The First Big Clash of the Season
posted by The Blue Devil @ 1:44 PM
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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Afternoon Robert
Big news out of Old Trafford in the last few minutes... Wayne Rooney starts!
Mata not in the starting line up
No recognized striker for the Blues
LINE-UPS- Man Utd v Chelsea (2000 BST)
Man Utd: De Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Cleverley, Carrick, Welbeck, Rooney, van Persie. Subs: Anderson, Giggs, Smalling, Lindegaard, Young, Kagawa, Buttner.
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Lampard, De Bruyne, Oscar, Hazard, Schurrle. Subs: Essien, Torres, Mikel, Lukaku, Schwarzer, Azpilicueta, Mata.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
Afternoon, chaps - the big news already this afternoon is that Jose Mourinho has picked a strikerless side (sigh) and Wayne Roon starts for United - woo hoo!
Afternoon, UWS - you beat me to the big news for the afternoon. Wow!
Hey Bob
MUR is busy teaching right now.. what a bummer!
A bummer, indeed.
How's your day been, mate?
Busy as ever with soccer practice and the house
I still have to do a lot of school stuff as well
It has been a busy summer
The line-ups for this evening's match:
United - DeGea, Jones, Rio, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Clev, Carrick, Welly, Roon, RVP.
Subs - Anderson, Giggsy, Smalling, Lindy, Young, Kagawa, Buttner
Chelski - Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, JT, Cashley, Ramires, Lamps, De Bruyne, Oscar, Hazard, Schurrle.
Subs - Essien, Torres, Mikel, The Chunk, Schwarzer, Azpiwhatever, Mata.
Already posted that too... are you not reading my comments!!!!!!!!
A banner at Old Trafford to answer "The Special One"
"THE CHOSEN ONE" with a picture of Moyes
I've got the Al Jazeera coverage on with Andy Gray alongside Ole Hairy Hands.
Pardon ME!
Sorry about that
No NBC for you?
No Lukaku from the start... he scored a hat-trick against United in the 5-5 match at the Hawthorns....he may have come on in that match
NBC showing sone good shots on the field and outside the stadium
What do you think about the news that there is a RIVAL bid for Bale?
United? PSG? Spurs just trying to get the price up?
I haven't tried it yet - where is it?
Extra:Laso bits talking to Buck House
I love those ads!
I don't know what to think about the Bale saga. They keep announcing things and then taking them back. I think he's mad to go to Madrid - he'll never play!
yes he would
Pellegrini in the house
here they come
Moyes gets a huge ovation at Old Trafford.... the sound is great..... WELL DONE NBC.... I keep saying that!
I was worried about it but have been very impressed
Where would you play Bale in the current Real line-up?
What about that - Roon for Mata and some cash? Like that?
I've also been really impressed.
Minute applause for an ex United keeper from the 40s
No
Roon can't go to a rival
AWAY WE GO
Shut up Graham!
Crowd seem a little muffled now
No luck with the NBC Sports Live Extra - it's blocked because I'm a Time Warner customer.
Not muffled on the Al Jazeera coverage. OT in full voice.
Sound seems a little off again
Terrible pass by Jones
Just before kick-off there was a minute's applause for former footballers Brian Greenhoff, Ron Davies and Jack Crompton, who all died since the last home match at Old Trafford.
Roon looked okay there but kicked it a bit ahead of himself
Cahill did well to track back on Roon.
Le Seax is talking too much
United are pathetic at passing today
Welbeck blew that break with another bad pass
Bloody Hell Rio... an atrocious pass
Oscar with a shot saved by De Gea
Lost my link temporarily.
Ivanovic with some desperate defending against RVP.
Decent corner by RVP but no one in red went for it
That should have been a card for Cashley
Cashley should start on a card.
Chelski fans are singing "We'll see you next week!" to Roon. Cheeky.
Ivanovic shoots from distance and threatens some bloke selling peanuts in Row Q of the Stretford End.
Struth...UNited's passing is dire
Good interplay by Chelski but then Oscar shanked his shot wide.
Decent effort from RVP
Oh - RVP hits the side netting from an acute angle.
Roon and RVP working well together
Evra looking for something there but Martin Atkinson wasn't interested.
Roon should have shot earlier... weak back pass at the end
Roon does look like he wants to be out there
Valencia with a nasty tackle... no yellow again
Oscar is acting but still could have been a yellow
two no yellows to start
First yellow... not deserved!
Very few real chances as of yet. This one smells like an early season draw.
He got an elbow for it!
De Bruyne picks up a yellow and a biff to the chin from RVP for his trouble. He's bleeding but hasn't gone off.
Roon is running like the one of old
I'm bloody bored of this match.
Not good
I think I'll pedal home at half time. Things are winding down here.
SOMEONE SHOOT!!!
Cleverley does but hits it well wide
Talk to you on the flip side
Good possession there ending in a wild shot from Clev.
I now have a two minute commute home on bike!
58% possession for United
Jose looks grumpy. Bring on The Chunk!
United currently fourth. Chelski are top given they've played one game more.
Weak shot by Hasard
COME ON MAN U
Falling asleep at my desk here.
I know
United will score four in the second half!!!
