Manchester United vs Chelsea - Sunday, 5 August 2007 (1500 BST)

Maybe Nani will enter the pitch in the 2nd half... Then we should get extra boost in attack.
 
the ppstream one i've got going is pretty good... just got it running to see Chelsea score...
 
Us:

Rubbish start, kept wasting the ball

Got better as the half went on, and were practically owning them for a good 15 minutes or so

Ferdinand costs us a goal by being a complete twat

No one's really stood out as being great

Alright


Chelsea:

Refusing to comit any players forward. No sign of anything other than to stop us from getting the ball

Glen Johnson has been shite like you couldn't believe

Using Peter Cech's injury as a tactic to get players booked for no reason

Pathetic
 
Some of our passing was a bit loose but in the last 25 minutes or so of the half we tightened it up and scored a very good goal.

Dont know where Ronnie was for their goal, should have pressured Cole. That said, both he and Rio probably should have done better.

Evras done well but I think Ronnie has done better on the left.

Mickey off, Evra to left back, Ronnie to left wing and Nani on the right is what id do.
 
I do hate the way we have been conceeding stupid goals against good opposition. The defense really need to do some work this week. We don't want a season of concede score, concede score!!!!!
 
That Rooney booking was piss weak, I could understand if it were a culmination of his previous tackles PLUS an actual incident with Cech but he did nothing wrong on that occasion.

I don't know what Rio was trying achieve when they scored, he ran in at a 90 degree angle to Malouda's accelerating run. No chance he was ever going to be able to change direction if (when!) he missed the ball first time.
 
Hopefully Nani and Fletch come on second half.

I'm not too fussed about this match to be honest. If we lose this and have a great start to the season i'll take that anyday.

Obviouosly the doom and gloom merchants will think differ if we do though
 
why have Sky put the score box in the bottom left corner?

looks awful
 
Agreed, we're breaking well.

Good performance so far, cant wait for some of the new lads to come in. We're missing a tidy Hargreaves sort of play and a bit of creativity and penetration that Anderson and Tevez could bring.

Carrick and O'Shea have done pretty well

We've sat off them, but that's on purpose I think. They can't break through, and are afraid to push their midfield forwards, because they know what might happen if they lose the ball.