CL: Olympique Lyonnais vs Manchester United F.C

That was dull football. I'll never understand Fergusons negative style of football in Champions League. We don't stamp our authority on games away from home and we look like feckin Chelsea.

Rooney should have tucked that chance away though. Also Boumsongs needless Yellow could come back to haunt Lyon in the 2nd half.
 
Nani for giggs and Tevez for Scholes and maybe later on Carrick for Hargreaves

Dont saf know we play badly at slow tempo
 
Lyon have had a couple of chances, Benzema should have done better.

Rooney should have scored his chance, but asides from that, nothing really major from us. Bit of a stalemate...keep it the same until late on to try and snatch a goal
 
I'd like to see tevez and Nani at some point during the second half.

Its been understandably cautious but i really think that if we step it up a gear or two we could be looking at taking a lead back to Old Traffod.
 
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Kallstrom should not have been booked. Nor should Boumsong or Hargreaves.

UEFA directives, Boumsong was booked for telling the ref to book Hargreaves. UEFA said that players would get booked for this etc..

And they have tougher ruling nowadays.
 
Happy with that. Lyon are a quality side. We're holding our own and have created some decent situations.

Not a bad game of football. I'm enjoying it.


finally, at least someone with sense aside from all this watching united in a tactical battle is 'boring' shite.
 
Nani for giggs and Tevez for Scholes and maybe later on Carrick for Hargreaves

Dont saf know we play badly at slow tempo

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Even Henry knows you're wrong.
 
well that was a bit slow and dull. Not our usual pace, but it was expected given that we are away in europe.

We have had a good amount of possession, but we seem to pass our way just past the halfway line and then just hoof it to Rooney in the box. With Ronaldo and Giggs and Scholes and Anderson, we should really be passing it a bit more in the final third.

When we did that once, Scholes got in behind their defense.

More passing and movement and less of the hoof up to Rooney please.
 
Has anyone got a decent stream? This Setanta one i've got was going in and out all bloody game.

Commentary language doesn't matter.
 
UEFA directives, Boumsong was booked for telling the ref to book Hargreaves. UEFA said that players would get booked for this etc..

And they have tougher ruling nowadays.

Would not have happened though if the ref hadn't booked Kallstrom incorrectly.
 
UEFA directives, Boumsong was booked for telling the ref to book Hargreaves. UEFA said that players would get booked for this etc..

And they have tougher ruling nowadays.

Well, it looked like it worked. Hargreaves got his yellow after Boumsong had a moan.
 
Rubbish game!

More concerned with technicalities.

Play football.
 
I would bring Carrick in for Hargreaves. He has done a decent job but we need to stamp our authority in the midfield.

Hargreaves is protecting us atm, we need him to keep that up. Caarrick in fro anderson maybe but i'd keep it the same.
 
Have to say, brilliant atmosphere at the ground, Lyon fans really know how to drive their team forward.
 
Giggs injured, Nani warming up
 
It baffles me how a player as good as Rooney always manages to miss one on ones...
 
Well, it looked like it worked. Hargreaves got his yellow after Boumsong had a moan.

I think the ref was going to book him but moaning Lyon players came in the way, that's why he got it later.
 
Anderson off Carrick on please. An then late on, Giggs off Tevez on.
 
Why arent Lyon playing in white and us in black?