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Arsenal v/s Manchester United

I won my last bet against Middlesbrough but also lost the one in which i thought of United making 5-6 goals.But damn those crapy defenders.!!Anyways. Today we may consider this as a test or a clash.But one things for sure a win is something that will sort the matters.If Arsenal win ,if Aresnal win(which they arent!)its still keeps them invincible.Its again the Gunners dominating over United.Last season something that i kept hoping was United winning over Gunners but damn it never happened . Back to present,if Arsenal win, this will Make a difference of 3 points between us and also a game in hand.Which will end up in win making United 6 points behind(If they make out from their next fixture.)This will make our matter worse after watching Avran Grunt doing some Voodoo magic on Chelsea Dolls.They havent lost their last few games and are just running below our throats.So it proves that a win for Gooners is something a Red Man wont like.So coming out of that that dumb prediction lets move for the real one.If United win.If United (which likely we are).United will go on top of table for first time this season.Yeah its first time but not last time.United have clean record of staying on top once getting up there.So it makes hard life for Arsenal to get back.If Rooney scores 2 he will become second highest scorer in league if Adebayor,Fabregas doesnt score which they likely arent.Ferguson will celebrate his 21 years of managing United with a win which makes United’s total wins of 375 matches a way higher compared to Wenger’s 316.(Sorry for not making post on that one.He finished his 21 years this Tuesday).If United win.Yeah If United i will be winning another 100 bucks from a Gunner who dreams for winning this again over the Devils.(I dont mind dumb people.)So dont pray for United( cause Devils dont rely on prayer or Do they.)cause that something Aresnal will be need.United are playing with new blood, off-loading old ones expect for Giggs and Van De Sar.Thats the correct blend of young talent with experience.Saha and Carrick are out of their beds ready for Action.Though they will be resting on bench but i predict they will enter the game in later half.Now for Gunners.With lack of experience (Arsenal total experience< Giggs exp+scholes exp.. Sorry Gunner but its True.) They will be playing without Robin Van Persie and Senderos both out with their injuries which makes no difference .Gilberto and Eduardo are likely to start after a long absense to team which still makes no difference.Arsenal Coach Wenger said this few days ago..

I have a strong belief in my team and I’m convinced we can put them under good pressure and beat them. We have a game in hand, we want to extend our lead at the top and take advantage of that game.

Well Wenger does have sense of Humor when he still thinks of winning when United are in Red form.Theres no harm in staying positive till you know it was wrong.Anyways i am ending this critics report on Arsenal cause i have catch few of my Gunner friends.I would getting back some till then have fun.So long friends..Miss the match if you are  Gunner

Emirates Stadium
Saturday, 3 November
Kick-off: 1245 GMT

My Prediction:

Manchester United 4-1 Arsenal

CLASH OF CULTURES.

Hello to all of you.In morning i was in great confusion to decide whether i should write on this or not after reading almost 40+blogs wirting about this.But then i finally decided to go and  make few notes in this post cause there were few things which many missed out.

Manchester United and Arsenal matches have been a top priority fixture as winning has been the only bottom line .Both the teams have never agreed to end the match as draw for which only 7 matches have ended up in draw after playing solid 33matches.On this note Arsenal have been up front with winning 13 games while United making 11 wins.Remaining 2 ending up in penalty shoot outs and making one win for each.Apart from the history its about team.Both the teams Arsenal and United are looking in sublime form.After departure of O’Henry from Arsenal it seemed like whole club might fall down and end up season fighting at bottom.But the brilliance of the Wenger had all reasons to prove his critics and me wrong.He has moulded the team in best possible way and you cant demand any more corrections.For players with such less experience its difficult to make them cope with situations like the one Arsenal faced against Liverpool.With only few signings for Wenger for this season you can say its half league worth.United on other hand is something new.Sir Alex has taken all of his time making changes and corrections and has now finally settled out with the present one.New players and new skills is what makes the legends different from others.United has seen a variety of flairs right from time of George Best to the present one .Nani,Anderson,Tevez all contributing to United culture in every aspects.So this all ends ups a clash between 2 glorious culture of English Football.Please dont miss the match unless you wish United to lose.


