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High 5

2010-02-07T07:44:00.003+08:00

United mengganas lagi. 5 gol tanpa berbalas. Pasukan nampak penuh berkeyakinan tinggi dlm tempoh 2 minggu ini. Dgn 3 jaringan minggu lps ke atas Arsenal, minggu ini jumlah menjadi 8 gol, bolos 1 gol. HEBAT!

Permainan lebih teratur di bahagian tengah yg dikemudi oleh Carrick dan Fletcher. Mereka berjaya mengawal posessi bola dan serangan dapat dicipta melalui Nani yg sedang hit form dan Valencia yg mmg diakui kelajuan di bahagian sayap kanan.

Seperti Fergie komen minggu lps, perbezaan United dan team lawan adalah United mempunyai Rooney. Dan mmg btol. Setelah hampir ke rehat separuh masa pertama, dia muncul lagi memecah deadlock. Tandukan hasil umpanan dari Fletcher mmg James takleh buat pape. Hantaran itu adalah pertama dari Fletcher. Sebelum tu, Neville je dok cross semasa corner, sume tak menjadi. Mmg Neville 'the middle finger' patut bersara ujung musim ini.

Yeay, aku skor lagi. Dah sama dgn musim lepas, 23 gol!

Dah 1 gol, ingat nak slow down. Tapi Rooney jelas ada idea lain. Dia sempat memberi bola kepada Nani di ujung kiri padang semasa counter attack. Selepas ketiadaan Ronaldo, Nani lebih konpiden utk menggelecek pihak lawan. Minggu lps dah membuat pihak lawan skor own gol. Kali ini berlaku lagi. Haha! Tahniah Nani kerana berjaya membuat Fergie tak jadi jual anda di transfer window Januari lps.

Haha, aku tak kena jual. So aku kena main baik2. Thanks Fergie!

Separuh masa kedua lebih kepada persoalan berapa byk lagi United akan sumbat. Dan jawapannya adalah lagi 3 gol. Carrick dgn deflected gol, Berba yg tetiba on form utk seminit dan skor. Yg terakhir own gol hasil Wilson yg mmg cantik kalau dia mmg striker.

Analisis mengatakan United mmg on form bila kembali ke gagang, iaitu kembali ke puncak liga. Chelsea akan kalut dgn stress ini tambahan kapten mereka sibuk dgn masalah keluarga. Rooney tgh high, team tgh high, defence dept kembali gagah, tiada apa yg perlu dirisaukan buat masa ini.

AC Milan, antara biggest fixture for this season, kami tunggu anda!

WEMBLEY !

2010-01-28T05:57:00.001+08:00

malas ckp byk. mata dah start ngantuk.

WEMBLEY HERE I COME!

Shearer: United nothing without Rooney

2010-01-26T19:06:00.004+08:00

Aku dah lama tak menulis di sini. Mungkin sbb tak sempat. Masa byk diluangkan bersama keluarga, maklumlah wiken. Nak tulis macam2, Diouf, 4gol Rooney, etc. Tapi bila Shearer bersuara, aku lak nak bersuara.

Shearer ckp, "United nothing without Rooney". Apa barang? Perlu ke dia bersuara utk hal2 dalaman United?

Mmg Rooney seolah2 hero dlm team. Tapi as usual, every season there will be the hero. And this season it's Rooney I supposed. Perkara yg sama musim lepas, "United nothing without Ronaldo". Dia yg bawak United ke takhta liga kali ke-3 berturut2, ke final UCL di Rome, etc. Musim 07/08 pulak "United nothing without Ferdinand". Dgn sasa dia berkubu di pertahanan sehingga menang liga dan UCL!

So apa nak heran bila Rooney step up for this season. Ledakan 4gol wiken aritu mmg buat semua orang membeliakkan mata kat dia. Long way to go but we'll see.

Aku admit season ni kurang umph dlm team United. Takde sape nak naikkan semangat bila ketinggalan 0-1, takde orang boleh buat opponenet cuak bila dia pegang bola, takde player yg boleh turn things upside down, karisma hilang, aura bertaburan. Harapan ialah Rooney boleh memberi semua itu at least utk season ni. Mari menang Carling Cup, liga kali ke-4 (rekod baru) dan UCL utk kali ke-4 dlm sejarah United!

Glory Glory Man United!!!

Tevez ohh Tevez...

2010-01-20T06:01:00.003+08:00

Akhirnya Tevez buat perkara yang paling United fan tak suka. Scoring goals against them! 2 bijik lak tuh. perghh..

Nampaknya sekali lagi Manutd main 40 minit pertama dan 10 minit terakhir. Lagi 40 minit, mcm training je. Taktau macam mana kreativiti hilang di tgh jln. Pada mulanya semua nampak ok. Rooney tak mengancam sgt, Giggs lps skor hilang punca gak.

