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Arsenal Vs Manchester United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
I've got to go to to Piccadilly Gardens tomorrow morning to take some photos, and then when I get back, it should almost be time to play Le'Arse.
--------------VDS--------------
---Wes -- Rio -- Vidic -- Evra---
--Fletcher - Anderson - Carrick --
---CR7--------------Rooney----
-----------Berba----------------
We're going to win 3-0
3-1 if Messi plays
--------------VDS--------------
---Wes -- Rio -- Vidic -- Evra---
--Fletcher - Anderson - Carrick --
---CR7--------------Rooney----
-----------Berba----------------
We're going to win 3-0
3-1 if Messi plays
SSN has this down as a 1-1
Starting 11
----------Van Der Sar---------
-Neville--Ferdinand-Vidic--Evra-
-Ronaldo-Carrick-Anderson-Park-
----Berbatov----Rooney----
Subs
Kuszczak
O'Shea
Evans
Fletcher
Giggs
Nani
Tevez
----------Van Der Sar---------
-Neville--Ferdinand-Vidic--Evra-
-Ronaldo-Carrick-Anderson-Park-
----Berbatov----Rooney----
Subs
Kuszczak
O'Shea
Evans
Fletcher
Giggs
Nani
Tevez
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...hester-United-on-field-bust-ups-Football.html
"I played with Roy Keane so many times, but the story that comes to my mind straight away is the argument we had in the tunnel at Highbury before the game," he told Ford's football website.
"I remember saying a few words to Gary Neville before the game and, of course, Roy Keane came to defend his own players.
"There were a few words going through the tunnel, and that was quite good and exciting."
"I played with Roy Keane so many times, but the story that comes to my mind straight away is the argument we had in the tunnel at Highbury before the game," he told Ford's football website.
"I remember saying a few words to Gary Neville before the game and, of course, Roy Keane came to defend his own players.
"There were a few words going through the tunnel, and that was quite good and exciting."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...hester-United-on-field-bust-ups-Football.html
"I played with Roy Keane so many times, but the story that comes to my mind straight away is the argument we had in the tunnel at Highbury before the game," he told Ford's football website.
"I remember saying a few words to Gary Neville before the game and, of course, Roy Keane came to defend his own players.
"There were a few words going through the tunnel, and that was quite good and exciting."
He then shat his pants and went AWOL during the game!
Feckin fairy.
Wonder if Wenger will throw Vela into the mix.
He's a talent for sure.
He's a talent for sure.
didnt he score the first goal in the game ?
still a fecking fairy
He did. But that's all he did. Quite a big thing i grant you but not what Arsenal needed from him.
Ah, the Man Utd myth factory - as Pat remarks that was about Gary Neville, who completely shat his load not about Keane at all.
fletch injured
just anderson and carrick fit.. giggs/gibson and possebon as the backup
Fletcher has a minor knee problem and faces a race to be fit for Saturday's lunchtime kick-off.
manutd.com
just anderson and carrick fit.. giggs/gibson and possebon as the backup
Fletcher has a minor knee problem and faces a race to be fit for Saturday's lunchtime kick-off.
manutd.com
Giggs will definately start tomorrow!
I know younger players are better for it, if I know Fergie, he will defo put Giggs in the starting line up for this match, mark my words.
I know younger players are better for it, if I know Fergie, he will defo put Giggs in the starting line up for this match, mark my words.
I don't know about Rooney but Ronaldo has to give some of the passes to Rooney so that they can build the killing momentum, on some of the cases I have seen Rooney clear for goal but Ronaldo is being to selfish, yes he is playing awesome but he has to pass in order to get his team mates gain proper flow. If he had done that last week we would of killed Hull and not let them score them goals we conceded!
Yeh we know who Pat was on about. But then Keane had a go at Vieira for all to see and he then shat his little sissy knickers.
Is Manucho in the squad?
No way he will be in this squad. With Berbatov, Rooney and Tevez we are well catered for in attack. Never mind. Next game after Arsenal is QPR at home in the Carling Cup. I can almost guarantee Fergie has pencilled in Manucho to play in that. He needs to start slowly and prove his ability before he gets near the bigger and more important matches.
