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A quick round up of the top United news of today (and yesterday).

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Red Ranter is away saving his mistress from the evil that is anti-abortion evangelism - in his time of need, I’ll be filling in at Red Rants for the next couple of days. Feel free to send those abusive emails my way.

Personally, I think November wasn’t a great month for United - we slipped in the title race (just), conceded that late goal to Arsenal in the most ridiculous few seconds of ping-pong football that I’ve seen in the United fox for a while, and we haven’t been helped with a couple of niggling injuries either.

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A quick one today, as the Red Ranter has gone to save the world from various evils while I’m too hungover stoned to care whether Saha will re-injure himself tonight or not.

So, the highlights:

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Hello readers - Red Ranter is away (something about a Page 3 photo-shoot), so I’ll be filling in today. Be nice and leave a lot of comments

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I’m sure you’ve seen Patrice Evra caught out of position and Nemanja Vidic going across and covering for him, thus bailing Manchester United out of yet another sticky situation?

That’s what’s happening today - except that the Red Ranter is Evra, yours truly is Vida and RedRants.com is Manchester United.

At least the last one makes sense

Anyway, on with today’s Manchester United news - we’re still winning (although the opposition this season has been nothing short of tremendous) but it’s Sporting Lisbon tomorrow and while RR will do the needful preview (or Vida will cover for him again) in the morning, here’s a snapshot of what happening in the Manchester United world.

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As football fans we follow our club(s) very closely and it’s a natural consequence that we have strong opinions about how things should be done - tactics, transfers, formations, etc.

It’s easy to pit your skills against the computer in games like Fifa 07, Pro Evolution Soccer or Football Manager, but the real test comes when you have to put your money where your mouth is and go up against real people managing clubs just like you.

Short of the real thing (boy would it be good to be manage a club for real or what?), the best thing I’ve found so far is Online Football Manager (the guys we have sponsoring Red Rants).

It’s simple and addictive yet doesn’t take up all the time in the day (like Football Manager used to do before I burned my copy) - a few minutes each day spent managing your teams (you can play more than one league at the same time if you’re a premium season ticket holder) is enough to be on your way.

If you haven’t so far, make sure you give OFM a spin.

And if you’re looking for some tips and suggestions on how to win in OFM, read these articles and especially the comments on them.

As you must know by now, Gabriel Heinze has lost his bid to join Liverpool (more over at Soccerlens).

It puts him in a very difficult situation now as there’s barely a chance for him to win the appeal for his Liverpool move, and there is little time left to negotiate a move elsewhere.

Many Manchester United fans have turned on Heinze during this whole process (not surprisingly), and would be glad to see his back. While that’s an emotional response and not necessarily the best thing for the team (Heinze is our best left-back), it’s a valid concern that his actions (and especially the fact that he wanted to go to Liverpool of all teams) will have driven a wedge between him and the other players and apart from the stick he will get from the fans, there’s little doubt that he’ll definitely remain 2nd or 3rd choice now.

So what to do?

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Our friends over at Subside Sports have been lightening quick in getting the new Carlos Tevez shirt ready for us. Thanks Simon.

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Manchester United have announced their squad numbers for the forthcoming 2007/08 Premier League campaign.

Among the Reds’ summer signings, Owen Hargreaves will wear the No.4 shirt, with Gabriel Heinze moving to 14. Anderson will wear No.8 and Nani has been given No.17.

Carlos Tevez, who was registered as a United player by the Premier League on Friday afternoon, is yet to officially be assigned a number.

United squad numbers 2007/08

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United won their last two pre-season friendlies quite comfortably, as expected.

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