Fergie buat gamble dgn 3 defend di masa kecederaan dgn meletakkan 3 striker di atas. Diouf tak dpt make remark, Owen rasa dia nak buat mcm last game.

Aku dah ngantuk, pegi tido kejap.

Masuk ofis kang, tahan je la telinga mendengar suara2 Liverpool fan yg tetiba sokong Man City. Hanya perlu diam dan ckp dlm hati, "Jeles la tuh"

Nota kaki: ptg kang aku emel Mancini, pendek je tulis. "wait 29 Jan bro..."

Rooney vs Tevez ?

2010-01-19T17:23:00.004+08:00

Pagi esok bakal menentukan Mancini masih boleh mendabik dada sambil berkata, "Akulah wira baru Manchester" atau Fergie masih memegang "manager-of-all-time". Walaupon masing2 ckp mereka lebih tumpukan Liga Perdana, tapi siapa yg kalah pasti terasa bahangnya.

Dgn pertemuan pertama awal musim ini penuh sengit, game mlm ni pasti menjanjikan perasaan seumpamanya. Tgk la cara Manutd celebrate kemenangan aritu. Mancity berjaya membuka mata mereka. Who will be the future giant in Manchester?

Rooney semakin tajam dgn 15 gol utk 24 penampilan musim ini akan menjadi taruhan Fergie. Tapi seperti biasa, Gaffer tu kena pandai pilih midfield yg kena in form malam ni. Target aku, Valencia, Giggs, Fletcher dan Anderson. Jentera ini bakal meloloskan diri di celah2 pasukan City. Siapa bergandingan bersama Rooney tidak akan memberi signifikan kepada gaya serangan Manutd. Dengan kembalinya VDS di gawang, semua player termasuk fan bertambah lega. Mindset: 14 straight running games not conceeding? one down, 13 to go.

Tevez. Ini lah masalah sebenar utk handle City. Skang dia dah ckp dia akan celebrate kalau dia skor. Dia pun dah skor sama byk dgn Rooney utk musim ini. BAHAYA!! Kalau Evans dan Brown boleh handle dia, 2nd leg di OT pasti lebih mudah. Rugi sebenarnya Fergie pegi jual dia. Dia skor 34 gol dlm 73 penampilan penuh dia bersama United. Gol2 dia kebanyakan winning gols. Jangan dia buat winning gol against United sudah...

Lps game nanti, aku akan dapatkan pandangan pundit2 sedia ada. Harapannya, mereka tgk juga game ni. Walaupon kena bgn kol4 pagi menghadap tv.

Prediction: 3-1

Nota kaki: kalau kalah game ni, mesti Fergie kesian kat Mancini. Nanti tak pasal2 kena sack seblum musim ini berakhir. Trust me!

New Assasin ?

2010-01-17T20:02:00.003+08:00

Diouf? Sape tu? Mamat gelap dari mana Fergie baru beli? Jersi no 32? Budak ni nak ganti Tevez ke? Dia dari kelab Solksjaer main dulu ke?

Semua soalan itu mesti berlegar di kepala semua orang especially manutd fan. Walaupon dia mmg dari kelab Solksjaer main dulu, golskoring rekod 23 gol dlm 53 games, skor in OT debut, tapi harapan bole diletakkan atas budak ni. Bila aku cucuk pundit2 kawasan jajahan lain semua ada persepsi berbeza.

*Pundit Tg Malim ckp "Budak baru nak lap hingus. Jensen kasik can kat dia".

*Pundit Lipis lak cakap "still long way to go".

*Pundit Mantin lak "budak ni umur bape tahun? dah bole bertatih ke?".

*Pundit Cheras says "The last time United signed a relatively unknown centre-forward from Norwegian side Molde FK, it turned out to be an extremely shrewd piece of business. Is it possible Sir Alex has struck gold yet again in Mame Biram Diouf?"

Wow! Result 3-0 nampak macam manutd menang selesa. Tapi sebenarnya tak. Mmg possession tinggi, tapi penghujung mmg tak lancar. Tengah takde kreativiti. Carrick dan Scholes mcm hilang punca. En Nani yang bakal melambai pergi di hujung Januari ini pun struggle nak tunjuk dia masih tajam di hadapan gol. Defence je rasa lega dgn kepulangan rocking back four dan 2nd all-time goalkeeper, VDS.

Dgn bakal bertemu Man City yg baru merasa kekalahan pertama di bwh Mancini, kita perlu menang semi pertama midweek ni. Taknak cakap banyak, keep on menang.

Aku amek lagi kata2 pundit Cheras, "Loves winning, hates losing"

Gaya celebrate dah mcm star, harap this will be next assasin after Ole!

