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		<title>Manchester United Midfield Player Anderson Ruled Out Till February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Ernest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The renowned midfielder of the Manchester Anderson has been ruled out with a knee injury. He has been ruled out until February 2012. Anderson is a famous Brazilian footballer who had crucial ligament damage and was forced to undergo a surgery two years ago. Anderson is again sent back to Portugal to the same specialist [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The renowned midfielder of the Manchester Anderson has been ruled out with a knee injury. He has been ruled out until February 2012. Anderson is a famous Brazilian footballer who had crucial ligament damage and was forced to undergo a surgery two years ago.</p>
<p>Anderson is again sent back to Portugal to the same specialist for the further assessment of his knee injury. Anderson had the Champions League clash with Otelul Galati on 2nd November and has not played since then. Sir Alex Ferguson stated this to media in an interview that Anderson is out until February 2012.</p>
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<p>Ferguson is worried as Tom Cleverley who is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder in the Premier League for Manchester United is also out of the field due to an ankle injury.</p>
<p>Alex Ferguson however has no plans to go to the transfer market in the month January. He said in his interview with media that it might be easy to buy the players but is easier said than done to buy them or the Manchester market and that too in the month of January. He is also not sure to get any player that can make a better team for them. He doesn&#8217;t find any good player in the market; the players he wants are not available.</p>
<p>In totality the only fit midfield players left are Darren Gibson, Darren Fletcher,Ryan Giggs, Ji-sung Park and Michael Carrick. Ferguson tried to fit Wayne Rooney and Phil Jones as midfield players. </p>
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		<title>Manchester United Cut Debts, Increase Earnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Ernest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The English Premier League Champions Manchester is one the most popular events the in the world nowadays, which has gained the popularity by the increase interest by the people who are associated with the game. It has not only provided the great amount of revenue but also the profit from the game is unbelievable. The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The English Premier League Champions Manchester is one the most popular events the in the world nowadays, which has gained the popularity by the increase interest by the people who are associated with the game. It has not only provided the great amount of revenue but also the profit from the game is unbelievable. The club has been profited by $1 billion when the interest rates and depreciation almost rose by 30 percent. Currently in the second position, the Manchester united is in the second position that has reported the gross debt of 433.2 million that has fallen from 516.7 million. The English premier league champions Manchester united is the most successful English football team, which has crossed the limit from the earnings.</p>
<p>The permission is received from the IPO by which the Manchester United is now selling the 30 percent team with the great profit that is the most amazing thing that will surely help the team management. The company has planned to bring down the debt, so that it can lower the burden on the Glazer family, which are the club owner’s. Normally the Blazer family is not popular among the supporters because they never came in the media and never showed in the public issue.</p>
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The blazer family has been supported by the Manchester united but still they faced some problems that is they have decide to lower down the debt credit that will surely help them in the future so that they can easily stand in the market of the game. The club also announced that they have seen many days in which they have also seen the days when they have recovered by a single Sunday game and they are in the process of recovering only. Since the last few years, the total revenue has increased from 17 to 73.8 million pounds that also includes the total commercial revenue of 29.6 million pounds. By all that, the Manchester club almost reached the amazing profit of the 80 million that has set the records in the last few years.</p>
<p>The Manchester club has set the momentum to earn the profit and for that, they have crossed the limits with just the earnings of the game. They also have the media revenues that has also increased the earning to the club, now they have also sponsored deal the pounds shirt with the AON Corp. New ways have been evolved to make the revenues, which has set the track for the Manchester club. There are also the media revenues that are also raised from the 17 percent to 22.6 million pounds, the daily match revenue of the game has also rose from 10 percent to 21.6 million pounds. Now they have also set the record to establish the extra revenue in different parts of the countries by establishing the small teams, where they provide the training and games, which qualify to the <a href="http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets/nle2011_fs.shtm">National level</a>.</p>
