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United different class????

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Last night on Sky Sports News Paul Merson called United’s performance against Portsmouth on Monday ‘different class’, everyone else in studio agreed and proceeded to wax lyrical about how great they were.
Now, I am a Liverpool fan and as such have a general hatred for all things Manchester red, but I believe I’ve reached an age where, apart from during a match when I’m filled with rage and hatred and bile and shameful thoughts of broken spines and permanent blindness, I can give credit where it’s due.

Deserving champions, it’s not nice but yes I think so.

On Monday I thought they were average. I thought it was a typical early season performance, a game they won but could just as easily have drawn or lost.
Different class? Certainly not.

Am I mad?
Are all pundits morons?
Do Sky have an agenda?

Comments

13 Responses to “United different class????”

  1. scousenotenglish on August 27th, 2008 3:16 pm

    You arent mad mate, just not asleep. The manc scum have always been the darlings of the southern media as London failed to produce a consistent winning team in the seventies and eighties and Scousers were people to be feared/hated by them for whatever reasons. The mancs started to win in the nineties and the mainstream media down south breathed a huge sigh of relief (remember the flag at Istanbul- “oh no its them scousers again”?) that was aimed at them. The sky pundits are a bunch of likely lads that just wanna pick up their cheque and not question the status quo. The mancs were awful at times last year but still managed to make bad performances into wins. They were crap again against Newcastle opening game ( go on a toon website, even they think they are rubbish and most question Keegans leadership). So far we have been playing nowhere near our capability and yet have secured two, albeit lucky, wins. If ManUre are a different class at the moment wait till we get going and tearing teams apart. Will they change their tune? I doubt it but it will be fun watching the tossers squirm. YNWA. Justice.

  2. NWDuneAuron on August 28th, 2008 3:24 am

    I thought your main concern would be how ropey Liverpool have been so far.

  3. scousenotengllish on August 28th, 2008 8:27 am

    you shithouse

  4. scousenotenglish on August 28th, 2008 9:37 am

    hmmm, apologies, my post wasnt up this morninig when i called you a toilet block.

  5. Kevin on August 29th, 2008 9:58 am

    Sky in general do have awful pundits. They all seem to read from the same sheet and it’s pretty shameful at times how they gang up on Thompson when Liverpool are losing, yet they don’t do the same with Nicholas (Arsenal) or anyone else.

    For me Andy Gray is the only Sky pundit worth listening to because he just calls things as he sees it.

    You know something is wrong when one pundit (Salako) last season suggested that Middlesbrough lack creativity and should make a bid for Momo Sissoko.

  6. bleustilton on August 31st, 2008 8:23 pm

    I’m not sure they have an agenda. United are benefactors of their own hype in a way. Their central midfield can be a bit weak, yet teams refuse to exploit that out of fear or whatever. So then it turns out their midfield is fantastic. It’s just a lack of initiative I feel.

    About the only pundit I who feel knows what he’s talking about is Bobby McMahon. A real anorak with lovely insight and a great knowledge of the game.

  7. bleustilton on August 31st, 2008 8:25 pm

    By the way, good to have the blog back up.

  8. Inside Right on September 2nd, 2008 11:01 am

    Interesting comments.
    Andy Grey is horrendous….can’t hide his hatred of Liverpool. As an ex bitters player I suppose that is to be expected but it makes me want to punch him all the same.

  9. Kevin on September 15th, 2008 10:56 am

    Utd’s performance at the weekend was certainly different class.

  10. Inside Right on September 15th, 2008 11:37 am

    @ Kevin - Yeah, surprisingly weak after a bright start. Most enjoyable I have to say.

  11. Kevin on September 15th, 2008 11:55 am

    Liverpool did to them what they do to big teams in European games. Press high and force mistakes, and it worked. Fortunate own goal but after that Man Utd only had one chance and were non-existent second half apart from the Giggs half volley. Massive game next week against Chelsea for them, one to watch with interest.

    By the way, how awesome was Danny Guthrie’s tackle. Proper schoolyard hack.

  12. NWDuneAuron on September 22nd, 2008 11:54 am

    I’m starting to agree that Man Utd have been in a different class lately. A remedial one.

  13. Scott aka SRH on November 3rd, 2008 5:34 pm

    helooo… anybody there?

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