Last season we scored a total of 11 goals against Newcastle, beating them 6-0 at home and 5-1 away. In these games, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 5 goals, Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney bagged 2 each, with Rio Ferdinand and Louis Saha also getting on to the scoresheet.
United will certainly be without Ronaldo for the opening game of the season against Newcastle at the weekend, with Rooney’s appearance still being hit-and-miss.
Is this going to be a problem for United?
On the opening day of the season last year, United finished with a very dull 0-0 against Reading. Despite dominating the game, our only striker, Wayne Rooney, hobbled off at half time and didn’t reappear for the second half.
As we all know, this didn’t have a terrible effect on our season, despite going on to drop points in the next two matches we played in as well.
Michael Carrick has today insisted that even with players missing on Sunday, United will be able to create and finish chances against Newcastle.
“It’s not really a concern,” said Carrick. “It’s still early days, the performances are there and we’re creating the chances. We’ve got the lads to stick them away. In an ideal world you’d be winning every match comfortably. Last season we didn’t start all that well, but hopefully we’ll start next week by banging the goals in and getting ourselves off the mark. Since the first game back against Aberdeen, we’ve all progressed and got better with every game. Sunday’s was a good performance. But we want to improve and get better. This is one step further in our preparations so I’m sure we’ll be ready.”
After creating plenty of chances on Sunday in the Community Shield, yet not finding the back of the net, there is a concern that United will struggle to score once the Premiership season starts. Carlos Tevez, whilst having a superb pre-season, is not an out-and-out striker, but will feel the weight of responsibility on his shoulders as our only forward.
Even without the likes of Rooney, Ronaldo, Nani and Anderson, do you think we will have too much for Newcastle at the weekend?
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Yeah you’ll struggle. We’ll register our first win at the Theatre of Nightmares in 28 years this weekend. St Michael for a hat-trick.
though i think man will win it will be a lot harder than last year as we have a lot better players and man u are missing a few with a bit of luck hopfuly the toon can come away with a win
WE ARE SHORT AND DOOOOOOOO NEED A STRIKER. SAF KNOWS IT, HENCE THROWN THE FISHING ROD HIGH AND WIDE.
PROBLEM IS AT PRESENT NO ONES TAKING THE BAIT..NO FISH WANTS TO HOOK ON/ COME OR THEY ARE HAPPY TO STAY IN PRESENT WATERS.
NEED SUM1 ASAP….CANT AFFORD A START LIKE LAST SEASON…CAUSE THIS TIME WE MAY NOT GET AWAY WITH IT.
SAYING THAT…IN SAF WE TRUST….THAT GIVES US CONTENTMENT
IM SCARED SILLY
Yes, you did put 11 past us last season, but we were a club in turmoil having just lost the happless Allardyce (happless being polite).
However, the best i am hoping for is a score draw, but having seen your toothless finishing at wembley anything could happen – Coloccini could even chip Van der Sar from 25 yards a la Albert!!!
The arrogance of Man utd fans never ceases to amaze me. I’ve been to every MUFC NUFC premiership game home and away and whilst most resluts have been a fair indiction of play (i.e Mancs were better) last year was ridiculous – Owen scored first and it was incorrectly disallowed, Mancs took the lead with a goal which should never have stood. I don’t think we’ll win but the margin wont be great unless you have the same referee.
haha newcastle? dnt b silly, their the perfect team 4 us 2 play without any strikers, campbell n tevez or mr berbatov or henry, or tevez by him self with carrick hargo and big paul in the middle, we’l kill them, 3-0, no danger!!
I predict man u 1 – nufc 4
Does it really matter as long as we score one more than them…….?
Toony: The sheer idiocy of Newcaslte fans never ceases to amaze me. To moan about Michael Owen’s disallowed goal in a game that you were lucky to lose 6-0 shows what a tit you are. We should have been out of sight in the first half, If Owen’s goal had stood Newcastle still would have crumbled. Just to proof it wasnt a fluke we went and spanked you 5-1 at St James a month later. Let me guess ref on our side that game aswel?
Newcastle to just avoid relegation this year and Keegan to walk.
The time for Mancs honouring themselves will soon be at an end…Ferguson will retire, and no one, and I mean, No one will be able to do it again, nothing lasts forever. You have the glory days now and for the last 20 odd years, but ur way overdue a fall, and soon, it’ll come.
@Andy: So whats your point exactly? Even if we never find a manager to win us trophies again(which is impossible), we’ll still have loads of EPL trophies, FA Cups, Carling Cups, 3 CL trophies and loads of CS trophies to look back on, what will you lot have going for you? When and if our glory years end, will that ignite Newcastles glory years to come? You’ll still be the mid- table club you’ve always been.
@OTRed: Always been a mid table club? once upon a time, we were a dominant force, it was only 12 years ago you NEARLY lost one of those league trophies to us. All big clubs have they’re glory days, Man U’s are coming to an end, and while i’d rather see Man U win things than Liverpool (and of course Sunderland & Middlesbrough), I’ll enjoy every second of your god complex fans insisting that every trophy available to win rightfully belongs to you, when you have no devine right to win anything. Trust me, when you take a fall, everyone will *love it*
Amazing how so many Newcastle fans seem to be clairevoyant. Our glory days are coming to an end so they say. I wish I could see into the future like them.
Andy, since when has any United fan claimed that trophies rightfully belong to us? United have earnt every trophy they have won and the times we didnt win the league I can admit we were’nt good enough, just like Newcastle were’nt good enough in 1996. Newcastle started brilliantly but unfortunately for your sake its a 38 game season not 20/25 game season. You were not good enough to last the pace that year.
@Gary: Name a manager who will do what Ferguson did? When he retires, half the squad will leave, Ronadlo already wants out. and you’re pretty much fucked without him and your zimmer frame manager already knows it. Thats why he was so afraid of him leaving.
Andy dont be so bloody stupid. Obviously its going to be a dark day in the clubs history when Fergie calls it a day and your right in the fact we wont dominate English football like we have done for 16 years or so. Half the squad will not leave tho as you say. Why would everyone suddenly jump ship, your forgetting clubs dont come much bigger than United so players are not going to suddenly say I want out. The club will not fall like it did after Matt Busby left, football has changed since then.
Im not saying you’re going to be relegated, but you will take a steady decline, football might have changed. But business hasn’t and as soon that steady decline starts to become more and more obvious, investors will jump ship and go to the club that took the slot you left. It’ll be a dark in Manc history when he leaves, but it’ll be a great day for everyone else.
Andy this isn’t the 1970′s we are not going to replace Sir Alex with frank o’farrell or a wilm mcguiness type and sides like southampton wba and west ham are not going to be able outbid us for players or finish above us.
United are the real deal and are here to stay, much like newcastle trophy’s drout
@ Dickhead Jimmybob: I See, So it would be impossible to bring in an established manager and for him to fail? Are for real? United arn’t here to stay, NOTHING lasts forever and I don’t think I have to tell you that doesn’t apply to just football, unless you’re a complete retard or not a real fan like 99% of MUFC fans. I’m gonna stop replyin on this because this is a MANC site, a shite one at that. But trust me, it wont last forever. Nothing ever does.
Bye Andy