9ja4eva:

How long is Saha still going to be out?

Louis Saha should bounce back by May 2008.
After the title must have been won.
Saha is a waste of space.
Rooney nearly scored with a HEADER. Damnnnnnnnnnn.
Guys . . . . .Score a goal and lets party.

Reading is proving a hard nut to crack.
One Mission: STOP UNITED.
They are not coming out to play.
8 players behind the ball all the time. They r so annoying.

United cannot even get a counter-attack because Reading aint attacking.
Its been waves after waves of United attack.
Evra has done very well but we need to score.
Ronaldo, Rooney and maybe Nani is the key to UNLOCK this game.


ROOONEYYYYYYYYYYYYY, Over the bar.
What a pass from Carrick?
Wazza is injured, Nooooooooooo.
Another metatarsal problem?
When wazza goes doen . . . . . . . he stays down.
This is Mourinho's curse on Man united.

Kooooooool, Wazza is back.
The guy wont leave without a fight.

I think Ronaldo is just class.
The way he makes his opponents look like fools is awesome.
Does he put them under a spell? Gosh . . . . .  .He is the best player in the world.
Ferguson should come out with a more tactical plan in the 2nd half.
Reading wont budge. Unleash NANI and lets have a swell time.


HALF TIME . . . . . . . . . . Man Utd 0-0 Reading.

Half time 0-0, unbelievable given the chances we got, Reading defence did well i think, We should do better next half, I prefer to send Evra back to his position & either Fletcher or Nani in on the left, Come on United!!!

@ 9ja4eva,
You wont believe it.
The gunners have infected Man Utd with their ailments.
Reading did a wonderful job. Man to man marking, never seen anything like it.
Where's TEVIL and SAHA and NEVILLE when u need them?

The only hope is Reading will get tired.
Their tactics are energy-sapping. Designating players to do man to man marking is a huge ASK.
United should change the bar from the GROUND STATE into the EXCITED state.
Bring in NANI, he is made for thiis kind of match. Bwoy, that young lad is footciting.
Silvestre to go off . . . . . . Evra to play in the defence, Nani to slot in the left wing.
O'Shea can also replace Wes Brown.

Dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyum . . . . . . .

Rooney is off.
NANI to come in for Wazza.
What is going on?
Precautions . . . . .?

4-3-3 formation.
NANI. . . . . . . . . Right
GIGGS . . . . . . . .Centre
RONALDO . . . . . Left.

NANI ON


ROONEY OFF

NANI is wowing everyone.
He is breathing fresh air into this match and Evra just missed a sitter.
Waves of countless attacks and its just frustrating that we r missing these chances.
NANI is a star.
O'shea to come in for Silvestre.
One turkey goes in anutha one goes out.

Whats Ferguson on about?
Man Utd 88%-12% Reading on possession.

John O'shea is United's centre-forward.
Ohhhhh ma daysssss . . . . . . . O'shea almost scoring from a thru-pass.
This is hilarious.
Who would score the decisive goal?

This is becoming embarrassing.
Reading is playing this game the way they wanted.
They didnt come here to win or make a statement.
Reading is here to STOP UNITED.

Ohhhh Ma Days.
Kitson came on and he was red-carded after 37 seconds.
This is now a genuine excuse for Reading to play 7-2-0.

Negative tactics
I suspect they will start time wasting
But the ref is probably trying to help u guys out, Red card on the first day? Come on

Le chacal, reading is playing 9-1-1

Of course.
They are doing 10-0-0.
United missed all the chances thrown at them.
A last minute free-kick.

Man Utd 0-0 Reading.

The Champions drop 2 points but its early days.

What d f

eeh yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

+ Nani, Hargreaves, Anderson and Tevez? Who would have believed the almighty Man U juggernaut would huff and puff to a 0-0 draw with READING?

Oh Jeez,thisboyz are dead today! Fergie is gonna roast their ass dry . What happened, even after getting freekicks upon freekicks. See as reading stalled us!!!.

What a bad start tothe campaign, now chelsea, assnal andthe pool are at the driving seat

Newcastle leads the Prem Table.
Chelsea is 3rd, Arsenal is 4th and United is locking the 11th position.
This is funny.

Nice game plan from Reading but negative for football as a whole.
Nani, Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes, Carrick, Rooney all had their chances but wasted it.
20+ chances and no goal? Its a joke.
Ferguson made a nasty assumption that smaller teams have changed their mentality and they all want to win these days.
He was wrong. Reading FC came here to do one thing: STOP MAN UNITED and they succeeded.
The funniest shit is that a Reading player would win THE MAN OF THE MATCH.
This is how the FA promotes negative football latently. U see, Reading's goalkeeper just won the MOTM.
United should get their acts together and start winning.

You begin to question Fergie's wisdom.
Why leave Tevez and Anderson out of the squad?
These are players that could have changed the match if they were on the bench.
Rooney went out . . . . .Tevez should have walked in.

2 valuable points lost . . . . . . .I hope it doesnt haunt us at the end of the season.

UP UNITED.

PTH:

+ Nani, Hargreaves, Anderson and Tevez? Who would have believed the almighty Manchester United juggernaut would huff and puff to a 0-0 draw with READING?

On the contrary, reading came for just 1 point. If they were offered the 3points, they would have simply rejected it, because all they want is one point and nothing more!!!

