Manchester United animated gifs, Arsenal and Bolton games. #mufc

I have made some more gifs from the last two games, they seem to be quite popular so I will continue to produce them when I can find the time. I am going to continue to use the picasa web albums slideshow because it reduces load time of the site.   I have however noticed an intermittent bug where the gifs don't show.  It never happens when I'm logged in so any feedback would be appreciated if you are or are not having problems viewing the animated gifs.

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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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Manchester United betting for Arsenal match. #mufc

Manchester United betting will probably reach record highs as Manchester United fans are bouyed by Arsenals poor form.  Although Manchester United have conceded a few goals away at Newcastle, previous betting has been profitable for Man United fans.  (Images from Manchester United vs Bolton athletic Jan 2012).

Arsenal have been struggling all season and were battered 8-2 in a game where nobody could have predicted the crushing scoreline.  Anyone betting on that one would have got some tidy odds indeed.

One of my pals has gone for the double bet of Manchester United vs Arsenal, betting that United win.  Doubled up with an away win bet on Tottenham Hotspur.  He's betting that Spurs will defeat Manchester City at The Etihad Stadium. Spurs are 3/1 for the away win and United are priced at 13/8.

Another freind of mine has added The Masters snooker betting to the mix to bump his odds up to around 100/1.  Needless to say; the drinks will be on him if all goes his way!

I think the injuries that Arsenal are suffering from have given the gamblers from Manchester some extra confidence in betting on United.  Arsenal have as many players as United in the physio room.  It's shocking really:-  between the two teams and all their injured players there is a squad capable of finishing at the  top end of the premiership table!  They could be called Crocked Athletic Football Club.

Here's the full list of injured players as of this week, for those of you who like to do your betting from a statistical viewpoint.

Player        Condition          Expected Return*

Arsenal

 T Henry                  Calf Muscle Strain         22nd Jan                      
M Arteta                 Calf/Shin Injury              22nd Jan                       
F Coquelin               Hamstring Injury             31st Jan  
T Vermaelen            Calf/Shin Injury               22ndJan
A Santos                 Sprained Ankle              11th Mar 12
L Fabianski              Gashed Knee                   no return date
V Diaby                  Hamstring Injury              17th Mar 12
C Jenkinson             Stress Fracture               no return date
K Gibbs I                 nguinal Hernia                31st Jan 12
B Sagna                   Broken Leg                    31st Jan 12
J Wilshere                 Ankle/Foot Injury           16th Feb 12

 Manchester United
 
D Welbeck                 Knee Injury                        22nd Jan12
P Jones                       Knock                               no return date
C Smalling                   Knock 22nd                      Jan 12
Anderson                    Knock                               no return date
A Young                     Ankle/Foot                         Injury 11th Feb 12
D Fletcher                   Bowel Condition                no return date
N Vidic                       ACL Knee Injury               Jun 12
M Owen                     Thigh Muscle Strain            11th Feb 12
T Cleverley                 Ankle/Foot Injury               11th Feb 12
T Bebe ACL Knee      Injury                                 5th  Feb 12

 

I am not convinced that Tottenham are capable of beating Manchester City and I won't be betting on those Premiership teams on Sunday.  Although Spurs have been in great form they don't have a fully fit squad to chose from, therefore I think City will scrape the win.  This is undoubtedly a better time to play City than any other period this year.  Since the start of the season this is the weakest they have been.

The Torre brothers are away at the African cup of nations and they have injuries to Silva, Balotelli and Richards as well as the suspened Kompany making this the smallest squad Mancini has had to pick from all year.  I'm sure Manchester City betting will still be strong as they remain the odds favourite for this game.
  
Images 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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Ligament injury to the foot of Tom Cleverley was the only black spot of the day. #mufc

Tom has reportedly damaged ligaments in his foot and will be out injured for around 4 weeks. Apart from seeing the clumsy tackle the injury to his foot resulted from, what a long and fun-filled weekend I have had. As I got up on Saturday morning I was absolutely buzzing.  Since the amazing performance against Arsenal I'd been waiting for the away trip to Bolton Wanderers. I was booked on a coach trip that set off from near Old Trafford at 10am so it was an early start. I had no idea where the coach was taking us until I got to the meet point, so the mystery tour began!  We ended up in Blackpool which was a surprise but whatever, I was on the ale with 5 mates and about 50 other reds.  A good few pints later and after warming our voices up we really started to get ourselves hyped up for what was always going to be a blast of a day.

We got to the ground on time after a couple of 'hiccups' not worth mentioning and I was seated behind the goal which was great.  We were right next to the Bolton fans so we had some good banter and I spent a lot of the match, well the whole day really just laughing my head off.

Here's the ManUnited.com match report and some images from the game.