Post-Qatar affect

2010-01-16T17:27:00.002+08:00

Lepas seri melawan Birm dan kalah sebelum tu di tangan Leeds, semua player pergi berlatih di ASPIRE Qatar selama beberapa hari. Dapat gak lari dari kesejukan dan salji yg menebal. Apakah hasil yang boleh diperolehi dari trip tersebut? Adakah hanya menambah hutang, atau berjaya mengubah hala tuju kelab menjelang Mei ini?

Chelsea akan bermain serentak pada malam ini. Kedua2 akan berkubu di tempat sendiri, namun dgn rumah Biru belum pernah kalah di tempat sendiri, sukar utk menjangkakan Sunderland melakakukan upset disitu. Maka apa yg terbaik adalah utk mendapatkan tiga mata penuh dari tangan Burnley.

Burnley? wowowo. ini team pertama yang mengalahkan kelab ini utk musim 2009/2010. Seluruh dunia terkejut dgn keputusan itu sehingga tercetuslah krisis 'life after ronaldo pundek'.

Kesebelasan utama masih samar daripada perspektif ahli nujum. Tapi besar kemungkinan Kuschzak, Vida, Evans, Evra, Rafael, Antonio, Giggs, Fletcher, Park, Rooney, Owen.

Isu dalaman mungkin kita bincang lain kali. Especially kalau tak dpt 3 mata malam ni.

Harapan murni kami ialah hanya menang walaupun ugly win. Tapi headline esok mungkin lebih kepada Viera si dada berlendir beraksi sulung, atau Rafa dipecat atas kekalahan Stoke, atau Sunderland membelasah rumah Biru 3-0 di tempat sendiri.

Prediction: 2-0 (Giggs, Vidic)

Beku

2010-01-09T19:09:00.002+08:00

Semua game dah kena pospon disebabkan cuaca. Game Chelsea pun dah pospon. Ini peluang terbaik utk berada di takhta liga utk sementara waktu. Tapi utk itu, perlu menang game malam ni di Birm!

Tak byk yg perlu dibincangkan. Hanya menang. 3 mata.

Fergie kena letak player yg betul2 ada pengalaman utk game ni. Silap dia letak midfield muda dlm FA Cup. Konon sebab player lain nak rest utk game semi Carling. tup tup, game pospon. Sia2 aje rest player.

Mungkin Fergie kena jumpa bomoh cuaca kat Jln Gombak utk game2 lps ni.

Khas utk sahabatku, Aswad b Abd Hamid

2010-01-06T00:06:00.003+08:00

Ramai fan ManUtd bersedih tatkala mereka kalah 2 hari lepas. Aku malam tu pun susah nak tido. Bini aku tak tegur aku lebih sejam, biar aku layan perasaan. Member2 yg slalu ber'sms' kejang jari tangan utk berbalas2. Hidup rasa kosong. TV mcm satu objek yg perlu dibuang keluar balkoni. Rasa nak maki astro sebab bayar sport pakej mahal2 tapi team sendiri kalah, Leeds pulak tu. Facebook jgn ckp, pedih aje bila baca komen2 pihak lawan.

Tapi sebenarnya, aku patut rasa bersalah sbb kehilangan satu cup itu cuma biasa aje. Aku dlm blog ni nak tulis khas utk sahabat aku yg dah kenal hampir 10tahun, dia kehilangan isteri tercinta buat selamanya. Aku nak ucapkan takziah kepadamu. Moga pemergian isterimu yg tercinta dicucuri rahmat. Harap ko akan tabah menghadapinya bersama anak tersayang.

Aku seperti buntu taktau nak buat apa. Harapan aku, ko bersabar banyak2.

Takziah dariku dan kawan2 yg lain.

al-Fatihah...

Beckford oh Beckford

2010-01-03T23:32:00.003+08:00

Oii defend, kan pundit dah bagitau pegi jaga mamat Beckford tu elok2... ni dia main konda kondi dpn gol.. tak pasal2 dia dah 20 gol musim ni..

dahla konon nak tgk kat kedai makan.. rupanya kedai nasi ayam tu ada tv tapi takde letrik plug... aku struggle pulang ke manchester utk menambah penyokong di old trafford.. akhirnya aku tgk 20 minit terakhir je game ni ,mmg bikin panas sepanas kedai yg takde kipas tu...

fergie pun satu.. kan dah elok2 team yg skor 5 gol aritu, bole lak dia rehatkan ramai2, konon nak lawan anak2 mancini.. kan dah tertelan chewing gum tu..