This is what Jose calls parking the bus in front of the goal. Reading did this and theywere perfect. For some time now, have not seen a team playlike reading did today!!!!

rikkyjen:

On the contrary, reading came for just 1 point. If they were offered the 3points, they would have simply rejected it, because all they want is one point and nothing more!!!

This is what Jose calls parking the bus in front of the goal. Reading did this and theywere perfect. For some time now, have not seen a team playlike reading did today!!!!

would u blame them? I'd pack a train infront of the goal if possible.

Football is not meant to be played that way but again i guess anything goes these days.

Atleast no bad tackles or injuries

Defensively, they were super.
Marcus Hanemann made some outstanding saves for Reading FC.
We all sit here and wow to Rooney, Drogba, Henry and Torres because they are strikers and we expect em to score.
We should start looking at the other side of the game: THE DEFENCE & GOAL-KEEPER.
Reading's defence stood tall and the Goalie made some subliminal saves.

It worked today but not too many teams would come to OT and pull that off the hat.
Coppell said he didnt want what happened to Fulham last year to happen to Reading so he has to play defensive.
Reading's manager was scared he might fight relegation if he comes here to WIN. How Ironic?
Chelsea WON because BIRMINGHAM wanted to WIN. READING FC got a POINT cos they DON'T have the ambition to WIN.
Bloody Hell, we should have drawn BIRMINGHAM or FULHAM in the 1st game.
In conclusion, United didn't disappoint . . . . the only thing is ROONEY could be out for weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Jackal

Weren't you going to demolish Reading 3-0 or some similar score?

If Man U continue to look this desperate, my hatred for the team might turn to pity.

Come on Utd. Get it together.

Common guys!It is just the first game of the season!!the title is not won or lost on the firts day!please do we have any HiTv Subscriber in the house, please how is the coverage like!It doesnt seem as if DSTV is the way forward o

@ Doyin13,

We did enough to score 7 goals.
On the basis of United's game play, i am over-satisfied.
NANI was super-impressive as United outplayed Reading FC to a pulp.
When it comes down to the points basis  . . . . . then its frustrating.
If u compare the 3 games played today, Man utd was technically and tactically better than both Arsenal and Chelsea BUT couldn't get the deserved points.
The lads worked their socks off to get goals but it didn't just happen for them.
How many teams in the BIG 4 will beat Reading FC? Not too many so don't sweat it.

37 games to go. . . . . . . .  So all is well.

yeah right.


jackal, is this the wanted me to join

u guys blew too many chances
so much for the transfers.

anywaysssssssssssssssss, am glad to be a gunner

Did United deserve a draw? NO.
But in a kinda way, YES!
We were kinda complacent in attack. Maybe we underestimated Reading.
Ronaldo was way too flamboyant. He was trying too had to impress.

Infact,maybe we deserved a draw. So we would understand that last season is gone. This is a whole new season with a whole new set of opponents. To do well, we'll need a brand new zest and that United attitude of winning we had at the beginning of last season.

This draw would give us a nudge and bring us back to life and the reality that all other 19 teams are title contenders!

PROUDLY UNITED

@ Jejestix,

Remain a gunner.
I would remind u after matchday 20.
Its still early days and trust United to roar back.

The transfers don't even come into it yet.
3 out of the fantastic 4 summer signings were not even on the bench.
Just wait till the merchandises start playing before u start assessing.

@ J-K,

United were not complacent in the attack.
We played better today than we did against Fulham last season but it just didnt happen for the lads.
These kinda matches pop out every now and then.

Its simply called . . . . . . .ONE OF THOSE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!
The thang is . . . Its not we didnt create the opportunities, Reading's keeper was just SUPERB.
Similar thang happened when we played Sunderland 2 seasons ago.
Waves after waves of attack but there was no goal to show for it.
U wont see United play this kinda math again until next year so dont panic.

oh

neva mind, am prepared for wateva.

let me enjoy the moments,

we are taking one step at a time,
trust me, the last step mite take us to the cup.

justkunmi:

Did United deserve a draw? NO.
But in a kind of way, YES!
We were kind of complacent in attack. Maybe we underestimated Reading.
Ronaldo was way too flamboyant. He was trying too had to impress.

Infact,maybe we deserved a draw. So we would understand that last season is gone. This is a whole new season with a whole new set of opponents. To do well, we'll need a brand new zest and that United attitude of winning we had at the beginning of last season.

This draw would give us a nudge and bring us back to life and the reality that all other 19 teams are title contenders!

PROUDLY UNITED

Well said.It informs SAF about the need to take your chances and score goals.

No doubt we didnt grab the 3 points.At present we are the side that played the best football.

Besides we still have 6, something games to go.

I enjoyed everybit of our attack and like u pointed out Ronaldo was a free giver today.

NANI what a start to your premiership debut.

Tevez + Rooney + Nani + Ronaldo.

Defenders be ready.

@Jackal
Yeah! Another example is our first leg match against West Ham last season. We played beautifully but we ended up losing. Its good this is comin early so we can know how well to tackle this kind of teams when next we meet.

But like I said, the draw is also an eye opener. We need to work twice as hard as we did last season. All the teams are better and meaner! So to win the league, we need to take every single chance we get. And i mean EVERY SINGLE CHANCE! No room for slip ups.

Wait wait wait. . .

I'll be right back!