Man Utd Thread:

[ross4life]

Just back from the game  payback for 2005 & 2007

been to many Champions league games but none as enjoyable as that!

another great rooney header, great ball by nani for the 2nd goal & flech getting the last goal was fitting as for me he was man of the match

[muppet]

what the glaziers are doing at utd is scandalous..

this is way of topic but since you mentioned it. the US military went half way around the world into a hostile country of 30m people (to put it mildly) and so far has suffered about 4,000 causalities. in cold mathematical terms from a US perspective its hardly a fiasco whatever some in the military think. its a war that was only ever going to have one winner

In cold mathematical terms, from a Glazers perspective, there was only ever going to be one winner. Their bank accounts.

[GalwayBayBoy]

i see beckham even but a scarf on after the match

He is no mug when it comes to PR.

He is getting a bit of a doing from the lads on RTÉ now

Beckham actually looked a bit interested at least despite probably getting handed the scarf by his PR people.

Milan were abysmal. They basically chucked it after the first goal went in. Ronaldinho didn't have even have the slightest interest in defending and made a doddery Gary Neville look like Cafu in is prime.

[full back]

Fcuk me but Milan were terrible.
Just seemed totally dis-interested & didnt give a sh1te.
Embarassing.

Rooney keeps his great goalscoring run going & at the moment is probably the best in the world.

Utd played well all over the park last night with Mr Neville playing very well (never thought I would say that again).

Real missed an awful amount of chances in 1st half. Game could have been over at ht

[Goats Do Shave]

The White Pele will grab the headlines - & rightly so, as he was again unplayable, but I thought Fletcher & particularly Park were tremendous.

Gary Neville put in his best performance in since before his injuries (bar a couple of wild crosses) & Scholsey ran the show in midfield.

[ross4life]

i Don't think anyone mention the importance of Rio & Vidic to the united team, i'll say it again keeping these two fit will make all the Difference!

my one worry after a huge Result like last night is hopefully it doesn't get to their heads! like Roma game a few years ago, cause united are as good as any team left & over confidence could knock them out

[mikasas]

Well said about Vidic and Ferdinand! What have I not been saying about Johnny Evans and Co. They are just not in the same league as these two when they are playing together!

[EC Unique]

Owen Hargreaves will not take part in the Reserves' Manchester derby on Thursday evening.

Last week it was reported that the midfielder would make his long-awaited return from injury when Manchester City travelled to Altrincham's Moss Lane on 11 March.

But the game, a top-of-the-table league clash, doesn't tally with Hargreaves' precise rehabilitation schedule.

A club spokesperson told ManUtd.com: "This definitely isn't another injury setback. It just doesn't fit in with Owen's training schedule."

But while Hargreaves, who hasn't played since September 2008, won't feature, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is expected to name a strong team, despite the game coming just three days after the Reserves beat Stockport County 1-0 in the Manchester Senior Cup.

Thursday's game kicks off at Moss Lane, Altrincham, at 19:00. Entry is free for season ticket holders, £5 adults, £2 concs.

Those who can't make it to Altrincham can watch the match live on MUTV or read our match report on ManUtd.com shortly after the final whistle.

How the f**k does a come back match not fit in to a training schedule

[Boycey]

i Don't think anyone mention the importance of Rio & Vidic to the united team, i'll say it again keeping these two fit will make all the Difference!

my one worry after a huge Result like last night is hopefully it doesn't get to their heads! like Roma game a few years ago, cause united are as good as any team left & over confidence could knock them out

Wouldn't have thought that last nights was a HUGE result, on all known from form United were miles ahead of Milan...

[Boycey]

Good pic

[magpie seanie]

That is a great pic Boycey and the TV cameras picking up on and showing the two LUHG banners was brilliant. The crowd were fantastic last night and really sowed it in to the gimps in front of the world. The game being such a non event helped in that regard but it did the heart good, was sick I wasn't there. Whatever people think of it Beckham putting on the green and gold scarf is actually huge as it will get massive coverage worldwide and even in the US (he is the only soccer player most yanks know). The Green and Gold campaign has been a huge success so far in the momentum it has built and pressure it has ratcheted up on the Glazers. The improvement in atmosphere at OT has also helped the team which is a helpful by product of it all. Obviously the campaign will ultimately be a failure if it doesn't get rid of those gimps but I think the possibility of success in this regard has increased substantially.

On the game United were decent - no more, no less. Worked hard and solid at the back. Rio in particular had the bit between his teeth and himself and Vidic do give great solidity to base the team on, make a huge difference. Evra looks like a lad that needs a break, a bit mentally tired - luckily not punished. Midfield worked very hard as did the whole team. Park (who tormented Milan's best player Pirlo again) and Fletch deserve special mention. Loving Valencia's play and Nani despite having the concentration levels of a goldfish and often giving the ball away too cheaply produced some good moments. Scholes was quiet enough but efficient. Rooney - nothing needs to be said. I'm sure he wasn't injured last weekend - Fergie just needed to rest him. I think he was worried about him getting injured after the senseless actions of Capello making him play nearly a full game on a heavy pitch on the Wednesday.

All that said Milan were nothing short of atrocious. They were a disgrace to their jersey but after what they've done to United in the past (on top of 2005 and 2007, taking the trophy off United in 1969 and hammering a post Munich crash team in 1958) it was time for a bit of payback.

Finally, as has been said already, a harsh lesson for Ronaldo in the reality of life that its all downhill once you leave Manchester United. Maybe some day he'll get a standing ovation too.

[EC Unique]

A Further boost

The Red Knights group has seen its bid to gain control of Manchester United receive a shot in the arm with confirmation a leading global investment bank has agreed to advise on a possible acquisition.

Wednesday's night demolition job on AC Milan was played out against a backdrop of supporter unrest as repeated chants against the Glazer family were aired inside Old Trafford.

The Glazers, through chief executive David Gill, have said it is business as usual and that they have no intention of selling despite United being over £700million in debt.

Investment back Nomura will work closely with the Red Knights, the Manchester United Supporters' Trust and other potential investors to "coordinate and formulate the proposal to be put to the Glazer family".

The Nomura team will be led by Guy Dawson and Andrew McNaught, both of whom advised the Board of Manchester United plc when the club was sold to the Glazer family in 2005.

Nomura is beginning its role by contacting the many expressions of financial support the Red Knights have received to date.

Beckham boost
The Red Knights group could not have been handed a more favourable piece of publicity on the night, as returning old boy David Beckham donned a green and gold scarf to a rapturous reception.

Protesters against the Glazers have adopted the green and gold colours and they have been highly visible at United matches in recent weeks.

"I'm a Man United fan. I saw the scarf there. I put it round my neck, it's the old colours of Man United, that's all I knew," Beckham said.

"To be honest it's (the protest) not my business. I'm a Manchester United fan. I support the club. I always have done and I always will do.

"It's nothing to do with me the way everything is run, that's to do with other people but I'm a Man United fan and I support the team. I will always support them."

[muppet]

I have around 25,000 Carlow scarves that I bought during the ....eh... great scarf bubble.

I want to convince the muppets at Anfield to adopt them as their 'protest colours' against Hicks or Gillette or even Wilkinson Swords, anything will do as long as I flog the scarves.

Any ideas?

[Carmen Stateside]

Think the Liverpool fans are afraid to use scarves as United had the idea first.  IMO its a great idea and has worked wonders for the Knights, and surely copying them even with the colours would do no harm if it was to get the same publicity for SOS.

[Bensars]

Think the scarf idea would be ideal for Liverpool.

Especially with the history of YNWA  and the holding up of the scarfs