SimonButtle

Well, that was probably the most enjoyable match for me so far this season. That was because we were never under any sort of threat at all, we completely controlled the game and went about the victory in a totally professional way with minimal fuss. We may have only been playing Leyton Orient but doing that against a side like Orient has always been a problem for us, but we put that to bed last night and I couldn't have been happier. We didn't give them a sniff and destroyed any confidence they may have had nice and early and squished them like a bug. We were ruthless for the most part. Job done.
 
The defence and goalkeeper had pretty much fuck all to do all night, and whenever they did get near our goal their chances were mostly snuffed out quickly. It was the midfield that was the star of the show. I felt that we were lacking a bit without Fellaini and Gibson but the rest of them really stood up. Where Fellaini and Gibson, and Pienaar to a certain extent, stand out for what they individually bring to the table, last night the midfield banded together and it was a real collective effort. The fluidity and inter-play they showed in working together when they won't have played together much was brilliant.
 
 
Mucha - Fortunately we kept the ball as far away as possible from this balloon for most of the game. I could well imagine him throwing the ball into his own net if we'd let him get near it too often.
 
 
Coleman - I thought he was superb, probably even better than when he burst onto the scene for us tbh. He was the same energetic Forest Gump but he got his head up to see what was around him and he has definitely been working hard on his crossing, that ball for Gueye was magic. One criticism I have is that, at least at the beginning of the game, he was giving the Orient wide players too much room.
 
Heitinga and Jags - Untroubled.
 
Baines - Absolutely shit my pants when he took a knock very early on and wanted him to go off there and then. Fortunately he seemed to recover and went on to have a strong half. He looked to have more confidence in Maggie, where in the past you've visibly seen his reluctance to give him the ball. But last night they linked up well together while Baines was on the pitch.
 
 
Naismith - If not for Mirallas he'd have got my MOTM vote hands down. He was absolutely superb. I knew he'd be a good signing for us but even I'm surprised at just how well he's settled in already. You wouldn't think he'd only been here a few months, the way he works in tandem with our other players is brilliant. It's totally fluid. For example, I loved how, in the second half, he'd swapped with Vic and was playing upfront with Vic switching to the right. He also showed some lovely touches to create openings and to drive the ball forward. One highlight was the ball for Coleman which led to Gueye's goal. It was gold. Like Coleman, though, one criticism is that he didn't get tight enough to the wide men at the beginning of the game.
 
Osman - Really stepped up to the plate in the absence of Fellaini and Gibson to lead our midfield in attack. He dropped back well to receive the ball off the defence and was always taking the ball forward to get us going. He did a cracking job of being a box to box midfielder and even capped it all with a goal. Also, it was good to see him linking up very well with the new boy, Mirallas, already.
 
Neville - Shielded the defence well so not much actually got to them.
 
Gueye - I've seen that some think he had a poor game but I thought he looked much improved myself. Yes, he gave the ball away a few times but he's young, that will happen. He showed more strength on the ball than I've seen, he got his head up more and played his left-sided partner in a few times. And he scored a cracking goal too. Overall, I was very pleased.
 
 
Mirallas - Two goals and two assists. That is a MOTM performance if ever there was one, I couldn't possibly give it to any one else. In that first half he was absolutely brilliant. Yes, he faded in the second half but that was to be expected really. I think giving him a free role behind the striker was a masterstroke by Moyes. Seeing as he's getting used to playing for us and in a new league letting him roam without too much responsibility was the right move. And roam he did. He popped up everywhere; left of midfield, right of midfield, central midfield, upfront. Because of this he found so much space. Often, he was completely on his own. It was only against Leyton Orient but all the signs point to us having a quality player on our hands.
 
 
Anichebe - Another player I've seen getting a lot of stick about his performance but I didn't think he was that bad in all honesty, and I am no fan of Vic by any stretch of the imagination! I thought he ran a lot more and at least tried to use his strength a bit. An he got himself on the scoresheet. He was just a bit wasteful in possession when he could have played others in which frustrated me. He tired horribly towards the end of the game though and it made me wish we hadn't used all of our subs so we could get him off.
 
