I thought it was a penalty. A soft-ish one, but a penalty nevertheless. I couldn't tell at the game, but just seen it on TV.
The following is all with the benefit of hindsight.............. It was a close game, Chelsea had more clear cut chances, as you would expect of the home team, but mainly limited to shots from outside the box. I thought Roy Keane was magnificent again - he must get so frustrated at times with those around him! I think in Tim Howard we have found a real gem, but it's still early days. I am getting seriously worried about John O'Shea. His performances this season have been average at best and sometimes terrible. I'm not picking on him specifically regarding today, but once again he just looked out of sorts. Is he really a fullback or should we use him only for central defence? Was last season a fluke, or is it that he's got into a rut and is lacking confidence? Only time will tell and I hope he comes out of it and regains the form of last season, but it seems at present he's going though what happened to Wes Brown - a dose of reality after initially looking like a world-beater... Phil Nev in midfield seems to work really well at Old Trafford, but less so away from home for some reason. If Kleberson had more games under his belt I think he would have started. Djemba Djemba seems to have disappeared for now - maybe he'll play at West Brom? And it should have been Giggs left/Ronaldo right from the start. When Diego took the ball off Cudicini and cut it back brilliantly to Giggs, he had to come inside because it was on his right foot, and the chance was lost. Forlan looked once again not good enough at this level. He really is an enigma - some brilliant touches, good ideas, constant nuisance to defences......but also constantly guilty of schoolboy errors. There is much debate among Reds about Forlan's quality or lack of, but in the end what decides it for me is that he doesn't scare defenders - he's too easily brushed aside. I think most premiership defenders would fancy their chances against him, so when they see him line up with RVN they start the game in a more positive frame of mind than would be if they were up against Ole or.....erm.......oh hang on, we dont have any other forwards do we.......... A fully functioning United, with Scholes and Ole in the team, playing at our best, would have won that game. But as we all know, winning titles is about getting results in the games that matter despite any handicaps. We've now played both Arsenal & Chelsea, neither of whom played particularly great against us, but we have beaten neither. All the above sounds a bit pessimistic. It's not meant that way, more just thinking out loud on my current feelings about stuff. Tell you what though....I still reckon we'll win the league. Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gulli Tomasson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [RedDevils] one mistake > Am I the only one to think it was a penalty? > Looked a penalty to me as Cole played the ball, Keano was a split-second > late and unfortunately that was the game for us. > > Today was not our day, and I feel we were too negative going into this > match. > We had too many defensive players on the pitch, the balance wasn't right. > > Gulli, Iceland. > > > > *************************************** > Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/tsUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