<p>Now the Manchester club has increased their by creating the teams across Europe that are the very easy way to meet the financial criteria by the game governing body, UEFA. The club has almost set the record of getting the revenue from most of all the things that are normally used for recreation. The success of the Manchester club is not totally depended upon the revenue that they get from the single game. </p>
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		<title>Chelsea Have Lost Their Strength And Confidence, Says Michael Ballack</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Ernest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Ballack, the former Chelsea midfielder believes that the Londoners are a shadow of the team they once were. He also stated in one of his interview that he believe that the Londoners have lost the quality which struck fear into opposing teams. Michael Ballack played an important role for the Bundesliga club; he is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael Ballack, the former Chelsea midfielder believes that the Londoners are a shadow of the team they once were. He also stated in one of his interview that he believe that the Londoners have lost the quality which struck fear into opposing teams.</p>
<p>Michael Ballack played an important role for the Bundesliga club; he is now at Bayer Leverkusen. Chelsea was actually in a danger of falling to reach in the Champions league knockout stages and Michael Ballack salted it away.</p>
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<p>Chelsea took the lead for the third time on their travels in Group E where as Didier Drogba scored just his second goal of the season.<br />
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Michael Ballack said in one of his interviews that he played four years for Chelsea and knows how quickly the team can go wrong. He also agreed that it is always the most difficult thing for the team coach. However, in his next statement he included that both the team and the coach are responsible for a victory and a defeat and thus both have to handle any kind of situation altogether. He added that the team had success with his last team, Porto.</p>
<p>Michael Ballack said that the game of football is difficult and one could feel it only on the pitch. According to him the game is extremely difficult at the beginning of the match. He cleared the fact that his team was not that strong as they usually are and were not safe even when they were leading with 1-0.</p>
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		<title>Rooney&#8217;s injury and what it bodes for ManUtd</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manchester United began its campaign to win the Premier League Cup in a very decisive fashion. Bucking the popular assessment of the Red Devils as slow starters, they came blazing right off the gate this season. Even the usually slow to find his groove Wayne Rooney immediately displayed fine form and racked up an impressive [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/uncategorized/rooneys-injury-and-what-it-bodes-for-manutd/attachment/rooney-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-1505"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1505" title="Rooney" src="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Rooney-219x328.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="262" /></a>Manchester United began its campaign to win the Premier League Cup in a very decisive fashion. Bucking the popular assessment of the Red Devils as slow starters, they came blazing right off the gate this season. Even the usually slow to find his groove Wayne Rooney immediately displayed fine form and racked up an impressive number of points – including getting a hat trick on Manchester United’s successive matches against Arsenal and Bolton.</p>
<p>For a moment there, <a href="http://www.manchesterunited.com">Manchester United</a> fans were beginning to think that this is going to be an effortless season and that the Red Devils will breeze through the season maintaining their impressive form. But football is nothing but unexpected. Injury problems have again began to plague the team.<span id="more-1504"></span> Last week, Rooney suffered a hamstring injury that sidelined him in the Devils’ match against Stoke City. This is a potentially devastating blow to the Red Devils. First, Rooney has carried the team as its main scorer. He is arguably one of the hottest football players in the world right now so his potential sidelining will definitely affect them. Second, Rooney further depletes the <a href="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/premiership/premier-league-2010-2011-are-you-ready-for-it-its-for-number-19/">Manchester United roster</a>. The team is already suffering through a lot of injuries, most notably with Nemanja Vidic. While other players, like Rio Ferdinand, is just coming out of a long lay-off because of injury related problems as well.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a good thing that he was able to bounce off that injury and was again in the starting 11 as it defeated Norwich 2 &#8211; 0.  Rooney&#8217;s injury prone so any news about him being sideline will certainly cause jitters among Manchester United fans. The big question is, will Rooney evade any major injuries this season?</p>