The only one with a brown streak down his leg was the moustachioed hero Gary Neville. Pat called him seven kinds of cnut and he didn't say 'boo' just stood there bricking himself. Keane had to get involved because it was so fecking embarrassing.
And then it turned embarrassing for your boys. Vierra is 6' 4" and the soft fecker shit himself when the 5' 10" Keane got involved. Keane has a go at Vierra, Vierra doesn't say a fecking word (until now, but its easier for him to play Mr. Rufty Tufty when he is 2,000 miles away from Roy Keane) and immediately afterwards you see Bergkamp walk up to Vierra, put his arm round him and ask "are you OK?". You can distinctly hear Bergkamp asking the question, just like he is dealing with a ten year old who has been subjected to a bit of bullying. Dress it up however you want Peter, but the only people who think that Vierra came out of that with any respect are a minority of Arsenal fans. The vast majority of your own fans realize he shit out. I find it amusing that he is now trying to rewrite history.
Next time you watch that Keane-Vieira tunnel video, keep your eyes peeled for the funniest part that people seem to miss: when Keano's having a go, Cygan stands next to him and just stares at him, obviously trying to psych him out. It's an embarrassing attempt at looking hard, and Keane ignores him completely. 
Next time you watch that Keane-Vieira tunnel video, keep your eyes peeled for the funniest part that people seem to miss: when Keano's having a go, Cygan stands next to him and just stares at him, obviously trying to psych him out. It's an embarrassing attempt at looking hard, and Keane ignores him completely.
My favourite part is when Scholes says feck that fecker or something like that.
Massive club
As to the match: they're not rivals like Liverpool or City, but we've had some cracking matches with Arsenal over the past decade - better games than our derbies in fact.
Two real teams (I try to see Chelsea as more than just some rich bloke's toy but it doesn't happen) two managers who've been around for long enough that the team really is theirs and, most times, a genuine equality of talent and tactics.
As for the Battle of the Tunnel - classic moment, classic match. The reason I still smile when I think of Graham Poll - he could have killed that game, but he didn't - he saw it as a fair fight and let them play. Ronaldo getting two and doing his Henry-esque shush to the crowd - adorable
As for rewriting the tunnel so Neville loses, all you need to remember is 2-4 Looking forward to it.
Guess where I'll be tomorrow lunch time!
Guess where I'll be tomorrow lunch time!
The same place where i'll be
Any tips on where to drink pre-match mate?
Well only weatherspoons is open early enough for a beer. I almost live right next to the emirates and I was going to go straight there and then go into central london for the beer after. I could make it and meet you at a weatherspoons in london town before the game. What time will you be in central london?
Well i'll be with a few others, so i can't dictate them really, so i'd be unreliable if i organised to meet you!
Will come and say hello, if i end up in that Spoons.
Ta.
This thread will be improved by a link to the tunnel incident with keano and viera
I'll pm you my mobile later when I finish work. Give me a bell if your up for a beer before or after the game. Also did you get a ticket?
Wasn't that fun?
----------Van Der Sar---------
-Neville--Ferdinand-Vidic--Evra-
-Ronaldo-Carrick-Anderson-Nani-
----Berbatov----Rooney----
Nani in to attack the wings, lets hope he can fecking cross it this game.
Going for a 0-2 win for us. Berbs and Rooney to get 1 each.
Cummon lads!
-Neville--Ferdinand-Vidic--Evra-
-Ronaldo-Carrick-Anderson-Nani-
----Berbatov----Rooney----
Nani in to attack the wings, lets hope he can fecking cross it this game.
Going for a 0-2 win for us. Berbs and Rooney to get 1 each.
Cummon lads!
That's just the after the Lord Mayor's show - where's Vieira confronting Neville? That's what it was all about not Keane's posturing (or Neville trying to look hard after the fact).
So it's "all about" some 6" 4' lout, intimidating someone who's almost a foot smaller than him?
