul, starting with cleverley, hope he can replace carrick. united need sneider to create and play make from midfield, like like what Xavi does at Barcelona. -
seriously De Gea is a worry based on yesterday display. I hope this doesnt affect his confidence yesterday as confidence is a big thing as a goalie.
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Manuel Neuer made a bigger mistake and cause Bayern Munich to lose at home... Oh well, lucky United didn't go for him...
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Cleverly has great potential... Sneijder of course is an experienced play-maker... Any new arrivals is a good thing I guess but if he comes, Cleverly's chances of improving and reaching his full potential may get hamper... Anyway, I think Sneijder may have another 3, 4 yrs at the top left...
I feel he is a bit too expensive if they give in to his demands... And if he can't accept United's pay levels... Then United should not bother to get him... Anderson is getting better too anyway... give him a chance...
De Gea will need time... And prepare for more disappointments until he come good... I guess he was kind of lucky the forwards saved him yesterday or the headlines today would be all about him...
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Originally posted by zocoss:
Cleverly has great potential... Sneijder of course is an experienced play-maker... Any new arrivals is a good thing I guess but if he comes, Cleverly's chances of improving and reaching his full potential may get hamper... Anyway, I think Sneijder may have another 3, 4 yrs at the top left...
I feel he is a bit too expensive if they give in to his demands... And if he can't accept United's pay levels... Then United should not bother to get him... Anderson is getting better too anyway... give him a chance...
De Gea will need time... And prepare for more disappointments until he come good... I guess he was kind of lucky the forwards saved him yesterday or the headlines today would be all about him...
Well, I think there is another talented CM that SAF is trying to groom, Paul Progba. (if not wrong).
I think SAF/MUFC is working under a rigid pay structure that keeps everyone's ego in check unlike MCity.
I am still 50-50 on this WS's saga. If he comes, he must have the right attitude. cause with his experiences/skills/exposure, he would not only bring a new dimension to current team, but a role model for the youngsters. But if having him, and acting like a prima donna player, and spoiling the whole team dynamics then it would be for the better if MUFC doesn't sign.