*Official* Marseille v United Match Thread

I'm bored of it all now, sell everyone in the squad over the age of 22, add a few players in with the proceeds and let the kids have at it.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Just thinking.........

If we do win the league this year, will it *ever* have been done with a worse midfield??

(not just by ourselves, I mean - but ANYBODY )

Blackburn?

just watched this again on itv4.

god we were shite

surely the point about berbatov behind rooney is that either the movement off him was very poor or else he didn't get the ball when he should have because they were trying to feed rooney asap

even in marseille there was a moment when he got the ball into feet and drifted out wide, dragging his man out of the centre. he then popped it off to fletcher for the simple return ball that would've freed him. typically fletcher just moved the ball on infield. thus berbatov, the nearest thing we had to a conductor on the pitch at that time, was taken out of the game by his own £#%&!ing team-mate's failure to read the play.

Originally Posted by Ronaldosgoodallthetime

Blackburn?

No chance

Batty, Sherwood, Ripley, Wilcox

Originally Posted by Coracao

Is this a joke? His scoring record when not partnered with Rooney is piss poor.

League games he has started this season;

With Rooney:

Newcastle - 1 goal
West Ham - 1 goal
Liverpool - 3 goals
Bolton - 0 goal
Blackburn - 5 goals
Sunderland - 2 goals
Birmingham - 1 goal
West Brom - 0 goal
Spurs - 0 goal
Birmingham - 3 goals
Villa - 0 goal
Wolves - 0 goal

Without Rooney:

Fulham - 0 goal.
Everton - 1 goal
West Brom - 0 goal
Stoke - 0 goal
Spurs - 0 goal
City - 0 goal
Villa - 0 goal
Stoke - 0 goal
Blackpool - 2 goals (rooney had gone off)

i'm not one for statistics




fair dos, i was going by impression and shit memory but there's no arguing with that. as someone said, hernandez and bebatov have looked a natural pairing whenever i've seen them, no idea how productive as a pair though. and rooney needs a kick up the arse in any case imo.

We'll murder Wigan tomorrow by a few goals tbh really hoping and clutching at straws.