Patrice Evra to play at Anfield. #mufc

First of all I'd just like to say that I haven't given up blogging but I have been very poorly the last week.
I've probably sweated a stone of liquids out of my body, every morning when I wake up I have had a pool of sweat under my body.  It's as disgusting as it sounds and I have actually been freezing cold all the while.
Well I will be travelling to Anfield on Saturday no matter what I feel like!

I wouldn't miss this match for anything,  thousands of United fans in the Liverpool slums!  It's gonna be a top day out win or lose.  I can't really predict the outcome of this match because it's one of the only games in the season that Liverpool really shine in.  They seem to care more about beating United than they do winning the league.  Week in week out they put in shambolic performances, 'kin King Kenny (KKK) has all the hallmarks of an 80's manager and signed 80's players to suit. (Caveman Carrol)  However they have managed some excellent results this season, the desire they showed against City in the two Carling Cup matches was palpable but then they continue the spiral into mediocrity against the leagues lesser teams.

I suppose Uniteds' Premier League era dominance and their hilarious fall from grace only helps to reinforce the fact that it's the biggest game of the season for Liverpool year after year!  I mean ffs they haven't been to Wembley for 16 years.

Mike Phelan has told the press the Patrice Evra will play for United in the Saturday FA Cup tie at Anfield.
well it's gonna be interesting to see how the racist Liverpool fans behave this weekend.  After the unbelievable series of events and PR own goals that KKK and his clan have made over the Suarez debacle one can only guess as to what's gonna happen this weekend.  This surely has to be the most eagerly anticipated tie of the season.

Here's what Andy Cole, United legend had to say when interviewed by manutd.com

Cole: Anfield win is overdue

Manchester United legend Andy Cole believes the Reds’ league win over Arsenal points the way to FA Cup glory at Anfield this weekend.
The former striker feels the current players should be confident after beating the Gunners 2-1 in their own backyard and is willing Sir Alex Ferguson’s men to extend the winning streak at Liverpool’s expense.
“Look at the way we performed against Arsenal – if we go to Anfield and play like that, then we’ve got to be confident,” Cole told ManUtd.com. “Liverpool have been struggling for form recently, and if we play like we did at Arsenal then I can’t see why we can’t get a very positive result.”

Cole was speaking before Liverpool completed a two-legged win over Man City in the Carling Cup semi-final. All square on the night means the Manchester clubs’ three trips to Anfield so far this term have all ended evenly – City, like United, drew 1-1 there in the league. In fact, the Reds haven't beaten Liverpool away in four years. Cole feels it’s time for his old club to buck that trend and book a place in the next round of the Cup.

“We’re long overdue a good result at Anfield,” Cole told us. “I thought we played well there earlier this season and Liverpool aren’t scoring too many goals at the moment. I think we can go there with a real sense of belief.”
Even though United will have more supporters inside the ground than usual - due to a greater away-ticket allocation for FA Cup ties - Cole still feels the partisan home fans present a challenge.

“Even if you’ve got five or six thousand away fans there, you’ve still got to silence the thirty-odd
thousand Liverpool fans by keeping the ball and playing the way that United play,” he advised. “Liverpool will be very worried about us because they can see we're in good form. But we need to silence their crowd.”
Cole is a past master at quietening The Kop, having bagged a few goals there for United.
“When I was in the team I used to love playing at Anfield,” he reminisced. “I was very fortunate that the manager always used to play me against Liverpool because I always seemed to get myself a goal there. I don’t know what it was. It’s a special arena that always used to bring the best out of me.”

The former number nine did his personal damage in league visits to Liverpool, but he also has experience of helping to beat United’s arch-rivals in the FA Cup – in the 1996 final at Wembley and later at Old Trafford, during a daunting run to the 1999 final.

