Terrace Talk

Liverpool vs. Manchester United. A game that needs no introduction really, it is the clash between to the two most successful football clubs in England’s history and it’s a game that I want to see United win more than any other. The victor of this match undeniably gets bragging rights and perhaps more importantly, a massive confidence boost that can usually see them winning the next three or four games that follow. Read the rest of this entry »

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There are thousands of factors that decide a Champion and while it is still the middle of April and there are plenty of games still to play, Sir Alex Ferguson will be counting on experience above all else, to reach United’s goals. Whether this week brings tears or accolades, will be strictly decided by experience over step-overs, and intelligence over brute force.

Barstool pundits from Lisbon to Moscow have focused on the sparkle of United’s talents in their predictive hypothesizing that Manchester United will be triumphant domestically as well as in Europe. Few have decided to take stock, and question how well United have played relative to the 2007 campaign and by it’s very virtue, how much more impressive United’s 1999 season was.
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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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Rain soaked and weary, United seemed as if they were beaten before they had even made a single pass. It must have been miserable getting on that plane, back to Manchester and in retrospect I can’t say time has healed the wounds of last April. All the papers went on at length how decidedly United were beaten and outclassed by a Milan side led by Kaka and an almost divine right to advance. It was all too much to bear as a United fan, and I did everything I could to ignore the media coverage. It’s hard to imagine how much worse it must have been for the players and the manager who have hungered for European glory for a decade.

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After a crushing victory over the Magpies in January, the Red Devils started the game convinced that they could repeat that amazing result. Earlier in the day the Gunners were held to a draw after a late equalizer by James McFadden at St. Andrew’s Stadium. The fact that Arsenal slipped was most likely the boost of confidence the Reds needed.

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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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Carlos Tevez plays every match as if he’s trying to escape the ghetto. His way is football from the street, as if each game is a trial game, a need to make his mark.

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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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