10/09/2011 18:20, Report by Steve Bartram

Bolton 0 United 5

United's mesmerising start to the Barclays Premier League season continued with a five-goal stroll at Bolton's Reebok Stadium, as Javier Hernandez struck his first goals of the campaign and Wayne Rooney extended his fine form with a second successive hat-trick.
The Reds turned in a devastating showcase of finishing, bagging three goals inside the first half-hour and a further pair after the break, and also demonstrated promising defensive resolve in the face of a characteristically direct bombardment from the hosts.
The only sour note of the afternoon was a derivative of the Trotters' trademark vigour, as Tom Cleverley left the Reebok Stadium on crutches after a heavy challenge from Bolton skipper Kevin Davies, having apparently suffered a damaged ankle.

Hitherto, Sir Alex Ferguson had enjoyed good news with injuries after the recent international break, and made only minimal changes to the line-up which started last month's romp against Arsenal. Danny Welbeck, who suffered a hamstring strain against the Gunners, was replaced by Hernandez, while Rio Ferdinand returned at the expense of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones shunted over to right-back.

As had been the case in the Reds' opening three league games, United began in proactive fashion. Indeed, it took the visitors just five minutes to forge ahead. As a United attack built on the right wing, with Rooney releasing Nani, Chicharito outwitted Gary Cahill by shaping to move to the near post, feinting to the back and then sprinted forward just in time to redirect Nani’s centre past the sprawling Jussi Jaaskelainen.

United had actually taken the lead without a full compliment of players. At the time of the goal, Cleverley was receiving treatment for an ankle injury after a poor challenge from Davies. Bolton had their best opening of the half while Cleverley was en route to the dressing room, but Rooney was on hand to hack Chris Eagles’ volley off the line after a goalmouth scramble. Michael Carrick was duly introduced to restore equality in personnel.

 Bolton skipper Davies was booked for a lunging challenge on Evra and Ivan Klasnic brought a spectacular save from De Gea with a stinging effort from the edge of the box, but the hosts’ defiance was soon doused by a devastating spell of attacking from United.
Jones took a quick throw-in and, upon receiving the ball straight back from Chicharito, arced an unplayable cross into the heart of the Bolton area, where the onrushing Rooney needed only brush the ball with the studs of his right boot to double United’s lead.

Jones was the epicentre of the Reds’ celebratory huddle, and the makeshift right-back was again the hub of joy five minutes later. Having swapped passes with Nani, the marauding youngster strode through the Bolton midfield and defence and, although his shot was saved by Jaaskelainen, Rooney carefully tucked the rebound between the desperate lunges of Cahill and Dedryck Boyata to heap further misery on the hosts.


Fresh from the eight-goal salute to Arsenal, another attacking frenzy was underway. Hernandez appeared to have turned in United’s fourth just two minutes later, but his neat finish applied to a Nani cross was correctly rendered illegal by an assistant’s flag.
The game lulled for the final third of the half, as rampant visitors and shell-shocked hosts drew breath. Kevin Davies swiped air rather than ball after a decent Martin Petrov cross and Nani fired into the side-netting from close-range, but the interval came with United exuding comfort.

Were any reminder required that Bolton can never be taken lightly, especially at home, it was served by Klasnic within two minutes of the restart. Fortunately, De Gea had the smart reflexes and handling to field the Croatian's low snapshot.

At the opposite end, Jaaskelainen did well to flick Anderson's wicked free-kick wide of the post, but relied on his defenders to dig him out of a hole after Hernandez had stolen possession outside the area. The Mexican didn't have to wait long, however, to double his tally, sliding home from close range after Michael Carrick's shot had rolled through a thicket of bodies.
Bolton's response to the fourth goal was positive, as Nigel Reo-Coker crashed a shot against De Gea's crossbar, before both sides rang the changes. Kevin Davies made way for David N'gog and Darren Pratley replaced ex-Red Chris Eagles for the hosts, while Sir Alex introduced Ryan Giggs and Smalling at the expense of Ashley Young and the limping Evans.

The amendments did little to stifle the flow of the game, as United popped passes around with abandon. Nor did it stem the tide of goals, as Rooney smashed home his second successive hat-trick. A raking ball from Giggs found Nani, who rolled the ball across the edge of the area for Rooney to curl an unstoppable shot into Jaaskelainen's bottom right-hand corner.
Hat-trick secured, Rooney soon attempted to serve up another treble for Chicharito, but his centre was narrowly behind the Mexican striker. Late on, Chicharito was played in by Nani, but unselfishly attempted to square for the excellent Anderson, who couldn't quite convert into the gaping goal.
No matter, five more than sufficed to prolong the early-season excitement surrounding this United team. There's enough experience in the Reds' ranks to avoid getting giddy just over a week into September, but the verve and swagger about this bunch of twinkling talents renders caution harder by the week.

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