bak SMS sorang sahabat aku dari tg malim, ringkas dan tepat, "midfield barai".. aku jarang setuju dgn dia.. tapi utk kes ni, mmg aku setuju.. tgk line-up pun dah kecut perut.. sbb rasa nak kalah.. welbeck dan obertan main wide??? satu obertan tu tak penah lagi tunjuk belang, gibson dan ando tengah? haha, cukup lawak team ni..

rooney sampai masuk kotak penalti sendiri utk dapatkan bola, takkan kusczhak lak nak gi ke gawang lawan..

senang ckp fergie silap percaturan.. line-up sume takde mentaliti yg kuat utk wake-up bila dah ketinggalan.. ramai yg takde experience to that kind of situasi..

aku mmg sokong manutd.. tapi utk gagal ke 4th round fa cup, mmg bikin panas..

takpe, mari kita berjumpa jiran rabu ni, dan kasi manager dia tepuk dahi lak.. kita uji btol2 keupayaan nya..

last thing to say, "tonite we lose to another united, let's hope we don't lose to another manchester on wednesday"

ps: aku tunggu replay reading.. nak kambing hitam kan rafa.. hehe

Bual Bicara Saingan Pusingan ke-3 Piala FA

2010-01-03T10:20:00.004+08:00

Sebagai menghormati pertandingan piala tertua di dunia ini, Man Utd perlu meletakkan kesebelasan utama yang paling kuat utk menentang Leeds. Dgn Leeds penuh impian utk kembali ke persada Liga Perdana. Mereka di puncak Divisen 1 dan jauh meninggalkan tempat ke-2 dgn 8 mata dan 'one game in hand'. Hebat!

Semestinya Kuszchak akan menjaga gawang, ditemani Brown dan Vida di pertahanan tengah. Raphael yg baru menjaringkan gol di perlawanan lalu di bahagian kanan. Evra seperti tiada tentangan di bahagian kiri.

Jentera penggerak akan diketuai oleh Fletcher dan Carrick. Setakat ini tiada lagi pemain tengah lain yg mampu menggantikan mereka. Mereka akan diapit oleh Antonio dan Park.

Sementara itu, penyudah akan dilakukan oleh Rooney dan Berba.

Line-up ini dijangkakan mampu menjaga kubu di stadium sendiri selepas baru kalah dek Villa baru-baru ini.

Giggs, Gary, Ando tidak disenaraikan, mungkin kerana mereka akan mewakili pihak pemain senior utk menghadapi City di semi final Carling. Fergie pun cakap nak turunkan pemain muda.

Pemain Leeds yg perlu diambil berat ialah Jermaine Beckford. Dia dah skor 19 gol musim ini. Drogba pun tergugat beb.

Prediction: 3-0 (Rooney 1, Carrick 1, Valencia 1)

Sekian, majulah Man Utd utk 4 piala!

Dalam pencarian 2 piala

2010-01-01T23:24:00.004+08:00

Utk 7 hari pertama di tahun 2010 ni, harapan ialah utk dpt kemenangan tulen. Serangan Leeds dan Man City perlu diatasi. Leeds, nama yg hebat pada tahun2 terdahulu pasti ingin mengecap kejayaan di Theater of Dreams. Khas kepada ex-roomate aku yg dulunya kipas susah mati Leeds, pasti dia ingin lihat Man Utd gugur di medan sendiri sebab skang dia pun dah sokong pasukan rumah Biru berlogokan singa tu.

Tapi yg lebih getir adalah saingan separuh akhir piala Carling menentang City. Dgn semangat juang baru di bwh kendalian Mancini, battle of Manchester akan menjadi lebih hangat. Dendam kalah 4-3 pada minit ke-96 dan Tevez di'boo' akan meledak bagaikan mencurah minyak ke arang membara.

Minggu ini mmg takde kena mengena dgn saingan Liga Perdana. Tapi sebagai peminat setia, pastinya aku nak tgk kelab aku sampai ke semua final, Wembley ke, Madrid ke, whatever...

Review dan line-up hanya akan ditulis oleh tukang tilik sehari sebelum perlawanan.

Sekian, Gugu Gaga Man Utd!!!

Gugu Gaga Man Utd dan Tahun Baru Masihi

2010-01-01T02:11:00.004+08:00

Kena beli cabinet baru utk piala musim ni, dah tak muat la...

Lama gila aku tak menulis kat sini. Dah dekat 2 bulan la dah. Lps kalah dgn Chelsea aritu, trus kehilangan idea utk sambung menulis. Maka dgn tahun baru ni, semua orang nak berazam baru. Aku pikir2 selama 2jam di hari pertama 2010 ni, aku nak ckp yg azam aku tahun ni nak tulis lebih byk.

