Manchester United Football Blog

     Two matches into the EPL season and the Red Devils should be undefeated. Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen should have five goals a piece;  Michael Owen should now have regained his form; he should also be in Fabio Capello’s good grace ready to restore Three Lions back to glory.  Two matches into the season, and that hasn’t happened.  Most journalist that are less than impartial are already using the word crisis, and writing this Manchester United season off.  Chelsea’s Frank Lampard is saying that a transfer of Lionel …

     If the Community Shield match on 09 August 2009 was a barometer of what the season will bring, then fans of English Premier League Football are in for an exciting season.  I hope that they don’t all have that type of excitement;  my blood pressure can’t take it.  The Community Shield match let us see some of the Manchester United strengths (Nani, Rooney, Valencia) and weaknesses (Foster, defence).  Unlike past Community Shield matches we didn’t get that friendly atmosphere.
      The clubs did little to mask an underlying …

     Two weeks ago Sir Alex Ferguson said that Manchester United was not going to make any more transfers until January.  Through out the summer transfer window the only named signings for Manchester United were Michael Owen and Antonio Valencia.  Karim Benzema signed his deal with Real Madrid however; a deal to bring French Winger Franck Ribery to the Santiago Bernabeau fell through due to the supposed arrogance of Real Madrid.  The papers are full of speculation of either Ribery or Silva taking up residence at Old Trafford.  There …