“That year we were in the ascendancy, we feared no-one,” said Cole, reflecting on '99. “We always believed that whoever we played against, we could always knock them over. Even if we were a goal behind going into the last few minutes, we’d still beat teams. That’s how it was when we beat Liverpool in the Cup that year. We were knocking on the door for 85 minutes and then finally the goals came and we won the game.
“If you’re going to win the Cup then you’re going to have to knock over the tough teams. If you do that in the earlier rounds, hopefully it won’t be as tough if you reach the final.”

Here are some images from the Arsenal away match thanks to HQworld.net, it was a very physical game and what I mean by that is Rooney and Nani were kicked all over the pitch and the referee was a complete utter c@#t.  Song led with the elbow to tag Rooney on the jaw, Nani went off injured after a tackle from behind as did Welbeck.  I hope we get some guys back for Saturday.

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2011 Manchester United Quiz Video. #mufc

Two οf thе mοѕt veteran brains іn British football recently wеnt head-tο-head аt Manchester United’s training ground – wіth hilarious results.

Sir Alex Ferguson аnԁ hіѕ longest-serving player Ryan Giggs squared up іn a trivia contest held thіѕ Sunday, 18 December іn Thе Hugе United Quiz. Thе boss wаѕ flanked bу two members οf hіѕ health check team – assistant head physio Neil Hough аnԁ club doctor Steve McNally – whіƖе Giggs wаѕ joined bу hіѕ United team-mates Jonny Evans аnd Wayne Rooney. Renowned sports broadcaster Clare Balding bravely stepped іn tο quеѕtіοn thе quеѕtіοnѕ аnd keep score.

Imagine, for a moment, that you were playing charades, and were asked to mime the film Bend it like Beckham.
How would you convey the Beckham part of that title?
Perhaps you might think back to that famous incident in which then Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson hit him in the face with a boot and act that out.
Would you, though, do that if Sir Alex Ferguson himself was in the room? No?

Well, Wayne Rooney would...

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Rooney's legal battle is won over former management #mufc

Wayne Rooneys former management company claimed to be owed 4 million pounds and forced the United star to fight them in a court legal battle.  Today the court ruled in Wazza's favour meaning he doesn't owe them the 4 million pounds they were fighting for.  Here's the report from thisislondon.co.uk

Soccer star Wayne Rooney's lawyers today claimed victory in the latest round of a multi-million pound legal fight with a sports management firm.

Proactive, which used to represent Rooney and his wife Coleen, said it was owed commission payments and made a £4.3 million claim against the 26-year-old Manchester United and England striker.
The Court of Appeal today delivered judgment after a hearing in London.
A solicitor representing Rooney said after today's ruling that judges had concluded that an "image rights agreement" between the star and Proactive was "unenforceable".
And Paul Hughes said Proactive had not succeeded in its claim for £4.3 million.
He said judges had ruled in Proactive's favour on one point and in Rooney's favour on other points.
"We are delighted," said Mr Hughes. "We have most certainly won."
Rooney claimed victory after the first round of litigation in July last year.
Judge Brendan Hegarty QC ruled that Rooney should pay £5,000, and his wife around £90,000, following a hearing at Manchester Mercantile Court.
Proactive appealed, during a hearing at the Court of Appeal in London in July this year, and asked three appeal judges to overturn the ruling.
Rooney argued that Judge Hegarty's ruling was correct and said the appeal should be dismissed.
The three appeal judges - Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Sullivan and Lord Justice Gross - announced their decision today.
Lady Justice Arden handed down the judgment in London today and said the appeal had been allowed "in part".
Mr Hughes said appeal judges had decided that Rooney did not need to pay Proactive any more than the £5,000 Judge Hegarty ordered.
He said they had concluded that Mrs Rooney should pay more than the £90,000 Judge Hegarty ordered - and that amount had yet to be assessed. He estimated that the additional amount would be in the tens of thousands.
Mr Hughes added: "They (Proactive) didn't get the £4.3 million they had claimed. They succeeded on one (legal) point."