United 4-1 Middlesbrough

Are we loving this ? Sure we are.Its all back to United.With 4 goal victory in last four goals its thumping form for us.Yeah it took a while for our new guns to settle in boots but its now paying its worth.This match was pretty much same as last 4 games.Possession was something that United kept on demanding.Tackles that all ending Boro’s resilience.The goals were not screamers but were all brilliance.A fool only would have his bets on Boro.(May be Steve McLaren did!!).

The match was in action in intial minutes.Nani scoring a screamer way out from 30 yards with massive strike.Schwarzer was left petrified with ball sailing above his head for a despair dive.Though Middlesbrough came back quickly scoring just within 3 minutes with Aliadiere,it was last of their efforts.Score 1-1 in first 6minutes.United then started  camping their Artillery on their home soil taking Boro without mercy.Majority of United moves ending in Boro’s box.. Tevez and Rooney looked perfectly balanced with each other and for first time this season i feel its Tevez who was right man for United rather than Torres.Second goal didnt take too long for United.Goal  coming from  boots of Mastreo 10.Rooney striking second for United on 35th minute.You can call it a Boro mistake or Rooney’s power but i thought it was Nani who deserved credit for this one.He was rigously running for every ball and finally this tackle paid.Quickly as United took over lead they never thought for losing it.They kept playing rest of game with possession and it seemed all ended for Middlesbrough.Anderson,Hargreaves,Ronaldo,Scholes all breaking midfield at right time.Never did United panic when they were charging.It was a cucumber cool defense.Though Boro came close with few attacks like one from Downing free kick’s it was not enough to break great wall of Holland.Since then,it was all United’s flair that kept Boro craving for ball.Tevez scored remaining 2 goals for United in 55 and 85 minute to seal another win for United. No ball dropping or any mistime tackles for United..Game was all ended for Boro before the wistle blew.Final score 4-1.

Another gleaming win for United.Tevez and Rooney looking more like a patnership.Ronaldo now needs to work his pace to steady with these Guys.No complains to Anderson and Hargreaves.We can beat Arseholes Arsenal if its this same flying form for United.

Manchester United v/s Roma

Last season about 7 months ago Roma encountered what ferguson felt the best match in European competition for United.Ronaldo a major nuisance to Roma players is all set to erupt this time too and has said to show no mercy on Roma players.Roma captain Francesco Totti said he has being eying for this match since long time and is ready to pay for last season’s defeat.While Roma has recently suffered from 1-4 defeat,United are looking red form winning their last 5 games in premier league. Ronaldo looks in fine form for United scoring his first premiership goal last week against Birmingham and wants his team to play well.Tomaz Kuszczak will be playing in place of injured Van De Sar.Ferguson wants the match to played as a game and not as a payback revenge.

Birmingham v/s Man Utd

We are playing today our 8 game of campaign and will be visiting Saint mancheser unitedAndrew’s Park Stadium against Steve Bruce side.A much confident team compared to last season .They are fully equipped with new players and staff this season.Steve says that he is fully aware with United’s potential and still  is anticipating results from his side.Steve after stopping the mighty Liverpool for a close draw has all reason to be presumptuos  and playing at home is having a step more for comfort.United haven’t lost their last 5 games in premiership and are likely to make 6th straight wins.Winning this match will get United on top of table.This will be only possible if Arsenal drop points at West Ham which stands a very weak chance for United.Hargreaves will return on bench for United.An orthodox 4-4-2 formation with Rooney and Tevez lining forward.Ronaldo and Giggs on wings as usual.Carrick and Scholes in mid-field.For Defense From left,Evra -Vidic-Ferdinand-Brown.United needs to start game with strong targeted shots from beginning if they want goals and results from this game.United has been consistent in keeping clean sheets and thats the reason why we have sustained one goal victory.May be this time scoring couple of goals can boost United.

Predictions:

Goal Scorer: Tevez,Saha                                                                                                                   Player to watch : Kapo, Djourou                                                                                                       Score line: 2-0

United 2-0 Chelsea

Manchester United beat Chelsea with two goals after Tevez making is debut goal for United.Saha scoring the second after United awarded a penalty on a Ben Haim tackle.United winning comfortably with just 2 points away from the leader Arsenal.United are right 2 in league table.

Manchester United wins against Everton

Manchester United keeps up their form in winning their third consecutive match in premiership after taking over Everton in an away match.

