Urawa Reds V Manchester United, 17th July, 2007

[Eto'odinho]

I know its only pre-season but several things are clear now:
1) Scholes will continue to be the fulcrum of our midfield
2) There is a reason why Fergie bought Anderson,Nani and Hargreaves. Our central midfield can go AWOL at times
3) Rooney really needs to work on his in box finishing.

 

[enghuei]

86 mins

 

[Escobar]

Good game so far in terms of getting match fit

 

[lynchie]

You just might need to check your sarcasm detector.

I apologise, I thought you were joining the "first game of preseason on the other side of the world will determine our entire future" love-in... I didn't think Yanks did sarcasm...

 

[Law]

84 mins on the feed

 

[cloud218]

6 minutes left

 

[Il Tulipo Nero]

he is not a shite finisher....to say so is ridiculous..he is not the most clinical...

if you want that you need a ruud or a shearer

Yes he is, the amount of easy chances he misses are ridiculous. He rarely scores easy goals, and because of his all round quality as a footballer is why he scores 15+ in the league, but if he shows more composure and calm infront of goal he can easily get 20+ goals in the league for us.

 

[Hellboy]

Did you see Smith ?

 

[REd FUn DevIl]

VDS makes a mistake = Masses of excuses
Evans makes a mistake = shit, sell him now

 

[Eto'odinho]

he is not a shite finisher....to say so is ridiculous..he is not the most clinical...

if you want that you need a ruud or a shearer

If Wayne can sort that part out he will then merit a comparison with Fat Ronaldo.

 

[cloud218]

If it's the hair, then yes we all saw it.

 

[enghuei]

Ronaldo is so good in cutting inside from the left it's frightening

 

[evil_geko]

what you want to blame wayne for sloppy defense and goalkeeping now?!!

Yes.

 

[Eto'odinho]

Yes he is, the amount of easy chances he misses are ridiculous. He rarely scores easy goals, and because of his all round quality as a footballer is why he scores 15+ in the league, but if he shows more composure and calm infront of goal he can easily get 20+ goals in the league for us.

If he had more composure and a natural killer instinct, 30 plus goals would be bread and butter for him.

 

[Sylar]

If Wayne can sort that part out he will then merit a comparison with Fat Ronaldo.

Totally agree. Still love watching him run with the ball and bulldoze the defenders.

 

[londonredmaniac]

Yes he is, the amount of easy chances he misses are ridiculous. He rarely scores easy goals, and because of his all round quality as a footballer is why he scores 15+ in the league, but if he shows more composure and calm infront of goal he can easily get 20+ goals in the league for us.

his finishing is inconsistent. One day it wont go for him, others everything he hits turns to gold.

He is not an out and out striker, so playing him upfront alone makes no sense to me. He has never been an out and out striker

 

[REd FUn DevIl]

the score would have been 6-2 if Teveth were there

 

[Eto'odinho]

Ronaldo is so good in cutting inside from the left it's frightening

He is better on the right though.

 

[Il Tulipo Nero]

Did you see Smith ?

Yep, just saw him ruining Jonny Evans' chance of scoring a winner for United.

Headless chicken.

 

[pert]

There's only one Jonny Evans

 

[Eto'odinho]

Mickey > Heinze

 

[Il Tulipo Nero]

If he had more composure and a natural killer instinct, 30 plus goals would be bread and butter for him.

Im talking about league goals, but yeah overrall he could easily be on par with the Drog.

 

[Escobar]

If he had more composure and a natural killer instinct, 30 plus goals would be bread and butter for him.

He's only 21 and it's the first game of the season, so I'm confident he will be better infront of goal when the season begins

 

[cloud218]

Oh, that one.

 

[kotler]

Yes.

feck off

 

[enghuei]

So who will win the "Saitama City Cup"?

 

[londonredmaniac]

im sick of some of you lot. some of the shite spoken on here in the first friendly of the summer is beyond the relams of retarded.

Spoiled brat syndrome at times...

makes me sick

 

[Law]

nice stadium - good team these Japanese

 

[Il Tulipo Nero]

2-2 ft

So whos getting the cup?

Will it go to penos?

 

[enghuei]

Full time
2-2

Good game. United played good, always dangerous when going forward.

 

[Escobar]

I hope we see Hargreaves and Nani in the next game though

 

[Bearded but no genius]

Time wasting at the end of a friendly that's a draw?

I hope I'm being cynical.

 

[Law]

im sick of some of you lot. some of the shite spoken on here in the first friendly of the summer is beyond the relams of retarded.

Spoiled brat syndrome at times...

makes me sick

agreed on that - agreed on your rooney comment too.

Tulipo twatface is a WUM - he's probably about 12 - ignore the twat

 

[Il Tulipo Nero]

We're getting a trophy for drawing to Urawa Red Diamonds.

 

[afrocentricity]

how long left?

 

[evil_geko]

feck off

No.

 

[Van Piorsing]

We're getting a trophy for drawing to Urawa Red Diamonds.

No shit... Really ?

 

[enghuei]

We share the trophy
Apparently Barcelona is gonna have a tour to Japan too in early August

 

[Il Tulipo Nero]

how long left?

Game is finished.

 

[cloud218]

FT...it's a pretty good game. Gave our youngsters a shot at the game.

Look at the ref. So happy he shook hands with Rooney.