If there’s still any doubt that Wayne Rooney can ably fill the big shoes left by Cristiano Ronaldo, it was erased with the stunning 4 – 0 routing of Manchester United against Hull. Rooney scored all four goals against Hull and this has resulted in the Red Devils speeding up the ranking tables and becoming the top team in the Premiership League.

Rooney scored the first goal a mere seven minutes into the game, with a hit on a rebound after Paul Scholes’ long range shot was saved. He would then explode with three goals that he would fire off within the span of less than ten minutes late in the game. The three goals, which came in at the 83rd, 86th and 90th minutes were astonishing and brought the Manchester United faithful to its feet. Rooney’s four goals in the game, his first ever, brings his season total to 20 goals. Rooney’s consistency has brought the Red Devils two points clear at the top of the Premiership League table.

Hopefully, Rooney’s amazing performance this season and the Red Devils enjoying the top spot will be enough to ease the tension in Old Trafford because of the debts the team is suffering from — to the tune of 700 million pounds at present.

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Manchester United 2-2 Sunderland

Sometimes its good to be cautious.United were going in great flow and Fergie had no reason to pull out this team.Well in my preview,my thoughts were more similar to what he attempted but there were few
points which were drop down by SAF.Fergie did what was expected and Sunderland came with a prepared plan.We weren’t in our most pitiful men but had night played like one.
First half simply was for Sunderland.8 minutes to the play and they were up with stupefying goal from Darren Bent.To be honest, it couldn’t have been stupefying had Foster been on his feet.a Ever Since Van De Sar’s injury,the goal difference for United has been necked down and it looks consistent that we are not going to be breaking into those series of Clean sheets we had last season.
Anyways,it took time for United to figure out it won’t be easy night if they don’t break their sweat from the very minute.United yelled out some passion and the game was looked now like a contest.There were moments when 19 men were playing at S’land’s bay and yet there wasn’t any “chances”.Nothing turned out amazing and Whistle blew up.

The second half looked more promising from United.The forwards started to bent more forward,the weaker soul was taken out and the attacking one was brought in.Probability of goal was increasing and finally the dead-lock was broken by the man who was running the most without ball.Berba scored with most charming of touches,a brilliant volley to level United.The goal looked so spectacular that he himself couldn’t stop laughing.He quickly returned to half line with ball and felt as if he had turned into a man.The act was so confident that it was looking that Berba would now turn into Berbatov for which
United had bought him.But sadly it wasn’t the case.Dreadful Berba was back and Sunderland were back too.

Malbroque rejoined Sunderland into the game by feeding K.Jones with a floated ball in no man’s land.Yea it was keeper’s land,the ball was in the penalty area!! and still he scored with ease.Foster again to be blamed for his poor positioning.Vida was there but he felt like a douche bag that bounced off Jones.Sunderland up and it had to be United now.
So what if that goal was scored.United have been in worse times and i knew we would come back.The hope wasn’t that strong but i was pretty optimistic for a goal.The time kept ticking and we kept trying.The hope was turning into despair And then Ferdinand happened.Not Rio but Anton.!!A Shot from Patrice Evra was deflected in by Anton Ferdinand from which even United strikers couldn’t have scored for.United got leveled and Old Trafford electrified.

Much could have happened after that but nothing encountered for remaining time.There were quick 4 corners taken in 4 minutes by United and all were matching to our day’s performance.The match got leveled for United against a team which we under estimated.
The Ref had a pathetic day but we can’t blame him.Yea he didn’t award us with the deserving free-kicks or even free-kicks which Sunderland didn’t deserve.He was just another small point to United’s defeat so it can’t be highlighted.
To be honest,this wasn’t the SAF at all.I know i m being harsh but there was no point being in comfort zone at this moment.He knew the international breaks were next and there was no chance to drop any of the best players.Giggs was left out,Owen was there and Carrick came in late.The best of resources were hold down and we got payed for that.

We are now at second spot and a good break.

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Stoke 0 – Manchester United 2
Scorers
Manchester United: Berbatov (62), O’Shea (77)

My busy schedules kept me off from this wonderful game.However,I somehow managed my self with a copy of this game and damn,it was worth it.
Well if you are one of those fans who has watched almost all players present that night from their first United game it could be a relish how you see  your favorite player perform that night.
For first hour, it looked tragic how United players were working the game against the team who looked vulnerable for lots of time and we were going to settle for another one goal victory.Well yea victory was sure but could it be more than one goal.For that we were responsible  on few players.
Nani on lots of occasions was going selfish and Valencia kept spoiling at very last second of his tackle.The mid field was the power house of them.There was some brilliance working in middle from Scholey,Carrick and Fletcher.That was some where holding the team in their boots.Rooney was the only guy attacking first half but wasn’t great converting on occasions.Our superiority wasn’t producing any goals until Ryan Giggs came into picture. Continue reading »

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Manchester United 1 – Wolves 0
Scorer
Manchester United: Welbeck (66)

Team: Kuszczak, Evans, Brown, Neville, Fabio, Carrick, Gibson, Welbeck (King 81), Nani, Macheda (De Laet 30), Owen (Valencia 69)