Recap sket kejayaan dan kekalahan kelab tercinta aku di musim perayaan krismas ni. Walaupun kalah dengan Villa dan Fulham, tapi aku rasa ketinggalan 2 mata tu taklah merisaukan sgt. Lagipun pertahanan kental ramai yg dah kembali. Cukup lah Fletch ngan Carrick main bawah. Kusczak pun bagus dari Foster kan.

Chelsea mungkin sedikit gelabah bulan Januari ni sebab bintang2 dia ramai balik kampung halaman, Arsenal pun ada gak. Maka time ni paling sesuai utk main minda dan memastikan manutd dpt mata penuh.

Harapan aku ialah saingan EPL akan menjadi lebih sengit pada separuh masa kedua EPL ni, and may the best club win! Hopefully it will be the same winner for the past 3 years. GGMU! Gugu Gaga Man Utd!!!

Emotions run high

2009-11-08T23:47:00.003+08:00

No matter what happens in this 2hours, just hope it will be the best for us. Just held your chin up high. Even Sir Alex said this is just the beginning. Let's make it a beautiful beginning. Hope Devils can walk proudly out from the Bridge!

GLORY GLORY MAN UTD!!!

Phakdee Eleven

2009-11-06T22:56:00.002+08:00

Sebagai starting, ni bukan macam 7-eleven atau Ocean Eleven. Tapi ni ialah kesebelasan utama yg aku rasa patut Fergie letak kat the Bridge malam lusa. Mari kita mulakan dari bawah ke atas.

Keeper:
Yang ni tak payah nak bincang la kan, konpem VDS.

Pertahanan:
Kat tengah, baik letak Vidic dan Evans. Si Vidic dah start training semula, so sepatutnya ok. Jgn ko gi takik Drogba dlm penalti box sudah.. Dahla Drog tu tgh mengancam skang ni. Evans patut ganti si Mat Filem tu. Fergie saje je la cakap calf dia tak elok2 lg. Tapi aku rasa mmg Fergie takmo dia main kot. Haha, padan muka! Kanan kiri akan diapit oleh OShea dan Evra. Neville jgn harap ko dpt main. Tak larat ko nak kejar Malouda atau pun Jokol tu. Tak pasal2 half time kena tukar seluar sebab terkincit.

Tengah:
Seperti biasa aku inginkan seorang yg laju dan sorang cool utk mengemudi center midfield. Fletcher 'si rempit' dan Giggs 'si legend' patut beraksi. Scholes dah main dgn CSKA aritu, so perlu recover dulu kot. Ando masih muda utk game ni. Park injured lagi. Gandingan ni la yg demolish pasukan biru ini di Old Trafford musim lepas dgn jaringan 3 gol berbalas TIADA! Pengapit pula tiada lain Nani dan Valencia. Overlap mereka masih mengancam, dgn harapan Ashley Cole yg akan terkincit.

Hadapan:
Part ni agak susah utk dijangka. Berba tgh on form, Rooney bersemangat selepas menjadi bapa, Owen semakin menjumpai sentuhan semula. Tapi mengikut game2 sebelum ni, pastinya Berba dan Rooney yg akan start. Lagipon Fergie dah cakap awal2 musim yg Owen akan digunakan sepenuhnya bila tiba masa peak, di bulan December (Boxing Day) dan bulan Mac hingga Mei (masa tu tgh kejar EPL, FA Cup dan UCL serentak). Jgn risau Owen, ko tetap akan main di min ke-70.

Secara statistiknya, Merah belum mengatasi Biru di sarang mereka sejak 2002, 7 tahun lamanya. Ni bukan title decider, tapi cukup utk send message to others utk mengatakan hanya ada satu merah dan satu biru sahaja yg betul2 mampu menjulang EPL pada Mei 2010 nanti.

Nota kaki: rumah Merah 2 - rumah Biru 1

Win Lose or Draw

2009-11-01T23:07:00.003+08:00

Mata aku tetap depan TV sampai pukul 3.30 pagi smlm, melayan ESPN yg tunjuk game ManUtd dgn Blackburn. Puas hati aku tgk Berbatov dan Rooney skor semula. Dan yang lagi best, Fergie ubah hampir semua midfield dan defend.

Walaupon first half nampak mcm tak dpt nak penetrate Blackburn, tapi Berba mmg nampak mengancam sket berbanding game sebelum ni. Dgn adanya Carrick dan Ando, bahagian tengah nampak lebih laju dan teratur ditambah diapit oleh Nani dan Valencia.

Defence solid gak walaupon Brown dan Evans yang main. Baik dieorang drpd Rio kot. Papepun aku rasa result game ni good build up utk next UCL dan clash dgn Chelsea minggu depan.

