Nemanja Vidic worried that United would not retain the Premier League title due to United's run of bad luck in the opening weeks. A tough fixture list mixed with some injuries saw United take only five points from the first four games. "We didn't start well in the first few games and when you don't have [. Click to continue reading...

With no Premier League matches this weekend due to International World Cup Qualifiers, some Manchester United players were playing for their countries, here is how they got on. I will start off with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Click to continue reading...

The headlines wrote themselves this morning for all the wrong reasons. Rob Styles' itchy whistle finger contrived to invent a new type of offence for awarding a penalty of which he is yet to explain to the media.

It was pretty clear to everyone that it wasn't a penalty and Styles was spooked by the OT faithful and immediately blew.

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Good news for United, Nemanja Vidic is set to return from suspension. While Edwin van der Sar is said to have recovered from a knee injury sustained during the Manchester United vs. Chelsea match. Also Ronaldo will be in the starting line-up. While Bolton will have Johan Elmander and Matt Taylor back from injury. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers; Old Trafford, Saturday 27th September, 1500.

VdS returns against Bolton after a shaky start to the season with Kuszcak ruled out with a groin injury. There was always a chance United would name rookie keeper Ben Amos in the starting line up but it was felt that thinking man's neanderthal, Kevin Davies, and the aerial bombardment he will undoubtedly receive, would be too much of a fiery baptism.

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Manchester United 1 - Middlesborough 1

Amos, Da Silva, Vidic, Brown, O'Shea, Nani, Possebon, Anderson, Giggs, Welbeck, Ronaldo
Subs from Zieler, Manucho, Gibson, Tevez, Cleverley, Gray, Eckersley

1st Half
Alves and Brown seem to be having quite a battle.

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United started their Champions League campaign against La Liga runners-up Villarreal. United's starting eleven was: Van der Sar Neville, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Park, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Nani Rooney, Tevez Suprisingly, no Vidic, Brown or Giggs United had a great opportunity in the 9th minute from the first corner kick in the match. Click to continue reading...

Debuts for Sulky-smooth and Riera went better for the Spaniard
Liverpool beat the old Red Menace 2-1 in the early Saturday fixture- a great way to kick off the weekend.   Berbatov cut back a nice pass that found Tevez totally unmarked and making no mistake; his countryman and friend Javier Mascherano didn't seem to realize the kickoff had happened two minutes prior. Click to continue reading...

As a Manchester United fan there is nothing much worse than losing to Liverpool. Even St£vie G and Carragher's sulky countenances were lifted to unfamiliar grins for half an hour after the game (before, of course, their houses were burgled again for the fourth time that day). Rafa gave a wide-eyed and incredulous interviews stating that Liverpool were now serious title contenders, all the while trying to convince himself of the fact at the same time.

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In the aftermath of what turned out to be an Anfield horror show on Saturday by the Red Devils, Fergie hinted that he was a little bit perplexed as to why new signing Dimitar Berbatov didn't build on this excellent contribution which led to United taking the lead in the opening minutes of a pulsating clash. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool made the sort of statement of intent that Rafa Benitez had been praying for on Saturday - but he insists his team can still improve.

Five successive defeats by Manchester United in the league and a succession of hard-luck stories against the Old Trafford men had meant that Benitez has never experienced league victory over Sir Alex Ferguson. Click to continue reading...

THE Road to Hell' which had flared out from the Anfield tannoy before the game was transformed into the road to redemption for Rafa Benitez and his Liverpool side.

Seven league defeats in eight games against Manchester United since Benitez took over the reins – the other one was a draw – meant the Spaniard could have been excused for looking forward to this game as eagerly as uncorking a bad bottle of Rioja. Click to continue reading...

Here I have compiled a Football Corner Dream Team and I am eager to hear what you think about my selections (leave a comment). I an going with a 4-4-2 formation and I hope you agree with my selections.

GK: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) (Captain)

DR: Dani Alves (Barcelona)
DL: Gael Clichy (Arsenal)
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As you probably no, Manchester United aren't in action this weekend with internationals being played. There were a few United players in action last night for their countries and this is how they got... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Click to continue reading...

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With the transfer window set to slam shut until January and with no new signings on board Fergie will be concerned with United's lacklustre display in the Super Final in Monaco that ended with Zenit St Petersburg lifting the trophy by the odd goal in three. Vidic's consolation goal led to a late attacking flurry by the Reds, but for too much of this match United were very much second best all over the park. Click to continue reading...

Nemanja Vidic was quoted as saying some not very nice things about Manchester this week, which he has since denied, although some have doubted how sincere his denial of the comments were. "I will never stay to live in England, that's for sure," Vidic is quoted as saying. "You only get a brief glimpse of sunlight [. Click to continue reading...

Christ, what is it with all this complaining at the moment? Nemanja Vidic has since denied he ever made the comments posted earlier about Manchester and British weather, but surely they must have come from somewhere, even if it was just a light-hearted joke? Today though, we are approaching the final straw as one of the game's most selfish men,™ Emmanuel Adebayor, has now started complaining about the taxes in this country. Click to continue reading...

