We’ll face Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan in Champions League quarter final. We’ll play the first leg away from home at the San Siro on either Tuesday 24 or Wednesday 25 February. The return leg will be at Old Trafford on either Tuesday 10 or Wednesday 11 March.

Here’s how Sir Alex relishing Jose reunion.

Bring it on Inter Milan!

I’m laughing out loud on Sir Alex response at the latest rumor linking Ronaldo with Real Madrid. These words in particular:

“Do you think I would get into a contract with that mob? No chance. I wouldn’t sell them a virus. There’s absolutely no agreement at all between the clubs.”

Sir Alex must really know what he’s talking about if not then this could be embarrassing when at the end Ronaldo go to Madrid.

But still funny though.

Surprised. Rio, Ronaldo, Carrick and Berbatov were all featured. It was a game that should have been won, if ever Ronaldo’s clear goal was allowed. The result was, again we fail to take a precious 3 points when our enemies were drawn by their weaker opponents.

However, i enjoy watching the game as we still pose good entertaining football. And my best moment was, when Sir Alex tried to catch the ball near him to put it back on the game (but he failed :D). After all this years, he still has that passion. A true legend.

All in all, I believe there are more to come from the lads as the season progress. At least we’ve passed all hard away games and still manage to be in one piece (it’s harder to win games these days :D).

Whatever.  Come on you reds!

People love polls, so do i.

World Soccer conducted their 27th annual poll in 45 countries that hailed the Portuguese winger a clear winner ahead of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi & Liverpool’s Fernando Torres. In other category, Manchester United was 2nd behind Spain hailed as World Team of The Year. Sir Alex Ferguson also hailed as World Manager of The Year for the 4th times in a row.

Results:
World Player of the Year % of votes

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd & Portugal)
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)
3. Fernando Torres (Liverpool & Spain)

World Team of the Year

1. Spain
2. Manchester United
3. Zenit St Petersburg

World Manager of the Year

1. Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
2. Luis Aragones (Spain)
3. Dick Advocaat (Zenit St Petersburg)

Source: World Soccer

It was started from his Queen’s Park debut against Stranraer on Nov, 15, 1958 after joining club while apprentice toolmaker in Glasgow factory.

50 years later, Sir Alex Ferguson is still going.

Found this article this morning but then stuck on my job and never had the chance to post it here until now. It’s a very cool interview with Sir Alex Ferguson. As always; honest, outspoken and intelligence.

Sir Alex is one, if not the greatest, football manager ever live in this planet. I’m amazed with how people haters can’t appreciate his great work for the last 3 decades. But even with his caliber, he can’t pleased everyone.

The greatest lost of Manchester United Football club is when the time he retires. Hope i could be nearer than the internet when Manchester United pays a tribute to him one day. The man who will always remembered for his greatness.

Pic: Wikipedia.

It was a shocking news when Jaap Stam, United’s best defender, that took years for Sir Alex to replace (ever heard of Rio Ferdinand?), criticizing Sir Alex and his team mates in his autobiography. It took only several weeks for the club to sell him to AC Milan. However, according to Daily Mail, the two made up their relationship and back working together.

Jaap Stam has made a surprise return to Manchester United as a talent-spotter looking for the next Brazilian superstar. Stam was in Porto Alegre this week to watch a youth-team match between Internacional and Ceramica.

It’s always nice to see our ex players continue to work for the club at different role. There are life beyond football player at Manchester United.

It’s nice to see Sir Alex say so and further tell the lad to learn from King Cantona:

"I think Cristiano has come to accept that at this stage of his career, United is the place for him," said the Red Devils boss.

"Southern Europeans want at some point to play for Real Madrid or Barcelona, so I understood what was going on in Cristiano’s mind when he declared he wanted to join Real.

"But once we had talked he accepted it was a move for the future.

"I pointed out to him how much better it would be to leave like Eric Cantona, with the fans loving and appreciating him.

"The crowd still chant Cantona’s name and I told Cristiano ‘Leave a hero like Eric’ and one day he will. But not yet."

Question: What about other Latins/Southern European players’ future in Manchester United?

I’ve said in earlier post, as an outside Manchester’s fan - a South Asian fan for that matter, i past my time as Reds hating Arsenal and lately Chelsea. However, the more i look into the games, the club and its culture, the more i feel the pressure ahead of every Liverpool games (still can’t find how and why i should hate Man City, but it doesn’t matter!).

This time is no different, the rivalries between the two has grown to top in the air this weekend. Benitez is stating a surprise comeback to Kop’s duo Gerrard and Torres, while Sir Alex on his Manager’s Press Conference stated that Hargreaves, Carrick and surprise surprise… Ronaldo is all fit for the Liverpool game at Anfield.

This is a very strange situation, as we can look back several weeks earlier that seems like our games are over, United will not top on anything this season, pundits are writing us off. However, star players are returning to our team and ready to murder everyone in the pitch. We always capable to do that to everyone as i’ve said last year (i’m sure the statement is somewhere within this blog’s archive) that the club itself is the biggest enemy. Not anyone else.

However, whatever i’m saying here in a fan internet journal, whatever haters saying our days are over (to be honest i don’t understand why they keep saying this as every logical person knows that we are super strong), and whatever football pundits say wrong things about the club, Sir Alex is starting to get his main men back.

So eat that haters, as It boost our confident ahead of one of the biggest match it (terms of rivalries) today and i happily wait on whom will make it for starters as our choice of players are growing.

Let Sir Alex do that for us, we, the fucking fans can hold our breath. Until then, at the Anfield.

Come on you Reds!

Ok. That’s it. Newspapers are going mad. They still sell even at slow football season thanks to Ronaldo and Roman Calderonista saga, now they want every peace of Manchester United meat: quoting that SAF dismissed Chelsea chances to win the title, Tevez also want to play Real Madrid blah blah blah… What next?

At the official site, SAF denied Chelsea jibe which responded with smile by big nose Phil and a bit of wrath from the oldest member of the blue squad, Michel Ballack (is he? I don’t know, i don’t care). As Euro is over and Ballack’s team again hit record as second winner, my hate is pointing at him again as the enemy of Reds.

SAF also denied Carloz Tevez backed Ronaldo to off Old Trafford to somewhere in Spain, i don’t know.

So it’s clear, not only they crazy but (most) major media really suck.

Go read fan blogs.