Originally posted by yuri31:Who the fuck are Man United?![]()
Great semifinals![]()
Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]
a reserve team beaten on penalties isn't bad going.
Terrible first 2 penalties for United
Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]
I just don't understand why Alex decides to play with reserves. Everton is a decent opponent and usually good with Cup encouters. ManUtd was still playing for the FA Cup, the league title and the Champions League with a good chance to win the treble..and now they just throw it all away.
Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]
It's safe to say that the Champions League and the league title are much bigger prizes. Lots of big big games coming up so I guess it,s wise to rest the big names. Playing a full team doesn't always guarantee a win. . . .especially when it goes to penalties
Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]
I agree on the latter part, but I still don't understand the reason of giving players rest. ManUtd played against Porto on Wednesday so they had 3 full days of rest (except training). A modern-day player should be able to handle 3 matches in a week with all these strict training schemes. Could be completely wrong though..anyway, if they had won today I would have said it was a great choice to play with reserves..lol
Originally posted by dieder:Yay... AZ=Dutch Champion.
Originally posted by germcevoy:
a reserve team beaten on penalties isn't bad going.
Terrible first 2 penalties for United
Originally posted by gmc:[..]
If the manager chooses to play a team of reserves that's his perogitive.If he think's they are good enough he plays them.But I'll guarantee you one thing.If they (United) had have won yesterday,those players bar 2 wouldn't have played in the Final.We (Everton) started the season with young kids still in the Youth Team playing in the First Team and as for the bench it just resembled a Kindergarden.As for not playing players in case they get injured,not with you at all on that one.'Cos if that was the case no player would play at all would they for fear of injury ?
Champions League bigger than The FA Cup ? I think we are both showing our ages on this one.It's a typical response from the younger generation not brought up on the history and tradition of the greatest competition of all.The Champions League is a falsehood,because not every team in the competition is Champions of thier respective countries.United won it in 1999 while not being Champions of England,and the same goes for the Red Shite in 2005. The Champions League is just a cash cow for the top 4 teams in the English Premiership,so hopefully Michele Platini can get his arse into gear and just get back to the way it was to stop the English dominance,and get back to a level playing field,when it was all about what went on on the pitch,and by not how much money you had.Same goes for other European Leagues,so we can get back to the big European teams of the past being able to compete again.The likes of Anderlecht,Ajax,who have suffered because of this practice.
Terrible 2 frst penalties for United ? Errr,excuse me,Tim Cahill's has just met Chris Waddle's in Space from Italia 90,so that was a terrible first penalty.As for Ferdinand,bollocks.Wasn't a good save then,no ? Didn't think so.Sorry,rant over.....
Anyway a good week to be a blue.Red shite got their arses kicked by Chelsea in The Champions League,and we get to the Cup Final.
COYB