--------------------------------- [24] Sunderland Match Summary --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, October 13, 2001 by redend: So Fergie made seven changes to the United side that started in Athens on Wednesday. Fabien Barthez, David Beckham, Juan Sebatian Veron, Ronny Johnsen and Denis Irwin were lrested, Roy Keane was suspended, and Ruud van Nistelrooy was on the bench.
They were replaced by Roy Carroll, Mikael Silvestre, Wesley Brown, Nicky Butt, Luke Chadwick, Andy Cole and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The first goal came 10 minutes before half time when a classy move saw Chadwick knock in a cross which was thumped past his own keeper by Varga. He was under pressure from Scholes but it was definitely an o.g. Carroll played well in nets - making good saves - especially a 30 yard swerving strike from Phillips. United's second came when Giggs played the ball to Coley and then raced almost fifty yards to collect the return pass and slot past Sorensen in the Sunderland goal. Giggs was rewarded for his goal by being pulled off (.... wait for it ... we only used to get a half-time orange). The match was sealed when Chadwick passed to Cole who buried it past Sorensen - having just had one come back off the post. Sunderland grabbed a consolation near the end when Kevin Phillips went around Carroll and fired into the unguarded net - this bringing the score to 1 - 3 and irritatingly fulfilling RedHotTip's correct score prediction on Friday. There was just time for Yorkie to head against the underside of the bar. All in all another impressive away performance - the chant "... so f*cking easy.." could be heard amongst the reduced away allocation. I suspect if the result had been different we'd have had the usual bout of sniping at Fergie's selection/tactics that seems to accompany any set back. Some people will never learn - the boss is the man with the plan. He knows better than anyone else what combinations work best in training and how individual players are playing at any time - when they need a rest and when they need a kick up the arse to optimise performance. --------------------------------- [23] Team Line Ups today --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, October 13, 2001 by redend: These were the line ups for United's 3 - 1 win away at Sunderland. Sunderland: Sorensen, Craddock, Gray, Williams, Varga, Arca, Kilbane (Bellion 46), Thirlwell, Schwarz, Phillips, Quinn Subs not used: Macho, McCartney, Medina, Laslandes Bookings: NONE Man Utd: Carroll, Blanc (Neville P 76), Neville G, Silvestre, Brown, Butt, Scholes (Stewart 66), Giggs (Yorke 61), Chadwick, Cole, Solskjaer Subs not used: van der Gouw, van Nistelrooy Bookings: NONE --------------------------------- [22] Grimsby you are next .. --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, October 13, 2001 by redend: If United reserves get past Arsenal reserves in the League Cup we've been drawn against Grimsby at home. It'll be the first time we'll be able to take advanttage of the reduced prices for these matches - unless Grimsby refuse to play ball. --------------------------------- [21] Houllier hospitalised --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, October 13, 2001 by redend: Gerard Houllier was taken to hospital after suffering from chest pains during Liverpool v Leeds today. --------------------------------- [20] What are the chances of that? --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, October 13, 2001 by redend: Well, RedHotTip manages to do it again - although he didn't win on his main 2 selections he did still predict the correct score (Friday story [2] United to win by what? ) which gave odds of 12/1. Maybe he's not the clueless f*ckwit we had all suspected? And on top of that he even complained that the first goal was a Sunderland o.g. and therefore he also made a bizarre claim of moral victory on his main selections of Sunderland to score first & half-time : full-time of Sunderland : Manchester United. The only response to this was to give RHT a thorough shoeing. But - he is still beating the ( http://www.sportingodds.co.uk/adserver/scripts/ict.dll?click?rnews0 ) bookies --------------------------------- [19] Final Score --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, October 13, 2001 by redend: Sunderland 1 - 3 Manchester United Phillips - Varga o.g. , Giggs, Cole --------------------------------- [18] Will Fergie pull out of FA Cup? --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, October 13, 2001 by redend: Err - no ....but .... Fergie may have an intriguing possible fixture clash next year. His horse Rock of Gibraltar, (Group One winner at Longchamp last Saturday - but you knew that didn't you) will be entered for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, which clashes with the FA Cup Final on May 4. Lets face it - Fergie should never have entered his horse (tell that to the judge). --------------------------------- [17] Giggs meeting .... --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, October 13, 2001 by redend: ....yet further clarification As reported earlier the meeting is now in the TRAFFORD suite on Oct 24th. However the start time is 7 pm. The 8pm mentioned previously is when Giggsy is due to make his entrance. So a solid hour to fuel up at the bar first to help us think up intelligent and probing questions to ask him. http://www.imusa.org
