Manchester United

[mrbojangles]

Sky Sports' Paul Merson said last night on that show they do:

"You definitely wouldn't want a season ticket here."

He's an absolute tw4t, that coke snorting git. Don't you think red?

He's been slagging city off at every opportunity, because he said Sven would get us relegated and upto now Merson has been made to look like a right muppet.

[chavy]

Is this the right thread to mention the Carling Cup ??

[MiG16]

I was coming in to report the result too

ermm

sowwy sowwy

[chavy]

I was coming in to report the result too

ermm

sowwy sowwy

Don't be sowwy, they deserve it for putting out a weakend side that still managed to field a handful of internationals. Well done to the 'Cov' lads, I just know the expats in Kanchanaburi from Cov will be celebrating tonight

[nev]

just read the result after getting in from work,most lads i know are glad we are out as there is a auto cup scheme where they have to purchase tickets for meaning less games like this, fair play to coventry hope they go all the way and win the league cup.

i think the top teams in england should be exempt from this cup let the lesser teams like liverpool a chance to win it,hey they rested torres against birmingham so he was fresh to score a hatrick against reading.

[chavy]

just read the result after getting in from work,most lads i know are glad we are out as there is a auto cup scheme where they have to purchase tickets for meaning less games like this, fair play to coventry hope they go all the way and win the league cup.

i think the top teams in england should be exempt from this cup let the lesser teams like liverpool a chance to win it,hey they rested torres against birmingham so he was fresh to score a hatrick against reading.

Where's scousemouse when you need him

[nev]

just read the result after getting in from work,most lads i know are glad we are out as there is a auto cup scheme where they have to purchase tickets for meaning less games like this, fair play to coventry hope they go all the way and win the league cup.

i think the top teams in england should be exempt from this cup let the lesser teams like liverpool a chance to win it,hey they rested torres against birmingham so he was fresh to score a hatrick against reading.

Where's scousemouse when you need him

i was fishing for scousemouse but chavy bit first

[mrbojangles]

just read the result after getting in from work,most lads i know are glad we are out as there is a auto cup scheme where they have to purchase tickets for meaning less games like this, fair play to coventry hope they go all the way and win the league cup.

i think the top teams in england should be exempt from this cup let the lesser teams like liverpool a chance to win it,hey they rested torres against birmingham so he was fresh to score a hatrick against reading.

Where's scousemouse when you need him

i was fishing for scousemouse but chavy bit first

Me second

[MiG16]

I almost did...but dont wanna say too much on this thread

[chavy]

just read the result after getting in from work,most lads i know are glad we are out as there is a auto cup scheme where they have to purchase tickets for meaning less games like this, fair play to coventry hope they go all the way and win the league cup.

i think the top teams in england should be exempt from this cup let the lesser teams like liverpool a chance to win it,hey they rested torres against birmingham so he was fresh to score a hatrick against reading.

Where's scousemouse when you need him

i was fishing for scousemouse but chavy bit first

I didn't bite Nev, I thought it was a good post I think the scouse is ignoring this one I'm sure

We also went out to a lesser team (Leicester) & good luck to them last night after finishing the Villa of

[farangconnection]

When I took the piss out of a united supporter that gave me a right ribbing monday morning, he said " We just put our kids out"

So I replied " Looks like you havn't got much of a future then"

[mrbojangles]

So I replied " Looks like you havn't got much of a future then"

They'll buy their future......like they always have done

[nev]

So I replied " Looks like you havn't got much of a future then"

They'll buy their future......like they always have done

:D

[redrus]

So I replied " Looks like you havn't got much of a future then"

They'll buy their future......like they always have done

What was it an old forum friend used to say..............

YAWN.

redrus

[mrbojangles]

So I replied " Looks like you havn't got much of a future then"

They'll buy their future......like they always have done

What was it an old forum friend used to say..............

YAWN.

Come on Red, your retorts used to be much better than that. Where's the bl00dy banter gone

[scousemouse]

just read the result after getting in from work,most lads i know are glad we are out as there is a auto cup scheme where they have to purchase tickets for meaning less games like this, fair play to coventry hope they go all the way and win the league cup.

i think the top teams in england should be exempt from this cup let the lesser teams like liverpool a chance to win it,hey they rested torres against birmingham so he was fresh to score a hatrick against reading.

Where's scousemouse when you need him

i was fishing for scousemouse but chavy bit first

Me second

O-K then I'll have a nibble ............... mickey mouse cup , rest our players , Torres played , meaningless games , glad were out ..... etc.

You still got beat 2-0 at home by COVENTRY .

[mrbojangles]

just read the result after getting in from work,most lads i know are glad we are out as there is a auto cup scheme where they have to purchase tickets for meaning less games like this, fair play to coventry hope they go all the way and win the league cup.

i think the top teams in england should be exempt from this cup let the lesser teams like liverpool a chance to win it,hey they rested torres against birmingham so he was fresh to score a hatrick against reading.

Where's scousemouse when you need him

i was fishing for scousemouse but chavy bit first

Me second

O-K then I'll have a nibble ............... mickey mouse cup , rest our players , Torres played , meaningless games , glad were out ..... etc.

