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On the commercial side, the experts studied the online sales of everything from tickets and merchandise to video clips and ring tones. And according to digital marketing magazine Revolution, United are head and shoulders above the opposition with Arsenal, Aston Villa and West Ham trailing in their virtual wake. Further down the table, it's clear that it's not all about money with Chelsea's newly-relaunched website sharing a joint seventh place with Sheffield United. City comes in at 9th and Wigan and Bolton, meanwhile, are locked in a closely fought relegation battle in the internet football big-time, sharing as they do last position at joint 19th. Revolution editor Phil Buxton said: "The internet is becoming more and more important for every type of business and nowhere more so than in the world of football where clubs can use their sites to reach out to their fans across the world. "The results of this survey show that success on the internet isn't just about cash - it's about understanding the web and using it effectively. "Manchester United did well not just because they've got a lot of traffic from around the world, but also because their site is packed with great content and it's by far the easiest to use of any of the sites we looked at." Manchester United's interactive general manager Mark Hargreaves said: "Our site has become a crucial area for connecting and engaging our fans in the UK, but also abroad." --------------------------------- [13] BBC on Beckham --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: 'Real Madrid sporting director Pedja Mijatovic has told David Beckham to make a decision about his future. The 31-year-old's existing deal at the Bernabeu expires in June and the former England captain is now free to negotiate with other clubs. Mijatovic was quoted as saying on Real's website: "Next week we will deal with this matter. "He wanted some time to think about it but we are in a situation where we lack time and we have to react now." Beckham has found his opportunities limited at Real this season under coach Fabio Capello but the Spaniards are nevertheless keen to retain his services. "Several months ago we presented an offer to renew his contract because of his importance - not only from a sporting sense but from an image one," added Mijatovic. Clubs in England, Spain, France, Italy and the US have been linked with the former Manchester United midfielder. Last week Beckham's spokesman Simon Oliveira told BBC Sport there was no chance that Beckham would leave the Bernabeu during the January transfer window.' --------------------------------- [12] Paul Parker on title hopes --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: "One of the phrases I remember the gaffer using back in the 1991-92 season was `extra dimension'. In that year - when we lost out on the title to Leeds - we had a very good team, but as the campaign progressed, opponents did get an idea of how we liked to play. In the end, a few of them were able to come up with plans to stifle us. I think Chelsea are like that this season. People have wised up to them. They have good quality players without a doubt, but in general I don't think they are allowed to express themselves. The flair players aren't given the licence to be flair players. They play a narrow game and don't use their width which is why, for instance, they hardly made any chances against Aston Villa last week, whereas United made a host of them." Fergie's answer to seeing his team of the early 1990s stifled was to snap up Cantona from Leeds in October 1992. Eric added a new dimension. Opponents had someone else to look out for as well as Andrei Kanchelskis, Mark Hughes, Lee Sharpe and Ryan Giggs. Eric could do the unexpected. Even if you'd worked out some strategy to quell us, Eric would deliver something extra. I think United have missed that quality for a while, but in Henrik Larsson they have a player who can provide a different dimension and something out of the ordinary. The manager said after the Villa cup win that Larsson can score important goals for United, and I am sure he will, just like Eric did. I hope he does stay on, but even if it is only until March, I think that will be enough to put United firmly in the driving seat and beyond Chelsea." --------------------------------- [11] Norm for just over a fiver! --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news My Memories of Manchester United by Norman Whiteside (published 2003) just £5.49 INCLUDING postage and packing (rrp £14.99 - you save over £9!) through Red News. 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"Some of the very best interviews with former United players that I've ever read. Andy Mitten has a remarkable ability to get people to open up and reveal all. Full of great anecdotes, detail and colour, bringing back just what it was like following United in the pre-Ferguson era." Michael Crick. "A terrific antidote to the banal sporting autobiography. Next time someone asks 'Where have the gameís characters gone?' here's an answer: They're between the covers of We're the Famous Man United. Candid, full of illuminating anecdotes and with an appeal well beyond those old enough to remember the 70s and 80s and far beyond the borders of United fandom." Ian Hawkey, The Sunday Times. "Anyone who wants to read about nice, clean-cut footballers listening to Luther Vandross and going to bed at 9.30pm should look away now. Andy Mitten has compiled the warts-and-all, blow-by-blow forensic examination of what really went on at Englandís biggest club in