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		<title>A Visual Look At Football: Infographic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>red devil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Football (or &#8216;Soccer&#8217; as it is known in North America) is by far the world&#8217;s most popular sport with around 600 million people tuning in to watch the World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain in July of this year. Many star players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Manchester United&#8217;s very own [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Football (or &#8216;Soccer&#8217; as it is known in North America) is by far the world&#8217;s most popular sport with around 600 million people tuning in to watch the World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain in July of this year. Many star players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Manchester United&#8217;s very own Wayne Rooney are household names and are some of the most recognised faces in the sporting world.</p>
<p>Our friend&#8217;s at <a href="http://www.infographiclabs.com">Infographiclabs</a> have put together a visual representation of the most successful clubs in Europe along with a brief history of the World Cup and governing body FIFA.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Football_cs3_spm-e1291086844894.jpg"><img src="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Football_cs3_spm-191x1024.jpg" alt="A visual look at football infographic" title="A visual look at football infographic" width="191" height="1024" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1460" /></a></p>
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		<title>Should Players Be Sold at Their Interest? (From 8-5-08)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Redhead</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my busy week around with my work,United too will be getting busy with Ronaldo&#8217;s arrival back at Old Trafford. Its said that he&#8217;s coming to finalize his decisions regarding his career at Real and he should now be let moved out. According to Telegraph,the reported sum of 68 millions pounds will be offered for [...]]]></description>
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 After my busy week around with my work,United too will be getting busy with Ronaldo&#8217;s arrival back at Old Trafford.</p>
<p>Its said that he&#8217;s coming to finalize his decisions regarding his career at Real and he should now be let moved out.<br />
According to Telegraph,the reported sum of 68 millions pounds will be offered for Winger by Real in favor of his service.Which will also catalyze the deal of Robinho at Chelsea and Berbatov at United.For many reasons,all this is going to change a lot of things regarding the transfers and signings for players in footballing world.<br />
There were days when players feared from Club owners and managers regarding their footballing careers and decisions.But things are now moving fast.The footy geniuses are bending the rules and taking possibilities to their favors.I mean take a look at any transfer for last 5 years that has been forced by managers.Exactly none but u can find 100&#8242;s where a player wants to move out of his team when he wants.<br />
I mean has their been times that clubs missed paying their players.Or has their been times that sponsors didn&#8217;t provide him shoes.Whats a purpose of a contract if its not made to fulfillment.And there we are,FIFA prez consolidating these money hungry people as modern age slaves or how about modern age blackmailers&#8230; </p>
<p>Right now lets talk about Ronaldo as i can&#8217;t get any better example than any.He was brought at United when he was a boy.A raw talent which didn&#8217;t have any direction.Hardworking at United and also from United staff pushed him from a kid to a player.All those years they kept him pushing to limits till this boy turned to a man.And now when he knows that playing for him isn&#8217;t everything he is trying new things and wants to move out of club for fatter cheques.</p>
<p>Is their any point in having a 5 year contract ??? </p>
<p>By tomorrow things are getting finalized between United and Ronaldo lets see what results are we getting from the meeting .</p>
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		<title>Ronaldo Says He Misses Manchester United (From Last Year)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>red devil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cristiano Ronaldo may have had a bit of a troubled relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson by the end of his last season for Manchester United because of his very vocal desire to leave the team but now that he is with Real Madrid, the Portuguese winger has come out to say that he misses being [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cristiano Ronaldo may have had a bit of a troubled relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson by the end of his last season for Manchester United because of his very vocal desire to leave the team but now that he is with Real Madrid, the  Portuguese winger has come out to say that he misses being with the Red Devils.</p>
<p>Ronaldo was transferred to Real after an unprecedented £80million fee this summer. But even though he misses life at Old Trafford he still maintains that he made the right choice in going to Real Madrid. </p>
<p>Ronaldo has also dismissed comments that Manchester United has been struggling without him this season. He said that even though the team has lost the last two games they are still the second placers in the league. </p>
