It entailed an awe-inspiring performance from the ‘Red Devils’ (read Manchester United Football Club) to resume posting on this blog. Not many gave United a chance. They said MUFC were too ‘arrogant’. United were set to lose two on the trot at home. ‘Contain Ronaldo to contain United’ they all shouted. But the end result was an emphatic 4-0 victory for United, knocking the Gooners out of the FA Cup. The performance was virtuoso and in recent times second only to the tearing-apart of Roma at home last year. Talk of coincidences and I would say it owed much to the energy of Fletcher and company(who was involved from the start in the scintillating display against Roma). The Scot’s performances continue to be unsung by many, but it was his drive in midfield and hunger for the ball which allowed Carrick to dictate play with his ‘Hollywood’ passes.

Enough said. But the purpose of this post is not to give my verdict. You could find better opinions on the net. I willnot be wasting any more time trying to be verbose.

I am a regular follower of BBC 606, and I found many funny and interesting conversations and quotes after the match. In this post I list a couple of those.

Funny Quotes :

1.  “I’m in the Arsenal end at Old Trafford. The Gooners are mad! Doubt I’ll unzip my jacket to reveal my Man Utd strip.”
Scared but proud Man Utd fan at OT, via text
“If you do, it might just be the last thing you ever do. Basically, don’t.”

2. If Nani beats Justin Hoyte down the left again, I think he gets to keep him. The Portuguese waltzes past Hoyte, floats over a cross to the back stick and Darren Fletcher, continuing his passable impression of Roy Keane today, bullets a header into the roof of the net.

3. The best booking is earned by Adebayor who goes down in the box as if he got shot by the mythical sniper.

4. Who’s “Adebayor” ????
Is he going to the Beijing Olympiques?…he’d do well in the diving events…*winkeye*
5.
“Dear Barnsley,
Thank you
Lots of love,
Everton Fans”
6. P.S. …. anyone seen s**tregas??? last seen goin into Anderson pocket???? *smiley*

7. The F.A cup is for the boys. Champions league for the men.
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Ah, that would explain why you’ve never won the champions league then *laugh*

8. A girl at work complained to her boyfriend about getting 12 red roses instead of yellow ones and made the florist send them back. Sadly she missed the diamond attached to each rose! Karma is a wonderful thing.

9.
There is a link that generates Brazilian names.
Yeah, that’s been doing the rounds in the office, in fairness. I’m a bit disappointed in mine – my favourites so far are Junior Agogo – “Agoginhosa” and David Beckham – “Claudio Beckhson”. Thoughts?
http://www.minimalsworld.net/BrazilName/brazilian.shtml

Other Quotes:

1. But the absolute highlight of the game, in fact the highlight of the season so far has to be the look of absolute dread on the faces of the Arsenal players not wanting to come out the tunnel for the second half. That HAS to be embarrassing!

2. Arsenal, who have enjoyed taunting outclassed teams in the past, were not enjoying getting a taste of their own medicine and William Gallas was lucky to escape punishment for an ill-disciplined kick at Nani.

3. Anderson seems to play his best in the biggest games. Handy ability to have. Very handy indeed. Something possibly Cristiano Ronaldo could learn from his team-mate?

4. Nani starts doing keepy-uppies on the pitch and about three Arsenal players try to kill him. Honestly, I dont know how else to describe that.

5.  William Gallas kicks Nani after the ball is gone. Honestly, is there an Arsenal brain cell still out on the pitch?

6.  United have set the tempo and from 1-11 they have hungered for the ball like rabid dogs, especially Anderson and Rooney who have been fighting like pit-bulls!!
7. Arsenal are gonners (gooners???)

8. I know Gallas is getting slated for his performance and the kick out at Nani, but he stayed on the pitch in front of the taunting fans to shake everyone’s hand, when the rest skulked off. Fair play to him for that.

9. Call the scientologists, Ronaldinho has morphed himself into Carrick. What a ball.

10.  Michael Carrick is pinning some sensational Hollywood passes around Old Trafford today, it’s a masterclass of long-rangers

11. scholesy, owen, carrick, anderson and fletcher all in fine form. Five central midfielders there. And two slots!!! A good headache to have 🙂

12.  Eboue left his head in Ghana.

13. With 35 minutes on the clock, United’s fans are already ‘ole’-ing. I hope that doesn’t come back to haunt them.

Hmm.. so we have come to and end. Some of them are provocative. But in no way reflect my thoughts. Sorry to the Arsenal fans if you are hurt.

Btw, I cant findout what ole-ing means(checkout the last quote). Could anyone help ? It is regularly used on 606.

Nothing more to write. I am ecstatic !!! Couldnt bat an eyelid throughout the match.

CyA then,

Sleeper