United were playing without Rooney and Hargreaves,both still not fit to play United.Ronaldo playing after end of his suspension and Tevez starting up instead of Saha.Yakubu making his first home and club debut with Everton. Everton playing at home(unbeaten) and losing only one in their last five fixtures were ready for a win.United knew it would be tight encounter and also losing points would be a bad deal. Everton started well with couple of good chances coming close of few occasions.United had only best chance in first half which unlikely came from Evra on a Tevez pass.Everton had a decent effort from corner,header well cleared by Paul Scholes .United suffered a blow after Silvestre in later period after collapsing on a miss time run.Silverstre substituted by Nani.Both teams managed a goalless period after no such chances coming in first half. Second half saw more composed United with all passes and through ball playing perfectly.Scholes kept his head cool late in match after being warned by referee for a late tackle against Mikel Arteta.He missed the best chance of game missing one on one opportunity hitting ball high in the air on 53 minute .United still without goals.Ronaldo was warned for falling at edge of box which looked less deliberate for a dive.May be a bad decision.The clock kept ticking and both teams trying hard for a sole goal which was to come from United.With less than 7 minutes to play United,bagged a corner on right flag.Nani taking charge for the corner.He delivered a perfect ball in the box,which was then headed for a goal by Vidic for power determined header.A goal coming on 83 minutes  set the score line live for United.Once again United coming with a late old fashion header goal winning the game by one goal .Winning all 9 points from last 3 fixtures,made Sir Alex some reason to be happy about.


We are delighted with the win because people will see a very improved Everton this season. Teams will find it very hard coming here.We are determined, we have a good team ethic, we have got a good shape and we had good passing. We will work away and this is a very good result.

Not those perfect win for United but the result that mattered.Lets hope this may work well for boosting up the team and we see better performance from United.

Everton: Wessels, Hibbert, Yobo, Lescott, Baines, Arteta, Jagielka, Neville (McFadden 85), Osman (Pienaar 73), Johnson, Yakubu (Anichebe 74).
Subs Not Used: Turner, Carsley.
Booked: Neville, Pienaar.
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre (Nani 41), Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Evra, Giggs (Saha 63), Tevez, Nani (Pique 85).
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Gibson.
Booked: Scholes, Ronaldo.
Goals: Vidic 83.

Manchester-Reading Head to Head

United playing their first match at home against Reading.So just to make few points to the match I thought of having a detailed stat of both teams before the match kicks off.

Manchester and Reading have played each other twice last season .In which united winning one and other ending as draw.Here Manchester are ahead of Reading.Only 2 matches won’t be enough to predict the match.But with players like Rooney and Ronaldo United are going to win this one way easily.The match to start in couple of hours and see you all watching the game.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD

                                                               Manchester Utd                           Reading
Recent OVERALL form                D D W W W W D D L L          L D L L D W W W L D
Recent HOME form                         W W D D L L                           W D L W W L
Recent AWAY form                         W W W W D D                        L L L D W D
Home win                                             80%                                        66%
Home draw                                          12%                                        16%
Home lost                                              8%                                         18%
Home goals                                      2.40 per match                         1.90 per match
Away win                                              66%                                         38%
Away draw                                           16%                                         34%
Away lost                                              18%                                         28%
Away goals                                        1.90 per match                         1.40 per match

Matches played against each other.

December 2006 : Manchester United 3- 2 Reading September 2006 : Reading 1 - 1Manchester United

This proves which ones better team.Bet your money on Manchester United tonight.You are sure winner!! Match starting up less than 2 hours . I need to go right for making tonight’s preparation.Enjoy the match.

Chelsea v. ManUtd on Sunday

Chelsea and United are going to face each other this Sunday for the English season’s first match - The Community Shield Charity Match. United will look forward to the match to try and avenge for the loss in the FA Cup final in June. Chelsea lost last year’s Community Shield to Liverpool after suffering a 2-1 defeat, so they’d be hungry for the trophy as well.

United shouldn’t have too many problems dealing with Chelsea especially after having a Championship winning team boosted by three youngsters raring to go and prove themselves among the best. The Match is to be played at Wembley.

The reds are without captain Gary Neville, Louis Saha and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Sir Alex didn’t seem overtly confident and maybe a little bit unsure, “Those lads are not ready.We are looking forward to some action for the three(Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson) of them.”

Chelsea are in a mini-injury crisis themselves after having 5 of their players sidelined due to injury.
The season opener between the two biggest teams of the  Premiership at the moment - this is one that you can’t afford to miss. Here’s to another piece of silverware for Old Trafford.