champions league final

[Athers]

Disastrous tactics from Ferguson but he will get away with criticism because Barca are that good.

As BWFC_I says above, it was an obvious recipe for disaster and maybe his problem was his ego - 'We're a big club, we play the United way' etc.

Barca are that good you can't line up and play your normal game, especially if it's 4-4-2 shaped. Cruyff's been working on how to beat that for 40 years and they had 1-2-3 of the Ballon D'Or (plus Busquets) operating in that midfield.

[Prufrock]

I went for a quick shmoke at final whistle, came back to a semi deserted pub, and THIS



Hero.

Missus thinks he's ugly. I'd have his children.

[Worthy4England]

I went for a quick shmoke at final whistle, came back to a semi deserted pub, and THIS

Hero.

Missus thinks he's ugly. I'd have his children.

Only if he played for Bolton, surely?

[Prufrock]

In terms of fathering surrogate children for footballers following the 'plot' of very bad Arnold Whatsit films, he is behind SKD, but still....

[TANGODANCER]

Barca did a Harlem Globe Trotters of a job, but how to combat possesion keeping of this quality? Maybe it's time for a rule change, sort of only so many passes allowed in your own half or something? With money already making the game unfair to a big degree, how long before small, poor clubs are just forced out of it altogether? Time for a re-think in the game.

[James B]

But considering their resources, their chumps league record ain't all that.

3 finals in the last 4 years

i hate united as much as the next man. but don't talk utter rot.

[Lofthouse Lower]

But considering their resources, their chumps league record ain't all that.

x 1m

[Hoboh]

Barca did a Harlem Globe Trotters of a job, but how to combat possesion keeping of this quality? Maybe it's time for a rule change, sort of only so many passes allowed in your own half or something? With money already making the game unfair to a big degree, how long before small, poor clubs are just forced out of it altogether? Time for a re-think in the game.

Jose don't usually do too bad, his players at Madrid let him down this year they won't next time.

[BWFC_Insane]

But considering their resources, their chumps league record ain't all that.

3 finals in the last 4 years

i hate united as much as the next man. but don't talk utter rot.

How many times have they won it under Fergie?

Considering they're the "biggest club in the world".

[James B]

But considering their resources, their chumps league record ain't all that.

3 finals in the last 4 years

i hate united as much as the next man. but don't talk utter rot.

How many times have they won it under Fergie?

Considering they're the "biggest club in the world".

twice. which is one behind the modern day record of 3 jointly held by real madrid and barcelona.

real madrid emphasise my point really. almost boundless resources and this year was the first time they even got near the final since they last won it in 2002.

in some ways united may be seen as the biggest in the world but in terms of spending/player attraction etc they are really no more bigger than other clubs at the top table of european football and only barcelona have a recent record to overshadow them in the competition (which is no shame).

record of the last 5 seasons.

sf
winners
final
qf
final

so yeah. utter rot.

[boltonboris]

I backed Pedro for first goal...

Then, during the game, I backed Rooney to score next

Kerching

[ChrisC]

put a quid on pedro and 3-1 / messi and 3 -1 and villa 3 - 1


Something told me it would be 3 - 1 got £155 for the pedro and 3 - 1

[Puskas]

i hate united as much as the next man.

I'd wager you don't.

In any event, BWFCi is quite right. In Mr Ferguson's 20-odd year reign, consisting of spending hundreds of millions, he's won it twice.

I'd expect more from that level of expenditure and stability. Mourinho's won it twice. Spending less money, and having less time to build a squad that he's happy with.

It just goes to show the advantages of stability and spending lots and lots of money.

[Lofthouse Lower]

I backed Pedro for first goal...

Then, during the game, I backed Rooney to score next

Kerching

I backed Vidic with a £10 on a card at any time at 4s.....thought it was easy money

[James B]

i hate united as much as the next man.

I'd wager you don't.

oh i do

i just don't let it blinker my views. like you & bwfci have.

[Gooner Girl]

I'm just so happy that they were that outplayed I can now get my own back on all the united fans that took the piss when we got beaten by them

[Lord Kangana]

To the title or just in your head-to-heads?

[Gooner Girl]

By them I meant Barcelona.

[Lord Kangana]

Ah. My bad.