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Manchester United images VCs Otelul Galati and my most tragic Derby ever. #mufc

Well what a crap weekend it's been!!  I suppose we had it coming the way we started the season.  All too often we have failed to really punish teams after dominating posession and our midfielders have left our defence exposed time and again.  I feel we gave too many chances to Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea and Basel.  I remember Norwich wasting chances at Old Trafford too.  I hope that now we can really start to address theses issues and I am sort of glad that we are no longer in our comfort zone, I hope to see a big reaction from the players and staff at Carrington.

I am off to Everton on Saturday but I won't be at the Aldershot game unfortunately so I will have to wait until then to see our response.  I believe we will see a totally different team tonight anyway.  Hopefully Berbatov and Owen will get time on the pitch and maybe even Paul Pogba.  I need to see a few games now to rid the painful memories of the Derby from my mind! I really couldn't believe the result as at half time I thought we were watching a repeat of the Charity Shield, safe in the knowledge that we'd soon score and go on to win the game.  I couldn't have been more wrong and I was dismayed as I saw Johnny Evans sent off.  I couldn't see what happened from the Stretford End so was left guessing as to why he was sent off.  From that moment I felt we would really struggle and we did.  Oh well, it's in the history books now and hopefully won't mean much by the time Christmas comes around.

                                                                                           Here are some images from the Otelul Galati match in Romania.  From HQworld.net.

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Animated gifs of Manchester United players and opponents post #2 #MUFC

Patrice Evra kisses his badge at Anfield :

Rooney long pass to Smalling :

Rooney scores penalty Vs Arsenal :

  

Fergie's reaction to Nani's goal Vs Tottenham :

Ruud Van Nistelrooy celebration :

Ryan Giggs nutmeg and goal Vs Leeds :

Passing moves :

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Animated GIFs of Manchester United and opponents. #mufc

Rooney reaction :

Anderson blesses Tom Cleverley pre-match :

Anderson celebration dance :

Szczezny Cruyff turn :

Anderson makes a surging run :

David De Gea penalty save :

Fanzone reaction to Michael Owen derby winning goal :

Phil Jones' epic sliding tackle denies Gareth Bale :

Nani thunderbolt Vs Chelsea :

Gifs created by Olly from RedCafe.

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10/17 Latest Stories, Video, and Commentary about Manchester United | BBC