As anticipated, a squad full of new faces arrived at Old trafford.Fergie new that he cannot afford to lose any of his valuable this season,so lead his first team to make up for the task.United’s future stars where brought replacing the olds ones.
OWen was presented with first team line up in the squad along side Macheda.
United’s first goal was scored by Welbeck with a neat one-two-one passing from OWen at around 60 minutes.The only goal scored for the night.Before that,United had gone to 10 men just after 30 minutes to the game,after Fabio was sent off for a reasonable offence.
Macheda was replaced for De laet to fill the boots of fabio.The later half was well managed by United lads.
Carrick and Gibson both turning reliable in mid-field was a good show to watch.Gibson seemed to have outclassed Carrick on many occassions.Nani also seems to have upgraded every since Ronaldo took off to Real.He still needs to be less edgy and try not to lose ball early in tackle.
Welbeck was another player who turned pretty well for night.Much maturity and responsibility was seen in his game.He could be now used more often rather than making him sit of bench.Valencia had last 20 minutes to play which was quite fair.No fancy work but good football played by him.
I was expecting more from Macheda but sadly he was replaced quickly.Brown and Neville both had a decent game.Evans and Evra both worked brilliant at back.Not to mention with poor quality by Wolves.
All in all a decent getaway game.I could have for more goals if we were with 11 men till 90 minutes.

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Man Utd v.s Wolvehampton(Carling Cup)

With an epic match on saturday,United are going to enter the grounds with different men.Carling matches are no United area but we can play today with new faces.Big changes ahead will be seen for today’s game.Owen can be the possible starter along side a Berba or with in form Rooney.
No real threat-no real sweat play that we are going to see from this match.Only if Fergie doesnt take the fixture lightly,the match is a good morale booster.Foster can be taken out,so can be our long running defence.Wes Brown is expected to return so we can rest Vida or Evra along side.As such there has never been any problem with United’s defence,however Brown is a valuable addition for this year’s campagin.A
Nani should start long side with Carrick.Hargo’s presence can be delight me.It has been hell lot time since we last saw him on grounds.More from Berbatov can be atleast for this game.Owen today will be sure starter.His remarkable goal has shown Fergie more confidence in him.When he was bought i had a feeling that he can return back what he did best.Few goals from him can be expected.
All in all its an easy fixture if SAF doesn’t fail to look for right men.
Chelsea has been going lucky for long time,so we dare no lose this one.

Enjoy the game at 2000 BST!!

PS:- Oshea will make his 350th appearance and Giggs will score his 150th goal.

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Manchester United 4 – Manchester City 3
Scorers
Manchester United: Rooney (2), Fletcher (48, 80), Owen (90+5)
Manchester City: Barry (16), Bellamy (52, 90)

What better could a United fan ask for.The match was on the minute ref blew the whistle.For the first time  team selection was perfect. Defense looked better in shape and mid-field just required as to be aggressive.
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I Sorry to miss for my CL report.It has been happening repeatedly that i am missing out champions league drama every now and them.But this one was by far the best.I looks things get better when we approach finals and we get an epic game when we reach finals.However both semi’s were far more exciting than last month in whole.For Chelsea and Barca,Drogba was my man of the Match:P.However,we are heading to Rome facing one of the most attacking team in the world and god knows what consequences we are going to have back then.
Last night’s match was a usual United at home.Fergie didn’t leave much regular absentise.Rooney was on bench and Ferdinand was rested.Apart from that there was no change.League is our top priorty and there was no chance of taking City at ease.
Game commenced and we took early lead through Ronaldo free kick.You can call his geniusness or luck but both ways it was good for United.Ball pitching ahead of keeper piercing through the wall.City was looking to score but their league standings are in such position that winning or losing would hardly matter.
With all contreveries surrounded around Tevez he wasn’t going to be anybody’s shadow.First he came close with an outrageus strike and then we went for a killer.Berba passing him with just one man to beat and Tevez striking from outside the box,shreading keeper into bits.
There was nothing more to be played for Mark Hughes side.Robinho was all pumped when he entered back in after break but lost his air very quickly had go into summer mood.Man City didn’t have enough fire to burst themselves to another level and the game never looked moving from United.Fergie quickly managed to get few of his best men out and one of them being an asshole.(i will be posting a whole lot on him.)
Fergie managed to get Scholes in taking off Park and Rooney in place of Ronaldo.The game ended real quick with only 2 minutes on extraa time and United crusing for another three points.The team on whole had brilliant vision.The game passing had improved over months and definately there are reasons why we can Make 2 in a row.
Just 2 more games to go and we wrap another trophy winning season.United now can focus better on CL finals.

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Arsenal match was just good enough for us to sail through Champions league finals,yesterday’s was just good enough to get United adequate 3 points.This puts us 6 points ahead with only 4 games to go.