<p>I think that it&#8217;s very sportsmanly of Ronaldo to say such things about his old club. We&#8217;ve often seen players who transfer to a new team lambasting his former teammates and the manager just to justify why they had to transfer in the first place. Ronaldo has proven that you can transfer without having to show any kind of animosity to your former teammates. Yes, he may be seen as a little bit of a brat by most fans but he&#8217;s shown that he can also be a stand-up guy.</p>
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		<title>Neville almost sure of getting title this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>red devil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Manchester United strongly in the running for winning the Premiere League Championship once again this year, Man Utd fans are becoming increasingly stoked about the team&#8217;s prospects even with strong competition facing them in the coming months. But the enthusiasm is not being relegated to fans. Even the members of the team are becoming [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/uncategorized/neville-almost-sure-of-getting-title-this-year/attachment/neville-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1343"><img src="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/neville-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="neville" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1343" /></a>With <a href="http://www.manchesterunited.com">Manchester United</a> strongly in the running for winning the Premiere League Championship once again this year, Man Utd fans are becoming increasingly stoked about the team&#8217;s prospects even with strong competition facing them in the coming months. </p>
<p>But the enthusiasm is not being relegated to fans. Even the members of the team are becoming increasingly optimistic about their chances for a record fourth consecutive championship. And no one is more optimistic than Manchester United Captain Gary Neville, who has been quoted as saying &#8220;It is in our hands now and it has not been like that for a while.&#8221;</p>
<p>Key to the Red Devils&#8217; success if Wayne Rooney&#8217;s amazing run this season. Rooney has been on fire and is ably replacing the void that Cristiano Ronaldo has left. the striker has already scored his 23rd goal this season, which already equals his career best. </p>
<p>Neville wants the Red Devils to maintain their winning form, which is needed now more than ever as they prepare to play AC Milan in the Champions League.</p>
<p>All eyes are now on Nani, who has been playing extremely well in their last few games. If Nani gets his groove, he&#8217;ll be a perfect partner to Rooney.</p>
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		<title>Giggs renews ManUtd deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>red devil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It didn&#8217;t come as a surprise at a ll. Ryan Giggs has signed a new contract with Manchester United, extending his stay with the Red Devils until the summer of 2011. The new one-year deal will mean that Giggsy will be staying at Old Trafford past his upcoming 37th birthday. Giggs has been declared the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It didn&#8217;t come as a surprise at a ll.</p>
<p><a href="http://http://www.ryangiggs.cc/">Ryan Giggs</a> has signed a new contract with Manchester United, extending his stay with the Red Devils until the summer of 2011.</p>
<p>The new one-year deal will mean that Giggsy will be staying at Old Trafford past his upcoming 37th birthday. Giggs has been declared the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and with good reason, the man has been in fine form this season. We all know that Giggs is a stable and consistent player but this year looks like he has upped his game and he&#8217;s been performing exceptionally well. In the Fantasy League I play in, practically everyone has him on every team roster, and that&#8217;s a fair indicator of the numbers he&#8217;s been putting out this season. Even Sir Alex Ferguson couldn&#8217;t help but remark about the amazing form Giggs has been showing this season. </p>
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		<title>Could the Not So Special One succeed the Special One at ManUtd?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year again, when it&#8217;s quiet during the off and pre-season the same topic comes up. Over and over again and last week was no exception to this: José Mourinho hopes to lead Manchester United some day.Before I analyze what he could bring and wouldn&#8217;t bring to Old Trafford, let us get the facts right. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jose-mourinho-219x305.jpg" alt="José Mourinho" title="José Mourinho" width="219" height="305" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1226" />Every year again, when it&#8217;s quiet during the off and pre-season the same topic comes up. Over and over again and last week was no exception to this: José Mourinho hopes to lead Manchester United some day.<br />Before I analyze what he could bring and wouldn&#8217;t bring to Old Trafford, let us get the facts right.</p>
<p>Mr. Mourinho, brilliant strategist as he might be, certainly is NOT the <strong>Special One</strong>. If one manager deserves this title, it can only be Sir Alex Ferguson. A clsoe contender to SAF would be Carlos Ancelotti, but Mourinho still has lots to prove before he can make his claim valid.</p>
<h3>Mourinho a great manager?</h3>
