Miracle

British press showing what an absolute bunch of biased hypocrites they are. On last night's match Sam Wallach was spitting with trage and dedicated the first three paragraphs of his match report to the red card incident and returned to it continually. Contrast with this reaction to the Barca game in 09, where Ovrebo's performance is treated as an afterthought, just sour grapes from us and that we only have ourselves to blame. The legitimate Real goal that was disallowed and United's post match haranguing of the ref go unreported by him. Needless to say tge aftermath of our game did not. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/manchester-united-1-real-madrid-2-match-report-treble-dream-destroyed-by-nani-red-card-as-cristiano-ronaldo-scores-on-return-to-old-trafford-8521801.htmlhttp://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/iniestas-rocket-ruins-chelseas-roman-dreams-1680488.htmlTop work. A brilliant comparison that is so, so revealing. It's what we have to put from the press. Imagine if United had got through despite the red card, playing backs-to-the-wall football. They'd have been praised to the skies for their character and togetherness in the face of adversity. When we beat Barca with 10 men, minus our skipper and another CB, and then faced Bayern in their own stadium, minus our skipper, another key defender and two midfielders (all banned), we had a hell of a lot of flak for the way we played and for being absurdly lucky.

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Very generous Bale. Giving Arsenal some hope.

They need me now to beat Tottenham though.

Lennon, underrated beast.

Had to be Bale. 1-0

I should've joined an Arsenal forum.

Arsenal to win 10-0, Spurs to sack AVB and replace him with Benitez.

Can't Arsenal and Tottenham both lose ? *sigh*

Well we did our best to throw that away but won. Much needed result there.

Spot on.

Hope Rafa's famous halftime teamtalk won't happen today.

"Chelsea lack class and the club is a bit of a shambles, but it works for them. There's stability at a club like Arsenal, but they've not won anything." - Robbie Savage Chelsea lack class - Robbie Savage

Why does Benitez feel the need to permanently tinker with the centre of defense ? Even the scouse lurkers we seem to have acquired must admit the strength of a team is based on a stable defensive unit.

Ugh. I hope Terry is the one who books the taxi if he is sacked.

If we lose this and Rafa is still in a job I will be absolutely amazed.

Demba Ba. Thank goodness.

JT on the bench apparently.

@Peace. He deserves it.

There are people who also believe in the tooth fairy.

For a while now posters here have said if we lose the next game the FSW will go. I never believed that to be the case. However on this occasion, with the inevitable hostility that will pour down from the stands, truly believe he will go if we lose this one, or even if we possibly draw. It's a win-win as far as i'm concerned. Benitez knew his rant would generate a worst atmosphere (the irony being the atmosphere hasn't beed that bad at home but saying that didn't suit Benitez' agenda), he was just getting his excuses early, hanging everyone else out to dry, as is his won't. No doubt, he'll pick the eleven that he thinks will work hardest for him, and it will be interesting to see what the line-up is. If Torres plays, the atmosphere will be even more poisonous, if that were possible.

At Valencia, it was the board's fault. At Liverpool, it was the board's fault. At Inter, it was the board's fault. At Chelsea it was the fans' fault...... and the board's fault. Years ago people used to compare and contrast him with Jose Mourinho. History has repeatedly proven that Benitez is not fit to lick the dirt from Mourinho's shoes.

Fortunately for us West Brom will be missing their best player.

It wasn't giving him the title "interim" that Roman got wrong. It was giving him the title "manager". But this is great news. Now he's confirmed that he's leaving in May, let's spend ALL our energies on supporting the team, and no energy towards getting rid of the manager (seeing as it will happen anyway now).