Why Adebayor’s celebrations need no apology

Posted by Dirtycheat on Sep 16th, 2009 | 4 comments

Take yourselves back to the season of 2006 when Adebayor was a young, fleshy lad, new to the England game and absolutely dreadful. He couldn’t do anything right, so much so he made Henry, who is usually quite the gentleman, literally pull his hair out.

Adebayor – Come a long way since his early days in the Premier League

Given time, he eventually came good, each season improving by leaps and bounds. Culminating in last season where he was nothing short of world class, scoring an impressive 16 league goals in a largely unimpressive Arsenal team. Of course the bitter spurs fans weren’t happy with this and then started singing

“Adebayor….Adebayorrr….his dad washes elephants and his mum is a whore!!“

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Manchester United vs Arsenal: UEFA Champions League Semi Final – Pre Game

Posted by Matthew Galea on Apr 29th, 2009 | one comment

Ladies and gentleman fasten your seatbelts and get ready for one of the most anticipated matches in recent history. The most entertaining domestic rivalry in English football is about to go continental. You guessed it; it’s Manchester United vs. Arsenal and its Champions League semi final time! The two English heavyweights will look to reignite their fierce rivalry in a match that has rarely disappointed domestically in what will hopefully be a feast of football.

Very few have ever complained about the quality of football which has been played in matches between United and Arsenal in the last decade or so, and many neutrals watched in awe as the two clubs battled it out in the hope of achieving domestic domination throughout the nineties and early naughties. Whilst it seems United have won that battle, with Arsenal failing to repeat the brilliance of the famous “Invincibles” season with any consistency, while United have since gone on to win two Premier League titles, a Champions League and a World Club Cup to boot. Whilst the rivalry may have faded off in terms of the title picture in recent seasons it has still produced some of United’s most memorable and volatile matches in recent times.

Let’s get physical! It’s United vs Arsenal!!!

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The Run In – Where’s it at?

Posted by Cali Red on Apr 23rd, 2009 | no comments

Who here likes torture? Oh I see, most everyone. That must be the reason we support this club. What else is there? The most recent of these scares came in the Champions League tie between United and Porto. When the draw came out this looked to be the best possible draw we could have hoped for. I’m not saying this was a cake walk by any stretch and there is a still lot of work to do. Is the club even up to it given injuries and the number of games we have played and have left? I want to start by giving Porto credit where credit is due they played a good set of games and with one more goal would have advanced to the semi’s. That said is there a player in their starting 11 that even makes the subs for us? I don’t think so. If the matches were played on paper this isn’t even worth a discussion, United win going away. However, Heart Attack United has a history of doing this on a frequent basis. Just look at the last few matches let alone years gone by. We essentially need to win every match barring a slip up from the teams in the behind us. So what does the greatest team in the world do? (I can say that because right now we are, look at the trophies all you haters). We leave it to stoppage time and have a 17 year old kid that has never played a minute of Premier League football to send us back atop the table. That gets us back on the right track, right? Oh, wait a minute, not so fast. We then call on that same kid to come through in the very next match! Oh boy. Will this player go down with the great names of players pulling our feet out of the fire? Ole, Giggs, Cantona, Best, Schmeichel, Macheda…..ok let’s not get carried away but it does seem to run in the blood of this club. Who can forget Ryan Giggs running down the wing against Arsenal? How about Ole against Bayern Munich?
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Video of the Day: The Lowdown on Porto

Posted by funkdoctorspock on Mar 24th, 2009 | one comment

On March 20th, at 11 GMT, the UEFA Quarterfinal draw took place. Seven teams were in the pot which Manchester United could potentially face: Arsenal, Barcelona, FC Bayern, Chelsea, Liverpool, FC Porto, and Villarreal.

At this point in the knockout stages, the rules are simple. It is an open draw with no seeding. The first team drawn plays the first match at home.

Here is the draw:

Manchester United will play FC Porto in the Quarterfinals which take place beginning April 7th at Old Trafford and the final leg to played on April 15th at Estádio do Dragão. If United make it past Porto, they will play the winner of Villarreal/Arsenal.

With an unfavourable outcome and painful memories from many Manchester United fans in 2004, the United support are eagerly anticipating to exonerate demons of Champion’s League past.

For those not too familiar with FC Porto, here is a 2008-2009 compliation video. You’ll probably want to watch this with the music off, it’s quite horrible.

FC Porto Squad:

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UEFA Champions League – Quarter Final Draw Reaction

Posted by Matthew Galea on Mar 20th, 2009 | 2 comments

Well, if it were possible, I don’t think Sir Alex Ferguson could have picked a better draw himself. Whilst perhaps many of us wanted to play Liverpool, mainly for revenge, I think we all would have jumped at the opportunity to play Porto in the quarter finals instead. In a recent press conference, Sir Alex Ferguson played down United’s chances of an unprecedented quintuplet, stating that it is impossible to win all competitions without a little luck, however he will be jumping for joy at the news of United’s Champions League draw. It now looks as though Manchester United have a real chance of retaining their crown as Champions of Europe, potentially the first to do so, since the competition was reformed in 1992.

2008: Moscow, 2009: Destination – Rome?

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Why Has Ramsey Chosen Arsenal?

Posted by Torque on Jun 10th, 2008 | 2 comments

The recent articles about Aaron Ramsey were pointing to United as favorites for signing him. Last week, Cardiff manager Dave Jones spoke in favor of United, saying that a transfer to United would be a perfect foundation for a bright future

“United are the major force in European football, if not the best club in the world, and with the squad of players they have that domination is set to continue for some time to come. I believe Aaron can go there and play a valuable part in that in the future.”

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Well What Have We Learned?

Posted by Dimz on Apr 13th, 2008 | 3 comments

It’s 12:52 on a Sunday afternoon in April and there are quite a few things I can draw on, to answer that eexact question:

1) United are 9 points clear of Arsenal.
2) United have a deeper squad than Arsenal.
3) United have more proven match-winners than Arsenal.

Etc., etc., etc…

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FA Cup View From the Stands: United vs. Arsenal

Posted by opm on Feb 17th, 2008 | no comments

In the build up to the greatly heralded match that pinned the Premiership’s two best teams, you would never have been able to tell from Arsenal’s performance that it was in that elite category. I have looked for reasons why Arsenal was so poor, and why United were so fantastic, and I can only throw my arms in the arm in defeat. Relative to last week’s devastating blow at Old Trafford to the Blues, I thought this season was beginning to slip form our grip due to inconsistency, mediocrity and the general misconception that we’re destined to win the league because of how easily we were able to run through teams in the previous campaign. I’ve been looking for tenacity from this side and yesterday, it was finally on display.

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The Greatest Manchester United Games (Part I)

Posted by RobsonLegend on Jan 7th, 2008 | one comment

I have been a United fan for as long as I can remember, which in footballing terms stretches back to the evening of May 21, 1977 in Malaysia, when my father sat me down in front of a small black and white screen and told me about the team in the lighter jerseys, and how they were the underdogs and the team they were playing against were going for a historical treble. (more…)

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