What a week; Three red cards, six goals shipped and not a point for the effort
Posted on 21 Mar 2009Those fourteen league games without conceding a goal seem a long way away today. Edwin Van Der Sar may well be proved right, records mean nothing without trophies. United lost two nil to Fulham today to make it their second defeat on the spin in the Premier... Read more »
Fulham 2 – 0 Manchester United
Posted on 21 Mar 2009From Craven Cottage, Attendance 25,652 , Referee Phil Dowd Fulham 2 – 0 Manchester United Danny Murphy (pen 18)Zoltan Gera (87) Paul Scholes (s/o 18)Wayne Rooney (s/o 89) Fulham Team Statistics Manchester... Read more »
Champions League Quarter-Final: The draw has been kind
Posted on 20 Mar 2009The Champions League quarter-final draw was made moments ago and Manchester United have been paired with Porto. Arsenal have been handed a tie with Villarreal with the winners of each match meeting in the semi-finals. Elsewhere, Liverpool have been drawn... Read more »
Ronny: We CAN win the lot
Posted on 19 Mar 2009Where Ferguson airs caution, Ronaldo exudes confidence. Winning five trophies is the ultimate aim for everyone at United this season and whilst Ferguson thinks a clean sweep may be a step too far, Ronaldo is most certainly up for the challenge. “We’re... Read more »
More on Manucho
Posted on 19 Mar 2009Following on from yesterday’s piece on Manucho, I asked Matt from http://hull.theoffside.com what his views on the Angolan were. I emailed him over some questions and with a lightening quick response; he’s what he had to say. Overall, are you happy... Read more »
Ferguson: No Quintuple, and still no retirement
Posted on 19 Mar 2009Alex Ferguson has dismissed his side’s chances of an unprecedented five trophies this season whilst maintaining he is working with his best ever squad of players. In an interview published in the New Statesman, Ferguson said: “The thing about... Read more »
Loan Watch: Manucho at Hull City
Posted on 18 Mar 2009Having missed last month’s Loan Watch, we are going to catch up by giving each player their own round-up since January 16th. We’re starting with Manucho who is currently on loan with Hull City. Quick Stats Games available for selection: 12 Times... Read more »
Da Silva’s tapped up; Fabio for the first team?
Posted on 18 Mar 2009Rafael da Silva has been pretty close to amazing this season. At just 18 years old and in his first season, he has ousted both Gary Neville and Wes Brown as first choice right back. The young Brazilian has been sidelined recently with a hairline fracture... Read more »
Wenger: 4—1 flattered Liverpool
Posted on 17 Mar 2009It’s hard to move on from the 4—1 defeat at the hands of Liverpool on Saturday. If it’s not a Liverpool fan reminding me it’s a Chelsea fan, or an Arsenal fan, or even an Accrington Stanley fan. Let’s face it, everyone has been waiting for this... Read more »
Red card? It wasn’t even a foul
Posted on 16 Mar 2009Nemanja Vidic will serve a two game suspension after being wrongly sent off in Saturday’s Premier League match and will miss United’s trip to Fulham and their home tie with Aston Villa. Whilst most seem to have accepted that Vidic’s ‘rugby... Read more »
Premier League round-up 14-15 March
Posted on 16 Mar 2009The least said about Saturday’s result the better, so here is a review of the weekend’s other games in the Premier League: Chelsea kept pace with United and Liverpool at the top with a narrow but ultimately comfortable 1-0 over Man City at Stamford... Read more »
Manchester United 1 – 4 Liverpool
Posted on 14 Mar 2009From Old Trafford, Attendance 75,569 , Referee Alan Wiley Manchester United 1 – 4 Liverpool Cristiano Ronaldo (pen 23)Nemanja Vidic (s/o 76) Fernando Torres (28)Steven Gerrard (44)Fabio Aurelio (77)Andrea Dossena (90) Manchester... Read more »
Disappointing performance, but happy to be through
Posted on 12 Mar 2009A sentiment echoed by the boss himself. Alex Ferguson is understandably happy with a two nil victory over reigning Italian Champions Inter Milan. But ask him about the performance and you’ll get a different response. “It was the type of match where... Read more »
Ibra-himo-who? Two
Posted on 11 Mar 2009Manchester United progressed to the quarter finals of the Champions League after beating Inter Milan 2-0 on Wednesday night at Old Trafford (2-0 on aggregate). Inter Milan were much improved since the first leg but were undone by goals early in each... Read more »
Manchester United 2 – 0 Internazionale
Posted on 11 Mar 2009From Old Trafford, Attendance 74,769 , Referee Wolfgang Stark Manchester United 2 – 0 Internazionale Nemanja Vidic (4)Cristiano Ronaldo (49) Manchester United Team Statistics Internazionale 2 Goals 0 8 Shots... Read more »
Why Carlos Tevez WILL sign
Posted on 9 Mar 2009If you look at United’s goal scorers chart this season, you wont be surprised by the names occupying the top four spots; Cristiano Ronaldo (16), Wayne Rooney (16), Dimitar Berbatov (13) and Carlos Tevez (12). Wayne Rooney cost £30 odd million, so did... Read more »
FA Cup Semi Final Draw
Posted on 8 Mar 2009Following Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of Fulham, United have been handed a semi final tie with Everton. Everton beat Middlesbrough 2-1 on Sunday to book their place in the Semi Final which is to be played at Wembley on the 17th or 18th March. Former Red... Read more »
Fulham 0 – 4 Manchester United
Posted on 7 Mar 2009From Craven Cottage, Attendance 24,662 , Referee Mike Dean Fulham 0 – 4 Manchester United Carlos Tevez (20)Carlos Tevez (35)Wayne Rooney (50)Ji-sung Park (81) Fulham Team Statistics Manchester United 0 Goals 4 2 Shots... Read more »
Newcastle 1 – 2 Manchester United
Posted on 4 Mar 2009From St James\’ Park, Attendance 51,636 , Referee Steve Bennett Newcastle 1 – 2 Manchester United Peter Lovenkrands (9) Wayne Rooney (20)Dimitar Berbatov (56) Newcastle Team Statistics Manchester... Read more »
Premier League round-up 28/2-1/3
Posted on 2 Mar 2009Two down, three to go! While United were busy adding another trophy to their ever burgeoning trophy cabinet their Premier League title ambitions were helped by results elsewhere over the weekend. Liverpool slipped to just their second defeat of the season... Read more »