 
Just a word on the three youngsters we brought on. Duffy and Garbutt looked very good. Duffy, in particular, slotted right in. Barkley, apart from maybe one or two occasions, was a bit disappointing. He was trying too hard, IMO.

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kids...they can fuck off..they're idiots..do stupid stuff..you tell them not to cos they'll hurt themselves..do it again..hurt themselves then cry about it

Could not agree more, one of my biggest bug bears in this world is kids. They're all twats.

Stoke are the footballing equivalent of a "next" clothes sale. You go along, see things that were fashionable months ago, lying on a table all shabby and buy it because it is a fraction of it's former price. You get it home, try it on and it ends up in a charity bag within 3 months.
 
Crouch, Woodgate, Jones, Upson, Pennant, Jerome, Palacios
 
It's a football scrap heap. Reminds me of us under walter smith.

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And leg it with the Wigan rumours. I AM not going to a place where people have 6 fingers on each hand and women have hairy ears. NORRAPPENIN

Youtube is the best thing for that haf, when you are watching something you like say OCS for example, checkout all the stuff on the right hand side listed ie the other vids, if you look through through them you often find new bands similar sort of music, ive found loads of stuff searching that way.

Far too much read into his apparant singing. It's a catchy tune.

what you mean suddenly? maybe just haven't paid attention to other people's opinions of him..i've thought he's been our best for a long time

Took delivery of my new car today....but had to send it back because it's the wrong colour .
 
 

 

 

I think we need to look at Villa and see what happened with them in a very short space of time as a consequence of selling their best / better players.
 
Constantly pushing us for 5th and 6th to becoming very mediocre.
 
I expect us to tear them a new one if we're all fit, as we are playing ok with the ball, and Villa won't have anything like the possession United had.

United fans on the BBC blog comments are blaming the fact that the Goodison pitch is 41/2 metres shorter than OT for their poor display .

I dont smoke and never have, so I have no real idea as to what, you guys are talking about (baccy's and all that). For all I care you could be talking 'Mandarin'....
 
 
....get it? F'in'll....I'm hilarious. even I laughed at my own joke, on that one.
 
Jeez...it's been a very long day

Chatting with my mum about how much better i feel on these new medications at the moment, no weird episodes for nearly 2 months now, im starting to feel like there maybe light at the end of this very long dark tunnel

The complete love-in that seems to be going on today for Ledley King and the fact he has retired, he was a good player and had his fitness been better would probably have been England captain, but guess what, his fitness was crap and he hardly played and some of the superlatives being used by various journo's and radio/tv people are becoming ridiculous, if he had played for us, you wouldn't have had any of this rubbish.

I agree Matt, an attacking 3 of Pienaar, Ossie & ______ (Insert match to J's description here). That's not too shabby that.

Starting playing that, whilst already having Slightly All The Time on, it mashes up surprisingly well. Bit of a head ache waiting to happen though aha.

boobs, loads of them, covered in baby oil.

I think Owen has been watching the premiership years far too much. He states on twitter that he believes he can bang them in at the highest level? His goals for united were mainly against carling cup opponents - a third of his goals were in the carling cup against the mighty Scunthorpe, Barnsley, and Leeds
 
Seriously deluded. The game has moved on from the one where he was the golden boy who was spoon fed chances. He had ayear without a premier league game at united, his previous being a goalless draw at sunderland where he was dragged off after having one touch of the ball in the final third in 45 minutes, a backwards pass of 5 yards.
 
Leave well alone.

i think its promising that we have 3 quality CB to choose from!

No, i just think Gibson and Felli seem to play well together, and Rodwell needs to force his way in, not walk back in, he has a huge amount to prove this season

A 30 year old Pienaar for £5m, 18 months after we sold him for £3m and paid a fee to loan him last year? No way.. he won't be here in January anyway as South Africa are hosting the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
 
He made his bed, let him lie in it.

Thank fuck for that!