2008/09 Community Shield Sunday August 10th

[Regs]

First game of the Premier season, let's go Portsmouth!

On Setanta, KO @ 7:00AM

 

[The Franchise]

Don't forget to mention the loyalty Ronoldo has to Man U!

Regs you had your doubts

 

[Sir M]

Rooney, Anderson and numerous others will not be playing for Man U, but Carrick will get some minutes according to Ferguson. Crouch and Defoe will debut up from for Portsmouth. Full details here:

BBC SPORT | Football | Man Utd v Portsmouth

I am guessing Nani doesn't have to serve his suspension til week one, and it looks like (depending on which report you read), Saha is out.

 

[The Franchise]

Sir Alex has warned......

Sir Alex warns future teams over C-Ron - Sportsnet.ca

 

[kjohnsob]

On to PK's, Darren Fletcher should have netted 2, Nani made Glen Johnson his bitch numerous times.

I still think Crouch and Defoe can work, but they are gonna need better service. Diop on the right?

 

[kjohnsob]

Man U wins 3-1 on PKs.

Diarra put it over the net,
Defore scores
Mvuemba, the bench warmer had shot saved
Glen Johnson put it over.

Man u goals by
Tevez, Carrick, giggs

 

[Regs]

Event settled, HOS with the only correct call.

 

[kjohnsob]

Congrats on your 50.15 tokens HOS.

 

[Sir M]

How are the players supposed to show "Respect" when the official jams as he did on the non-PK today? Walks, your thoughts?

 

[kjohnsob]

yeah tell me they are not going to keep that up.

Ok lets have a time out here, Captain please come talk to me and the offending player.

Now I understand they need to stop chelsea from having 8 guys surround a ref in a scrum, but this seems overboard.

 

[Hands of Stone]

ManU resting too many players with mystery injuries before the start of the season, draw the only way to go, I will take the 50. Can't wait for the season to start, what is the first match on Sportsnet and Score next weekend.

hos

 

[Captain Shamrock]

Should be interesting this year regarding the officials........but I'm glad none they're clamping down on that 'scrum' mentality after a bad call.......it's horse shite.

 

[striker14]

How are the players supposed to show "Respect" when the official jams as he did on the non-PK today?

that was absolutely brutal...right in the ref's view...sick!
not just a little grab of the ankle...the guy was hugging onto his leg for dear life.

manchester utd should have won that game 3-0 at least
nani played fabulous
fletcher could have easily had 2

2 months for Ronaldo...shite!

looking forward to this season. 1 piece of hardware on the shelf already.
my new away kit arrived...beauty!!

RED DEVILS!!!!!!

 

[Sir M]

Reports this morning are that Ferguson is going to have his striker dilemma solved by the weekend. Speculators are mentioning Berbatov or Henry @ 20 million pounds, although it is rumoured that the latter is more a bargaining chip to bring Spurs' price down for Berbatov.