They didn't deserve to be there, JMG, but they were bloody good.
Too many of Manchester United's players didn't turn up. Giggs was cack, Rooney was cack, Anderson was cack, Ronaldo was only there for the first 8 minutes or so - and then was cack; showing Messi to actually be the best player in the world. Oh, and Iniesta. He's good too.
( Jobe, Wed 27 May 2009, 23:03, archived)

messi got bundled over by 2 players bounced up and tried to run with the ball, why the ref stopped it i don't know, but it shows what a player he is

( mongychops, Wed 27 May 2009, 23:06, archived)

We like him.
We do not like Puyol. Writhing around in "agony" every chance he got. Although it did amuse me when Ronaldo got annoyed with him...

Hello, Mr Kettle? This is Mr Pot calling...
( Jobe, Wed 27 May 2009, 23:08, archived)

Well, Ronaldo should have got two yellow cards for fouls on Puyol.
One for that dreadful 20 yard sliding tackle and the other one for the foul he actually got booked for.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 27 May 2009, 23:09, archived)

I agree.
And on Rooney, yes, he was probably played out of position, but he's played there against other teams and done ok - although Barca are a bit different to other teams. Think Sir Alex cocked up a bit.
( Jobe, Wed 27 May 2009, 23:22, archived)

Rooney wasn't cack. He wasn't let into the game by the rest of manchester united. At one point, he got so frustrated that he tracked back 80 yards.
Rooney didn't do anything wrong.

Park didn't know what position he was supposed to be playing (Fergie's fault I think), and Carrick thought the only way to play football was the long ball method.

Vidic wasn't his usual self and Evra did fuck all. Ferdinand didn't mark a 5'5" Messi for his goal. That said, O'Shea didn't do much wrong.

And Scholes... that tackle was immense.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 27 May 2009, 23:08, archived)

i think park run his little south korean socks off
the passing was poor, that's about it really
( mongychops, Wed 27 May 2009, 23:12, archived)

Park is an amazing player, he didn't stop trying that's true,
and normally he's a very good big game player. But I think Fergie wanted him to stay too deep to deal with the Barca attack and he got confused.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 27 May 2009, 23:15, archived)

i must say i was up the pub and only really interested in 'biscuits' but uniteds passing looked realy poor
the first few minutes i thought it would be a great game, but barca defended, held midfield and played the ball along the ground nicely, the mancs seemed to cross the ball to rooney on the left, and then had no passing game after that
( mongychops, Wed 27 May 2009, 23:20, archived)