Red Rants

This was in the works for a while now and we had to do it now to regulate things here. Don’t get scared by the size of it, but our comments policy is pretty reasonable. We don’t limit your opinions on United or football for that matter. You just have to be nice. Well not nice in the sugary sweet way but in a more I’ll play fair kind of way.

Anyway, here’s the Red Rants Comments Policy. Kindly take the time to read this through.

That. Is. All.

It’s Tuesday and just two days into the international week. And things have gone very quiet. There is deathly silence all round. No news to feast upon. None at all really. So I’ll just keep talking like this, get through the motions and end the post. You see, that is the key to a successful essay. Isn’t that what the teachers taught us at school? But that was school, wasn’t it? Real life is way different. Anyway, not to worry. I am not going to talk only crap. There will be some news — if only I can find something news worthy, that is.

Continue reading “A Quiet Little Tuesday Roundup”

So the warning signs that were mentioned prior to the match were, after all, unnecessary. Or so it seems. Rooney’s injury had indeed caused such a scare among much of us fans that we did fail to see that we are not as much dependent on one or two individuals in particular as we think we are. Of course, Rooney’s injury, at the beginning, coincided with our most barren patch this season. His return, along with that of Ronaldo’s helped rocket the team up the league table scoring a record number of goals in the process. It should also be noted that Paul Scholes, Owen Hargreaves and Michael Carrick were all missing at different times of the season.

Continue reading “Rooney-less United Make It Look Easy”

Hit by, what we have now come to learn as, a ‘freak injury’ to Wayne Rooney, we take on a very good Blackburn side who are riding a wave of success. Sparky’s team have done a very good job nicking points off three of the big four and would hope to continue their habit of giant killing this season. And they have done it by playing some good football too. Their reputation as a ‘dirty team’ has been unfair on them as Hughes has plenty of creativity in his side — thanks to some judicious forays into the transfer market this summer.

Roque Santa Cruz from Bayern has been a good buy, while Christopher Samba has been rock solid in defence.

Continue reading “Man Utd 2-0 Blackburn: FT”

I haven’t been in a habit of putting up images in my posts, lately. Although something — and some common sense — tells me that this site would look a whole lot better with a few pics here and there. So I thought I’d get the Berbatov pic in. And I hope I do manage to get a pic up, however irrelevant it may be, every now and then. However, be warned that you wouldn’t see too much of, what they call, eye-candy; more a space filling device than anything else.

Continue reading “So, Should We Still Have This Berbatov Discussion?”

I usually don’t come out with these updatey kind of posts but I’ll make an exception.

Rooney is out. Ankle Injury in Training. One Month. Four Weeks. Plenty of Games.

Here’s the news confirming that.

And yes, you guessed it. I am gutted for him. Very much.

Continue reading “Rooney Out For A Month”

Here’s a post that has now become irrelevant given its delay in appearing earlier. Plenty has already been said about it but I will do the needful and get the report out of the way. But honestly, it won’t be too long drawn.

United played Dynamo Kyiv (Kiev, depending on which broadsheet you have been reading) at home needing a win, and a favour from Roma to ensure qualification to the next round of the Champions’ League. There was enormous optimism prior to this game (or, should we say, arrogance?) going by the prediction of this blogger in the preview.

As expected we brushed aside the team in what turned out rather ridiculous and questioned the very essence of the Champions’ League; especially Platini’s earlier plans of getting more East European sides into the competition.

Continue reading “United Stroll Past Kyiv; They Also Hit Four Goals”

I will keep this post short. I really have to. It’s been a tight little day, work-wise, although that shouldn’t prevent me from watching the match today.

Anyway, let’s quickly go over the preview of today’s game and some other random bits and bobs worth pondering about.

Continue reading “Man Utd vs Dynamo Kyiv: Preview”

Today we start off with some quotes from the boss, who has now rediscovered his rage of old. We all know his tirade against Howard Webb, which we thought was a tad unfair. But now he’s also had opinions on some other issues that dog the footballing world, and the Premier League in particular, voiced out loud and clear.

Continue reading “Fergie, The Raging Bull | Terrified Vidic | More Quotes from Hargreaves”

Now that the “Greatest Game in the World. Ever.” (™ ® © Skysports) is over and well talked about, it is time to bask in the deathly silence that has followed. Yes, dear friends, it’s that time when there isn’t really anything newsworthy to talk about. But as it is necessary we will go about discussing some of the more prominent ones that caught our eye.

Of course, I haven’t forgotten that we have the small matter of playing Kiev in midweek, Wednesday to be precise. But we will get to that in due course. Hopefully we can get over the gut-wrenching draw at Arsenal and cane the Ukranian team in retaliation. A 7-0 would probably do. But then I would be asking a little too much.

Continue reading “Hargreaves Stirs Up Some Debate | Saha Could Start (Wow!) | Some New Signing”