Scolari was not given ample time to succeed.. He had to play with Mourinho's recruits.. a hasty decion indeedQuote:
Originally Posted by DINODAZZLIN
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Scolari was not given ample time to succeed.. He had to play with Mourinho's recruits.. a hasty decion indeedQuote:
Originally Posted by DINODAZZLIN
of course, he wud've n cud've contributed more but then whos to blame....the owner himself who thinks that money is the only answer to everything!!!:doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by moovybuf
They wud be stupid to sack Wenger as the board themselves are to be blamed for not backing him in the tranfer market... Though they say they have enough funds, the truth is far from reality i reckon.......bcoz no manager wud hesitate to spend especially when your team desperately need someone to save ur ass...Quote:
Originally Posted by moovybuf
I would love to have him at OT to replace Fergie :-D
adebr,persie and fabregas ..its almost certain that they are playing their final season at emirates..... will be Off to spain next year:mrgreen:
with the presidental election coming at bernabeu this june,they wud need some glamour signings to impress the fans.... with ronaldo re iterating his desire to stay at OT (atleast till fergie stays) its gonna be fabregas / persie / kaka / benzema for them
He needed a toy for 2 years....now his interest is in something else :joker:Quote:
Originally Posted by DINODAZZLIN
With an ageing side that Chelsea has....Scolari alla avante appan muthupattar vicharichalum ithil kooduthal cheyyan pattumayirunnu ennu thonnunnilla.....Quote:
Originally Posted by moovybuf
Brazil 2 - 0 Italy
Brazil turned on the style to beat world champions Italy 2-0 in a friendly on Tuesday and end coach Marcello Lippi's bid for a record 32-match unbeaten run.
Elano and Robinho scored first-half goals to help Brazil make light of Kaka's absence and put on a performance at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium which belied their coach Dunga's reputation as a dour tactician.
"We all know what Robinho can do but we talked about putting pressure on the Italians to recover the ball. He showed good personality and fitted well into the team," Dunga told a news conference.
Elano added to the two goals he scored for Brazil against Argentina at the same stadium in 2006 with a fine opener in the 13th minute.
He laid the ball back to Manchester City team mate Robinho and picked up the return pass before slotting it past Gianluigi Buffon.
Robinho then had the Brazilian section of the crowd at the Emirates in raptures with a brilliant solo goal.
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro's attempted overhead shot was cleared and his opposite number Lucio broke fast downfield before laying the ball off to the right.
Ronaldinho, who mixed silky skills with wayward passing all night, crossed poorly and Italy's Andrea Pirlo appeared to have control of the situation.
But Robinho robbed him of possession and tricked his way past two other defenders before shooting clinically into the far corner off the post.
The defending was poor on both sides but Brazil built their victory on the commitment of their players to win back the ball whenever they lost it, as epitomised by Robinho when he scored his goal.
Italy twice had the ball in the net but were denied first when a high Pirlo ball into the Brazil box was brilliantly volleyed past Julio Cesar by left back Fabio Grosso from an offside position.
Substitute striker Luca Toni had a second-half effort ruled out after he controlled the ball with his arm under pressure from Lucio and Juan before steering it into the net.
Toni might have pulled one back near the end but Julio Cesar blocked his neat close-range flick from a low cross.
Lippi said his team had not approached the match positively enough.
"We played with some fear," he said. "We had too much respect for Brazil.
YouTube - Brazil vs Italy 2-0 Highlights (Friendly)
BRAZIL 2- ITALY 0..........Gem of a goal by ROBINHO...
Man Utd 3 Fulham 0
MANCHESTER UNITED were labelled ‘The Untouchables’ this week.
And you sense it would probably take Eliot Ness and his Chicago gang-busters to stop them as they head inexorably towards an 11th Premier League title.
It was Arsene Wenger who came up with the ‘Untouchables’ tag.
But Alex Ferguson preferred ‘Catch Me If you Can’ last night, as that is the gauntlet now laid down to Liverpool and you just cannot see them picking it up.
There is nothing fake about United’s form, it is all too real. Just like the task facing Rafa Benitez’s men.
United are five points clear of Liverpool, after a ninth successive League win and 14th consecutive clean sheet.
