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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Dear Mr Martin Sheehan,

Man United V Manchester United FC

Goodison Park, 28/04/2007

Kick Off 12:45

Thank you for your application for the Everton away game. As we were over subscribed a ballot has taken place and unfortunately your application was unsuccessful.

Thank you for your continued support which is very much appreciated.

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Ticket & Membership Services </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Just one small problem....

oh and the loyalty pot thing isn't true

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Btw, has it been confirmed either way whether Saha has travelled (or is going to travel) with the squad to Rome yet?

Earlier in the day it seemed like they weren't going to risk him but then I saw a couple of quotes that seemed to confuse the issue in a non-answer kinda way.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Young Jimlad:

Bloody hell the TO seem to be throwing tickets my way at the minute. Another £30 has come out of my bank account and gone to the club so looks like I'll be at the Boro game as well as the Roma & Sheff Utd games icon_cool.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Come to the wall.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Razor Eddie:

And then take the lead. Advantage the boys. icon14.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sounds like a bloody interesting game.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">fb game this, never though i'd enjoy a youth game. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

youth games are immense, gutted there's only one more Chelsea game at Cobham this season icon_frown.gificon_frown.gif

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">p </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Who have been the goal scorers in this match?

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RedBlood:

Whats the attendance like in the youth cup game? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Over 8000 tonight, apparently.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Razor Eddie:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RedBlood:

Whats the attendance like in the youth cup game? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Over 8000 tonight, apparently. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>thats all? icon_frown.gif

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by pjburrage:

So all that talk of Arsenal having a good future has been shot down in a blaze of glory. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Please, your fitness levels won you that game.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ericcantona7:

so we're in the final are we? when is the home leg? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>First leg unfield 16th second leg OT 19th

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by goon:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by pjburrage:

So all that talk of Arsenal having a good future has been shot down in a blaze of glory. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Please, your fitness levels won you that game. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

diddums icon_frown.gif

no difference in the average age of the two sides so that's no excuse. besides, we had two or three walking wounded at the end. we just never gave up. can't say there was anyone particularly impressive in your ranks either.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Juni:

from what I can make out on mongcafe, Fagan, Brandy x2, and Welbeck </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

almost - Fagan, Bryan, Brandy and Welbeck. crowd was eight thousand and something for whoever was asking, main stand pretty full and parts of the scoreboard. more than i expected but still a bit disappointing (although as i said in the gooners thread, more fans = more annoying brattish kids = more f**king airhorns, so it's not all bad). hopefully we can double that at least for the final - mon them opening the stretty so i can have my usual seat icon_mad.gif

will go into more detail on the game in a bit, maybe.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Nick OGS20:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by goon:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by pjburrage:

So all that talk of Arsenal having a good future has been shot down in a blaze of glory. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Please, your fitness levels won you that game. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

diddums icon_frown.gif

no difference in the average age of the two sides so that's no excuse. besides, we had two or three walking wounded at the end. we just never gave up. can't say there was anyone particularly impressive in your ranks either. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Maybe it wasnt fitness but after around 55 odd mins we became completely flat. Your first goal seemed to wake your lads up which just made things worse icon_frown.gif

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by goon:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Nick OGS20:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by goon:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by pjburrage:

So all that talk of Arsenal having a good future has been shot down in a blaze of glory. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Please, your fitness levels won you that game. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

diddums icon_frown.gif

no difference in the average age of the two sides so that's no excuse. besides, we had two or three walking wounded at the end. we just never gave up. can't say there was anyone particularly impressive in your ranks either. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Maybe it wasnt fitness but after around 55 odd mins we became completely flat. Your first goal seemed to wake your lads up which just made things worse icon_frown.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

bringing on Bryan for Evans and the reshuffling we did (Welbeck upfront, Fagan back into midfield, Brandy allowed to roam) seemed to completely change the game in our favour more than anything else really. got our best players into the game finally. credit to your lot, expected them to fold once we'd taken it to extra-time with basically the last kick but they put up a decent fight.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Roma duo warn Ronaldo[/b]

Roma's Christian Panucci and Mancini have issued thinly-veiled warnings to United winger Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of Wednesday night's Champions League clash.

The pair both praised the Portuguese star, but predicted that he may struggle to have his usual impact in the cauldron of Roma's Stadio Olimpico.

"Ronaldo’s class is unquestionable," said former Chelsea defender Panucci. "But I believe he abuses his dribbling talents and always exaggerates his falls.

"A lot will depend on the referee but in Roma Ronaldo will not be daring enough to do it because he knows we will not fall for his tricks."

Brazilian attacker Mancini also voiced his admiration for Ronaldo's array of skills, but warned that he will face a rough ride in Rome.

He said: "Ronaldo is almost perfect in the art of dribbling but the Italian defenders are harder than anywhere else and he will be taking a big risk if he tries any exhibition stuff.

