The squad for this season
Our 1st major trophy of the season
Our 2nd trophy of the season
We are UNITED more than ever this season
Don't look at the score...look at our UNITY...
We lifted this in Moscow 2008, will we lift it in Rome 2009?
It was 17th last season, will it be 18th this season?
Will be heading to this place on 27th May 2009?
Our fixture list...
As the football season gears up for another end to what has been a thrilling season, it has been a historic and busy one this season for on particular club. Manchester United. Last season Double Winners(EPL & Champions League) are on course to end the season in historic style. After last season's success, which had many purring over their style of football which bulldozer past many teams with goals and in particular C.Ronaldo who ended last season with 42 goals in all competitions, the question was whether they can repeat the feat, and if Ronaldo will be as good as last season. Well, the build up and the 1st to months of the season had doubters doubting Mu of doing it again. The teams was playing poorly, scoring less goals and Ronaldo in particular was in poor form. But, as with the famous saying "It ain't over till the Fat Lady sings", United bounced back. In huge style. By January, United were top of the league after lying in 3rd, in the last-16 of the Champions League, still running in the FA Cup(competition started in Feb), in the League Cup final and was World Champions. The talk of United retaining the Double was over, the talk shifted to "Will United do the Quintuplet?" The Quintuplet means winning 5 throphies. Something NO ONE has ever done in football history. What made it even more poosible was that the talk came from the media and bookmakers not United. While United were busy focusing on winning, the media and bookmakers were busy speculating on how many trophies will United win. So confident were they that the bookmakers in UK who had accepted bets from people betting on the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea to win the league, returned them the money. The word was out that they would only accept bets for United winning and that if Rafa Benitez would get the sack. How did it all happen? How did a United side struggling at the start of the season, contemplating if they would actually retain their trophies suddenly find themselves within reach of 5? Well, it was because the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea who were both setting the early pace fizzled out. Defeats to teams like Stoke, Fulham and Middlesbrough gave United a chance. Lesson to be learned: "Never give United a single chance, for they will grab it with VENOM" and they really did. United lead the league table with 7 points with 2 games in hand. Even goalkeeper Edwin van de Sar went a total of 1,302 minutes consecutively without conceding a goal and in doing so, broke the British top-flight and single season world record. But as with all good things, it will have to come to an END. It was the match against Liverpool at Old Trafford. A game which was seen as a must WIN for Liverpool to keep their faint title hopes alive and for United to KILL Liverpool off. Against all odds and under pressure to WIN, Liverpool WON...4-1, an unexpected scoreline. That was it. Honeymoon period over. A team who looked INVINCIBLE and UNBREACHABLE had suddenly lost 4-1 to Liverpool. That loss was followed by a 2-0 defeat to Fulham the following week. The 7 point lead at the top was now narrowed to just 1 SINGLE point.United still had a game in hand. BUT, the PRESSURE was ON. Had United finally CRACK? NO, is the answer. In the next league game, United won. 3-2 against Villa. Coming back from 2 goals down. The 3rd goal scored in extra-time. The following week also saw United coming back from 1-1, to win 2-1. This proves that this is no longer the United of last season, where Ronaldo was the MAIN MAN. This season's United, is the REAL United. A UNITED United. Every player is fighting for the club. Everyone. From the seniors, first teamers, right down to the reserves. No longer is United a one man team. It is a WHOLE team. So, if United stay UNITED, IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO SEE US END THE SEASON WITH FIVE TROPHIES, THE QUINTUPLETE!!!
GLORY-GLORY MANCHESTER UNITED...THE REDS WILL GO MARCHING ON!!!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
UNITED will see us through...
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