the 1980s. Utterly compelling." Daniel Taylor, The Guardian. "Twenty years on from their heyday, the players of the eighties have nothing to hide. And even if they had, Andy Mitten would find it out. By turns jaw-dropping, enraging, staggering and alarming, but always, always charged with affection and enthusiasm, this book is what nostalgia is all about." Jim White, The Daily Telegraph. "First came the Busby Babes and now the modern United is 'all grown up'. This hugely entertaining book proves that during the intervening 'teenage years' the lads had themselves a bit of fun." Graham Hunter, Sky. "This book will define United work in this era like Jim White's book did a decade ago. We knew many of these players as United heroes, but the fans knew little about the real men inside the Red shirts they wore. Andy Mitten takes characters we cheered on the terraces and allows us to see them in a new light; away from the limelight. Tinged with humour, reflection and at times sadness, these were the players who missed the golden wages on offer in today's football by a decade yet played in an era that many fans fondly recall as they watched gifted footballers giving their all. Away from the hyperbole surrounding today's stars, these were real characters, real men, and here we see their real stories - be it uplifting or eye opening. Life's ups and downs; before, during and after their United careers. Mitten's honest approach and incisive interviewing technique allows us a revealing and at times startling account of what it was like to play for Manchester United and the life thereafter. Highly recommended to young and old football fan alike, it will give a new perspective on household names. Ideal for those who lived the 1980s generation, and those who wish they had." Barney Editor, Red News We're The Famous Man United is Published on November 6th by Vision Sports Publishing, priced £17.99. Red News readers can order a copy for only £12.59 by clicking here... Coming in November, and highly recommended, Andy Mitten interviews 11 famous United players for their story --------------------------------- [9] Transfer talk in the SUN --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: MANCHESTER UNITED are back on the trail of French international Rio Mavuba. Mavuba's agent Vincenzo Morabito claims the Premiership table-toppers have renewed their interest in Bordeaux's 22-year-old midfielder. But United face stiff competition from Italian giants Juventus. Morabito said: "Manchester United and Juventus have asked for him but the situation will depend on a lot of details. "Bordeaux are an ambitious club attempting to qualify for a second consecutive UEFA Champions League, so it may be easier for Rio to leave in the summer. "But if a club offer a big sum of money during the January transfer window, we will see if Bordeaux are interested in selling. "I sincerely think that the summer transfer window will be more interesting for him. "It is true that the player is followed very closely by clubs in England, but also in Italy. "That is normal. Rio is a future top-class player and his future lies with a very ambitious European club." and as we told you yesterday 'JUVENTUS boss Didier Deschamps is weighing up a bid for Manchester United left-back Gabriel Heinze. Heinze, 28, has fallen behind Patrice Evra in the Old Trafford pecking order this season. And Deschamps believes United will be willing to sell the former Paris St Germain ace especially if they land Southampton starlet Gareth Bale. Deschamps said: "I know Gaby, I saw him playing in France for two years. "At Manchester United he is used as a left full-back but I don't think it is his best position. "I think he is more a central defender. Considering the number of left-sided defenders at Manchester United, if there is an opportunity and he is attracted, why not? "He is a very good player of an international level. He is a leader and a winner." --------------------------------- [8] Short feature on --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: us playing Burnley on 28th December 1959 at http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s37/st109944.htm http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s37/st109944.htm --------------------------------- [7] United based event in Mumbai --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: http://news.moneycontrol.com/india http://news.moneycontrol.com/india AIFF and NIKE today announced the start of the Manchester United Premier Cup, 2007 at Cooperage football ground in Mumbai. This is the largest and most prestigious football tournament in the world for kids under 15 years. The event will be held from the 09th - 13th Jan, 2007 in Mumbai. Created by Nike in 1993 as a regional tournament with participants from 15 countries, the Manchester United Premier Cup has grown to become a global event jointly sponsored by Nike and Manchester United as part of their commitment to youth participation and skills development. The aim of this event is to popularize the sport at a grassroots level and encourage young talent by giving them an opportunity to participate in a global tournament. This is the second year that Nike is organizing the event in India. The response from football clubs and kids has been extremely encouraging and the number of participating teams has doubled since last year. Addressing the media in a press conference Mr. Alberto Colaco, General Secretary, AIFF said "The AIFF is extremely happy with our partnership with Nike who has shown true commitment towards elevating football in India. By organizing grass root level initiatives