You still got beat 2-0 at home by COVENTRY .

And Taggart is absolutely livid

[redrus]

There's been a muuurrrdder....! (in a Glaaasgeee accent).

I for one couldn't give a flying <deleted> in a Japanese Garden, I'm as happy as Larry in a lesbian love parade, shhhuuurrrup, fookin milk cup.

Behave....!

Feel gutted for the kids an that, bolox, am I <deleted>....!

redrus

[scousemouse]

There's been a muuurrrdder....! (in a Glaaasgeee accent).

I for one couldn't give a flying <deleted> in a Japanese Garden, I'm as happy as Larry in a lesbian love parade,

redrus

Course you are ...... you got beat by COVENTRY 2-0

[redrus]

There's been a muuurrrdder....! (in a Glaaasgeee accent).

I for one couldn't give a flying <deleted> in a Japanese Garden, I'm as happy as Larry in a lesbian love parade,

redrus

Course you are ...... you got beat by COVENTRY 2-0

Son, you've forgotten who you're talking to <deleted>, behave.

I repeat my above statement....!

redrus

[scousemouse]

There's been a muuurrrdder....! (in a Glaaasgeee accent).

I for one couldn't give a flying <deleted> in a Japanese Garden, I'm as happy as Larry in a lesbian love parade,

redrus

Course you are ...... you got beat by COVENTRY 2-0

Son, you've forgotten who you're talking to <deleted>, behave.

I repeat my above statement....!

redrus

Jai yen yen mancs ............ Banter (in a Glaaasgeee accent) .

Mancs only seem to be good at it when their winning .

[mrbojangles]

Jai yen yen mancs ............ Banter (in a Glaaasgeee accent) .

Mancs only seem to be good at it when their winning .

Don't put me in the same basket as United. City fans like the banter all the time........and we're never winning

[lazeeboy]

Jai yen yen mancs ............ Banter (in a Glaaasgeee accent) .

Mancs only seem to be good at it when their winning .

Don't put me in the same basket as United. City fans like the banter all the time........and we're never winning

it may be a mickey mouse cup .but come final day its as big a day as the fa cup and your not in it

[mrbojangles]

Jai yen yen mancs ............ Banter (in a Glaaasgeee accent) .

Mancs only seem to be good at it when their winning .

Don't put me in the same basket as United. City fans like the banter all the time........and we're never winning

it may be a mickey mouse cup .but come final day its as big a day as the fa cup and your not in it

Ohhhh yes we are

[redrus]

Jai yen yen mancs ............ Banter (in a Glaaasgeee accent) .

Mancs only seem to be good at it when their winning BWe usually are so, thats that cleared up....!

.

Don't put me in the same basket as United. City fans like the banter all the time........and we're never winning

it may be a mickey mouse cup .but come final day its as big a day as the fa cup and your not in it

Ohhhh yes we are

As Ciddies cup final day was 2 weeks ago against United, of course they were in it....!

redrus

[farangconnection]

Come off it lads.....................................you all know the Milk Cup was invented so lower division teams could beat Manchester United.

[nev]

Come off it lads.....................................you all know the Milk Cup was invented so lower division teams could beat Manchester United.

i like that one mate i thought it was for the lower league teams to get a big pay day playing at old trafford.

[mrbojangles]

Jai yen yen mancs ............ Banter (in a Glaaasgeee accent) .

Mancs only seem to be good at it when their winning BWe usually are so, thats that cleared up....!

.

Don't put me in the same basket as United. City fans like the banter all the time........and we're never winning

it may be a mickey mouse cup .but come final day its as big a day as the fa cup and your not in it

Ohhhh yes we are

As Ciddies cup final day was 2 weeks ago against United, of course they were in it....!

Two weeks ago we played and beat against Aston Villa. However, 5 weeks ago we played and beat Man United. Convenient memory lapse there Red

[redrus]

Details details, (Mr Burns voice today please)

Come on MrB, time is not relevant, till May anyway, when Ciddy will, once again, be irrelevant....!

redrus

[redrus]

Friday 28th September 2007

Press views about the other night's defeat.

The Times:

Alex Ferguson would like everyone to believe that Manchester United's young players are as good as those being cultivated by Arsène Wenger at Arsenal, but there was little evidence of that being the case at Old Trafford last night.

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For the second season running, United were eliminated in the early stages of the Carling Cup by a Coca-Cola Championship side as Coventry City took full advantage of the home team's youth and naivety to book their place in the fourth round with a thoroughly deserved 2-0 victory.

A goal in either half from Michael Mifsud, a former Maltese Sports Personality of the Year who earned the nickname of "mosquito" by virtue of the fact that he is always buzzing around, ensured that there was a nasty sting in the tail for Ferguson. The Coventry striker would even have had a hat-trick, but somehow fired wide after Stephen Hughes's free kick was spilt in the 82nd minute.

It was United's worst result in the competition at Old Trafford since they lost 3-0 to York City in September 1995, but even allowing for the 11 changes Ferguson made to the team who defeated Chelsea 2-0 on Sunday, there was little to excuse such a sorry showing.

