Catch the full details at Soccerlens - here’s a brief summary:
The winner of the SL group (the manager with the highest cumulative points at the end of the season) will win $1,000 plus several other gifts (including a heft gift voucher for footy shirts from Subside Sports), while the overall winner in SquadGod will win £10,000.
Not bad for playing manager, eh?
The SL prize is valid only if more than 200 members sign up - we have 60+ at present but ideally I want more than 300 people there, so hurry and sign up!
Ryan Giggs is the usual deputy, but with both him, Gary and EVDS getting older there’s a gap opening up at the top of the United hierarchy.
Simply put, we need a new captain - and more importantly, we need to groom this new captain to make sure he’s ready to take over the mantle next season, or whenever Nev and Giggsy retire, and to fill in when those two are out through injury.
There are a few requirements:
Continue reading “Who should succeed Neville as captain?”
United take on Glentoran and Dunfermline today in the last of the pre-season friendlies before the Sunday kick-off against Reading.
Four players are confirmed on the injury list - Ben Foster and Park Ji-Sung are long-term casualties while Louis Saha and Dong Fanghzhou are expected to regain fitness for the home game but most likely will be rested till the away game against Portsmouth on the 16th, especially if Tevez signs on before Sunday.
However, tonight’s friendlies have only one thing of interest to watch - the fact that the key players come out of it unscathed. All eyes are on the Sunday season-opener, with Manchester United playing the last game of the weekend (you won’t hear any excuses from Fergie about United playing after Chelsea though).
So with Reading in mind, who do you think will line up at Old Trafford on 12th August?
Continue reading “Preparing to beat Reading”
I read somewhere this morning that Rio Ferdinand was unpopular with Manchester United fans.
Now I don’t pretend to speak for all fans (and I regularly disagree with a majority of red devils) but I’d say that that as a player Rio is one of the more respected members of Manchester United.
Fellow fans may disagree, so I’d like to put these questions out to you guys:
1) Do you like Rio Ferdinand?
2) Do you think Rio Ferdinand is popular amongst Man Utd fans?
Let me know what you guys think.
Good Morning all. Forgive me if this isn’t the quality of Red Ranter, but I’m just doing my best to step in and provide the news for my fellow Man Utd. fans. Good win for the Red Devils yesterday at Wembley, and with both teams looking pretty good during the game, it looks like the upcoming season will be a good one. There’s a lot of news on the game to get to, so lets get things rolling.
Continue reading “RoundUp: Community Shield, VDS, Heinze, Tevez, Rhain Davis”
Alright lads, I will be on a break over the next few days. I should be back in full force by Saturday. I know, it is a tough time to be away from the blog, what with Tevez’s debut and the start of the Premiership looming. But it is a necessary break, and hence bear with me.
In the meantime, hopefully, Ahmed (or our other contributors) should fill in with a few posts. I might make a surprise appearance or two, although there are no guarantees.
Till then, I’ll leave you with Sky’s report on the game, with highlights and post match quotes from both managers. Plus there is the other video containing the team lifting the cup. Videos after the jump
Continue reading “A Mini-Break”
EVDS saved 3 penalties as United beat Chelsea in the Community Shield game. The first half was fiesty with tackles flying all over. United had the better of the Blues, creating more chances. Giggs rounded off a good move from Evra’s cross. Malouda took advantage of one of Rio’s famous short-naps with a smart flick to make it 1-1 in the first half.
The second half brought about substitutions and drifted off into some sort of a snorefest, with nothing to separate either side. Although United would edge them out by virtue of chances created in the second half. Nani played in the second half too, and took some good corners.
So first blood to United. Not that there’s too much to read into it. But a Cup is a Cup, and we’ll feel pleased.
Comments welcome.
It’s been quiet today as well as yesterday. The lull was more surprising given United played a game yesterday. Since the match wasn’t televised we had to rely on footage shown by Sky Sports that has been doing the rounds (thanks, this time, to Dailymotion).
Anyway, comfortable win, apparently, for, what we could safely term, our third choice XI. Although, it looks increasingly likely that Dong Fangzhou is a regular visitor to this site. What else could explain his rather good performance yesterday. He had a hand in all three goals, and the third goal that he scored was probably the best I’ve seen him play. Anyway, let’s not get too carried away by that. Give him some time.
Continue reading “Community Shield Preview”
The biggest draw of this game was the debut of Anderson. Although, the team he played in was a chock full of reserves. What else could you call it, when the most experienced players in that side were Fletcher and Silvestre. I happened to catch most of the match before my stream conked out at the last 10 minutes.
Anyhow, here are my notes on the game.
Continue reading “United 2-0 Doncaster: Reserves’ Day Out”
I have been tied up with a lot of work these days. So apologies for not covering the Inter-United game. Now that, plenty has been said and discussed about the game, not to mention our ever active comment threads, I will let it lie for the moment. Although, there certainly were some points worth dwelling on, which I will discuss in a separate post.
Anyway, moving on, this has been an eventful week, and a fan couldn’t have asked for more mixed feelings than he might be feeling now. First we have Rossi’s transfer and then Smith’s. Just when one thought we were going nuts selling strikers that we hear about the imminent transfer of Tevez. Yes, this is 99.999% certain!
(I think.)
Continue reading “Goodbye Smith, Welcome Tevez”