Let's hope so - I'm goal starved!
Half time
Nil Nil
League Cup 2nd Round tomorrow - I'll be teaching unfortunately.
Half time then - see you on the flip side.
I'm home in time to see the advert for "Super Sunday." Cor!
Second half underway
Missed it,
what is it
I want goals!
Shoot Valencia!!!
Liverpool v. United at 8:30 and the North London Derby at 11. Hard to beat that line-up.
I'm updating the PPP as we're watching - this is the last match of the Round 2 matches.
Great double header... of course.. this was supposed to be a corker!
Schurrle must get the hook soon. Bring on The Chunk!
United's passing has been horrible tonight
Chelski have passed it about better but they don't have any cutting edge.
BLOODY HELL WELBECK!!
First Wayne should have shot and then Welly was a Wally
Oh - best chance of the night. Roon wiggled through and found Welly. Scooped over the bar.
Bloody hell - it's bloody Torres!
Torres about to come on
I guess we'll never get a chance to see if Ba and Lukaku could be a good strike partnership, eh?
Valencia never shoots, crosses or beats a man.... not exactly a great wide man!!!
Oh dear from Valencia.
Bring back Nani!
Nice effort by Cahill
He[s hurt
Wow - decent strike from Cahill from range. Must have been 35 yards out. Made Twilight work.
Schurrle hits the bar but is ruled offside nonetheless.
Offside for Chelsea
Torres on
There weren't a lot of goals this past weekend in the Premiership. Lots of 1-0 and 0-0ers.
Is this going to be NBC's first nil niller
Best thing about tonight has been Roon's effort
HANDBALL!!!
Big shout for handball against Lamps - nothing doing from Atkinson.
Valencia fails to get it over!
OH THE HUMANITY!!
I MEAN THE PASSING
Starting to rain here in WNY.
Do you think it was a pen?
Young replacing Vlalencia
Two games in a row Chelsea playing volleyball in the pen and don't get anything called
Zaha didn't even make the bench
Chelski have really lucked out with the handball calls in the last two matches. But for the ref, they might have dropped five points in those matches.
Bloody hell Evra...he tried to blame a teammate for that
Just over 20 minutes to go
Like I said before, this smells like a 0-0er.
Theres's no way Chelsea deserve to win this one
If they do, Jose will t think he is a genius!
THE PASSING!!!!!!!
WHAT A DIVE!!!!
GIVE HIM A CARD!!!
Outrageous dive by Cashley - should have been booked.
Two nice crosses by Young... nothing doing
Great tackle and pass by Roon
Good tackle by Roon but do you really want him doing that in that area of the pitch?
Nice hit by Roon... maybe should have put in RVP
That's more like it from Roon - pulling a great shot out of Cech.
WELBECK HEADS SIDEWAYS!!!!!
Welly coming off - Giggs on.
Off goes Welbeck for Giggs
I cannot believe that I've chosen a GBB who's not going to get off the bench all season. Mourinho is a plonker!
Hey.... you have a a history of doing that!
Who did you pick for the Euors???
I don't remember, actually. Was it another sub?
Matt told me to say
TWO WORDS
CHRISTIAN BENTEKE!
When he picked him, you said you're havin a laugh
Less than ten now. This has 0-0 written all over it.
He is having a laugh.
Some Spaniard who didn't get off the bench once
Any comments about Villa now that they've lost two in three matches?
Yeah - but that's again the Spanish disease. They're not playing any strikers anymore! It's the same bloody thing that Jose is doing - bloody Barcelona!
They shouldn't have lost to Chelsea
THey did okay in the second half against Pool
Vidic took out Evra there with a bony elbow.
The points don't lie - they're just not very good.
MIckel!!!!
Mourinho clearly sets his sides out now to do absolutely no more than they need to in order to get the points. I hope it bites him in the arse.
I second that emotion
Exactly my points. If he were going for it, he'd stick Ba or The Chunk on.
Finally Schurrle come off - he was worthless today.
UNITED WANT ANOTHER PEN
Another shout for handball after that volleyed attempt by RVP.
Never a handball
Shot going well wide
I don't buy that shout - unintentional.
2144:
Gary Lineker
Man Utd 0-0 Chelsea
BBC MOTD presenter Gary Lineker Thank heavens no one was guilty of building this game up too much.
I agree - the strikerless formation hasn't worked. Hope Jose learns something from that.
LOL for Gazza!
3 added minutes
REMEMBER 99
Is it Moyesy Time now?
CHelsea don't want to win
I thought Jose was going to be different this time around
GET THE CROSS OVER!!!
Late, late corner for United. Chelski to make a substitution. That's never a good idea at a corner. Hope it bites Jose in the bum.
SHOOT IT!!!
Cleared out and that's about it. Why does RVP continue to take corners!
Jose wants to get back on the bus.
THEN RIO KICKS ONE OUT
That's it
Bloody Awful
That's it - 0-0. Satisfied?
United better not sell Rooney
Apparently not. Well I'll leave you to lick your wounds. I'll post a thread for the League Cup tomorrow.
Off to practice
TTFN
After watching the match I think there were more questions than answers. Too early in the season to know whether it's a good or bad result.
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