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”
It’s that sinking feeling. Again.
Another very promising player leaves the club. Last year, we saw Dave Jones - a promising midfielder - leave due to overcrowding of our midfield (which, in turn, was due to the arrival of Carrick). He would go on to inspire Derby to promotion to the Premiership. The reason I felt bad for Jones was that he wasn’t even given a fair run in the side. But that said, there wasn’t much of a chance anyway, given our acquisition of Carrick. After I got over the initial disappointment, my only gripe was the mere 1 million quid we got for him. (Really, that is chicken feed-in modern football transfer dealings.)
But to think that our brightest young talent, in a long time, would be sold - despite outstanding performances in the reserve level, and equally impressive performances in the Serie A for Parma - without being given as much as a sniff of a run for the senior side is gut wrenching.
Continue reading “Goodbye, Rossi”
There were quite a few stories that, I admit, I didn’t cover over the past few days. Not that I wasn’t aware of them. Just that I was swamped with work (in my real life, that is) that I couldn’t get to the part of writing posts.
Today’s round up will certainly not be comprehensive. Nonetheless, it will refresh things for those living under a rock for the past 2-3 days.
Continue reading “Roundup: Vidic, Evans, Tevez, Heinze”
Okay, needless to say, *Insert RANT ALERT here*.
This site has been doggedly loyal to Heinze, several times sticking its neck out time and time again, that we might have ourselves gotten bored of our Heinze worship. We’ve even pulled Pool fans’ legs in the process. (Not that we will ever stop doing that, though)
But sometimes when you expect certain things to happen and they don’t, life gets a tad frustrating.
Tiresome - but necessary - rant follows.
Continue reading “Heinze Has Gotten On My Nerves”
You wouldn’t get that usually in a United site. Especially when someone, of the stature of Paul Scholes, faces the grim prospect of being out of the side for a good month. Not to mention the time he will surely take to get back into his stride, coming back from the long layoff.
Make no mistake, this would have been seen as terrible news had it been last year. But this year, you couldn’t have asked for a better blessing than this.
To stop myself from sounding retarded, by beating around the bush, allow me to explain.
Continue reading “Scholes’ Injury is a Blessing”
Not much to talk about today apart from linking you all to news that has become pretty stale by now.
Anyhow, let’s get on with the routine.
Continue reading “Daily Roundup: Rooney-Tevez, Rossi-Pique and Eagles”
While the attention has been trained on the exploits of the new signings in Asia, of the likes of Nani & Co., Rossi has been quietly warming up to the next season in style back in England. Since there hasn’t been adequate reports on his progress I thought I can very briefly touch up on that.
Continue reading “Rossi Scores Two in Two Games”