Nemanja Vidic is a player who is much loved at United, following a difficult start to his career at Old Trafford. Since settling, he has shown himself to be one of the best centre backs in the World, forming a solid partnership with Rio Ferdinand. So, United fans were a little dumbfounded this morning when reading [. Click to continue reading...

Nemanja Vidic loves the English weather, the English lifestyle, and just about everything else England has to offer. This is according to Russian football magazine 'Football Weekly'. One of the most interesting quotes attributed to the Serbian defender has to be this one: "In England, they say that Manchester is the city of rain. Click to continue reading...

Picture from the Independent via Getty Images.

2 games, 0 points. No goals scored and five goals allowed.

What those numbers don't tell you are the two opponents in question. At Stamford Bridge against Chelsea and then host to Manchester United.

When Portsmouth saw their early season schedule, they had to be a little concerned.

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I'm a freak aren't I? I am. Those bells are ringing in my ears, constantly. I forgot how long it first took me to tune them out -- Defoe said he's still getting used to it. Unbelievable. At least Vidic seems a little intimidated by me. God knows they laughed when I fought them off at Anfield. So bitter those Mancs. Click to continue reading...

Silvestre's move surprised all of us, including his team-mates. Here is what Nemanja Vidic had to say "It surprised me. In fact I think it has come as a surprise to everyone," "It is not often a player leaves one big club to go to another like Arsenal or Liverpool. It does not tend to happen." "But Mikael did [. Click to continue reading...

Whispers around Old Trafford suggest that there is more to Danny Simpson's loan to Blackburn Rovers. With a huge question mark hanging over Gary Neville's fitness, our cover at right back is alarmingly short. With Nemanja Vidic getting himself in all kinds of scrapes, Rafael Da Silva may play for more than we'd imagine if [. Click to continue reading...

Morning,

so Mikael Silvestre is a an Arsenal player. How very odd. The club confirmed the signing of the former United man yesterday for a fee believed to be around £750,000 and he signed a 2 year deal. Arsene Wenger said:

We have a strong squad but a young squad and Mikael's versatility, experience and calibre will provide the extra depth we need to reinforce our challenge for honours this season.

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Arsenal today signed French full-back Mikel Silvestre from title rivals Manchester United. The injury-plagued 31 year old will sign for the Gunners on a two-year deal, for an undisclosed fee, although national reports suggest the move was a free transfer.

Silvestre promises to bring a wealth of experience and maturity to what is a tender Emirates dressing room, which is though to be the thinking behind the transfer. Click to continue reading...

You do have to hand it to them, a 4-0 result against Portsmouth is a great way to start the season. There is a long long way to go and Manchester United are a banged up team right now, but getting off to a good start was essential for Chelsea to mount a title challenge. They can't afford to be playing catchup too early in the season and at this rate they won't be. Click to continue reading...

Don't miss out on the first set of predictions for this season. You can find them here. Join now before Shane takes an unassailable lead.....

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I suppose we'd better get this out of the way before the season actually kicks off, eh?

ST's CUAS Predictions for the 2008/9 Premier League Season

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Nemanja Vidic is a favourite with the fans because of his fighting mentality and bravery. He'll stick his head, leg or body in the way of anything if it means United will benefit, and he's paid the price for this with bruises, cuts, and even being knocked unconscious. In an interview with the United magazine, Vidic [. Click to continue reading...

City had put away a lucky deflection in the first half, after Nemanja Vidic uncharacteristically shied away from the ball instead of putting in a tackle. The few blues that were in there were getting pretty giddy as the second half rolled out, despite seeing their team absolutely battered. Even if they could hang on [. Click to continue reading...

Well being as the season is almost upon us already, I suppose it's long since time that we had a look at my rather sorry looking predictions for last year's Premier League Season and salute my mystic Meg-like genius have a bit of a giggle at what an idiot I make myself look every year, eh?

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United ended their summer tour of South Africa at the weekend when seeing off the challenge of Portsmouth in the final of the Vodacom Challenge Cup when running out 2-1 winners. The match itself was another exercise in going through the motions in preparation for the real thing, Chris Eagles missed a bag full of chances before finally slotting a well taken second half goal and before that Tevez had missed a retaken penalty, but he too made amends on 63 minutes. Click to continue reading...

Which full team from last season, out of the top four, has the best players individually...?? Order: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United (My Opinion) Goalkeeper: Almunia, Cech, Reina, Van Der Sar (Cech) Right Back: Sagna, Belletti, Finnan, Brown (Sagna) Centre Back: Gallas, Terry, Caragher, Ferdinand (Ferdinand) Centre Back: Toure, Carvalho, Agger, Vidic (Vidic) Left Back: Clichy, Cole, Aurelio, Evra (Clichy) Right Midfield: [. Click to continue reading...

According to the Daily Telegraph, Sir Alex Ferguson is a man in a hurry. The Scot is in no mood to kick around his house, sipping red wine and watching the stars of Euro 2008 rise in value with every kick, pass and tackle they make during the June tournament. The Manchester United manager is [...] Click to continue reading...

For the minority of people who actually feel a degree of sympathy for John Terry after hitting the post with his penalty on Wednesday night, perhaps this footage might sway things a little. It appears that the Chelsea captain, who's been described as a man's man (whatever that means), decides to get up close and [. Click to continue reading...