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Feeling sick after United lose to Villa12 December, 09
I’ve gone most of the day today moping around with a knot in my stomach, compliments of the poor performance United displayed today at Old Trafford. Having watched the early game draw between Chelsea and Everton, I was definitely pumped up going into today’s match.
After Chelsea’s draw with Everton, Man Utd were only 3 points behind Chelsea in the table, and would break even with them upon victory against Villa. While United’s defensive injuries still remain a major concern in Manchester, it was really an all around poor performance today. Unfortunately, United fans did not see any late stoppage time goals as they did last April when Macheda helped clinch the league title against Villa. Macheda today was on the injured reserve list, amongst several other teammates.
So instead of talking more about today’s matchup, I thought I’d talk about something completely different to help take my, and everyone else’s minds off the lose. Let’s play “what Manchester United player is the best at…” Remember these are my opinions and would love to hear feedback as to why I’m right or wrong. Here we go:
- Best ball control: Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs
- Best ball protection: Anderson, Evra
- Most potential: Darren Gibson, Obertan
- Most reliable: Darren Fletcher, Wayne…
12 December, 09
Watching today’s game against Aston Villa, I am constantly reminded of that sublime goal last season to win the league for United. It was truly a goal that no Manchester United fan will ever forget.
5 December, 09
Well this week’s EPL match was definitely one for the books at Fergie’s United team traveled to London, visiting a struggling West Ham United team. Going into the game, United found themselves 5 points behind Premier League leader, Chelsea who took the reverse traveling route up to Manchester City this week.
United started the game with a rather unusual back four consisting of Darren Fletcher, Neville, Brown, and Evra (right to left). With several defenders on the injured/ill list including Ferdinand, Vidic, O’Shea, Fabio, Evans, and Van der Sar, this back line would be a true test of United’s strength in depth.
Five mid fielders made up the front force for United, with Wayne Rooney the lone striker. After Gary Neville pulled up with a calf injury near the end of the first half, United were forced to throw another mid fielder into the mix to represent the back line. Michael Carrick quickly entered the match for Neville as the 7th mid fielder to be on the pitch for United. If West Ham ever had a chance of beating United, it was today at Upton Park in front of their home fans with a broken United back line.
With goals coming from Gibson, Scholes, Valencia and Rooney,…
Giggs nets 100th Premiership Goal30 November, 09
Ryan Giggs 1991 season
It was indeed a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon in the south of England as United took the pitch against last place Portsmouth, with newly hired ex-Chelsea manager Avram Grant on the Pompey sideline.
Sir Alex Ferguson definitely went with experience and dependability in his starting lineup with the likes of Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Darren Fletcher. While some fans may look at the Wayne Rooney hat-trick as the talking point of the game, my vote undoubtedly goes to the Ryan Giggs free kick goal – his 100th Premiership goal with Manchester United.
Since Giggs’ first goal back in 1991 in the Manchester Derby, Giggs has continued to win over both crowds and fans all over the world. He is without a doubt a true legend to the soccer world and will be greatly missed when he decides to hang up his boots for United.
Giggs, now 36 years of age, reached his league goal climax in the 1993-1994 season with 13 goals in the EPL. While league goal counts have understandably tapered off with age, his dedication, loyalty, and love for the game have remained a constant.
What will life at Old Trafford look like in the post-Giggs era? United fans…
Carling Cup: United advance28 October, 09
Last night’s Carling Cup match at Barsley saw United advance to the next round of the tournament. Win or loose, competitions like the Carling Cup are a great chance for us United fans to almost ’scout’ the youngsters and reserves of United.
Unfortunately, many of us don’t get to see any of the reserve games, and see how great of a job Ole is doing developing players for the top level. For me, I look to spot players that have the potential to play at the highest level, and then pray that Fergie does not transfer them to another club.
Based on last night’s performance, the players I believe to have the most potential for United are Zoran Tosic and Gabriel Obertan. Likewise, the players I have the least faith in and wouldn’t mind seeing transferred are Danny Welbeck (despite his goal last night) and Ritchie De Laet (even know he’s not had much time to perform on the 1st team).
If I had to pick the first player to move away from United, I think it would definitely be Frederico Macheda – Villa fans will be glad to see him leave United after what he did to them at the end of last season. I suspect Macheda will…
Ghastly display at Anfield25 October, 09
Well I’ve put this off the entire day, not wanting to think about the ghastly performance the red’s put on today in Liverpool. Walking back and forth passed my computer all day not wanting to sit down and have to relive the match.
All I can really say is that I am without words. I mean the squad as a whole played like absolute rubbish. Of particular poor play was that of Evra, Berbatov, Ferdinand, and as always Nani (well thats probably just because I’m biased toward Nani).
Berbatov and Evra really pushed my buttons today. Nothing angers me more than losing the ball and not hustling back to try and win it back. One instance in particular stands out in my mind when Evra lost the ball deep in his own half, then was literally jogging back to recover as Liverpool headed toward goal. Evra seriously lucked out on that; if Liverpool would have scored there, he would have never lived it down.
I thought for sure with the return of Giggs and Rooney combined with the absence of Gerrard would surely see United prevail at Anfield. This game was definitely not one to be remembered – especially seeing that Chelsea pulls ahead by 2 points in the…
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