Merson writes.....

[Damocles]

0>1

Good maths, Paul.

You've done it again Rodders, you plonker.

 

[sibierski express]

It's pretty obvious that he didn't literally mean that 3-2 loss is better than 0-0 draw. He meant that it's better to go out with an attitude where you go to win a game then parking the bus. The journo on sky only worded it like that so our fans would get worked up about it. Well done journo it's worked.

 

[gio's side step]

1 point is useless if we want to win the league

1 point is ok if we want to finish in the top 4.

i suppose it depends on what your expectations are.

i fully expect to arrive at old trafford and feel absolutly fucked, drained just like we felt at the emirates. anything else and its a bonus.

Mate, just ignore the fucking numpties. They are out in full force this week. Playing down expectations again. You and I and the rest of football which in this particular case does include Merson, know, that setting up for a point is fucking ridiculous. The truth is, the majority on here know it too, they just hide behind a certain perception of what their own allegiance entails.

 

[Blue Hefner]

So a 3-2 loss(0 points) is better than a 0-0 draw(1 point). Wonder why he failed in management?

 

[Damocles]

he is a football fan and hates the way we play. most people do. even some city fans do.

nothing wrong with what he has said for once.

We've scored more goals that Spurs, have more points than Spurs and have conceded less goals than Spurs, and yet they are media darlings who are 'great to watch'

I'd suggest that anyone who 'hates the way we play' doesn't watch us very often.

Also, 'umpteen' is difficult to quantify but 4 goalless draws out of 26 doesn't seem over the top to me.

I'm not even going to mention the drug induced notion that a defeat is better than a draw - ooops I just did

I'd suggest that for the umpteenth time, Merson is talking out of his arse.

This really pisses me off aswell. It's a complete hypocrisy that Arry Capone can convince his mates to write that they are somehow an exciting team to watch when the evidence rules against them.

Punting the ball to the wings and hoping for them to run a bit isn't great football, nor is it great tactics. I actually do care about England and I hope that this overrated melty faced tosser doesn't get the job.

 

[Damocles]

Mate, just ignore the fucking numpties. They are out in full force this week. Playing down expectations again. You and I and the rest of football which in this particular case does include Merson, know, that setting up for a point is fucking ridiculous. The truth is, the majority on here know it too, they just hide behind a certain perception of what their own allegiance entails.

Actually, the people who do know what they are talking about in football (i.e. not people like Merson or other pundits who try to simplify the game down to a box of overused cliches with no bearing in reality) are mainly saying that Mancini should play on the break, because, and I know this is hard for some to admit, we're going to the home of one of the greatest teams in the world who have just gone 29 games unbeaten and whose major strength FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS has been their ability to intercept a football and punish sloppy or meaningless passes.

People just seem to actually forget who United are most of of the time. Do yourself a favour and replace the words "Manchester United" with "Bayern Munich" or "Inter Milan" and then tell me why we should go there all guns blazing.

 

[sibierski express]

We've scored more goals that Spurs, have more points than Spurs and have conceded less goals than Spurs, and yet they are media darlings who are 'great to watch'

I'd suggest that anyone who 'hates the way we play' doesn't watch us very often.

Also, 'umpteen' is difficult to quantify but 4 goalless draws out of 26 doesn't seem over the top to me.

I'm not even going to mention the drug induced notion that a defeat is better than a draw - ooops I just did

I'd suggest that for the umpteenth time, Merson is talking out of his arse.

This really pisses me off aswell. It's a complete hypocrisy that Arry Capone can convince his mates to write that they are somehow an exciting team to watch when the evidence rules against them.

Punting the ball to the wings and hoping for them to run a bit isn't great football, nor is it great tactics. I actually do care about England and I hope that this overrated melty faced tosser doesn't get the job.

I do have to disagree with you there. I actually do want Harry as next England boss. His attitude against big teams is just what we need. He's managed to put the belief into the Spuds that they can beat anyone. They've pretty much attacked every big team they've played and it's pretty much worked out for them.

 

[forevermancity]

Mate, just ignore the fucking numpties. They are out in full force this week. Playing down expectations again. You and I and the rest of football which in this particular case does include Merson, know, that setting up for a point is fucking ridiculous. The truth is, the majority on here know it too, they just hide behind a certain perception of what their own allegiance entails.

Actually, the people who do know what they are talking about in football (i.e. not people like Merson or other pundits who try to simplify the game down to a box of overused cliches with no bearing in reality) are mainly saying that Mancini should play on the break, because, and I know this is hard for some to admit, we're going to the home of one of the greatest teams in the world who have just gone 29 games unbeaten and whose major strength FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS has been their ability to intercept a football and punish sloppy or meaningless passes.

People just seem to actually forget who United are most of of the time. Do yourself a favour and replace the words "Manchester United" with "Bayern Munich" or "Inter Milan" and then tell me why we should go there all guns blazing.

why dont you replace the words 'wolves, villa, brum, newcastle' with manchester city.

we need to get out of this small time thinking. we are the most talked about club in the world, we have a wealth of fucking fantastic players here.

i can understand teams like boton, brum etc trying to contain utd, i fully understand it. but we can play them at the same game. we look a million times better when we put the sword to teams instead of sitting back and playing the counter.

 

[SWP's back]

1 point is useless if we want to win the league

1 point is ok if we want to finish in the top 4.

i suppose it depends on what your expectations are.

i fully expect to arrive at old trafford and feel absolutly fucked, drained just like we felt at the emirates. anything else and its a bonus.

Mate, just ignore the fucking numpties. They are out in full force this week. Playing down expectations again. You and I and the rest of football which in this particular case does include Merson, know, that setting up for a point is fucking ridiculous. The truth is, the majority on here know it too, they just hide behind a certain perception of what their own allegiance entails.

Hmmm ok, well I'll just be a numpty then and point out that a 3-2 loss is not as good as a 0-0 draw.

For example replace the 4-3 defeat with a nil nil last year and we wouldn't have had to beat spuds in the "play off game" that we ended up losing one nil.

You should really check your argument when you have Merson onside.

 

[SWP's back]

Mate, just ignore the fucking numpties. They are out in full force this week. Playing down expectations again. You and I and the rest of football which in this particular case does include Merson, know, that setting up for a point is fucking ridiculous. The truth is, the majority on here know it too, they just hide behind a certain perception of what their own allegiance entails.

Actually, the people who do know what they are talking about in football (i.e. not people like Merson or other pundits who try to simplify the game down to a box of overused cliches with no bearing in reality) are mainly saying that Mancini should play on the break, because, and I know this is hard for some to admit, we're going to the home of one of the greatest teams in the world who have just gone 29 games unbeaten and whose major strength FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS has been their ability to intercept a football and punish sloppy or meaningless passes.

People just seem to actually forget who United are most of of the time. Do yourself a favour and replace the words "Manchester United" with "Bayern Munich" or "Inter Milan" and then tell me why we should go there all guns blazing.

fucking numpty