With football season about to reach its second half, all eyes should be on Manchester United’s new acquisition.

Sir Alex Ferguson is banking on Mame Biram Diouf to add more pop and crackle to Manchester United. The Senegalese born striker is already hard at work training at Carrington and already possesses a work permit.

A lot of weight is being given to Diouf, especially with talk that he can be the next Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. In fact, it was Solskjaer himself who recommended Diouf to Sir Alex. His glowing recommendation was one of the reasons Fergie signed him. Now a lot of talk has been given the fact that another potentially explosive forward with not much experience is being signed into the team (we all know that Federico Macheda and Danny Welbeck fit the bill and they’re still not getting the minutes) but I trust Sir Alex’s decision. He’s proven that he has the keen intuition to know what the Red Devils need.

Diouf will still need to impress Manchester United fans though. But it looks like he will have what it takes to really win them over. He’s got the talent and the abilities that could really help in the quest for another Premiership title.

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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.

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.

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.

I think that it’s very sportsmanly of Ronaldo to say such things about his old club. We’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’s shown that he can also be a stand-up guy.

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It didn’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 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’s been performing exceptionally well. In the Fantasy League I play in, practically everyone has him on every team roster, and that’s a fair indicator of the numbers he’s been putting out this season. Even Sir Alex Ferguson couldn’t help but remark about the amazing form Giggs has been showing this season.

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Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand has seen scant action this season.

The Red Devil center-back has been injury plagued of late and has not played for the team since the Red Devils’ 2-0 loss against Liverpool last October. He’s been sidelined because of a calf injury that has been traced back to a back problem he’s had in the past.

There’s been much speculation on Ferdinand’s injury including talk that his injury is far more serious than what is being reported. But Sir Alex Ferguson has repeatedly denied that Ferdinand’s injury will be long-term. Fergie has also expressed confidence that Rio will be back soon to help in the Red Devils’ cause and to defend the team’s Premier League championship.

It’s no surprise that Manchester United’s defensive capabilities has been severely tested because of the injuries its defense has suffered. Wes Brown, John O’Shea, Jonny Evans and Gary Neville have all been injured and are now in the sidelines slowly recovering from their injuries and helplessly watching their team as it tries to maintain its position in the Premier League table. But in fairness, the injuries of some of the team’s top defensive players show Fergie’s strong knack for picking the right boys because the team has only conceded three goals since Ferdinand last appeared.

If your reserve members are playing this well, it shows just how deep the talent is in Old Trafford.

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Our veteran winger,Ryan Giggs is running for Euro award this year.The way he has played past 10 games i think he wants to make sure that he ends himself as a true legend.
The list contains many big players including Ronaldo,Messi and Torres.Giggs joins the list with his team mates Rooney and Vidic.Giggs was last year’s PFA player of the season.
If he continues to drill more good games he sure stands the chance to finish in top 3.
No offenses but Spanish are more likely to winners for Ballon’ D’or this season.
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The win defines our position in group and its pretty sure that we will end being the group leaders.

Well to start off,the fixture got me very exciting.Taking CSKA Moscow at their artificial pitch did get me on for the game.Well atleast i hoped the russians would do their part of homework.

By the first half,i was pretty sure United would be happy squaring points.Nobody was in mood to get things going.CSKA were prepared for draw and didn’t worry entering into our halves.
For major period of time,we were all sleepy and clumsy.Nani and Rafa both had pathetic night.They played selfish,made loads of error and still had time to complain about other during game.There was one more prick who turned my night wasted was Berbatov.Though he has some first class first touches and ability to hold ball,these attributes are useless if u dont run.His major period was passed for asking balls and looking for free men.There were times when he literally killed the game momentum to zero.Nothing exciting is being seen this season ahead.Owen too looks weak.He lacks alertness and Power to be a finisher.
It could have been a bored draw game,well it turned one if we clip those last 10 minutes.Good to see Scholes and Brown back in action.Anderson had pretty much average game like rest of the,/Gary Neville was nice to watch.His area was going well with crosses and quick through balls.
Nonetheless, u can’t go and watch game with just few pack of players performing.Majority didnt really bad and that made team look really bad.
My thoughts may sound were negative but that’s our present truth.We are not looking fearless.It’s all going through luck by these moments.Well our past victories have been these snatchy one goal win rather than a comfortable victory.
We are still missing elements that we had last season or even essence of Ronaldo’s attack.The strikers have now gone to our weaker attribute.We still have chance to improve a lot.
Or wait for this transfer season to get atleast a decent striker.
This week we are taking scousers!!

