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Man Utd�s Player of the Month goes to.. Nemanja Vidic Player of the Month October 2006 01. Nemanja Vidic (35,004 votes) 02. Wayne Rooney (28,405 votes) 03. Patrice Evra (16,535 votes) 04. Paul Scholes (6,403 votes) 05. Michael Carrick (3,404 votes) 06. Darren Fletcher (1,375 votes) Total votes: 91,126 Nemanja Vidic's impressive rise from surprise Christmas Day signing to stalwart of United's defence has earned him the respect of Reds fans worldwide. ManUtd.com readers have voted him Player of the Month for October, ahead of perennial fans' favourite Wayne Rooney and French defender Patrice Evra who, like Vidic, made his debut in January 2006. More than one third of the 91,000 votes were cast in Vidic's favour, following a month in which he played every minute of United's five matches in the Barclays Premiership and Champions League. He also scored his first goal for the club, a header at Wigan where the Reds came back from 1-0 down to win 3-1. "Nemanja is such a brave lad, he's not afraid to stick his head in," said Sir Alex Ferguson recently. "If you do that, you're going to get a good percentage of goals and hopefully the one at Wigan is his first of many." Ferguson's quote in the Portsmouth match programme proved prophetic - Vida scored again that very afternoon, as the Reds dispatched Pompey 3-0. That performance could stand the Serbian defender in good stead when the November poll comes around.

Still not convinced Kato?

..and no, Football is not a one-man sport.

hopefully this convinces ferguson to continue with these 2 and leave silvestre and brown on the bench. Vidic is rock solid and evra can make some great runs down the flank.

btw zoran, now that your boy's becoming big at old trafford , are you joining the united fan club?

I'll support Nemanja fully out in Manchester United even though it's not my favourite club.

Rooney saved 3 points today against Sheffield United, United on top with 34 points.

They've got 7 wins in a row now, and 8 games without a loss in Premier League, Last loss was against Arsenal.

rooney was magnificent. as for ronaldo, it just wasnt his day. same goes for govou. but moreso for the former. the guy had 2 CLEAR shots on an empty net and he missed. best goal id say would be a toss up between ronney's first and sheffields only (brilliant header). a pretty interesting game i thought

Good thing Rooney is rounding into form right before the clash this upcoming weekend with Chelski. I look for it to be a 6 point advantage after the encounter at Old Trafford.

Now that I have the Fox Soccer Channel, I will be able to watch the game as well from the comforts of home. Woo hoo

Man U 3 - Chelsea 2

I think this game should be enough evidence for those who think Ronaldo should be our national team striker to shut up. He's fantastic in creating goal chances, not so fantastic in passing balls into the net. He sure knows how to place a shot (just look at his recent goals from outside the area), but the killer instinct isn't there. He should play as a winger, period.

man utd took their eye of the ball big time tonight and were punished by the deadly left foot of shunsuke nakamura!!!

We are now thru no matter what happens in the last game and what a feeling that is!!!

Come on the hoops!!

Good win for Celtic.

I've got to say that the referee made a total shit call when he awarded Celtic with a freekick, which Nakamura scored on, But that's football. Vidic with the "foul" there

Saha can take the blame for this loss, I mean, having two fantastic chances to score and still fuck up is quite an achievement. I knew he would miss that penalty and it's nice to see a team like Celtic advance, I just hope Benfica doesn't go through, I hate them even more than Manchester United.

what pisses me off is the arrogance of the celtic faithful (in my town anyway)

they think celtic DESERVED that win and united were outclassed. futhermore they are 100% sure the freekick which led to the goal was infact a foul but the handbull struck the guys HEAD

as a neutral i can safely say im glad im not a united supporter because tonite i would be absolutly gutted.

On night shift at the min so never saw only listened. But by the sounds of it Man U had alot of possetion but didn't get (aside from Saha's and Rondaldo's) too many clear chances.

Need a bit of luck to beat a team like Man U, Celtic got it. I betted on it so yay hoops. Can't wait to watch the news and listen to all the put down of Celtic that'll come to play down what was in the end a good result.

I mean last time they were unlucky, OGs freak defending so on. Well done Celtic.

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Originally posted by Caligula_37 what pisses me off is the arrogance of the celtic faithful (in my town anyway) they think celtic DESERVED that win and united were outclassed. futhermore they are 100% sure the freekick which led to the goal was infact a foul but the handbull struck the guys HEAD as a neutral i can safely say im glad im not a united supporter because tonite i would be absolutly gutted.

