DISQUS

Panda · 1 year ago

He comes from the Ivory Coast Kalou, Kalou
He came into the game late against Man U, Man U
He headed the ball into the net
The streak's alive with the point we get!
That's why we love Salomon Kalou!

He comes from the Ivory Coast Kalou, Kalou
He came into the game late against Man U, Man U
When Anelka missed, Kalou stepped up
They played like crap but never gave up!
That's why we love Salomon Kalou!

winstongator · 1 year ago

Wasn't the Mikel free-kick off of a silly Rooney foul resulting in his yellow-card? A lot of the yellows Utd picked up were off of similar silly fouls. Giving up a free-kick in that spot out of frustration hurt. Utd looked undisciplined, and that's something that needs work. A win would have really changed the confidence levels both teams have.

JLay · 1 year ago

The referee was absolute crap. If you're going to call it tight and hand out yellows for rough tackles, I'm OK with that. But you have to call it both ways. I also wonder why nobody mentions that Chelsea dives brought on at least two of the United cards. Ballack and Cole ought to play on the women's side. Give me a break.

A lot of the dissent comes from the one-sided calls, and SHIT refereeing in general. I'm all for keeping your cool, but how would you react?

That said, there is no excuse for the way that United played. I don't care how many players are injured, or how bad the refereeing was. United have one of the deepest and most expensive rosters in the world, and they should be able to adapt.

Take Scholes and Neville off the field already, please. Scholes can't defend to save his life, and is in danger of getting a yellow card every time an opposing player comes close to him. Neville doesn't belong on the pitch anymore, nor does he deserve the captaincy. Wes Brown is an average player at best, and he's proven himself to be better than Neville. It's a farce - Ferguson's fatal flaw is his inability to get rid of aging players.

Rooney needs to wake up, and I don't know why he got the start over Tevez. Although he's probably the more talented of the two, Rooney is another guy that's one bad play away from a card. Tevez gives you the same unselfish play and high work rate, without the temper.

Anyway, I'm frustrated as hell and I don't see it getting better anytime soon. After dominating the first half, they were lucky to get out of there with a draw.

Todd · 1 year ago

decent analysis. but kalou DID foul rio in the box. you say rio marked terry and knocked him down? because kalou pushed him into terry. rio wouldnt uncontrollably fall forward into terry, fouling him and knocking him down in the box for fun would he? you may call a foul on rio, however upon further review youd have to call the foul on kalou first for his push to get open.

its the same thing drogba did later in the match to rooney. a slight nudge to create space before the ball (and the refs eye) enters the area. you have the best in the world at that (ballack) and it appears he is teaching his team mates