such as the MUPC, they have certainly helped in promoting the game in India. Last year Mohun Bagan did us proud by making it to the world finals and this year too we hope to have a winning team that will prove that India has brilliant talent in the field of football. " Kicking off MUPC'07 India leg, Mr. Sanjay Gangopadhyay, Marketing Director, Nike India said, "The MUPC tournament is testimony to our commitment to further the sport of football in the country. Nike aims to provide international exposure and harness the immense talent among football kids in our country." National Football Team Captain and Nike athlete Baichung Bhutia says, "The Nike MUPC tournament is very significant for football players under 15 as it gives them international exposure that helps boost their confidence. You see talent everywhere, but its imperative that this talent is recognized and encouraged in the way that this tournament does." The MUPC India Finalists will be flown by Nike to the location where the South East Asia (SEA) Regional Finals will be held from 28 - 31 May, 2007. The SEA Regional winners will join 19 teams from around the world to play for the World Finals. If history repeats itself, a few of those will be the soccer stars of the future. --------------------------------- [6] Ronaldo --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: "Drogba appears very convinced about winning the top awards but it's not always the goals that decide these things. If he wins I shall congratulate him because I am a good sport. But when we talk about the best player of 2006/07 I sincerely believe that I am a good option. My objective is to score more goals to help United and not to enter into a war with Drogba. That would be madness - I always search for success for the team. And I warn you that I do desire to win many, many competitions. I repeat: 2007 is going to be my big year. First I want to win titles with United and after that personal gratitude from Europe and the world." --------------------------------- [5] Paul McCarthy in People last Sun about Giggs --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: 'NEXT weekend at The Savoy, the football world will pay tribute to one of the last of a dying breed. A superstar untainted by excess. A role model for supreme professionalism. A glittering talent which shines as brightly today as it did 15 years ago when he made his debut. A player who has never been touched by scandal or built into a brand to be shunted from one marketing opportunity to the next. A footballer who has won everything the game has to offer and who treasures medals more highly than a Bentley convertible or the latest diamond-encrusted watch. Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton will speak in his honour before the great and the good stand in acclaim. And Ryan Giggs fully deserves that recognition. His achievements demand a place in football's hall of fame. The longevity of a career spent at the very peak of the game speaks volumes for his brilliance. >From teenage wonder to the elder statesman of Old Trafford, Giggs has never >once taken his career for granted and worked tirelessly to maintain the >impeccable standards he set for himself at such a young age. He is not alone. From the same school as Giggs, Gary and Phil Neville plus Paul Scholes all share the same ethos. Gary Speed, Michael Owen and the recentlyretired Alan Shearer, Gianfranco Zola and Dennis Bergkamp are all cast from the same stone. The worry is, who is there to replace these kind of players when time inevitably takes its toll? Of a younger generation, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Thierry Henry have taken up the mantle. Yet they are the exception rather than a rule, a few stand-out candidates in an age symbolised by the sorry standards set by West Ham this week. A year ago, the comparison between West Ham and the England cricket team was apt. Both possessed young, hungry players who played with a freedom and passion which upset the established order. They thrived under pressure, lived for the thrill of victory and enjoyed a level of success nobody could have expected. Sadly, they both had open-top bus parades, were feted throughout the land and told how wonderful they were. They grew bl o ated and self-satisfied on the over-hyped praise until they lost sight of the values which had taken them so far. This week merely highlighted just how far both had fallen ...but how different their worlds still are. While Freddie Flintoff's men will go away and lick their wounds, humiliated, embarrassed and hopefully regenerated for the next battle, there are actually rewards for West Ham's spineless shower. Their captain - and the personification of a fl awed generation, Nigel Reo-Coker - won't have to suffer the ignominy of having helped drag the club into the wastelands of a relegation fight, he'll be on his way. Already immune to any criticism by dint of a fabulous mink-lined contract which has set him up for life, Reo-Coker will flit away from Upton Park in the transfer window, certainly for more money and probably even less responsibility. That's the twisted, perverse world in which Premiership footballers live. Play like a drain, show all the backbone of an amoeba and somebody will pluck you away in the hope your attitude is changed by an extra 5k a week. No need for graft, that's for geeks. Now, where's the car, the cash and the Cristal? So what if Reo-Coker doesn't win an England cap or a medal, does he care when his annual bank balance stretches into six figures and there are enough lick-spittle lackeys around to tell him what a star he is. Me? I say good riddance to Reo- Coker and all his kind, I'll take Ryan Giggs every day of the week.' http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-2051413-10351781 Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-2051413-10295995 Have a Free £25 bet on totesport Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news --------------------------------- [4] January Sale. For One Day Only. £4 off this shirt! Just £11 in UK inc p&p --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: THERE'S ONLY ONE RONALDO Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news High Quality. Black text Ronaldo, Manchester on grey shirt. Medium, Large, X-large You can order by sterling cheque or credit card - Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Switch or Solo. 