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So the week is up for UFEA champions league.Last night we again saw the demolitions of Liverpool at hands of Lyon and it is proved that they can’t do shit without Torres and Gerrard.2 consecutive defeats for rafa.The form was temporary :)

However we are taking CSKA Moscow today in our group clash at Luzhniki Stadium.United are still without Rooney and Giggs is also likely to be out of squad.Vidic is back in team along with Ferdinand.
Owen and Berbatov are likely to manage their positions while Fletcher can be hopefully seen for today’s game.

Today’s plan be simple.Take attack for first half.Score as many goals as possible.Work out the other with substitutes.
Fergie will hopefully bring few of our reserves today.We can even start with one or 2 faces.Park is said to be travelling at Russia so we expect him too.
At present United are leading the group stage and hopefully we can come as winner.

Good Luck United !!

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Well we made it back to top.The match was played on Saturday so making a preview would not be relevant.Well if looking at the team we had against Bolton the man to the positions were pretty much straight forward.Giggs on left,Valencia on right,Carrick and Anderson in middle.Rooney was left off with his injury so Owen and Berbatov were paired ahead.

We could have struggled less had we kept on capitalizing all the chances created in both times.Though we had early goals in first half,we failed to produce any real time attempts in second half and got us nerve endings.Bolton though came back with one goal,they were harmless during major period of time.An easy fixture for United and decent results.

Nevertheless,we had something different going with the blues and the other reds.Liverpool were brought down at stadium of light even after playing massive 7 minutes of extra time.Sunderland scored one of the most bizarre goal of season with Darren Bent’s foot and deflection from a balloon.The game was more than watching a movie,full of events and different actions.The game was worth seeing.Chelsea game was another one that turned out to be unexpected.Villa took the blues after suffering from first goal.Some how they too managed to beat the shit out of blues scoring 2 goals.The week has been going great for me in-terms of everything.

Well i m right now enjoying the times of Diwali in beautiful country of India!!

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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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Well i missed out my last game over here so i will get today’s game live for u guys.However,last encounter with Wolsburg was yet another good performance for United.Good to see our mid-fields back in action.Especially Carrick and Anderson.Ever since Ronaldo and Tevez departed lots of speculations were going on with our attacks and strike.But its seems that we have a strong mid-field for the team.
We are still suffering from absence of target man which Portuguese used to be or even consistent games from Micheal Owen.Sometimes it makes me feel that SAF is playing Berba just for sake of his transfer fee.There has never been any inspiring performance from his side till now and still we stick him on squad list.A good 10 game leave shall do him good.
For today’s game, we are taking on a weaker squad.Compared to United,the only thing what Sunderland has are its target men.Bent and Jones.We do have agile defense to cope up with but there have been lots of slumber time with United.O’Shea has been forever the laziest of all chaps,and these days our Mr reliable-Ferdinand has been out of actions.During these times,Evans and Brown should be brought back into squad.However for today it won’t matter if we stick with 4-4-2.

SAF should start getting at least 2-3 young players every now then in team for them to get into boots.Lets see if Macheda pops out or even Gibson shall do good.

I am predicting that there would be no change in table and United shall be on top of table for this coming week.
Enjoy the match !!!

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