I can tell you one thing, not one celtic fan in the real world thinks we deserved the victory, but it wasn't a penalty either, maloney had his back to the ball and his arm made no movement towards the ball.

Yes the free kick was a dodgy decision, but who gives a flying fuck, we've been one of the most unlucky teams with refereeing decisions i european football.

And for all man utd's "dominance", it certainly isn't translated in the stats.

celtic man utd
1 Goals scored 0
3 Yellow card 1
0 Red card 0
4 Shots on goal 3
3 Shots wide 7
15 Fouls committed 10
1 Corners 7
4 Offsides 3
28' 37'' Ball. Poss. (time) 32' 48''
47% Ball. Poss. (%) 53%

That defeat came just the wrong time.

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Originally posted by Caligula_37 they think celtic DESERVED that win and united were outclassed. futhermore they are 100% sure the freekick which led to the goal was infact a foul but the handbull struck the guys HEAD

To me, it is irrelevant whether the arm made actual motion towards the ball. The player did jump (intent) to block the ball. Ball hits his arm because he jumped.

Penalty in my view.

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Originally posted by EvilTree To me, it is irrelevant whether the arm made actual motion towards the ball. The player did jump (intent) to block the ball. Ball hits his arm because he jumped. Penalty in my view.

Emmmm that makes no sence. If there was intent to use the arm then yes, but of course he's gonna want to bloack the ball .

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Originally posted by Dervish Emmmm that makes no sence. If there was intent to use the arm then yes, but of course he's gonna want to bloack the ball .

If just stood there and ball happens to hit his arm, no penalty. (ball playing arm)

If he moved in direction of ball with intent of blocking the flight of ball and his arm, penalty. (arm playing ball)

It's like a foul. You slide tackle with intent to get the ball but you miss and hit the other player, it's a foul.

At least that's how I interpret the rules.

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Originally posted by EvilTree If just stood there and ball happens to hit his arm, no penalty. (ball playing arm) If he moved in direction of ball with intent of blocking the flight of ball and his arm, penalty. (arm playing ball) It's like a foul. You slide tackle with intent to get the ball but you miss and hit the other player, it's a foul. At least that's how I interpret the rules.

Thats absolute rubbish, his arm has to make obvious movement towards the ball, it doesn't matter what the rest of his body is doing. Maloney jumped and turned his back on the ball with his arms by his side. the ball came of the back of his arm, it was a harsh penalty and that is a fact, it's all irrelevant anyway as we are now the best team in britain.

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Originally posted by EvilTree To me, it is irrelevant whether the arm made actual motion towards the ball. The player did jump (intent) to block the ball. Ball hits his arm because he jumped. Penalty in my view.

that doesnt make sense. how the hell can someone jump without moving there arm lol and of course it relevant if the arm moves towards the ball. God im glad your not a referee there would be 10 penaltys every game.

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Originally posted by sleepydragon that doesnt make sense. how the hell can someone jump without moving there arm lol and of course it relevant if the arm moves towards the ball. God im glad your not a referee there would be 10 penaltys every game.

It's definitely an iffy part of the rule for sure.

And it seems to be up to the refs to interpret the rule. Some are more 'harsh', others are not.

Now IIRC, the Celtic player jumped with his arms flailing (ok. maybe an exaggeration, but his arms weren't checked to the side)

I've seen penalties and handballs given for players who jump and made no deliberate movement to avoid the ball hitting his arm.

*shrug*

Sweet goal from Saha, too bad for that Carvalho header. Who knows, Van Der Sar might have even gottn it if Saha didnt try to head it out...

To draw at home was not a good result for ManU in my book. Fantastic finish by Saha, good for him to regain his confidence after the PK miss. ManU looked great in the first half and had a couple of scoring opportunities to start the 2nd but eventually Chelsea took control and definitely deserved the tie in the 2nd half.

Oh well...I guess I take solace in the fact that they are still up by 3 pts.

Ballack looked kind of like wasted money out there. Sheva looks out of sorts too. Not sure about the impact of the 60 million pounds spent.

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather Van Der Sar might have even gottn it if Saha didnt try to head it out...

i thought that aswell saha seemed to knock the ball away from van der sar.
but it was a fair result in the end id imagine man utd will be the happier team about the draw.

Congrats on the win, and you play alot nicer than chelski too

larsson on loan to man utd. This will be a great move imo for utd and something i've been longing to see since king henrik left the hoops.

He was always played down in england because he played for celtic, so I can't wait to see what he does for utd. I hope he proves a few of his critics wrong.

Larsson is kinda old...

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