As opposed to, say, the TV gold that is the moment when someone who is barely 5" 10' calls said bully's bluff - causing him to utterly shit himself, in front of tens of thousands of fans, on live TV - shortly before owning him in central midfield, in possibly the biggest game of the season?
Sheesh. You gooners are easily pleased.
I love these matches, the gooners are always thinking they are a big contender, then we feck them.
What it's really about three of your players colluding (or being instructed) to foul one of ours serially to avoid a booking a la Leeds United circa 1972.
VDS
Nevill Rio Vidic Evra
Ronaldo Carrick Anderson Park
Rooney
Berbatov
We need Park's energy for this. He can cover for Evra as we want Patrice bombing forward to create chances. Expect Anderson to be everywhere with Carrick staying back and spraying passes all over the place.
We need to score first. L'Arse are hurting these days and playing with a depleted lineup. Going a goal up or even two will demoralize them. Lets feck them up and ruin their season just like last year in the FA Cup.
Many point to the Birmingham draw last year as their downfall but I truly believe it was the 4-nil hammering.
Rooney will score as he always does against L'Arse. He should have be credited with a goal against them last year but they called it an own goal and then Rooney had a crack at Lampard in the media afterward.
Nevill Rio Vidic Evra
Ronaldo Carrick Anderson Park
Rooney
Berbatov
We need Park's energy for this. He can cover for Evra as we want Patrice bombing forward to create chances. Expect Anderson to be everywhere with Carrick staying back and spraying passes all over the place.
We need to score first. L'Arse are hurting these days and playing with a depleted lineup. Going a goal up or even two will demoralize them. Lets feck them up and ruin their season just like last year in the FA Cup.
Many point to the Birmingham draw last year as their downfall but I truly believe it was the 4-nil hammering.
Rooney will score as he always does against L'Arse. He should have be credited with a goal against them last year but they called it an own goal and then Rooney had a crack at Lampard in the media afterward.
I didn't see any tackles flying in, in the footage we're discussing.
I did see a very tall, very scared French-man, losing the game mentally before he'd even stepped on the pitch. Totally psyched out by the opposing captain, who barely came up to his chin.
And that's what sticks in the memory
So it's "all about" some 6" 4' lout, intimidating someone who's almost a foot smaller than him?
As opposed to, say, the TV gold that is the moment when someone who is barely 5" 10' calls said bully's bluff - causing him to utterly shit himself, in front of tens of thousands of fans, on live TV - shortly before owning him in central midfield, in possibly the biggest game of the season?
Sheesh. You gooners are easily pleased.
What I've always liked about peter's take on these events is the way that he knows with great certainty what happened between Viera & Neville - despite there being no video/audio recording of the incident accessible to him. (Was it Davo that used to do the same?)
When confronted with the recorded exchanges which show just how much Keano 'owned' Viera, he retreats to peddling some constructed myth about how people behaved earlier. Pathetic really.
So - back to the matchday squad discussion.
It seems we have no Fletcher and no Brown.
Rumour has Nev fit so that would sort out RB, Evra on the left it seems.
Given Rooney's 'rest' midweek he will surely start - wouldn't mind it being with Tevez initially.
Anderson & Carrick in central mid you'd think - & I could see Park providing energy and coverage in preference of Nani. If Park does play I'd really like to see Ronaldo on the left (if a 4-4-2) since he can go in-or-out from there and produce, whereas Park on the left struggles to go outside & cross.
I'm thinking narrow win for Utd tbh.
It seems we have no Fletcher and no Brown.
Rumour has Nev fit so that would sort out RB, Evra on the left it seems.
Given Rooney's 'rest' midweek he will surely start - wouldn't mind it being with Tevez initially.
Anderson & Carrick in central mid you'd think - & I could see Park providing energy and coverage in preference of Nani. If Park does play I'd really like to see Ronaldo on the left (if a 4-4-2) since he can go in-or-out from there and produce, whereas Park on the left struggles to go outside & cross.
I'm thinking narrow win for Utd tbh.
I have to wake up at 6:45am in a Saturday, but I'm going to do it...just to watch United winning.