<p>There is no doubt that the Portuguese manager a brilliant trainer is and could succeed at most top clubs, as he has proven with Port, Chelsea and Inter Milan. His managerial track record is marvelous and glamorous with 5 league titles and 2 European Cups:</p>
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<li><strong>Porto:</strong> Portuguese Liga: 2002-03, 2003-04 &#8211; Taça de Portugal: 2002-03 &#8211; SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira: 2003 &#8211; UEFA Champions League: 2004 &#8211; UEFA Cup: 2003</li>
<li><strong>Chelsea F.C.:</strong> FA Premier League: 2004-05, 2005-06 &#8211; FA Cup: 2007 &#8211; Football League Cup: 2005, 2007 &#8211; FA Community Shield: 2005</li>
<li><strong>F.C. Internazionale Milano:</strong> Serie A: 2008-09 &#8211; Supercoppa Italiana: 2008</li>
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<p>He is is currently on a run of 117 home league matches unbeaten, his last and only defeat at home dating from 23 February 2002.</p>
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<h3>Could he be a worthy ManUtd manager?</h3>
<p>Again there is no doubt that he would be successful but does his style fit the Theatre of Dreams?</p>
<p>If there&#8217;s one thing Mourinho does well, very well it is playing with a very organized structure and strategy. He is a master mind strategist, operating with very solid defenses where ever he goes. His game play is rather based on not conceding and scoring ONE goal than on dominating the game and playing an attractive game. This would definitely be a problem at Old Trafford. We, Manchester United fans, have always been spoiled by SAF and previous managers. We love an attractive, offensive game. We love how our team can dominate anyone and push them back in their own half for more than 60% of the whole game. It is brilliant to see how our back for often operates from the midcircle. Mourinho&#8217;s approach to the game is entirely different and could not fit the Theatre of Dreams expectations. His style which got him sacked at Chelsea, his boring organized football.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Look, we’re not entertaining? I don’t care, we win.</em><br />Mourinho on Chelsea&#8217;s performance early in the 2006-2007 season</p></blockquote>
<p>After having worked all week, on Saturdays we pay big money to watch a game and want to be entertained, not sung asleep!</p>
<h3>What about his character?</h3>
<p>I am biased here. I certainly love a manager who will occasionally hit out at the opposition. I certainly love it when a manger knows how to play the psychological war game with good ol&#8217; Rafa.</p>
<p>But there&#8217;s one issue&#8230; the egg debacle.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>It is omelettes and eggs. No eggs &#8211; no omelettes! It depends on the quality of the eggs. In the supermarket you have class one, two or class three eggs and some are more expensive than others and some give you better omelettes. So when the class one eggs are in Waitrose and you cannot go there, you have a problem.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>One of the main elements in favour of SAF is that every player sees him as a father figure. During the week every player will always receive 100% support and ManUtd is probably one of the squads with the best medical support (and patience) throughout Europe. SAF and his crew are patient and <a href="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/news/so-chelsea-slams-us-over-nani/">can develop talents</a>. Mourinho only aims at buying the best players and hopefully they will become a success in his squad. Think of Kezman.<br />At ManUtd we ha have a tradition of trying out youngsters and add them slowly to the first squad. I fail to see when the self-proclaimed Special One developed a youngster and I loathe to think how Mourinho would publicly speak about what we call <em>squatties</em> at ManUtd. Those players who in a long season make the difference between winning silverware or not. Silverware because without being super stars even players such as O&#8217;Shea, Park and Fletcher are invaluable to our squad. Good, solid and hard working players. Their quality and desire to run out on the pitch and wear our kit honourably makes us stand out of the rest.</p>
<p>Only because our manager values them just as much as any other player. They are trusted. They get games, often to the detriment of the superstar who will be rested. They work, they fight, they win games for us. Mourinho only buys Class One eggs.</p>
<h3>Mourinho, yes or no?</h3>
<p>There is no doubt that when (if) SAF retires his name will be mentioned and he will be a contender to succeed our legendarily manager. Combined with his great record and his desire to become Manchester United manager he might even snatch the job. We fans will welcome him, because we are a nice bunch. No matter what the past brought, ManUtd fans are the first ones to give people, players a chance to prove themselves. Falling and getting up again is part of our history and has always been an active part of our squad. ManUtd is welcoming and open to anyone who wants to work hard for our badge. Even if they previously <a href="http://www.manchesterunited-blog.com/transfer-talk/owen-really-what-can-we-expect/"were Liverpool players</a>.</p>
<p>But I can not see Mourinho become a legend at Old Trafford. I can not imagine that our crowd would be satisfied with the boring game he evangelizes. What&#8217;s your take, leave your opinion in the comments.</p>
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