*Official* United v Fulham Match Thread- Teams, bants and post match in-fighting

Originally Posted by jem

that's the main thing.... if the others were in any kind of form, it would justifiable, but they currently can't retain possession or score.

Apart from in the last game where one of them scored two and the other scored one

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Maybe. It's just that leaving him out of the CL final was quite an aggressive move. I find it hard to believe Fergie would have done that if he planned on having him here beyond that summer.

it was suicidal on Fergie's part....there's no way that @#%&! mascherano would have been able to cope with Berbatov without being sent off

Originally Posted by PaulParkersPubes

By definition then, they were not well taken chances. If they were, they'd have gone in. Having someone in your way trying to stop the ball going into the net is hardly a new obstacle for players to deal with. If you hit the keeper or allow him to save it, you've not taken your chance.

Yeah, by definition, but that's not the spirit of what I was getting at. The point was that a missed chance is not always 'squandered' because the keeper has saved it. 'Squandered' implies a BAD miss, I'm sure we'd agree - not EVERY miss or save is a result of a striker's error. Sometimes they hit a perfectly brilliant shot and it doesn't go in, i.e. Juan Mata v De Gea.

Originally Posted by Zorg

Apart from in the last game where one of them scored two and the other scored one

yup. apart from that.

Originally Posted by Grimson

Yeah, by definition, but that's not the spirit of what I was getting at. The point was that a missed chance is not always 'squandered' because the keeper has saved it. 'Squandered' implies a BAD miss, I'm sure we'd agree - not EVERY miss or save is a result of a striker's error. Sometimes they hit a perfectly brilliant shot and it doesn't go in, i.e. Juan Mata v De Gea.

Agreed, Point taken & understood

Originally Posted by Gordon Hill

Agreed, Point taken & understood

Not seen you around for a bit, pal