"I’ve watched Premier League matches and he is protected by referees. I don’t think he will be on Wednesday." </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

that is EXCEPTIONALLY rich coming from Panucci icon_biggrin.gif

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TL;DR ALERT

United lined-up with just one change to the side that were unlucky to lose the first leg (and, indeed, the side that has largely been responsible for this entire cup run), with Corry Evans slotting in at right-back, allowing Richard Eckersley to switch sides to replace the injured Tom Cleverley at left-back. Arsenal also made just the one enforced change, a crucial one too with the suspended Armand Traore - the only player in either squad with first-team experience - sitting this one out.

it was a pretty poor game for the first hour or so. we could maybe have had a penalty for handball but we didn't create anything apart from a speculative long-range effort from captain Craig Cathcart, and were rather lucky Simpson missed a couple of sitters for Arsenal and Zieler pulled off a top save just before half-time (Zieler on after starting keeper Ben Amos picked up an arm injury making a hash of what looked like a routine save early on). they picked us off a bit too easily on the counter, Corry Evans was out of position at right-back and it showed, Richie Eckersley wasn't able to get forward at all and the midfield were over-run. strange thing was we were just looking like we'd weathered the storm when they went and scored. both full-backs at fault for that one really, not sure if Zieler could have done better, i was sat down the other end and couldn't really tell.

the equaliser (on the night) came just at the right time, you got the feeling much longer and heads would have irretrievably dropped. few gooner mates are moaning that it wasn't a freekick but it definitely looked a handball to me. decent hit from Hewson, keeper's made a right mess of it though - he only spilled it a foot or so from his body but he's managed to still let Brandy and then Fagan get a bite at it and knock it in. game on. brilliant move not long after that with Hewson nearly scoring after a fine Galbraith pass, and there was a feeling when that went begging that it might not happen, with 'fans' were pouring out of the ground at that point. they missed a peach of an equaliser - reminded me a bit of that famous Carlos Alberto goal with Welbeck playing the Pele role, seemingly with all the time in the world in a crowded penalty box and with 93 minutes on the clock, just rolling the ball into Bryan's path and what a finish that was in the circumstances!

the Arsenal kids looked understandably crushed, hard to have any real sympathy though given their time-wasting late on (particularly their centre-back making out he was injured - even their keeper was embarrassed by it) and i half-expected them to crumble in extra-time, so credit to them for digging in and exploiting our by-now very attacking outlook to retake the lead - Drinkwater had pushed forward leaving a big gap on our right and our centre-backs are always susceptible to a bit of pace. good finish from Murphy, shame about the typically Arsenal celebration, but at least they weren't celebrating long. few question marks about whether Sam Hewson was offside from gooners (i thought the ball came off one of theirs personally), but he brought the ball down brilliantly on the left and had seemingly everyone convinced he was going to shoot before pulling it back to Febian Brandy who made a tricky finish look easy.

it was handy that this time, unlike after the Bryan goal, the final whistle was ten minutes away and not liable to arrest our momentum. one-way traffic, only one winner, all those clichés rang true, with the winner coming five minutes from time - Danny Galbraith worked himself a yard or two on the left to whip a wicked cross in which the keeper really had to come for. he did, but a soaring Danny Welbeck got there first and planted his header into the vacant net. it was at this point where the toys well and truly came out of the Arsenal pram - they'd already picked up a couple of bookings earlier on for poor tackles and were lucky to only pick up one or two more for a series of rash, late lunges in the last few minutes as their frustration boiled over (Wenger clearly drums it into them early down there). they did compose themselves long enough to fashion one last chance deep into injury time with the last kick of the game as United's defence switched off and let Parisio in on the right-hand side. his angled drive beat Zieler but thankfully slid by the far post, and the collective sigh of relief was soon interrupted by the final whistle, to the delight of the bulk of the 8,058 crowd.

it was the clichéd game of two halves in the sense that Arsenal were cruising for sixty minutes or so only to then spend most of the next hour under siege. Chester and Cathcart at centre-back made several crucial interventions early on when Arsenal were on top and could have put the tie out of sight. credit to Paul McGuinness for the introduction of Bryan for Evans with 25 minutes to go - the subsequent reshuffle saw Welbeck give the Arsenal centre-backs a more physical threat to worry about, gave Brandy more time and space to roam and wreak havoc with his pace, added creativity to the midfield with Fagan dropping back, and most importantly got my eventual man of the match Sam Hewson into the game in an attacking sense. all in all a fantastic cup-tie and typically thrilling United comeback, and what a reward - a two-legged final against the defending champions from the other end of the east lancs (16th April at Anfield, 19th April at OT). would be nice to see a much bigger turnout on the 19th, although hopefully without a proportionate increase in the number of ****ing airhorns.

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Um, Park out icon_confused.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Louis Saha and Darren Fletcher were the surprise members of the Manchester United party that travelled to Italy for Wednesday's Champion League quarter-final first leg against Roma.

The duo, who have been missing for five weeks with hamstring and ankle injuries respectively, were expected to play for the reserves at Blackburn on Thursday. Instead, Sir Alex Ferguson called them into a 19-man party as the Red Devils looked to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2002.

South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung was the only unexpected absentee, with no confirmation from United as to the precise nature of his injury. Gary Neville (ankle), Mikael Silvestre (shoulder), and Nemanja Vidic (collarbone) were all ruled out.

Team (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Heaton, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Heinze, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Fletcher, Eagles, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Saha, Solskjaer, Smith, Dong. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

So if that's true, not really sure how best to approach it. When Saha's not fully fit he's pretty useless, much as I love Ole he's not often impressed from the start - much more useful as an impact sub - and we clearly won't start Smith. Which leaves us with the possibility of, gulp, starting with Kieran Richardson in midfield...

Don't see any mention of Evra there either.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RedBlood:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ericcantona7:

so we're in the final are we? when is the home leg? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>First leg unfield 16th second leg OT 19th </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

can't go, going to a gig :/

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