Rooney lebih konpiden, Owen semakin mengancam, Berba on form. Obertan? Nanti dulu kot.. Cuma Fergie kena cari lagi ramuan sepatutnya di bahagian tengah lagi. Kasik mantap betul2.

ps: Nasib baik ManUtd bagi 3 points kat Liv minggu lepas. Kalau tak, 7 games kalah berturut2.

Midfield Dilemma

2009-10-30T18:56:00.002+08:00

Besok ManUtd bakal berentap dgn pasukan Hitam Terbakar (Blackburn). Dgn masih panas kerana kekalahan dgn Liverpool, pastinya Fergie ingin menang dlm game ni. Walaupon dah layak ke suku akhir Carling, ditambah dgn Owen skor, tetapi bagi media, tetap game ni seperti penentu kepada hala tuju ManUtd pada May 2010.

Makin byk orang perkatakan tentang dilemma midfield di kelab ni, tetapi sebenarnya Fergie hanya perlu memilih pasangan yg sesuai utk mengepalai jentera bergerak ManUtd di bahagian tengah. Kalau tak cukup duit nak beli player pon, sebab hutang keliling pinggang, lengan dan peha, kualiti yg ada skang cukup utk menang liga (at least).

Kriteria utk menang kebiasaan akan ditentukan oleh sekuat mana pemain tengah nak memegang possession dari pihak lawan. So senang cakap, player tu kena creative, laju dan good passer. Dulu ada Ronaldo, kira okla, sume orang dok harap kat dia. Dia pun lama2 dah makin main macam forward, dah tak memberi sokongan yg sepatutnya pemain tengah lakukan.

Midfield yang aku dok nampak meningkat skang adalah Fletcher, dulu orang anggap dia the 'next beckham'. Tapi dia berbeza sgt drpd cara permainan Mr Posh tu. Dia mmg bagus utk game2 yg big. Ingat semi UCL musim lps vs Arsenal? Walaupun ending dia dibuang padang.

Berbalik kepada kriteria tadi, kreativiti di tengah skuad ManUtd mmg agak kurang. Nak harapkan Scholes dan Giggs yang dah main bermusim2. Yg lain masih ok, tetapi belum ada yg nampak btol2 mampu men'saiko' opponent dgn passing2 yg tak tercapai dek akal. Antara yg lain, Carrick la yg mengatasi carta passing2.

Maka dgn ini, utk menghadapi Blackburn, cadangan adalah utk menurunkan player yg laju dan kreatif. Sebab Fletcher injured lagi, turunlah wahai Carrick dan Ando. Anderson walaupon tak skor slalu, tapi dia mmg rajin utk mark man, stop the ball and make things possible. Dgn adanya dua mamat ni, Fergie bole dabik semula dada dgn 3 mata penuh.

Tambah perasa di bahagian wing oleh Nani dan Valencia, crossing mereka juga bakal membantu Rooney dan Owen gegar jaring. Akhir kata, majulah ManUtd utk Liga Perdana!

Wasalam.

Post-Liverpool Match

2009-10-29T00:41:00.002+08:00

Mulanya aku takde idea nak tulis apa lagi dlm blog memandangkan masa semakin suntuk untuk aku. Tapi lepas aku dengar HotFM petang Selasa lepas, aku terpanggil untuk menulis semula. Topik pada hari itu ialah 'perlukah Rio Ferdinand dijual kerana prestasi semasa?'.

Aku rasa Rio memang tgh gabra skang sebab even Fergie pun dah sound dia thru media. Fergie dah ckp kalau dia takleh perform mcm dulu, dia dah takde tempat kat ManUtd dan England utk WC2010. Bagi aku mmg pedih utk dia. Tapi dia dah byk kali buat sangkak musim ni. Gol Bellamy masa derby game aritu, gol Ukraine lawan England, dan terbaru dicanai oleh En Torres yg 80% prestasi.

Musim lepas pun dia ada sangkak gak. Kalau tak salah aku, gol Eto'o masa Final UCL tu dia gak yg salah. Tak kira dia byk kali injured belakang, sampai Evans dpt main bagus. Even rekod cleansheet 14game tu, Vidic dgn Van je yg main semua game. Rio aku rasa main tak sampai separuh. Mungkin semua ni sebab injury dia la kot. Dia tak btol2 fit lagi utk main highly-intense game.

Kalau bole pusing semula, mungkin Evans yg main lwn Liv aritu. Sebab PC kat Rusia aritu Evans ada sama dgn Fergie, tapi dia tak dpt main, Rio yg main. Mungkin Fergie nak test Rio utk warmup before Liv game. Malangnya silap percaturan.

Lepas ni lawan Blackburn, maka Evans patut main dgn Oshea. Vidic pun kena kad merah.