Latest Stories, Video, and Commentary about Manchester United | BBC SC Otelul Galati v Man Utd October 17, 2011 at 10:58 AM Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday's game between SC Otelul Galati and Man Utd in the Champions League. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that striker Wayne Rooney will play in Tuesday's Champions League game against Otelul Galati. Rooney was a substitute for Saturday's 1-1 draw with Liverpool. "When he came on against Liverpool he was quite bubbly. He was full of energy and enthusiasm. He was desperate to get on, which is good," said Ferguson. Rio Ferdinand has been rested for the game in Romania, but fellow defender Nemanja Vidic (calf) returns. Ferguson's decision to leave Rooney on the bench at Anfield came after the 25-year-old was given a three-match ban by Uefa that rules him out of England's group games at Euro 2012. WHO ARE OTELUL GALATI? Usually adopt a 4-2-3-1 counter attacking formation. They are strong defensively, having conceded just 25 goals in 34 league games last season, and going unbeaten at home "When the news of his ban in the European Championship came through it was a definite blow for him. He didn't expect that. None of us did," added Ferguson. "Wayne will be playing [on Tuesday]." Returning skipper Vidic is expected to partner either Jonny Evans or Phil Jones at centre-back, with Patrice Evra also likely to figure in a strong-looking defence as United look for their first group win of this season's campaign. Striker Dimitar Berbatov, who missed the Liverpool game, has travelled, but midfielder Tom Cleverley (foot) and full-back Rafael (shoulder) are out. Otelul Galati, nicknamed the Steelworkers, were the surprise winners of the Romanian championship last season - their first title - and will meet United at Bucharest's National Arena as their ground does not meet Uefa standards. United drew 1-1 against Benfica in Lisbon and shared six goals with Basel at Old Trafford in their first two games in Group C. Otelul Galati defender Sergiu Costin The Romanian side lost their two opening matches to FC Basel and Benfica, and defender Sergiu Costin is well aware that their toughest challenge lies ahead of them. "I just hope we do not make a laughing stock of ourselves. Football is not mathematics. We are hoping for a big result. It's a big team." Manchester United squad: De Gea, Lindegaard, Amos, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Jones, Smalling, Vidic, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs, Nani, Park, Young, Valencia, Berbatov, Diouf, Hernandez, Owen, Rooney, Welbeck. For the latest updates and reaction to this story read Sportsday Live. Have your say on Twitter via the hashtag #bbcsportsday. Liverpool's Luis Suarez 'upset' by Patrice Evra's racism claim October 16, 2011 at 3:59 PM Luis Suarez says he is "upset" about being accused of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra during Saturday's Premier League match. Luis Suarez says he is "upset" about being accused of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra during Saturday's Premier League match. The Liverpool striker wrote on Twitter: "I can only say that I have always respected and respect everybody. PFA's Gordon Taylor ready to mediate in Suarez-Evra race row "We are all the same. I go to the field with the maximum illusion of a little child who enjoys what he does, not to create conflicts." The Football Association has said that it will investigate Evra's claims. The United defender alleges the incident took place during the 1-1 draw at Anfield. A Liverpool spokesman earlier told the Press Association that Suarez "categorically denied" the allegation. An FA statement read: "Referee Andre Marriner was made aware of an allegation at the end of the fixture and has reported this to the FA. "The FA will now begin making enquiries into the matter." Evra was quoted as telling French TV station Canal Plus: "There are cameras, you can see him [Suarez] say a certain word to me at least 10 times." Paul Gascoigne on Rooney, Tevez and watching Bournemouth October 16, 2011 at 1:47 PM Paul Gascoigne talks to Sportsweek's Garry Richardson about controversies involving Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez, and his own battles to "enjoy life without a drink". Paul Gascoigne talks to Sportsweek's Garry Richardson about controversies involving Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez, and his own battles to "enjoy life without a drink" - and explains how he occasionally goes to watch League One side Bournemouth. Wayne Rooney England place in doubt - Sir Geoff Hurst October 16, 2011 at 12:04 PM Sir Geoff Hurst says Wayne Rooney should not be guaranteed a return to the England team if they make it to the Euro 2012 knockout stages. Sir Geoff Hurst says Wayne Rooney should not be guaranteed a return to England's starting team if they make it to the Euro 2012 knockout rounds. The striker will miss the entire group stage after his red card in Montenegro. Hurst told BBC Radio 5 live he would "without question" take Rooney to the finals but believes others can overtake him in the pecking order. "If they did well, I think the strong argument would be not to bring Wayne back [into the starting XI]," he said. Hurst kept his place in the England team that won the World Cup in 1966 after being given a chance following an injury to fellow striker Jimmy Greaves. ROONEY'S REPLACEMENTS Name Caps Goals Gabriel Agbonlahor 3 0 Darren Bent 11 4 Andy Carroll 3 1 Peter Crouch 42 22 Jermain Defoe 46 15 Daniel Sturridge 0 0 Danny Welbeck 2 0 Bobby Zamora 1 0 And he sees similarities in the current situation, stating that the Manchester United forward's suspension means there is an opening for one of England's other strikers to follow suit. Speaking on the Sportsweek programme, Hurst, 69, said: "There is the opportunity, without Wayne, for the individual strikers to perform and ensure they play well in the first three games. "If the strikers played well and scored goals, it would be a huge decision for him [Fabio Capello] to make. "Alf Ramsey made that brave decision and many criticised him for it before the [1966 World Cup] final but it all turned out fairly well in the end." Rooney's absence is a big blow for England but Hurst expects them to reach the last eight despite being without the 25-year-old for the group stage. "We should have a good enough squad of 22 players which, with injuries and suspensions, can compete in the early rounds of a European Championship," he added. "I would be very disappointed if, even without Wayne playing, we did not qualify." The Football Association may appeal against the severity of Uefa's punishment following Rooney's red card.

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