In the midst of Euro 2008, there were several reports claiming Luiz Filipe Scolari, who had just taken on the job as Chelsea manager, was advising Ronaldo to leave United for Real Madrid. In an interview Ronaldo claimed that Scolari had said that the opportunity to join Real is once in a lifetime and he [...]
July 8th, 2008
Categories: Rants, Rivals, Stats, Transfer Rumours . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 6 Comments
Since selling Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2006, we have failed to bring in an out and out striker to replace him. Coupled with Louis Saha’s injuries, United have found themselves playing a different style of football to what they’d played for years, particularly when Ruud had been in the team.
Basically, our wingers bombed down [...]
July 6th, 2008
Categories: Most-Read-Articles, Stats, Transfer Rumours, Video . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 33 Comments
Ole Gunnar Solsjaer’s place in our history books was cemented when scored against Bayern Munich during injury time in the European Cup final to win us the trophy, however our love for him runs much deeper than that.
The guy is a class act, one of the few United players who is respected by all (apart [...]
June 25th, 2008
Categories: Legends, Stats . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 23 Comments
Cristiano Ronaldo is a man accused of failing to show up in the big games which has been taken on board by United fans. The question of “what constitutes a big game?” has arisen. Your fiercest rivals? Important cup games? Top four opposition?
I have heard people respond that every game is a big game when [...]
May 18th, 2008
Categories: Current Players, Poll, Stats . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 11 Comments
Alan Curbishley was put under scrutiny this week when he claimed it would be a travesty if United didn’t win the league. Whilst I don’t entirely agree he deserved the criticism Avram Grant threw in his direction for what he said, I can agree that the timing of the comments, in the week leading up [...]
May 4th, 2008
Categories: Most-Read-Articles, Rants, Stats . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 34 Comments
Last season, United played more or less our first XI for the majority of the season. Whilst both Gary Neville and Nemanja Vidic spent lengthy periods on the sidelines, for most of the season our team was VDS – Neville – Rio – Vidic – Evra – Ronaldo – Scholes – Carrick – Giggs – [...]
April 29th, 2008
Categories: Most-Read-Articles, Rants, Stats . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 12 Comments
When looking at our results versus Chelsea in the Roman era, United fans may have reason to worry about our away trip to Stamford Bridge tomorrow. Chelsea currently hold an 80 league game unbeaten run at home and with a title to fight for, certainly won’t be rolling over for us.
Six years ago, almost to [...]
April 26th, 2008
Categories: Match Day, Rivals, Stats . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: No Comments