Kalau baca balik previous blog aku, aku ada cite pasal gol skoring ability. Kalau ikut musim lepas, selepas 10 games, ManUtd dah skor sebanyak 19 gol.. Tapi musim ini pada jumlah game yg sama, ManUtd dah skor 21 gol.. So skoring ability ManUtd dah meningkat berbanding musim lepas.. Kena teruskan usaha. Gambate! Takkan nak harapkan Rooney sorang aje. Berbatov dgn gaya malas tu patut rajin2 kan diri utk skor lebih lagi. Owen baik ko jgn injured dah. Jgn pagar makan padi.

The Replacements 09/10

2009-07-09T10:00:00.004+08:00

The whole world has been known that the departure of the most expensive player to the Galacticos squad in Bernabeu. The same feeling is felt to the lost of our most loyal Argentine to our neighbor (most probably). But the main challenge here is how to keep our club sustainability to keep hold the Premier League and getting back the Champions League and FA Cup into our hands.

Let’s get started with facts! {All of these data is in comparison ONLY between four players i.e. Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney and Berbatov as they are the forward line).

In last season, we need to admit that Ronaldo was the main player who helped us to retain our Premier League for third time in a row; in terms of goals. He has scored 18 goals which comprises of nearly 41% out of total 44 goals. Even though last season was a hard time for Tevez, he still managed to score 5 goals; which most of it is crucial to our title (except against Liverpool at Anfield).

Where as in Champions League, 6 out of 14 goals were from them. In total 41 out of 75 goals during the whole season. These stats show that without them, we will lose nearly 55% goal scoring rate for next season. Scary, huh?

Now we will look back two seasons ago when we lift the doubles i.e. Premier League and Champions League. In EPL, they scored 45 goals from 62 goals (73% scoring rate) and in UCL they scored 12 from 16 (75%). In total for the whole season, they scored 61 from 74 goals (83%).

From these stats, it shows that we need somebody to fill the goal-scoring gap for us. As if we want to retain the EPL for next season, with Rooney and Berbatov in the same scoring rate, we need Owen and others to create 20 to 25 goals. Furthermore, if we want to get back the Champions League trophy, we have to get Owen and co. to score additional 10 to 15 goals! In summary, the team excluding Rooney and Berbatov need to score 30 to 40 goals to win the EPL and UCL again!!!

Hopefully, we can put our future to Rooney to increase his scoring rate. If Sir Alex can suit him to his position same in England squad, he should be perfectly fit; with bigger prize coming up at the end of next season, 2010 World Cup Finals! And to Owen, please don’t let us down especially the manager whom has a lot of faith in you even before you are a Kop!

10 May 2009 : Man City (Home) - BPL

2009-05-09T18:00:00.002+08:00

Manchester City. We have lost to them at home last season. And that is the only lost we had against them in Premiership era. Now with lots of new players coming in the Blue squad, we had a tougher challenge.

We just qualify for final of UCL and we need to keep that momentum up. They are 4 games left in BPL, and Liverpool really gives us a serious threat. Credits to them as they are really up to it through out this season. They had been closer and closer each season.

Back into this game, this is a derby match, which always giving us such an intense. Players have to be up to it. Remember Evra making his debut in this derby and he was substituted even before half time. That shows how's the feeling.

I'm not seeing back four will be changed, but our midfielders are. We need some experience the heart of the field and Scholes is the best person for that. Upfront we need somebody who can heat up the game and Tevez is the man.

Hopefully we can get 4 wins out of 4 in this final lap of BPL. Go United! Go for glory, again!

Line-Up: Van der Sar, O’Shea, Rio, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Rooney, Scholes, Nani, Tevez, Welbeck

Prediction: 3-1 United

05 May 2009 : Arsenal (Away) - UCL [Post Match]

2009-05-08T15:39:00.003+08:00

3-1. Totally dominated the game. We are so lucky to get two quick goals in 11 minutes, which make tough for the opponents trying to get 4 goals.

Credits to our midfielders. They work so hard to contain that area. Anderson, Fletcher, Carrick.. Very solid at the back as well.

Sadly, we are frustrated by Fletcher will not play in the final. He was on the ball, but referee just didn't see it. Hope that will act as one of the motivation to win the cup.

EPL matches are just around the corner, with Man City is the first. Hope we can win that game. 7 points to be won in order to lift the cup for 3 years consecutively.

Let's hope for the best!!!

Line-up: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Rio, Vidic, Evra (Rafael), Fletcher, Park (Giggs), Carrick, Anderson (Berbatov), Rooney, Ronaldo

Final score: 3-1

02 May 2009 : Boro (Away) - BPL [Post Match]

2009-05-04T22:34:00.002+08:00

2-0. Very promising display by United prior heading to London for the second leg match against Gunners. But all of our competitors are winning as well, therefore we couldn't be too relaxed. Arsenal & Liverpool won by 3-0 each.

