It’s been floating around the interweb for a while and hear it is. It’s been reported that United are expected to announce Saudi Telecom as the new shirt sponsors, replacing the crippled American Insurance Group. AIG is being saved by the American government who are pumping taxpayer’s cash into it. How many US taxpayers want [...]

It’s been floating around the interweb for a while and here it is. It’s been reported that United are expected to announce Saudi Telecom as the new shirt sponsors, replacing the crippled American Insurance Group. AIG is being saved by the American government who are pumping taxpayer’s cash into it. How many US taxpayers want [...]

Gerard Pique, former Man Utd and now Barcelona centre-back has revealed in an article in the Telegraph the many things he found strange at Man Utd during his time with the club. Among other things, he states that he couldn’t understand Sir Alex’s accent when he first arrived, shocker!
But more importantly he revealed the [...]

No one will be that surprised that Fergie is going to cash-in again following the news that he’s going to publish another book. We might not be surprised, but I for one am disappointed in Fergie (not that he will care), because if the publicity surrounding this latest Tome is true the manager is going to give several United legends a shellacking, I refer to; Roy Keane, Ronaldo, Jaap Stam and Ruud van Nistelrooy. For good measure and for the umpteenth time Fergie is reportedly going lay into Posh Spice for her part in David Beckham’s move to Real Madrid. I don’t actually care too much about Posh; I actually begrudge wasting space in this blog even mentioning her.Question, does anyone after all this time, really care why Stam, Ruud and Keano left the club? At the time, yes, many were upset, especially over the manner of Keano’s exit. Even more perplexing for many, was the total and utter buffoonary surrounding the Stam transfer that saw United replacing a defender who according to Fergie had lost “a yard of pace” only to replace him with one who’d lost four yards of pace in Lauren Blanc. But it’s history now, haven’t we heard enough of this back-biting nonsense? With the exception of Ronaldo, everyone has moved on, so should the United manager in my view. It’s not as if Fergie needs the money is it? Lowering himself in this manner adds nothing to his reputation as a great manager. I personally still haven’t forgiven Fergie for slagging off Brian Kidd in an earlier book, that episode was shameful; it was no way to treat a former loyal colleague.When he finally retires, we will rightly remember Fergie as a great manager, but also one who lacked class at times, which is such a pity because Fergie has been a great man manager.

As we head into an international break, I look back at the season so far. Titles are not won in November but given the way the league has been going, teams can surely be out of the reckoning by this…

It isn’t often that a 17-year-old will have put the likes of Ronaldo and Tevez in the shade where goal-scoring is concerned, but that’s precisely what Danny Welbeck did on Saturday at Old Trafford when he scored that 30-yard pile-driver against Stoke City. Ronaldo scored two goals from a brace of stunning free-kicks, but the general consensus in my Red abode was that Welbeck’s effort was by far the best of the bunch. Will we see a better United goal this season? I have my doubts….Check out Danny Welbeck’s wonder goal…

Full Match Highlights
Manchester United vs Stoke City Highlights - MyVideo
United 1 - Stoke 0 (1′ - Slave)

United 2 - Stoke 0 (45′ - Carrick)

United 3 - Stoke 0 (49′ - Berbatov)

United 4 - Stoke 0 (84′ - Welbeck)

United 5 - Stoke o (89′ - Slave)

Not a bad showing, eh? Let’s hope we continue in this [...]

FULL TIME - We’re back. That’s really all I can say. Yes it was Stoke. Yes it was at home. I don’t care. That’s a Stoke side that beat Arsenal and has looked legitimately good at times this season. Great performance from pretty much everyone today. Tevez will be upset not to get his name [...]

- Maybe we don’t need to backheel every through ball? How many times did we try to put an attacker through via a heel flick? Can’t just play simple/have a crack?
- Does anyone know what to make of Park? Some days he looks like the worst player on the pitch. Poor first touch. Poor finishing. [...]

According to reports, second from bottom Sunderland could soon be looking for a new manager amidst reports that Roy Keane could be set to walk out on the Black Cats. Bookmaker, Paddy Power has suspended all betting on Keane and the Sunderland job following a deluge of betting on the manager to go.Roy Keane cannot complain about the lack of backing from the Sunderland board since he took charge of the club, but the Irishman has found it hard to attract top quality players to the North East. An inside source has denied there’s any truth in the rumours, but the bookmakers are often the first to know about these managerial shake-ups.From the outside looking in, Keane would be crazy to quit the club and in doing so not only blemishing his short managerial career, but it could also potentially wreck any chance of landing the United job in the future. If Keane does walk out on the Black Cats, questions will be asked about his ability to stand the pressure-cooker heat of the managerial hot-seat.What’s more, with the exception of their trip to Old Trafford in December, the Black Cats have a run of games from which they should be confident about their chances of moving out of the drop zone:Today:Blackburn v Sunderland, 15:00Sunday, 23 November 2008Sunderland v West Ham, 16:00Saturday, 29 November 2008Sunderland v Bolton, 15:00Saturday, 06 December 2008Man Utd v Sunderland, 17:30Saturday, 13 December 2008Sunderland v West Brom, 15:00Saturday, 20 December 2008Hull v Sunderland, 15:00Friday, 26 December 2008Sunderland v Blackburn, 15:00