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.
I hope you guys like the new Red Rants home kit theme. I’ve just put it live with no testing (ok, some testing), so if there are any bugs please report here in the comments.
And if you hate it, blame the Red Ranter, it was his choice!
And please take this time to suggest other improvements to Red Rants - taking over UnitedRant’s mantle as the premier Man Utd blog is not easy, you know, the blog needs your help.
It’s official folks.
We finally have the official pictures from Manchester United showcasing the new 2007/2008 home kit (due to launch on 1st August in the game against Inter Milan, methinks).
Continue reading “Manchester United 2007/2008 Home Kit”
What the hell are you guys doing trawling for United news when the players are on a break and the manager’s off enjoying the sun?
Manchester United are not going to sign anyone this week, and despite what the Daily Mail and their ilk will have you believe, United aren’t going to sell anyone this week either.
Continue reading “United are on vacation, you should be too”
We’ll all talked about how Manchester United a reliable striker in the Berbatov mold to help us win the Champions League. And if you’ve been reading RedRants, we’ve also talked a lot about why Tevez would be as good, if not better, for United.
But what about Carlitos Tevez? How come no one has come out and talked about what would be best for the player?
So here are 5 top reasons why Carlos Tevez moving to Manchester United will be the BEST possible thing for his footballing career:
Continue reading “5 reasons why Tevez needs Manchester United”
First it was Quagliarella (Q) saying that United were after him and had placed a 10m bid for him.
Bogus, because United are either buying experience (Hargreaves) or for the future (Nani, Anderson) and Q at 23 is neither and because United already have youth where strikers are concerned so I’d figure that they would go for someone more experienced, IF they go for anyone. Q doesn’t have Prem experience nor does he have CL experience.
And now Q’s agent, SP, says that there has been no contact made by United with Q, SP or Sampdoria.
Continue reading “Manchester United have NO interest in Quagliarella”
This might have escaped your attention over the weekend under the huge pile of transfer talk linking Manchester United with … ummm … no one, so I’ve put up the pictures and an extremely brief overview of what happened.
Continue reading “Neville and Carrick get married”
