Manchester United Thread

[aftermath]

Its nice for a change to see Liverpool say sorry for what happened yesterday, after all it was a day to remember the Munich Air Disaster but 1 ***** had to spoil the celebration and the match to be remembered for the wrong reasons.

Time to move on now and forget yesterday

[gc1966]

It was to the manager, the club and the fans, he doesn't have to apologise to Evra for not shaking his hand....why would he have to.

you are right,but it would be nice of him to apologise for making racist comments to him.

[Bulld0g]

The argument over wether he made a racist comment or it was a cultural difference will never be settled. It's dragged on too long now as it is, let's just forget about it in here and talk about football for a change

[gc1966]

The argument over wether he made a racist comment or it was a cultural difference will never be settled. It's dragged on too long now as it is, let's just forget about it in here and talk about football for a change

fair comment and in all the kerfuffle regarding the handshakegate incident can somebody tell me who won????

[Bulld0g]

fair comment and in all the kerfuffle regarding the handshakegate incident can somebody tell me who won????

We were hammered 2-1

[maca]

Hello chaps i hope your doing well and feeling fine to night

[lfc4life]

hmmmmmm ........

[mtv1]

is this the new Liverpool thread

[reddevil157]

I think the two should be merged

[spondulick]

do you think louise will still be at pool next season,after spitting his dummy out at man u and lying to kk and his clan at shamefield?

[Bulld0g]

As per the Liverpool thread, let's keep things on topic and discuss the game or there is a danger we wont have any threads to discuss in

[maca]

Oh ffs maybe if we all just kept to our OWN threads none of this would have happened in the 1st place..

[young]

after watching city and villa today, got to admit this might be city's year they ground out the result when not playing good and against a determined villa defence, somthing that united have been the masters of for years getting points when we arnt playing good we have spurs next, witch will be a propper tough game and city have blackburn fixtures arnt on our side at the moment but if we can come out of the next 3 games within 3 points i think we are in with a good chance

[yasminandrio]

Morning all well what a saturday that was!! I thought we were by far the better team the only player which played poor for me was giggs in the united team, we were all over them the whole game!! rooney was class as was welbeck on the right we just ripped them apart, it was a great atmosphere both sets of fan behaved, couldn't hear the pool fans at all, but i think that was more to do with there poor performance, I now think we can go on and win the league all the players coming back i think we are looking more stronger now just like at the beginning of the season!! also i think the runin we have a bit of a easier runin!! Big boost for united come on lads lets do this!!

[andy1967]

The next time Giggs plays for UTD it will be his 900th game.
Ryan Giggs 900 appearances - Official Manchester United Website

When Denis Irwin limped off the Old Trafford pitch after just 35 minutes against Everton on 2 March 1991, Alex Ferguson replaced him with a skinny 17-year-old.

Now, almost 21 years later, that talented teenager has won more trophies than any other player in the history of English football and is closing in on his 900th appearance for Manchester United.

As for Irwin, he can't believe Ryan Giggs is still terrorising top-flight defences, and recalls when the young Welshman first starting knocking on the first-team door.

"It's incredible," Irwin says as he stands on the forecourt at Old Trafford. "We all knew about him. He was like lightning, he was like the wind, and had such great ability and skill.

"The best thing about him was that he could do his defensive duties as well. He never shirked that responsibility and still doesn't. He played on the left wing in front of me for 10 years and it's incredible he's still as sharp and as driven as he is."

And important to the team. Giggs may be 38 now but he remains a vital component of Sir Alex's championship-chasing side. Games don't get much bigger than United vs Liverpool and Ryan's started all three encounters this season against the men from Merseyside.

The most recent, Sunday's eventful outing, was his 899th for the Reds, leaving him just one short of an astonishing landmark.

"To make 900 appearances for a club like this..." Irwin says, trailing off as he struggles to findthe words to describe the achievement.

"Everyone knew him as an out-and-out winger. To change his thought process on a football field [and adapt to a role in the centre of midfield] is testament to how good a player he is. He not only stayed at the top of his game but changed it as well."

Giggs won't merely reach 900 games: it's likely he'll smash the landmark. After all, last Friday he signed a contract extension with the club that will keep him at Old Trafford until the end of the 2012/13 season. By that stage - remember, Ryan also boasts 64 international caps for Wales - there's every chance he'll be nudging 1000 senior appearances.

But why stop there?

"He certainly looks sharp enough when he plays," Irwin says. "You should play as long as you can, especially at this level. And especially here."

With that, the Irishman, himself a veteran of 529 appearances for the Reds, gestures towards the stadium and we're reminded once more of that moment more than two decades earlier when Giggs trotted onto the pitch to make his first-team bow.

"Manchester United believe we may be seeing the start of a very special career this afternoon," announced Clive Tyldesley at the time, commentating for ITV.

"Special", it turns out, was a gross understatement.