Ferguson said: “We are in excellent form. We may not win every game between now and May but that will be our aim. I think we are going to take some beating.”
Trickery
Last night the champions were two-up inside 30 minutes, thanks to Paul Scholes’ first league goal for 18 months and Dimitar Berbatov’s 12th of the season.
In the second half Wayne Rooney made a dramatic return after a month-long lay-off, coming on as a 60th-minute sub and scoring with his very first touch.
At times it was a joy to watch for United fans, with the opening 45 minutes real exhibition stuff.
The passing and movement were superb, as was the trickery of Cristiano Ronaldo, the vision of Scholes and the subtlety of Berbatov. Carlos Tevez was the terrier snapping away and the rearguard stayed as strong as ever.
At one stage, just past the half-hour, the ground broke into spontaneous applause at what they were witnessing.
You have to take into account Fulham’s atrocious away record, which has seen them fail to win away from Craven Cottage all season and score only three goals.
Yet it was still a match against a top 10 side who have drawn six of their away league games.
United slipped up another gear here and there is maybe another to go.
It was an awesome sight for Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce to behold from the stands. His Rovers are at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Ferguson says he does not know his best team and agonises over his choices and giving the news to those left out. But the football does not seem to change whoever wears the famous red.
Scholes, of course, has been one of the best to do so in the club’s history.
He added another golden moment to his glittering career and further proof as to why Ferguson is keeping him on for another season.
There can be few more potent strikers of the ball from long range than Scholes, in terms of keeping it down and on target.
It is a dereliction of duty for any side to leave him free and lingering outside the area when a corner is being taken.
Remember that cracker he scored at Bradford City in 2000, when David Beckham swung the ball out to him and Scholes rocketed a stunner into the net.
Here it was a Michael Carrick corner in the 12th minute that found the ginger magician flying in to conjure up a shot.
Meeting the ball as it fell, he released a stinging, low, swerving volley which Mark Schwarzer got his hands to at full stretch but could not stop spinning back across him and over the line.
Scholes admitted: “It’s always enjoyable playing in a team producing good football.
“I hope that’s just the start and I’ll be able to score a few more.” The waves of red attacks were relentless after that.
If there has been one fault with United this season, it has been their failure to convert huge amounts of pressure into more goals. Nine of their league wins have been by 1-0.
There would be no such problem this time. They added the second on the half-hour, thanks to some appalling Fulham defending.
Scholes flicked the ball into the area for John O’Shea to steer across goal. Aaron Hughes was half-asleep as he let Berbatov stroll in behind him to score.
Berbatov would have another narrowly ruled out for offside before the break, as did Tevez.
United kept up the ferocious attacking pressure after half-time but struck just once more.
There was huge roar on the hour when Rooney made his first appearance since hobbling out of the Wigan victory on January 14 with a hamstring injury.
Inside two minutes, he had scored with his first touch. Park Ji-Sung fired the ball across and Rooney, after seven games out, pounced at the far post.
Ferguson added: “I’m pleased he’s off and running again. We didn’t rush him back but there’s no doubt he’s 100 per cent fit once more and, hopefully, he will stay that way.”
Liverpool have blown it:
LIVERPOOL virtually handed the Premier League title to Manchester United after yet another stumble.
Despite Dirk Kuyt’s late leveller at home to Manchester City, Rafa Benitez’s side are now seven points adrift of Alex Ferguson’s table-toppers.
Bookies William Hill slashed the odds on United bagging a third title in a row to 14-1 ON.
And although chief Benitez refused to throw in the towel, City boss and United old-boy Mark Hughes said: “It is obviously not in Liverpool’s hands and that is not how you would want it at this stage of the season.
“There are still a lot of games to go and Liverpool will certainly feel they can come back.
“But they are probably looking at United slipping up — and they don’t do that too often!”
Benitez insisted his team could put a different complexion on the title race by taking maximum points from their next three games — climaxed by a visit to Old Trafford.
The Spaniard said: “The situation is clearly more difficult so we have to win against Middlesbrough and Sunderland and start thinking about if we can win at Old Trafford.
“Obviously, it’s not easy but there are still 12 games so we don’t feel everything is finished.”
Kuyt pounced on 78 minutes to earn a point after former Kop striker Craig Bellamy had opened the scoring for City