As expected,Fergie wasn’t going to leave any boots off for taking Boro at their park.There was no way he was going with lesser artiliary though we gambled out  Ronaldo and Carrick.The game started better with Southgate’s men.United’s mood kept swinging as we kept contracting every moment.Well the urge was pulled by Giggs and he pumped United with some air with his first goal.Pushing United ahead on 25th minute with his vintage play.Our recently crowned PFA player did just enough to cruise the ball in corner putting United ahead with one goal.
Well this could have been an alarm for Boro but this all was more petriying for them.The game suddenly took hault from their side and it was looking another easy game for United as they kept rolling smoothly.While was Rooney was slicing boro’s defense in piece a goal was about to come in minutes with his vicious crosses.In early second half,Rooney passed the defense to which he guided Park his first and United’s second goal for the match.A piece of his master class and yet one more reason why he should stop playing as a striker.Boro then kept United on their heels with small one-two attacks which United easily took on their heads.Johnny Evans making sure United secures another clean sheet with a hard tackle over Alves in dying minutes.
A relatively easy game for United after what it could have taken tp win from a A class team running in relegation.All in all 3 decent points putting United inch closer to another epic.

The fixture that will be next is going to be against Arsenal in Champions league second leg.Playing away against Arsenal will be by far Fergie’s toughest encounter for this season.I not judging on Arsenal’s player but what this fixture holds for both the teams.Wenger’s men are almost without any trophies for past couple of years and this doesn’t seem any better to snatch a catch.United however isn’t going to feed easy breads for Wenger.If we win,we are likely to face in form Barca at Rome.There no chance that Chelsea can pass through this manmoth team.So that leaves us with barca at finals.A real Messi-Ronaldo fight.Lets hope we become first team to regain this holy grail of European Football.

Tags:   Match Preview · middlesbrough · premier league

It had to be all over.United were all on grounds.Had it been away the scoreline and situation would have been  different.No Ferdi,no Vidic, No Scholes and No Rooney.Evans,O’Shea,Neville and Evra were the ones backing our wall and it was the worst possible configuration that i could imagine.Villa wasn’t the same that we faced last year.They looked different and played different.The team absolutely has  their past of being the 5th team and are equal competitors to this season’s top 4.

The start was similar to our last 3 games.United were struggling in their boots while Villa was making most of it.The opening moments were quite scary.Flectcher saving on pole,VDS jumping high and all proving that United ain’t having a fest. Agbonlahor played similar position which Ronaldo plays for United and that proved how vunerable we can be against such players.Gary kept chasing and was only left with dust to watch.
A goal had to come soon and was a gifted one. Friedel was caught napping and Barry padded a backpass which gifted United a worthy  freekick inside the box. Ronaldo was on position and a fierce strike Handed United their first goal.It seemed impossible to score but replay showed it was impossible to stop.Was pure Ronaldo style!!.

But that was it.The show stopped for United and it was Villa’s turn to turn back on us.It looked for a moment that United were on brink of scoring another until Barry-Carew changed the phase.A deep ball in by Barry found Carew marked unmarked by Gary and a ball saying “hit me in” was headed for a goal. Neville was out classed easily by Carew physical structure and he could only admire this giant fellow.That proved Neville’s vunerability in centre and totally changed the game for United.The vicious header was enough to hold United’s momentum and the Villa only needed break to compose themselves back.

Sadly, second half time was also what Villa did and this time it was Agbonlahor .A clusmy header from Petrov’s cross giving Villa the lead in a see-saw contest.

2 goals down and something had to be done. 17-year old Italian Fedrico Macheda brought on the field.

Still nothing changed in the game until Ronaldo pumped the hit.With only last quarter to spare,United plung back in the game with some one brilliant football.Ronaldo took the charge,took a remarkable shot curling past  Friedel.Score’s level and it looked a dervesing draw.

Fergie however was running if different plans.Welbeck brought in and nearly scored but shot saved by the goalie.Then in dying minutes,The Italian fired.

The 17-year old breezing past Villa’s wall,danacing and turning scored a beauty .The ball curling to its maximum and Fridel being mere spectector.This had to be his debut and no could take that.The game ends,Villa now on their grounds.A fitting victory and some energtic play by our  best footballer of the year.

If he continues the same way,United are surely to make quintuple this season.

Scousers u need a fuckin’ big appetite to digest this !!

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It seems like decade for my last post to arrive here.But during that time United hasn’t shown any sign of improvement.Guys come on.Treat us with a good Happy New year eve.We need a big in.

This whole month has been dreadful to us.If u look at table,it won’t look that bad,but theoritically we could have been three points clear if we could have those 0-0 draws.

United’s past 3 matches have been 1-0 victories all look scary.The last match with Stoke itself was a bad one.Had they not been down to 10 men United might be sweating real bad.So wat do we have today ?

Middlesbrough at Home.Its a new year feast if you look at their current form.They haven’t won in last 6 matches and shares a 100% defeat record at home.I won’t see any problem why United can’t win.Its an easy match and we have a fit squad.

We still have 3 games in hand and Liverpool are only 10 points away.Win in all three leaves the difference to 1 point.

Match starts at 130 IST,1800 GMT and 300ET.

Go United !!

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