14 April 2009

As seen on CWC Forum:
On 14/04/09, at 00:06 REAL LIVERPOOL FAN wrote:
NO JUSTICE FOR THE 96 TONIITE LA
THE WAY CHELSEA CELEBRATED AT THE FINAL WHISTLE MUST HAVE SICKENED ANY TRUE FOOTBALL FAN. GOADING US BY KNOCKING US OUT OF THE CL IN THIS WEEK OF ALL WEEKS BROUGHT THE PAIN FLOODING BACK FOR THOSE RELATIVES. [...]

United Three, Celtic zero

The best thing to emerge out of the English press for many a day arrived last night courtesy of Martin Samuel (writing for The Times):
Well, at least we now know what you get for £30 million-plus these days: a cloak of invisibility, apparently.
Samuel is convinced United (and Berbatov) got a bargain, although he laments [...]

funny

Champions of Europe

Had Manchester United lost last night’s Champions League final, they would have been gracious in defeat.
Had Chelsea won the game, however, they would have displayed the same lack of dignity and class that they showed in defeat.

Lest we forget:
Club captain Gary Neville commiserated with Terry, his vanquished counterpart; such actions are a mark of a [...]

Scholes

If he plays in tonight’s Champions League match versus Roma, it will be Paul Scholes’ 100th appearance in the competition. (The all-time leader, by the way, is Raul with 116 appearances). Sir Alex was asked whether he would make Scholes captain to mark the occasion. His reply was:
“There’s no chance of that (being captain). Paul [...]

He takes your order in English, too.

The eve of the “crucial” Champions League quarter-final finds our favourite Spanish waiter with this to say about Arsenal:
“I believe this game will be the most important if they [Arsenal] want to win a trophy this season.
“It will be very difficult for Arsenal to win the Premier League.”
Perhaps Rafa is trying to heap pressure on [...]

United v FC Copenhagen

Hello one and all. It seems the international break has knocked me from my United blogging ways; or could it be the anticipation of this weekend’s game versus the Murdering Scum.
Anyway, here’s my report for yesterday’s Champions League match which, by the way, is more gripping than the match itself.
A second string United side defeated [...]

Benfica v United

United’s first away win in the competition since 2003 was marked by excess. The first half was notable for woeful passing (from a midfield that included the usually reliable Scholes and Carrick) and a collective rising of blood pressure from those seated on United’s bench. Misplaced passing, defensive slips and the hostile Benfica crowd combined [...]

Benfica v United (preview)

This is what Sir Alex Ferguson said about tonight’s match versus Benfica:
It will be a bloody different result [from last season's 2-1 defeat], believe me about that
As motivational speeches go, this one is likely to come back and bite [...]

epilogue

I know that this is supposed to be a big weekend with the Premiership’s Big Four playing each other in a feast of televised potato couching, but I can’t seem to shake off the nightmare of United’s midweek misery. Van der Saar managed to utter the truth – he is Dutch, after all – about [...]