Man Utd Thread:

[ross4life]

Gerard Pique bulked himself up & grew a manly beard, Evans could do with some weight training to not get physically overpowered again

[Over the Bar]

Early doors

[Square Ball]

Evens is just not good enought to play for man utd, end of story.

[pintsofguinness]

Evens is just not good enought to play for man utd, end of story.

He's stone useless.

[magpie seanie]

Poor result but at least its a point more than United got there in the last 2 seasons. Fulham fully deserved the share of the spoils. I'm nearly glad Nani missed that pen because it was embarrassing that it was awarded.

At times in away games I worry about United being too predictable attack wise. No aerial threat at all. Obviously a fit Rooney will improve matters considerably. Never really been convinced about Evans myself. United gave up a good few headed chances to Fulham today and eventually paid and Carroll for Newcastle missed a very good headed chance in the first game. An area of concern.

[ross4life]

Champions league draw is on Thursday United are in pot 1 & Real Madrid are in pot 2 so.. a good chance for united to welcome Ronaldo back to Old Trafford

[paco]

Ross do you have a link for all that stuff? Wouldn't mind having a look to see all the teams, pots, etc.

[ross4life]

Ross do you have a link for all that stuff? Wouldn't mind having a look to see all the teams, pots, etc.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seedcl2010.html

These pots will change a little depending on who gets through on Tuesday/wed

[Shrewdness]

Gerard Pique bulked himself up & grew a manly beard, Evans could do with some weight training to not get physically overpowered again

Pique has quality. You don't hold down a regular place in the Barcelona and Spain teams by accident.

[Puckoon]

Gerard Pique bulked himself up & grew a manly beard, Evans could do with some weight training to not get physically overpowered again

Pique has quality. You don't hold down a regular place in the Barcelona and Spain teams by accident.

Pique is probably one of the most composed defenders on the ball in the current game.

[mountainboii]

Hat trick for Diouf tonight. Only the League Cup and only against Norwich, but good to see all the same.

[ross4life]

Gerard Pique bulked himself up & grew a manly beard, Evans could do with some weight training to not get physically overpowered again

Pique has quality. You don't hold down a regular place in the Barcelona and Spain teams by accident.

Indeed he's quality! back in 2007/8 season i'm sure fergie told him to wait for chance with Rio/vidic 1st choice pairing but he left & Evans got his chance instead

[Shrewdness]

Hat trick for Diouf tonight. Only the League Cup and only against Norwich, but good to see all the same.

Even so, it will do his confidence the world of good.

[ballinaman]

This should be interesting to say the least......

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/26/michael-owen-liverpool-carragher-testimonial

Michael Owen to play for Liverpool in Jamie Carragher's testimonial

Michael Owen is to pull on the colours of Liverpool for the first time since leaving the club six years ago after agreeing to brave a potential backlash from Manchester United's supporters by playing for his old team in Jamie Carragher's testimonial match. Owen, reviled by some Liverpool fans after crossing one of the game's oldest divides, is said to be uncertain of the reaction he will get from the Anfield crowd but does not have great expectations considering the abuse when he returned last season for the first time since joining their rivals at Old Trafford.

The former England striker has given his word to Carragher, however, that he will play in the match at Anfield on Saturday week, swapping the red of United for that of the team where he began his career. Sir Alex Ferguson, the United manager, has given him permission to play for 45 minutes and Owen will be in attack for a Liverpool XI taking on an Everton XI.

Carragher has also persuaded Jamie Redknapp, Danny Murphy, Jason McAteer and Emile Heskey to play, but he had told Owen he would understand if he thought it was too delicate for him politically bearing in mind the rivalry between Liverpool and United.

There is also the distinct possibility that United's fans will not be too impressed about one of their players being willing to wear a Liverpool shirt, especially with their first encounter of the season to follow only two weekends later.

Owen, though, regards Carragher as one of his closest friends in football and the organisers hope the goodwill felt towards the long-serving Liverpool defender will persuade the Anfield crowd to go easy on their former player and maybe even demonstrate some warmth and appreciation for a man who scored over 200 goals for the club in eight years and has been described by Steven Gerrard as "the best striker in the history of Liverpool Football Club." Nonetheless, it is understood Owen will be given his own security on his way to and from the stadium

[mountainboii]

Pots for Uefa Champions League draw:

Pot one: Inter Milan, Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Lyon.

Pot two: Werder Bremen, Real Madrid, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Valencia, Marseille, Panathinaikos.

Pot three: Tottenham, Rangers, Ajax, Schalke, Basle, Braga, FC Copenhagen, Spartak Moscow.

Pot four: Hapoel Tel Aviv, FC Twente, Rubin Kazan, Auxerre, CFR Cluj, Partizan Belgrade, MSK Zilina, Bursaspor.


Dream draw: Panathinaikos, Copenhagen, Zilina

Nightmare draw: Madrid, Schalke, Rubin Kazan