MOTD - UN-believable!!

[talkativesprout]

Shearer......in that team he will score. end of...shearer ruining motd

 

[McFcMiKe7]

Don't speak for me please. I dont agree.

I like MOTD.

I couldn't give a tin shit what the pundits say. They've only watched 10 minutes of highlights. I've watched the whole game.

I couldn't be less bothered if I tried.

well said mate

 

[bluelady47]

Why Jekko?

From the horse's mouth, spelt Dzeko but pronounced Jjeko.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Has everyone seen Hansen's article in the telegraph today?

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/8263034/Alan-Hansen-Wayne-Rooneys-selfless-endeavour-shows-why-Manchester-United-have-Premier-League-edge.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... -edge.html</a>

Alan Hansen: Wayne Rooney's selfless endeavour shows why Manchester United have Premier League edge
Wayne Rooney is nowhere near the form he produced last season and the goals have stopped flowing, but his performance against Tottenham showed just why he is worth his weight in gold to Manchester United.

Selfless: Wayne Rooney worked hard for United, despite being played out of position Photo: ACTION IMAGES
By Alan Hansen 6:45AM GMT 17 Jan 2011
20 Comments
Some might argue that Rooney looked out-of-sorts at White Hart Lane, but the reality is that he gave the kind of performance you would not get from 95 per cent of foreign players.
And his selfless display, out on the right flank in a position that does not help him score the goals he desperately wants, was a perfect example of why Manchester United are now the favourites to win the Premier League title and why the jury is still out on Manchester City. Most players who had scored the number of goals that Rooney scored last season would believe they have a divine right to play where they want to play, regardless of the form they are in.
Clearly, Wayne is happier in a central role where chances come more freely than out on the flank. And inwardly, he was probably anything but overjoyed to be asked to play on the right by Sir Alex Ferguson yesterday, but there was no show of dissent or self-pity from Rooney and no drop in his performance.
He was 100 per cent committed, he gave everything for his team and, when United were reduced to ten men following the dismissal of Rafael in the second-half, he did what he had to do for the sake of his team and he dropped deeper to help United secure a draw.
I can’t think of many overseas players who would show the same commitment if they had been asked to play in such a role and that is why Sir Alex will admire Rooney’s selflessness even more than all the goals he scored last season.
That is because Rooney’s effort and attitude rubs off on those around him. They see him sacrificing himself for the team without so much as a shake of the head and it gives everybody a lift and sets an example.
For me, that is why you have to favour United for the championship now after a result at Spurs that carried all the hallmarks of a team likely to win the title.
Where the likes of Rooney are prepared to do what they have to do for the team, across the road at City, we have seen tantrums and in-fighting, so we have yet to see the same all-for-one commitment that United have in abundance.
Rooney exemplified that with his performance at Tottenham. There is no doubt that he is not performing as he did last season, but form is temporary and class is permanent and the signs are there that he is getting his form back.
He is definitely in a better place than he was at the start of the season and following his trauma with Sir Alex, when he looked as though he might be leaving United.
As far as I’m concerned, it is only a matter of time before we see Wayne Rooney back to the player we all know he is. If he continues to work hard, as he always does, then the class will not be far behind.
For all of the chances that Tottenham created against United, I never actually felt as though the home team would score because Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic were immense for United.
And although the 0-0 draw meant that United have now won just two of their 10 away games so far this season, Sir Alex will not care a jot about that. He will have come away from the game last night delighted with a performance that showed resilience and determination in what was arguably United’s toughest away game all season.
Maybe the trip to Arsenal will be on a par with playing Spurs at White Hart Lane, but United came away with an excellent result having had pressure exerted on them by City and Arsenal winning 24 hours earlier.
Can they now go through the season unbeaten? I suspect that somebody will beat them at some point, but Sir Alex and United won’t be interested in winning the league unbeaten.
At Liverpool in 1988, we avoided defeat at Derby to equal the longest-unbeaten start to the season, but none of us were remotely concerned about it. We created about ten records in the 1980s, but they have probably all gone now, yet the medals for winning the championships are what stay with you forever.
That’s all that United will care about. It’s about winning the big boys’ trophies rather than creating records and all that matters at Old Trafford is winning the Premier League again.

 

[Vienna_70]

His name is pronounced as Jekko .

I thought it was pronounced more like Jayko.

He seemed to get caught in possession rather often in the first half, as if he was surprised by the speed of the game.

However, in the second half, he was much more aware and was much more aware of this and looked much better.

 

[Groke]

"And his selfless display, out on the right flank in a position that does not help him score the goals he desperately wants, was a perfect example of why Manchester United are now the favourites to win the Premier League title and why the jury is still out on Manchester City....." eh???????

 

[stony]

Has everyone seen Hansen's article in the telegraph today?


"Some might argue that Rooney looked out-of-sorts at White Hart Lane, but the reality is that he gave the kind of performance you would not get from 95 per cent of foreign players."

Unbelievable xenophobic shit from a has been with a chip on his shoulder.

What a fucking cock knocker Hansen is

He was 100 per cent committed

The same Rooney who put in a transfer request.

Where the likes of Rooney are prepared to do what they have to do for the team, across the road at City, we have seen tantrums and in-fighting

What a sour and bitter man Hanson has become. You can almost hear him pleading with whatever deity he worships for us to fail.

Fuck off Hanson, you've stole a living from my licence fee for long enough.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

"And his selfless display, out on the right flank in a position that does not help him score the goals he desperately wants, was a perfect example of why Manchester United are now the favourites to win the Premier League title and why the jury is still out on Manchester City....." eh???????

selfless display
yeah, fuck all to do with how much he squeezed out of that club, that no player is bigger than.



and for someone who hasnt played for a good while, and first time in this league with these team mates djeko had a great debut you scotch twat.

 

[hirop]

the stick on motd (which was identical to what he said on 909 post-match) was uncalled for. the lad has not played for 14 days, and it's well understood he does not have a torres-like-burst of pace over 5 yards. he showed in the 2nd half on saturday that he knows exactly how to compensate for not being blindingly quick - how many times did he drift of his marker and have all the time in the world to pick a pass when he joined in play....at least a dozen times. i've not see much of him, but was plenty pleased with his first outing. shape and balance is everything in football, he brings that, and the benefit of that is better than an individual's single skill - like being lightening quick (ask torres and red dippers right now how that is working out for their team).

as for hansen's article on rooney, end of the day the wee dick couldn't hit a barn door with a tractor right now, and all the back-slapping eulogies in world won't change that.

 

[Garry.Cook]

It's just his opinion, Shearer disagreed with him...pretty balanced in my view

Shearer: Naah, this lad will score goals in this league...

Hansen: (shifts uncomfortably)...well he didn't score today...

I agree with OP. Instead of asking a bitter jock-scouse ex-defender about our new striker, why not ask the record PL goalscorer sat next to him. You don't even mind if Dzeko looked gash and Hansen was even close to being right but becasue he didn't score, the washed up old git jumps on the 'lets all laugh at City' bandwagon.

Enjoy it while you can Hansen you prick, I bet Dzeko outscores Torres for the next 5 years and I can't wait to watch you squirm when he does.