Nov 04 2008

Blah, Blah, Blah… Waffle, Waffle, Waffle…

Tag: Daily RoundupRed Ranter @ 9:30

yada, yada yada… I don’t write good post headings.

And so it goes. Another void to fill. It’s champions’ league day today, although it doesn’t involve us. It’s also election day today in the country where I reside. Of course, I wouldn’t want to use this platform to air my political views, but dear American friends who are reading this, please don’t vote for that nutcase. You know who.

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Nov 03 2008

Fergie’s Wind Up Act, Levy and Not Much Else

Tag: Daily RoundupRed Ranter @ 9:24

It will be a quiet couple of days before we pay a visit to Celtic Park for a Champions’ League fixture. The weekend’s given us much to cheer about: if you are a United fan, which you’ll invariably be if you are reading this, you’ll be happy about the results at Stoke and White Hart Lane. If you take a more than passing interest in cricket (and delight in England’s failings) then you’d be chuffed about the way England were humiliated in an abomination of a Twenty20 outing. Of course, Man City stay true to their comedic type, this time against lowly Bolton.

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Oct 18 2008

The World Loves Rooney + West Brom Preview

… if said world is England. Suddenly the boy can do no wrong and he’s the darling of everyone concerned. Moreover, England is suddenly a world beater. Such hubris is not very difficult to build these days — at least sections of the English press never fail to disappoint in this regard.

But let us make no mistake here: Rooney has been excellent for England, and we saw flashes of his goal scoring form even for United. And, as a selfish United fan, that is my primary concern.

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Oct 09 2008

United News During International Breaks

Tag: Daily RoundupRed Ranter @ 9:10

Things one can do during international breaks:

  • Refresh Newsnow for updates on the latest 12 year old sensation
  • Watch reruns of Law and Order
  • Try to maintain interest in Heroes despite the show losing its first season magic.
  • Listen to some football podcasts if it helps
  • Go to work.
  • Try other sports.
  • Listen to (and watch) John McCain’s laugh — on loop.
  • Try to listen to Sarah Palin speak but end up looking at her.

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Sep 19 2008

John Terry, AIG and Fergie’s Rant on Hackett

Tag: Daily RoundupRed Ranter @ 17:25

We all, by now, are aware that John Terry’s red card has been rescinded. The word, I can’t seem to find the link, goes that his punishment (i.e., the one match ban) has been ‘reduced’ rather than his red card being revoked. This in itself strikes me as strange, because I would imagine a red card would at least warrant a one match suspension.

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Sep 12 2008

Some Waffle Ahead of Liverpool Game

Tag: Daily RoundupRed Ranter @ 18:16

Late post today, but better late than never.

Cristiano Ronaldo is inching closer to a return to the side and feels frustrated at not being involved in United’s current campaign. In fact, shockingly, Fergie says Ronaldo could even be part of the squad travelling to Villarreal.

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Sep 10 2008

Benitez Smokescreen Over Duo | United’s Champions’ League Squad Announced

Tag: Daily RoundupRed Ranter @ 10:00

Rafa Benitez is still hopeful over his star duo — Gerrard and Torres — returning for our trip to Anfield. This comes in the face of Gerrard ruling himself out and Torres being out with a hamstring injury. I would think a hamstring injury takes about two to four weeks to heal and even if he does make it, I’d suspect he will be partly fit. But I do trust Rio and Vida to tackle the El Nino threat. Rio would be clearing up space in his back pocket in preparation for Anfield.

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Sep 08 2008

Gill on City and Ronaldo

Tag: Daily RoundupRed Ranter @ 9:09

There’s been a lot of nonsense circulating in the media lately regarding David Gill’s comments on the reported £135m offer from Man City for Ronaldo.

Leave all those reports alone. I suggest you listen to what David Gill had to say exactly and make up your own minds about it. Here’s the link to the interview on BBC 5 Live.

Listen to the interview right now and come back to read the rest of this.

I am waiting…

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Sep 07 2008

Brief International Roundup + Berbatov’s Fitness Regime

Tag: Daily RoundupRed Ranter @ 10:12

Zzzzzz… So have you ever seen such a boring period of absolutely no football? Well, I know the answer to that is yes; all international breaks are like that. But when we went through a nerve wracking 24-hour period as the transfer window shut, any period of no club football would seem terribly empty. It’s like the other day when a mate of mine was going at 110 mph when he slowed down to 80 only for it to seem like the car was crawling at 30 or something. (Oh, don’t tell your local cop about it though.)

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Sep 03 2008

Some More BerbaTalk

Tag: Daily RoundupRed Ranter @ 10:00

Yes, I’ve coined that word and have applied for a copyright. Today we’ll indulge in a little more BerbaTalk©®, as I’ve never really penned my thoughts on the Bulgarian, post-transfer.

Reports yesterday suggested that we’ve indulged in some underhanded dealing with regards to Dimitar Berbatov. Ferguson personally picking Berbatov from the airport clearly showed how badly he wanted to sign the striker. But Levy does not see things that way with Spurs maintaining that they did not accept an offer for Berba even as late as 23:30pm.

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