Official Premiership 06/07 thread

[Matticus]

c'mon URZ.

reading will stay up this season, even if they play half as good asthey are now.

[Liam]

I laugh in Be's general direction.

[NobBe Nobbs]

The words "Dennis Rommedahl-inspired" makes me think we played shite, which we probably did.

[Liam]

He was really good in the first half, and you had a few half chances. In the second half, he was pretty wank.

The first chance we had, we took, and then we scored another 2 minutes later, you were just rocked by it.

To be honest, we barely squeaked it.

Edited October 16, 2006 by liamwannabe

[9 to 5]

@ today.

[alldaws1]

What a great goal by Hleb, definitely catch that on MOTD if you haven't seen it. Apparently Rio Ferdinand's is one to watch, too.

[9 to 5]

MOTD is banned in this house tonight if I get my way.

[Lord Nibbler]

Rio's was a great goal.

[Liam]

I love how the ref of the Villa/Fulham match missed the blatant handball by Rosenior, yet then somehow penalised him for a foul on Petrov when he had his arms in the air and Petrov was leaning into him.

Some bad refereeing decisions in some other matches this weekend also.

[StylesClashLover]

NOTE - (I wrote up this review as soon as I got back from the match earlier on, and I will probably write more reviews when I go to other matches. Let me know what you think and I will try and improve if there's anything I haven't done particularly well at)

Bolton 0 - 4 Manchester United - Review

Kick Off - 3pm

Date - Saturday, 28th October

Referee - Rob Styles

This was only my third away game, and what a match it was. The match started and it was quickly realized by everyone that the fans were going to have to make this a special one. Everyone, including me, was chanting their heads off, what a day. Bolton were awful, really awful, while United showed glimpses of becoming the team they were six or seven years ago. Two or three minutes into the match and there was already chances being made by United and Bolton were already under mounts of pressure. Wayne Rooney, after all that the critics have said in the newspapers, was immense, reacted to the gossip in awesome fashion. He was already creating and taking great chances at the Bolton end, when he was put through by Cristiano Ronaldo on the four minute mark, Rooney forced a great save by on-form Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.

He was already creating and taking great chances at the Bolton end, when he was put through by Cristiano Ronaldo on the four minute mark, Rooney forced a great save by on-form Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen. The deadlock was broken early on when a perfect pass from England team-mate Michael Carrick that split Bolton defenders Faye and Hunt, put Rooney through on goal and he scored a great goal with his left foot in the tenth minute. You could just tell that it was going to be a great day for United and not so much a good one for Bolton.

Rooney's and United's second goal came just six minutes later when Rooney capitalised on an unlucky mistake by Tal Ben Haim's block tackle on Gary Neville, and Rooney brilliantly curled the ball into Jaaskelainen's left corner from the edge of the area, it was a great goal and was a key factor in the match. For the second time in the match, Jussi Jaaskelainen had no chance, Rooney was unstoppable! Who needs Ruud, when we've got the Roonster, huh? Bolton looked useless at the back, and this match was the first time Bolton had conceded at The Reebok Stadium this season, unbelievably. They go all season with that record, and then concede four against an unstoppable side, named Man United. Pretty believable, coming from Bolton's point of view.

The opening twenty minutes were as one sided as any Premiership game could ever be - especially by an away side - and the game was virtually over and done with. Nothing much happened until half time, as United stepped off the gas for a while, content with a comfortable two-goal lead The only things what happened in the rest of the first half were Bolton had a freekick twenty-five yards out which captain for the day, Gary Speed, replacing the injured, Gary Nolan as captain put just wide of the United goals, fortunately for United the wrong side of the posts, although Van der Sar had it covered. And one of the man-of-the-match contenders, Ryan Giggs had a great, right-footed volley saved brilliantly by keeper Jaaskelainen.

