This Carling, Coca-Cola, Worthington League Cup game this Sunday

Right, here’s my attempt at reading Sir Alex Ferguson’s mind. This is the team that will line up against Spurs:
Tevez Wellbeck
Nani      Scholes Anderson     Gibson
O’Shea Vidic (or Ferdinand) Evans Raphael Neville
Foster
Subs: Kuszczak, Rooney, Fabio, Giggs, Fletcher, Possebon, Park
Good luck, Boys.
Postscript:
With Raphael da Silva ruled out for a month, Neville is likely to play at right-back. Given [...]

That game, that man

I missed the entire game this morning, bar the final 30 seconds and Ronaldo’s free kick that didn’t go in.
It would have been sweet revenge had it did, as it would have redressed an injustice for the last time United faced Jose in the competition. That morning, four years ago, I dragged myself awake and [...]

Now, what I want is, Facts

Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which [...]

Extraordinary! It’s deja vu all over again

In anticipation of their UEFA game vs citeh, Stale Solbakken, manager of  FC Copenhagen, declared the following:
The amounts of money that have been mentioned are incredible. I think that such incredible sums will take part in destroying football. They are creating too big a mental distance between what we call reality and then Manchester City.
Warming [...]

Peter Kenyon

A fantastic clip for your listening pleasure.

Peter Kenyon, you are a tool.

Bola sepak

There’s not much that goes on in local (Singapore) football that isn’t covered by the three toilet papers masquerading as “newspapers”  – really, if you think the red-tops are a pile of dung, try the straitstimes.com or the new paper. *shudder* both are abysmal.
Anyway, coming back to the point, if you prefer a grounded view [...]

WSC

I’m sure most of you have heard of and the independent football monthly When Saturday Comes.
Until recently, when an already poor distribution network of the fanzine into South East Asia further deteriorated and thus limited availability, WSC was the football read not to be missed. Fortunately, their site has seen a tremendous re-design with the [...]

Glenn Hoddle Academy

The always excellent United Youth site has an article about a former Red, Christy Fagan, and his call up to the Republic of Ireland’s Under-21 side.
It’s always great to keep track of former Reds, however minor or trivial their contribution to the history of the Club.
Re. the United Youth article, it seems to me that [...]

Steve Claridge on Tony Adams

The Arse Legend was sacked from his post as “manager” of Portsmouth Football Club last night. Former Portsmouth Legend Steve Claridge chimed in with
Tony Adams … was a victim of circumstances
I can only agree; Adams found himself manager of a Premier League club.
WANTED: Young, untested, ex-player, on the cheap, to manage debt-ridden, under-performing club with [...]