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Some Thoughts Ahead of Chelsea Game

Manchestered — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:30:02 +0000

We’ll face the first of so-called Big 4 at Old Trafford today. Seeing team selection in our last defeat in Carling Cup, i reckon that Sir Alex has put the big guns on a good rest ahead of this game. Chelsea away performance was their key to this season’s EPL campaign, but we have a good home record as well by only dropping 2 points by far (mean the rest was all wins).

Although a draw would be a good result considering Liverpool’s inability to beat Stoke City yesterday, i would rather to see we take it for granted and secure all 3 points. As many teams are playing ‘negative football’ (except Derby) against us this season, dropping further points would be inevitable.

We need the win and i believe we can win.

Bring it on Chelsea!

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We’re Through To The Final!

Manchestered — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:32:55 +0000

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It was a night to remember. Given the fact how important this game to us after getting bad results away from home in the last couple of weeks. I will not go into the details of today’s game because dude, no reds fans should miss this game. But if you did miss it, there are always replay. But nothing beat the feeling to watch this match live, trust me man! This is the time when i wish i was at Old Trafford screaming and shouting with 70k other reds, and together with millions of Reds fans all around the world, feeling the thrilling second half, that felt like a year of dog year (it was so fucking long man, ha ha…!).

So our definite hero is Paul Scholes. His stunning long range super shot gave the Spanish goalkeeper no chance whatsoever to stop the ball. We, Reds, will always remember how he missed the final when we dramatically beat Bayern Munich 2-1. Now, with his goal, he brought us to our first final of Champions League since we won it back in 1999. But all the team, especially Carrick, Park and our back four (thanks man!), have shown their strength and consistency throughout the game and together we can prove that Prof. Xavi is wrong. Football is also about result professor… (and it was not a boring 1-0 win i suppose!).

However, we need to finish the party early, as we need to win another 3 games to finish the season with double silverware. Surely we have a team that capable to do that. The next focus is to let Nani know where the goal is (certainly not at the roof of football stadiums) and how to beat West Ham at home this Saturday.

To hell with other team’s result, the destiny is in our hands.

Come on you reds!

Update: Just after i publish this post, the Ginger Paul goal is already published online. Thanks for the beautiful people at YouTube!

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We Beat The Romans

Manchestered — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:49:46 +0000

Everyone was questioning SAF’s decision to brought his ‘B Team’ for the game against Roma, at the quarter final Champions League, last night at Old Trafford. But who would have thought Rooney, Ronaldo and Scholes can sit comfortably watching their team confidently overcome the Roman side from start to finish.

I will not give you the review of the game as i feel it’s lame to post a match review more than 24 hours after the game. So instead, this is a cool documentation from the big 7-1 win last year. Last night game was so so, but with lesser goals.

Next stop in the Champions League, The Nou Camp. Seeing the team play, i think we have a massive chance to overcome Barcelona and get through to the final this year. No more waiting.

Oh i almost forget. To me, the most valuable player last night was Hargreaves and our unsung hero Michael Carrick. The most talkable point is Gary Neville is back and he was handed the armband!