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United 3 - Southampton 0 — Highlights

Jan 5th, 2009 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

Apologies for these going up Monday morning, but I was gone all weekend and only just had time to review the weekend’s activities and decide, yet again, that the future looks increasingly bright at Manchester United. With goals from Danny Welbeck (18), Nani (22), and Darron Gibson (21), United look fully capable of remaining both [...]



United Announce Winter Transfers… I Am… Ill-Informed?

Jan 2nd, 2009 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

Soccernet.com is reporting that, “Manchester United have concluded their business in the January transfer window with the capture of Serbian duo Zoran Tosic and Adem Ljajic from Partizan Belgrade.” It seems that an announcement was made in November that Manchester had reached an agreement with Partizan for Tosic and Ljajic, but that no official statements [...]



United v. Boro - Match Preview

Dec 28th, 2008 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

English Premier League
Old Trafford
Manchester, England
15:00 EST
United - Recent Results
United 1 - Stoke @ Britannia Stadium
United 0 - Elijah Wood FC 0 @ White Hart Lane
United 1 - Sunderland 0 @ Old Trafford
United 1 - City 0 @ City of Manchester Stadium
United 0 - Villa 0 @ Villa Park
Boro - Recent Results
Everton 1 - Boro 0 [...]



An Early Christmas Present… in the Form of Gary Neville

Dec 23rd, 2008 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

So, while I was sitting in my office and ponder how much fun it’s going to be to play Inter without Nemanja Vidic (hope you’re ready Johnny Evans), I found myself reading this article about Gary Neville, whom older readers may remember as once having actually been good, and was struck by the following quote:
It [...]



The Weekly… Link?

Dec 19th, 2008 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

So, I’ve been slammed this week and haven’t really had all that time to kill surfing the internet and then billing clients for it. So, I wasn’t going to do any links today until I came upon this video from SNL. I laughed so hard that it took a good little while to compose myself… [...]



United Draw Inter: Mancunians Mumble Obscenities Under Their Breath

Dec 19th, 2008 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

So United will have a tough time in the Champions League Round of Sixteen. It was announced today that the reigning English and European Champions would be traveling to Italy in the near future to meet up with a high-powered Inter Milan side led by Jose Mourinho.
Not that the other English teams are any happier. [...]



I Love United. I Love Goal Highlights. I Do Not Love 5:30AM.

Dec 18th, 2008 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

So, I set my alarm, woke up, found a stream of the match between United and Gamba Osaka, and then promptly went back to sleep. This sequence of events turned out to be a shame, as I missed a (seemingly) rare opportunity for United to display their firepower. Five goals (three in minutes 75-79) put [...]



Slave to Sign for Madrid; Additionally, the Sky is Falling, Pigs Can Fly, and Hell is Cold

Dec 17th, 2008 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

So, apparently, a rather talkative King Franco FC official has let it be known that the Slave-to-Madrid transfer is a done deal, and that the Portuguese winger will be heading over for an undisclosed amount this summer. Here is the actual dialogue of the recorded conversation involving Club Director Pedro Trapote:
“If you are asking me [...]



Two Down, One to Go Very Soon…

Dec 16th, 2008 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

So, it was announced early this morning that Paul Ince has been relieved of his coaching duties at Blackburn. The former MK Dons manager had struggled since taking over from the departed Mark Hughes, and had failed to get even one point out of his last six matches. Ince was seen as an exciting injection [...]



United v Tottenham - “Highlights?”

Dec 13th, 2008 | Source: Man Utd Offside | Category: Latest Man Utd blogs

I feel like it’s a bit misleading to refer to what I’m posting below as “highlights”, since, you know, we didn’t do a whole lot of classic stuff in this one. Slave threw in a nice handball and a decent leg swipe at one of the Tottenham defenders that kept him bottled up all afternoon. [...]