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The EPL thread
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TerrigalUtd
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and score twiceFFC Mariner said:
Part_Timer
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oh noes we havnt won away all year, yet are not currently in drop spot hmmmm
first EPL away win tonight sorry loyalist (atleast you guys play sexy football)
plus beat cheltenham 3-2 away this year LGCP....bl
first EPL away win tonight sorry loyalist (atleast you guys play sexy football)
plus beat cheltenham 3-2 away this year LGCP....bl
Part_Timer
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Part_Timer said:
Whistles......
Part_Timer
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Peachos said:haha, hard to beat West Brom
nope won 2-0 was more refering to you saying how sad not to have won away well....bl
Part_Timer
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good call imo
serious14
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Football, honestly...... what can't you do??
Manchester United 3, Aston Villa 2. We lead 1-0, down 2-1. 2 goals in the last 10 minutes, including the winner from one of the biggest managerial gambles you will ever see, the 17 year old debutant Italian, Federico Macheda, thrown on with fifteen minutes to go, only having previously played in the reserves, then goes on to score an absolutely _stunning_ goal in the 93rd minute.
That's why we're champions.
Manchester United 3, Aston Villa 2. We lead 1-0, down 2-1. 2 goals in the last 10 minutes, including the winner from one of the biggest managerial gambles you will ever see, the 17 year old debutant Italian, Federico Macheda, thrown on with fifteen minutes to go, only having previously played in the reserves, then goes on to score an absolutely _stunning_ goal in the 93rd minute.
That's why we're champions.
serious14
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Heheheheehahahahahaha WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.......... now I can't sleep.
*watches Macheda's goal again* ;D
http://football365.com/story/0,17033,13320_5150585,00.html
"Football - bloody hell" - Alex Ferguson, May 26, 1999
You'll hear the phrase, 'That's what champions are made of' quite a lot in the next couple of days.
It sounds at best like a screechingly awful clich, at worse plain sycophancy, but the trouble is that it's exactly right.
United do this all the time. Have been doing it for years. Against Sheffield Wednesday in 1993, Liverpool in 1999 and Bayern Munich in 1999. It's not just that they score late goals, often coming from behind, but they score them when it really, really matters.
There's something that Alex Ferguson instils in his players. God knows what it is. Belief, confidence, arrogance, whatever it is, it bloody works.
There is an inevitability to United on these occasions. For opposition fans it's a flaming juggernaut screeching towards you, out of control, about to destroy everything, which - depending on the game - is either deeply annoying or soul-crushing. There's very little you can do to stop it. It's such an overwhelming feeling that it's much more of a shock when it doesn't happen, like at Fulham the other week.
And so it was on Sunday. For most of the first half and long spells in the second, Aston Villa were the better team. They passed with speed and fluidity, and sensibly directed most of their attacks down the left, where Ashley Young caused first John O'Shea then Gary Neville a whole world of problems. Indeed, United only took the lead thanks to a collective brainstorm between James Milner and Brad Friedel and dreadful positioning from the American.
And yet United still won. In fact, they've been fairly average for much of the season, so how do you explain that they're top of the league and favourites for the title?
Sure, world class players performing averagely are likely to be better than plain old average players, and 70,000 fans help, but there is more to it than that. There's a determination, something that tells them to keep going, ingrained deeply in the United side by Ferguson that has survived for over 20 years now.
On Saturday Liverpool did something similar. After banging their heads against Fulham's brick wall and the ball against the goal frame for 89 minutes, Yossi Benayoun popped up when it mattered. They did it under considerably less pressure than United on Sunday, but it was incredibly encouraging for them in any case.
This sets Rafa Benitez's Liverpool as potential future champions, but they have done it far too few times this season. Goalless draws against Stoke (twice), Fulham and West Ham suggest that they don't quite have whatever Ferguson's United do just yet.
It's understandable, given that Ferguson has 18 years of team shaping over Benitez. The Fulham result tells us that Liverpool can do it, but don't often enough.
United do it, consistently, and that's the difference.
*watches Macheda's goal again* ;D
http://football365.com/story/0,17033,13320_5150585,00.html
"Football - bloody hell" - Alex Ferguson, May 26, 1999
You'll hear the phrase, 'That's what champions are made of' quite a lot in the next couple of days.
It sounds at best like a screechingly awful clich, at worse plain sycophancy, but the trouble is that it's exactly right.
United do this all the time. Have been doing it for years. Against Sheffield Wednesday in 1993, Liverpool in 1999 and Bayern Munich in 1999. It's not just that they score late goals, often coming from behind, but they score them when it really, really matters.
There's something that Alex Ferguson instils in his players. God knows what it is. Belief, confidence, arrogance, whatever it is, it bloody works.
There is an inevitability to United on these occasions. For opposition fans it's a flaming juggernaut screeching towards you, out of control, about to destroy everything, which - depending on the game - is either deeply annoying or soul-crushing. There's very little you can do to stop it. It's such an overwhelming feeling that it's much more of a shock when it doesn't happen, like at Fulham the other week.
And so it was on Sunday. For most of the first half and long spells in the second, Aston Villa were the better team. They passed with speed and fluidity, and sensibly directed most of their attacks down the left, where Ashley Young caused first John O'Shea then Gary Neville a whole world of problems. Indeed, United only took the lead thanks to a collective brainstorm between James Milner and Brad Friedel and dreadful positioning from the American.
And yet United still won. In fact, they've been fairly average for much of the season, so how do you explain that they're top of the league and favourites for the title?
Sure, world class players performing averagely are likely to be better than plain old average players, and 70,000 fans help, but there is more to it than that. There's a determination, something that tells them to keep going, ingrained deeply in the United side by Ferguson that has survived for over 20 years now.
On Saturday Liverpool did something similar. After banging their heads against Fulham's brick wall and the ball against the goal frame for 89 minutes, Yossi Benayoun popped up when it mattered. They did it under considerably less pressure than United on Sunday, but it was incredibly encouraging for them in any case.
This sets Rafa Benitez's Liverpool as potential future champions, but they have done it far too few times this season. Goalless draws against Stoke (twice), Fulham and West Ham suggest that they don't quite have whatever Ferguson's United do just yet.
It's understandable, given that Ferguson has 18 years of team shaping over Benitez. The Fulham result tells us that Liverpool can do it, but don't often enough.
United do it, consistently, and that's the difference.
serious14
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'Cause you know the Chelsea squad inside out, right??
He's been playing in the reserves since his move from Lazio in 2007. Ironically, it was suspensions and injury that saw him drafted onto the bench for the game...... btw, the goal was scored at 92:04. That 5 minutes _really_ made a difference. :-\
He's been playing in the reserves since his move from Lazio in 2007. Ironically, it was suspensions and injury that saw him drafted onto the bench for the game...... btw, the goal was scored at 92:04. That 5 minutes _really_ made a difference. :-\
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