My man-of-the-match, Nemanja Vidic was immense today. He showed true form and was amazingly awesome in the air. He won every single header there was to be won, and was everywhere on the pitch when United needed him. Bolton weren't getting a thing while the man-mountain Vidic was there. Despite being a very tall defender, he looks very agile and athletic, bravely going for every ball whether it means doing a somersault in the air or doing an over-head clearance, it was his job. He was truly awesome.

The whistle went for half time and Bolton got the rest they needed. United got a rest they deserved, and they went into the tunnel two goals up.

After the break, Bolton look as though they NEED their crucial first goal to even attempt getting back into this match. On the hour mark, Patrice Evra had to be stretchered off after a foul, and was replaced by Argentine full-back Gabriel Ivan Heinze. This brought up some 'Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!' chants from United fans, and Bolton fans replied with some 'USA, USA, USA!' chants but United drowned Bolton's chants out with a 'Two-nil, in your super-bowl' referring to Malcolm Glazer's success last season when his old club won the super-bowl. Then United fans started off some more anti-Glazer songs, like 'We want Glazer, we want Glazer, we want Glazer out!' and 'Glazer's gonna die! Glazer's gonna die! How we'll kill him, I don't know, we'll cut him up from head-to-toe!', some funny shit.

Ivan Campo tried his best to orchestrate things from the centre of midfield and Nicolas Anelka, starved of any goal chance, looked Bolton's best bet wide on the left. And then it was back to the goals, and the icing on top of the cake. United played so well in this derby that it would have been an injustice if they had left with only two goals to their name. They really did play that well in scoring the first goals at the Reebok this term.

So when Louis Saha unselfishly fed Ronaldo in the 84th minute, following another fine assist from Carrick, it was no surprise to see him roll the ball into an empty net, which Jaaskelainen had vacated expecting Saha to shoot.

And to round things off in the most perfect of fashions, Rooney cushioned Darren Fletcher's through ball, following a loose ball from Ivory Coast international Abdoulaye Meite to fire past the keeper. It was Rooney's first treble in the Premiership and his second for the Mancunian side after the one he got on debut in the Champions League against Fenerbahce in October 2004.

Chants: 'Two-nil in your super-bowl' 'Go home and shag your sister' (as Bolton is full of imbreds) 'USA! USA! USA!' 'Portugal! Portugal! Portugal!' 'Argentina! Argentina! Argentina!' 'You can stick your fucking England up your arse' 'He plays on the left, he plays on the riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, that boy Ronaldo, makes Beckham look shite' 'He plays on the left, he plays on the riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, that boy Ronaldo, makes England look shite' 'Murderers, Murderers, Murderers' 'Now you know what it feels like, when your team wins nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all' 'SHITE SHITE SHITE!' 'We want Glazer out!' 'Michael Shields got 15 years, der de der de der de der derrr, Michael Shields got 15 years' 'EEEYYY WANKY WANKY! WANKY WANKY WANKY WANKY WANDERERS!'

Man of the match: Nemanja Vidic. He was truly immense and showed that he was a great signing.

Overall Thoughts: I thought it was a pretty excitable match, although that's coming from a reds' point of view. Some of the chants were fucking awesome, and it was a great day out. I absolutely loved it. Bolton were awful, and United were awesome, what more could a red devil want? 9.5/10

[Lord Nibbler]

Man of the match: Nemanja Vidic. He was truly immense and showed that he was a great signing.

[StylesClashLover]

What do you mean?

[Sam]

Man of the match was blatantly Wayne Rooney.

[StylesClashLover]

Ha, I wanted to give Vidic a chance, seeing as he played probably the best match of his career yesterday. He won every ball there was to be won. All that Rooney did was score three goals, three great goals, even. But yeah, I wanted to give Vidic a chance.

[Summers]

I'm sure he appreciates you giving him a chance.

[StylesClashLover]

It's not for his appreciation, so why are people just trying to piss me off and take the piss about it with snidey little comments?

[Bigal]

Because people are dicks, essentially.

[therockbox]

Yeah, give him a chance.

[Summers]

He may become truly immense.

[Lord Nibbler]

What do you mean?