English Premier League Thread II

[jammin]

Originally Posted by Kalac#16

Roy Keane, Beckham, Neville, Scholes. All very dislikeable players. Maybe for foreign neutrals they were alright, but in England they were despised

David Batty > Roy Keane

scholes? really? people hate that poor, mute, ginger fuck?


heard king retired. all the best to him in his future. second best English defender after JT.

[KujaIX]

Originally Posted by jammin

scholes? really? people hate that poor, mute, ginger fuck?


heard king retired. all the best to him in his future. second best English defender after JT.

Yes.

Everyone but Manutd fans hate Scholes.

He's a nasty, scheming, dirty bastard.

[Kalac#16]

Originally Posted by jammin

scholes? really? people hate that poor, mute, ginger fuck?

That entire late 90's to around... 2003 team is awful. Then they went a bit shit and that team dispersed.

[manutd fan]

Beckham was only hated because of Argentina, though that changed completely after the Greece game. Scholes has never been hated by the masses. Obviously Liverpool/Leeds fans hate him, though for some reason City fans have always been positive towards him.

Gary Neville and Roy Keane were hated though. So was Phil Neville, because he was Gary's brother

In general the United hate peaked around 2000 because of the dominance + Beckham at the WC + the decision to not play in the FA Cup.

edit:

Van Nistlerooy pissed a lot of people off as well, because he scored against everyone. Plus whichever way people look at it, the media did genuinely paint Arsenal as being the good and United the evil, partly because they're a London club but also because of the managers. Wenger has always been really friendly with journos whilst SAF never went a day without telling them to fuck off. Part of the whole 'siege mentality' stuff. Same with Vieira + Keane.

Strange how it went the opposite way in 06/07. United had a media wankathon all season.

[Kalac#16]

To be fair I barely remember that team, I don't know who was in defence between Ferdinand and Stam, I don't know who partnered RVN, don't know the LB. Barthez in goal?

[Fiero]

Originally Posted by necromancer

Ruud Van Nistelrooy Those were the days when Man Utd was actually a side to be admired by neutrals.

Originally Posted by Kalac#16

That entire late 90's to around... 2003 team is awful. Then they went a bit shit and that team dispersed.

The team with Van Nistelrooy, Veron, and Blanc was awesome. Beckham was great back then as well but it got annoying when he became a brand. That was the 2001-2003 team.

From what I remember, United played better football back then. For some reason to me they're just ugly since post 2008 Champions League win. Just so unattractive, with ugly football and punks like Anderson, Nani, and Ashley Young.

And the transition team in from 2004-2006 was just god awful. Djemba-Djemba, Kleberson, David Bellion... puke.

[manutd fan]

Originally Posted by Kalac#16

To be fair I barely remember that team, I don't know who was in defence between Ferdinand and Stam, I don't know who partnered RVN, don't know the LB. Barthez in goal?

03 team:

--------------------Barthez----------------------

Neville-----Ferdinand------Silvestre----O'Shea

-------------Keane-------Butt/Veron-----------
Beckham----------Scholes--------------Giggs

-----------------Van Nistlerooy--------------


Guys like Brown, Blanc, P.Neville, Forlan played a lot too. Forlan was another player who got negative attention. He wasn't hated, but it was one of those situations where he couldn't score to save his life so every week people were taking the piss.

We replaced Jaap Stam with a 36 year old Laurent Blanc at the start of 01/02

Originally Posted by Fiero

The team with Van Nistelrooy, Veron, and Blanc was awesome. Beckham was great back then as well but it got annoying when he became a brand. That was the 2001-2003 team.

From what I remember, United played better football back then. For some reason to me they're just ugly since post 2008 Champions League win. Just so unattractive, with ugly football and punks like Anderson, Nani, and Ashley Young.

And the transition team in from 2004-2006 was just god awful. Djemba-Djemba, Kleberson, David Bellion... puke.

Yep. The football we play these days is hard to watch.

[hdcantona]

I loved Forlán...

Cult hero

[Congo Powers]

van nistlerooy was soo cooooooool

[Kalac#16]

Originally Posted by hdcantona

I loved Forlán...

Cult hero

Like Fabio Rochemback

[hdcantona]

Originally Posted by Kalac#16

Like Fabio Rochemback

I just liked the goals he scored. I like(d?) Hitzelsperger (sp) for basically the same reason

[jammin]

Henry shits all over Van Nistelrooy.

but the Dutchman was one of the cooler ManUre players of the past decade no doubt.

Arsenal-ManUre classic matches back then is what a big match should be like in the EPL.

not 6-1, 8-2, 5-3 bullshit.

[jammin]

looooooooooool Kleberson.

Fergie and Brazilians.

[hdcantona]

[jammin]

horseface.

RVN, Pirlo and Constant should play in the same team.

[manutd fan]

Originally Posted by jammin

Henry shits all over Van Nistelrooy.

but the Dutchman was one of the cooler ManUre players of the past decade no doubt.

Arsenal-ManUre classic matches back then is what a big match should be like in the EPL.

not 6-1, 8-2, 5-3 bullshit.

We beat Arsenal 6-2 in 01/02
Dwight Yorke hattrick

[Fiero]

That was the cool Ruud. Inferior only to Pippo.



Veron. Pure elegance.



Beckham at his peak.

Now THAT was a team to watch. Were good in the Champions League as well... semis exist to Leverkusen in 2002 and the epic battle vs Real in 2003.

United fan, remember the 5-3 comeback vs Newcastle?

[jammin]

Originally Posted by manutd fan

We beat Arsenal 6-2 in 01/02
Dwight Yorke hattrick

btw, something that i always wanted to ask but always forgot - can you please kindly describe the Yorke-Cole partnership? like which one was the support striker?

i was too young to remember anything back then.

[Congo Powers]

u were too young for van nistlerooy too

[Fiero]

What a team that was... Beckham/Giggs cross to Ruud x infinity.