The Guardian:

Sir Alex Ferguson admitted last night that he was "flabbergasted" by Manchester United's third-round exit from the Carling Cup after a dismal 2-0 home defeat against Coventry City.

The United manager changed the entire team from the side that started the Premier League game against Chelsea on Sunday but he still included £34m worth of summer signings in Nani and Anderson and sent on Michael Carrick and Wes Brown in the second half in what proved to be a failed rescue attempt. Instead Coventry's Michael Mifsud scored in each half to take his side into the fourth round.

Mifsud, nicknamed Mosquito by the Coventry assistant manager, Tim Flowers, for his frenetic style of play, scored a goal in either half as Ferguson's collection of youngsters and fringe players fell victim to lower-league opposition at Old Trafford for the first time since York City triumphed 3-0 at the ground in the same competition 12 years ago.

With the Carling Cup lying a distant fourth in United's list of priorities this season, it was hardly surprising that Ferguson opted to use this game as an opportunity to hand playing time to those fringe players and youngsters unlikely to come close to Premier League or European action.

Jonny Evans and Danny Simpson were both handed full debuts, while Gerard Piqué, Lee Martin and Dong Fangzhuo were also called upon to prove their credentials. But although Coventry warmed up for this encounter with a 4-1 Championship defeat at Ipswich at the weekend, Dowie's team possessed enough experience and quality to embarrass the 2006 winners.

United's kids may ultimately have the potential to enjoy long and successful careers at Old Trafford, but the same was said of the team that Ferguson sent out against non-league Exeter in the FA Cup third round almost three years ago and that tie ended in a humiliating 0-0 draw which as good as ended the United careers of David Bellion and Eric Djemba-Djemba.

The Telegraph:

Michael Mifsud, a Maltese forward nicknamed the 'Mosquito', provided a true sting in the tail for Sir Alex Ferguson's selection gamble with both goals as Coventry City claimed a Carling Cup upset against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

United, weakened by the absence of a host of first-team regulars, were outplayed and outfought throughout by Iain Dowie's team, who booked their place in the fourth round with unexpected ease.

Ever since a then unknown Paul Scholes marked his senior United debut by scoring twice in a League Cup victory at Port Vale 13 years ago, Ferguson has cocked a deaf ear to suggestions that his preference for youth over experience in this particular cup has devalued the competition.

Yet turning to the club's lesser lights has not always resulted in success for Ferguson. York City humiliated United by claiming a 3-0 League Cup victory at Old Trafford in September 1995, while non-League Exeter City escaped with a 0-0 draw in the FA Cup third round three years ago

Sprinkled among the present crop of youngsters, however, were multi-million pound purchases such as Nani and Anderson and neither they, nor their junior colleagues, appeared capable of competing with Coventry's energy and desire in the first half.

Dowie's team, having suffered a 4-1 defeat at Ipswich at the weekend, were clearly under orders to show an improvement from that display and they were fully deserving of their lead when Mifsud opened the scoring on 27 minutes.

The Indie:

If the Carling Cup has become the measure of the next generation for Arsène Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson then it is the Arsenal manager who will be anticipating the future with the greater pleasure this week. A day after Wenger's fledgling stars had so impressively seen off a strong Newcastle side, Ferguson's found that a middle-of-the-road Championship side simply knew too much.

With a goal in each half from the impressive Maltese international Michael Mifsud, Iain Dowie's Coventry City pulled off a memorable victory to end United's interest in the competition at what for their team is the first hurdle.

"The performance was a shock to us all," Ferguson said. "These are players whose talents we have been trumpeting for a while but I was flabbergasted with the performance."

Ferguson had gambled with a complete change of team after Sunday's win over Chelsea, knocking on the head the notion that Wayne Rooney might be given his third game in eight days after his recovery from injury. He picked nine players aged 21 or younger. These included Nani and Anderson but at the start the only real senior experience was provided by John O'Shea, who captained the side from central midfield on his 129th start since making his debut in this competition in 1999.

The back four included two players, Jonny Evans and Danny Simpson, who were making their senior United debuts and while both gained useful experience on loan with Sunderland last season, protecting United's 100 per cent record of clean sheets at Old Trafford this season proved to be a testing challenge. It was one that proved beyond them, as Coventry emphasised their intention not to be compliant guests at some kindergarten party by going ahead in the 30th minute, much to the raucous delight of the 11,000 fans they had brought with them up the M6.

The first goal tore United's defence apart in classic style. Leon Best spread the play by releasing Michael Doyle wide on the left, the Coventry captain responding with a low driven cross to the opposite post. Mifsud arrived to meet it, the Maltese international firing in his fourth goal of the season, three of them in the Carling Cup after a second-round double against Carlisle United.

Moments later he almost added another, attempting to convert Robbie Simpson's low cross from the right with the inside of his right heel. United were relieved that it bounced away after clipping the foot of a post.

By now the enthusiasm of the home crowd had been dampened somewhat as a United attack, in which the winger, Lee Martin, made probably the most eyecatching contribution, began to look rather less confident.

redrus

Edited September 28, 2007 by redrus