Comments on: Hats Off to Manchester United

By: John

John — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:17:28 +0000

Don't really know what people find in Man.U.

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:14:20 +0000

And thank god, some experts agree with me..
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=534134&root=england&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos2&cc=5901

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:13:21 +0000

I never said that Man U won it only because of Chelsea’s problems, I was just giving them some credit. But obviously, all the glory hunting Manchester United fans have never given credit to any other team in their life.

By: AZ

AZ — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:17:19 +0000

Celsea r rubish they scraped a lot of wins united dropped cheap points this season. united were by far the best team its a new era of dominence chelsea r old news and a nothing club

By: Dave M

Dave M — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:08:21 +0000

Bolton’s strike in stoppage time was so sweet. It killed all those articles that Chelsea apologists were halfway done writing about the injustice of the goal differential as tie breaker. Or even worse – the need for a playoff system. It shut the whingers up, thank God (or SAF, your choice).

By: emmie

emmie — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:42:39 +0000

ManU watch out next season

By: emmie

emmie — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:31:13 +0000

man.U without C.Ronaldo is Empty and failure. They won Epl becoz of C.Ronaldo is definatly in form and the best.. BLUES FOR LIFE. FROM A DIE FAN OF CHELSEA IN NIGERIA AFRICA.

By: Paul Bestall

Paul Bestall — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:18:13 +0000

Hmmm, United intergrated 3 new players into the side, Rooney missed 10 league games, Vidic missed 7, Van Der Sar 7, Ferdinand 6.
United also had the millstone of The 50th Anniversary of the Munich disaster to deal with and the inevitable moving on of the old guard in using Giggs and Scholes more sparingly this season.
You make Chelsea out to have no squad. Terry was missing, so they had Alex. Lampard was missing so they had Ballack, They had 2 games without either Cech or Cudicini playing, winning both of them and they bought Anelka to cover for Drogbas absence.
On top of bringing Ben Haim, Moulada, Belletti,Pizarro and Sidwell to cover for those missing 4 players on top of the normal squad. Chelsea didn’t win the league because they made some tactical errors along the way. ( Also see v Barnsley in the FA Cup, Spurs in the League Cup and Manchester United in next weeks Champions League final.)
To say Manchester United only won it because of the problems at Chelsea is disingenious. What was Chelsea’s problem the year before? A World Cup hangover? The best side won the league, no doubt.

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:59:17 +0000

As an Arsenal fan, I do admit that United have been the best team this season. However, Lets just look at the circumstances surrounding Chelsea Football Club.
- They lost quite possibly the best/most loved manager in their history.-
-A close to unknown manager took over and has never fully gotten the support of the fans or the media
-Played for long stretches of the season without their captain and starting central defender(John Terry), starting midfielder(Frank Lampard), First choice goalkeeper(Petr Cech) and at times even second choice(Carlo Cudicini) and starting centre forward(Didier Drogba)
-Lets also factor in the fact that they lost 4 players to the African cup of nations ( I know it didnt seem to affect them at the time, but think about fatigue)

Now, lets imagine Manchester United playing for some stretch of the season without their keeper-Van der Sar, defender-Vidic/Ferdinand, midfielder-Ronaldo, Forward- Wayne Rooney.
Can any of us, then see United even fighting for the title? I certainly dont.

Again, I’m not taking anything away from the Mancs, just want to say that Chelsea have done an admirable job by just fighting till the very end.