Back to the game, our midfield looks very solid and organize, even though we have changed the line-up. Hail to our FPA Player of the Year. He silenced all the critics by proving he is still worth it!

Other players such as Evans, Park, really impressed as well. Now Fergie has a lot of thinking to do for the next selection.

Nothing much I can comment of the match itself. But one thing for sure, 6 games left for this season (4 EPL + 2 UCL), let us hope it will be 6 wins out of 6!

GLORY GLORY!!!

Line-Up: Foster, O’Shea, Evans, Vidic, Evra (Rafael), Park (Nani), Scholes, Giggs, Rooney, Macheda (Tevez), Berbatov (6 out of 11 correct!)

Final Score: 2-0 United

02 May 2009 : Boro (Away) - BPL

2009-05-01T16:51:00.003+08:00

Middlesbrough. In Premiership era, we only lost twice to them at Riverside. We won 8 and draw 3 matches. But just to be aware, the last two matches at Riverside (1 in EPL, 1 in FA Cup) we just drew with them 2-2 in both games. Therefore, we couldn't have complacency with this game.

If we can produce the same intensity during first leg of semi in UCL, we can win this game. We are fast, organized, and discipline.

Fergie said that he will re-shuffle his players for this Boro match, just to rest players who will play at Emirates 3 days later. We came to this exact situation in 2007, which we produce sublime comeback against Everton and embarrassingly defeated 0-3 at Milan 3 days later.

With Liverpool playing against Newcastle, we need to be at the top of our game as well. If we lose, we will be second-placed with lower goal difference.

Target for this game is to get 3 points, high scoring margin, no injuries.

There are only 7 matches to go to complete this quadruple season. To get 7 out of 7 wins will make sure we are living in Theater of Dreams! Glory Glory!

Line-Up: Van der Sar, O’Shea, Evans, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Park, Anderson, Nani, Macheda, Welbeck

Prediction: 1-0 United

29 April 2009 : Arsenal (Home) – UCL [Post match]

2009-05-01T16:45:00.002+08:00

1-0. As predicted in last column. In overall, we played well. We looked solid at the back and threatening up front. The line-up picked by Fergie is the best looking at our current ‘games-in-every-3 days’ agenda. But that is what all about when you are looking to lift two trophies in end of the season.

Our backline is the back-four, but the thing we never expect is of all the players, our right-back is the one who scored the crucial goal! Happy birthday O’Shea! This will be your best birthday gift ever, I assumed.

Using 4 midfielders including Rooney, Fletcher, Carrick and Anderson was a good move as we need a compact team at the centre. They all are very quick and always the first to get the ball. It’s effective as we can control the deadly-passing from Mr Cesc.

Unfortunately, that night was not a very good for Tevez. Even though he tried his best, but he can’t put the ball at the back of the net. He really wanted to score just to prove why United still hunger for his talent.
Next week, it will be a very different game in Emirates. Arsenal will push all out to get goals at home. Fergie must re-shuffle his players to accommodate that situation, and hoping he won’t be picking the same team from the first leg. Hopefully, Rio will be fit for that game.

Line-up: Van der Sar, O’Shea, Rio (Evans), Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Anderson (Giggs), Carrick, Rooney, Tevez (Berbatov), Ronaldo

Final score: 1-0

29 April 2009 : Arsenal (Home) – UCL

2009-04-29T16:53:00.001+08:00

Arsenal. It is one of the big clubs in England. I still can remember the ‘pizzagate’ issue, Keano vs Viera era, etc. Now we are going to face them for the first time in Europe competition. In domestic cup matches, we had won 10, drew 2, and lost 7. Meanwhile in Premiership, we won 13, drew 10, and lost 10. In those 20 wins, we won 13 matches at home. Statistically, we can win tonight’s match. Nevertheless, European nights always different compared to domestic game. Statistics can fool you.

Through my observation during Arsenal vs Boro last weekend, Arsenal is at their peak again. With Cesc Fabregas started to score again, the midfielder will impose a bigger threat to us. Arshavin and van Persie won’t be playing, but they still have Adebayor upfront. We need somebody to close and man-marked Fabregas in order for us to have possession. By playing at home, I think Fergie should put two strikers at the top rather than one. Arsenal also loves to play overlapping and crossing from the flanks, therefore our wing backs should be fit enough to mark, chase, tackle, and counter-attack. To have all this traits, we can put our faith to Evra and O’Shea.

Hopefully we will win this match so we can go to Emirates with an advantage. May the best team win and I put all my faith to United! Glory Glory!

Line-Up: Van der Sar, O’Shea, Rio, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez

Prediction: 1-0 United