Man u v Rangers

[Scunner]

That's probably your most blinkered post yet JC - and there's been more than a few.

[desmartinson]

Well! Man Utd 0 Rangers 0, maybe Rooney should have worn a kilt, might have seen more action.:D:D

[stoop]

quote:Originally posted by javacoffee

Rubbish game, if that's the cream of Scottish football then the cream has gone off. How on earth anyone can celebrate negative boring football is beyond me. Even Leeds Utd, a div 3 team had a go, and won! Last year. Fergie should have put the academy team out as Rangers had no intention of actually playing to win.

Talk of Rangers and Celtic coming to the Premier league, no thanks, try Coca Cola league 1.

Surely it's up to the home manager to send out his strongest team and attempt to win the game. What I saw in the last 20 mins I caught was a team, at home, playing like they didn't have a clue how to break down a team from a second rate footballing nation (maybe a bit generous there)

Ferguson saying that most of them started in the Charity Shield hardly instills confidence. Obviously he thought his second string were good enough to beat another Champions League team and he played it like it was a Carling Cup game.

No wonder he expects flak!

[javacoffee]

Look, I pay good money to watch two teams play football, only one appeared to be playing to win last night. This is the Champions League we are talking about, it's supposed to be the best. You are supposed to be drooling over this player or that player not groaning at the game.

Look at the Spurs result, a draw, a very entertaining draw, both teams had a go, both side went home feeling that they could have won. I want to watch good entertaining football and I should be able to see it in the Champions League after all it's supposed to be the best club competition in the world.

I expect to see that sort of game in our own League, from time to time, it's rubbish but I have to accept it, but come on, this is a showcase for your League. I just feel ripped off when teams come and don't play.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Oh Dear, think someone lost some money on a bet last night.
If Rangers where such "off cream" and "rubbish" why didn't Man U score? Rangers played a defensive game, they had to as Man U where pushing forward all the time, I think Rangers did well to hold them off and I don't agree it was not a strong Man U team.  Fergie put out a team he thought could beat Rangers and he does know his footballing stuff.  
Of course, in the second game Man U will win, but don't take it away from Rangers they did well to come away with a 0-0 score, when you consider they play lesser teams every week in the Scottish League, the only practice they get at playing a good team is when they play Celtic.  However, had to admire the support they got from their fans, even at Old Trafford you could hear the Rangers supporters.. The Man U fans where very muted.

[Scunner]

If "one was playing to win", they should have played their strongest team. They didn't and as Stoop said were enirely clueless as to how to break them down. A 30 yard wonder goal from Gibson being the only way they could come up with (again and AGAIN).

You would think that Rangers were the first club to pack their defence to get something (a point) out of an away game. Champions of Europe in waiting generally find a way through. Fergie KNEW what the Rangers game plan would be and still couldn't pick a team to beat it. I bet he won't pick a similar line-up at Ibrox.

And as for your comment "Fergie should have put the academy team out as Rangers had no intention of actually playing to win" - based on what I saw, if he had, Rangers would probably have beaten them.

[stoop]

From Fergie - BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8993825.stm

Ferguson laments lack of creativity

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said he expected criticism after a side with 10 changes failed to beat Rangers in the Champions League.

Only Darren Fletcher retained his place from the team that had drawn with Everton three days earlier.

"The criticism will be why didn't I play a stronger team," said Ferguson.

"I played a very strong team. Eight of them played in the Charity Shield. It's a terrific squad of players we have and there was no problem playing them."

Ferguson, whose side host fierce rivals Liverpool on Sunday, admitted that not putting in-form striker Dimitar Berbatov on the bench for the Rangers game may have been a mistake.

[stoop]

quote:Originally posted by javacoffee

Look, I pay good money to watch two teams play football, only one appeared to be playing to win last night. This is the Champions League we are talking about, it's supposed to be the best. You are supposed to be drooling over this player or that player not groaning at the game.

Look at the Spurs result, a draw, a very entertaining draw, both teams had a go, both side went home feeling that they could have won. I want to watch good entertaining football and I should be able to see it in the Champions League after all it's supposed to be the best club competition in the world.


I expect to see that sort of game in our own League, from time to time, it's rubbish but I have to accept it, but come on, this is a showcase for your League. I just feel ripped off when teams come and don't play.

Win your home games and draw away and you go through. Walter 1 Fergie 0 after 1 game

[Gavos999]

i lost money on a bet last night ..but oh well worse things happen ....bring on liverpool ! Lol

[javacoffee]

That's the point, Utd were relatively weak therefore we could have been beaten, but the other team did not want the win. Even if the academy team had have been playing Rangers set up was not to lose, I just don't see how you give credit to that style of football, not for 90 minutes anyway.

The Rangers fans were no different to the other smaller clubs of Europe, it's a big day out, they make lots of noise and no one understands what they are on about anyway. Utd fans tend to 'be up for it.' In the big games, Rangers at home is not a big game anymore, and Celtic a good team your having a laugh.

The Everton game last week is a perfect example, what is wrong with trying to win a game, how crap do you have to be to have to defend for 90 odd minutes, I applaud Everton, are you telling me that the champions of Scotland are better than Everton! No chance. Look at the two games and please don't tell me that the Rangers game was better, you would have to have some huge anti Man U blinkers on to appreciate a boring 0.0.