Terrace Talk

On May 30th, 2007, the Manchester United website confirmed that the club had agreed in principle to sign Anderson from FC Porto for an undisclosed fee, reported to be approximately £18m. On June 29, 2007, he was granted the move was completed on July 2nd, with Anderson signing a five-year contract. The youngster was friends with Portuguese speaking team mates, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani, prior to joining the club so it was easier for him to adapt and understand what was going on during the first training sessions.

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On April 6th, 1998, Manchester United went into the away match of the season against Roy Hodgson’s inform Blackburn Rovers needing a win to keep pace to retain their title. Having been thrashed earlier in the season, the story was all about the ensuing revenge that the Rovers were looking to get on their neighboring rivals. It was a high paced, intense contest. The battle laid in the midfield and United were second best in the first half. A Chris Sutton penalty may have been the only difference at half-time, but there was no doubt who the better team was.

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It’s 12:52 on a Sunday afternoon in April and there are quite a few things I can draw on, to answer that eexact question:

1) United are 9 points clear of Arsenal.
2) United have a deeper squad than Arsenal.
3) United have more proven match-winners than Arsenal.

 

Etc., etc., etc…

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Since 2004 the upsurge in United’s fortunes has been founded on defensive solidity centered around Rio Ferdinand. Only allowing 5 league goals at Old Trafford this season testifies to his importance in the current campaign and further underlines his importance to United’s retention of the Premiership trophy. His absence tomorrow would be a massive blow to United and will play a major part in not only the way the punters place their bets, but in the confidence level of each team moving forward.
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So our new video of the day is dedicated to the midfield wonder that we have from Brazil. The Old Trafford faithful have come up with a lovely little song that goes something like this:

Anderson son son,
He’s better than Kleberson,
Anderson son son,
He’s our midfield magician,
To the left,
To the right,
To the samba beat tonight,
He is class with a brass
And he shits on Fabregas.
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2/28/08

Terrace Talk would like to introduce the Manchester United Video of the Day. We look for clips of famous United moments or clips, and pair it with a little background and context.

The first submission is from the 2005 matchup between Manchester United and Arsenal at Highbury. The meetings between these two teams have always been testy affairs and a simple edge through intimidation before the match could tilt the tables in favor of one of these Premiership giants.

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Michael Carrick’s recent form had me thinking that SIr Alex Ferguson might not have made a mistake signing him afterall. I have even begun to like him. In particular, his assist on Nani’s goal on Saturday was pure class, and has turned me from one of his detractors, to a solid supporter. But I’ll return to this later.

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In the build up to the greatly heralded match that pinned the Premiership’s two best teams, you would never have been able to tell from Arsenal’s performance that it was in that elite category. I have looked for reasons why Arsenal was so poor, and why United were so fantastic, and I can only throw my arms in the arm in defeat. Relative to last week’s devastating blow at Old Trafford to the Blues, I thought this season was beginning to slip form our grip due to inconsistency, mediocrity and the general misconception that we’re destined to win the league because of how easily we were able to run through teams in the previous campaign. I’ve been looking for tenacity from this side and yesterday, it was finally on display.

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There were a number of subplots to what would be a great day for the Reds. I was surprised that I hadn’t heard more media hype about Dimitar Berbatov coming to Old Trafford. Usually The Sun would be completely consumed with catalyzing transfer gossip, however it seems that a new manager and the complete dismantling of Arsenal the previous week was enough to qualm any creative rumors. In the build up to the game, I heard more about Juan Ramos’ refusal to open a bottle of red wine if his side lost, than I did about the Bulgarian’s supposed transfer.

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