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Chips off the Old Trafford block can be found in dug-outs everywhere from Blackburn to Birmingham, Sunderland to Macclesfield, and even the beaches of France. Perhaps it is no surprise that a side crammed with such strong characters, opinionated individuals who Ferguson regularly observed could "start a fight in an empty house", should wish to impose their distinctive thoughts on teams when their own playing powers ebb. The formidable unit that finished eight points ahead of Blackburn Rovers in the Premiership and destroyed Chelsea in the FA Cup final was largely built around Peter Schmeichel in goal, a resilient back-line of Paul Parker, Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister and Denis Irwin, a perfectly-balanced midfield of Andrei Kanchelskis, Roy Keane, Paul Ince and Ryan Giggs, while Eric Cantona and Mark Hughes mixed rapier and broadsword in attack. This XI started together only 12 times and were never beaten. "That was the best side I ever played with," argues Ince, who also saw distinguished service with Liverpool and Inter Milan. "That United side was full of leaders. We had everything. United's '99 side are going to say 'we are great because of what we won'. But if you look at the way they won the Treble, it was in the last two minutes of the Champions League final. We battered Chelsea. And we should have had the (domestic) Treble, but lost to Aston Villa in the League Cup final." Ferguson's star pupils from the Class of '94 rewrite the old adage that top players do not necessarily graduate into managers. Hughes (Blackburn), Bruce (Birmingham City), Keane (Sunderland) and Ince (Macclesfield Town) have plenty still to prove (particularly the last pair), but the signs are hugely promising. Hughes currently leads the way, guiding Rovers up the Premiership table and into the fourth round of the FA Cup with Saturday's barnstorming performance at Everton. Rarely are David Moyes' men outclassed at home, but Hughes masterminded an embarrassment that had another United alumni, Phil Neville, actually apologising to the Goodison faithful yesterday. Intelligent with a touch of steel, the former Wales chief has this knack of engendering team spirit and a ferocious work ethic allied to adventurous football. When Ferguson finally decides to step down at Old Trafford, it seems a straight duel between Hughes and Martin O'Neill for the biggest job in English club-land. Some will back Keane in the Old Trafford succession stakes. Only three points off the Championship play-offs, Sunderland's latest leader currently reveals his personal clout in the transfer window. Arsenal's precocious striker Anthony Stokes yesterday chose Sunderland over Premiership admirers like Charlton Athletic and Scottish giants like Celtic testament to Keane's aura. In pole position for promotion from the Championship are Birmingham. Bruce's popularity helps explain why elite managers, like Arsene Wenger, loan him such prospects as Nicklas Bendtner, Sebastian Larsson, and Fabrice Muamba. Wenger knows their education will be accelerated under Bruce. Ince's potential has been widely hailed in recent days, and even the post-mortems into Macclesfield's 6-1 defeat at Chelsea highlighted how well motivated and organised his charges were. No one will be surprised that sides shaped by Ince, Keane, Bruce and Hughes boast a combative streak. Ferguson believes that the Class of '94 was his most warrior-like collective. Hughes hit David Tuttle with a challenge that brought tears to onlookers' eyes, let alone the Sheffield United centre-half. Cantona, who poleaxed Norwich City's inoffensive Jeremy Goss that season, is currently involved in management, albeit the French beach football team, while appearing in arthouse flicks. Schmeichel has taken to the dance-floor, while Pallister, Parker, and Irwin do turns in TV studios. The latter pair have managerial experience; Parker with Billericay Town and Irwin with his son's under-12s team. After a spell in Saudi, Kanchelskis was last heard of playing for Krylya Sovetov in Russia. Still lighting up Old Trafford is Giggs, who will be honoured by the Football Writers' Association at a Savoy dinner this Sunday. Last year's recipient, Bryan Robson, also collected a title medal in '94, before entering management at Middlesbrough. Ferguson's Cup Final subs were Lee Sharpe, now a fixture on the celebrity scene, and Brian McClair, highly regarded within Old Trafford for his Academy work. Also in that '94 squad were youngsters like Chris Casper, now managing Bury, and Gary Neville, destined for a dug-out one day. Ferguson's Class of '94 will soon need their own table at League Managers' Association functions.' --------------------------------- [2] Terry let off --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: from Telegraph 'England captain John Terry has escaped a ban after being fined and reprimanded for improper conduct. The Chelsea captain was charged in relation to comments made about referee Graham Poll after being sent off in the defeat against Tottenham on Nov 5. Yesterday he withdrew his request for a personal hearing and admitted the charge and has been fined £10,000 and reprimanded by a Football Association Disciplinary Commission hearing. A Disciplinary Commission statement read: "Whilst noting the late admission to the charge, and the excellent previous disciplinary record of John Terry, [we] were extremely disappointed that the integrity of referee Graham Poll had been called into question, and that no public apology had been forthcoming for his admitted improper conduct." --------------------------------- [1] United won't subsidise prices for fans for League Cup matches when we're charged more --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 by ed: in the new RN 132 we feature a letter from Nick Humby to a RN reader/forumite who when asked about the excessive charging at Southend is told: 'Although we have a right to query or challenge domestic cup away pricing. we tend to allow the home team to set the prices. Indeed our problem is that for small teams like Crewe or Southend our share of the away gate often does not cover the cost of team travel and player appearance fees, so we are not prepared to subsidise prices.' also in new mag out on Sat we have an exclusive enjoyable frank interview with Mickey Thomas, 2nd part of the Paul McGrath interview, an insight into Louis Rocca from his grandson and the familys archives, gossip, Tom Clare continues his look back at the 56/57 season, tiptoe is loyal through and through, fact or fiction dispels the myth that Manchester is blue, Peter Shaw has a pop at those who filmed the Utd xmas party, Pete Martin explains what it's like to be a half-time celeb at Old Trafford, a great centre spread of Pancho Pearson, YOUR letters and much, much more! RN 132. Out January 13th. RN 131. Out December 9th. RN 130. Out November 26th. RN 129 Out October 17th. RN 128. Out September 17th. 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He did well - it was a decent performance by the boy.'' --------------------------------- [47] Fergie on Villa on Sat --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: "Villa caused us some problems in the FA Cup game and are a good team. We have to be ready. It will be a tough game, because Martin has them galvanised - no question about that.'' --------------------------------- [46] Evra on Larsson --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: "I am very happy for him that he scored because he is a good man. He wants to work for the team and has good experience. Henrik is a big player, and you can see he has lots of qualities. Every time he touched the ball he caused problems for the other team. I am very happy to play alongside someone like him at United.'' http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-795737-10400976 Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news " http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-795737-10401300 " make eBay bids automatically"" Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news T-shirt of the day http://www.rednews.co.uk/shop/shop60.htm http://www.rednews.co.uk/shop/shop60.htm --------------------------------- [45] More Ole on Larsson --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: "Henrik Larsson is the best player we have had in Scandinavia since Michael Laudrup. He continues to get better, and it was important for the manager to see what kind of shape he was in because he hadn't played for a while. I do not think he was disappointed.'' --------------------------------- [44] Sweden want Larsson to play for them again --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: from sportinglife 'Sweden coach Lars Lagerback is understood to be trying to tempt Henrik Larsson out of international retirement. Larsson, 35, marked an impressive debut for Manchester United by scoring in the FA Cup victory against Aston Villa on Sunday. The former Barcelona and Celtic striker is on loan from Helsingborg until March although there is the possibility he could stay until the end of the season. Lagerback is aware of Larsson's good form and Swedish FA chairman Lars-Ake Lagrell told Aftonbladet: "There have been talks with Henke. "I cannot say exactly what these discussions involved. "Obviously it would be fantastic news if Henke decided to play for the national team again. "But I'm not so sure - I think Henke has made his mind up for definite this time." --------------------------------- [43] Larsson on goal --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: "It was fantastic and definitely on the top-ten list. It was a superb start for me, to score a goal immediately and to win the game. Sometimes everything works out right and this was one of those days. I don't know how this adventure with United will end but it sure is a fantastic adventure when you're 35 years old." --------------------------------- [42] Larsson's agent --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: Rob Jansen "There is no situation. He has a contract until that period (March 12) and, in principle, that's it. "I can't answer the question of whether his contract could change because that is not the issue at the moment. The question of whose decision it is is also not important, because he has started and played one game." --------------------------------- [41] David Bentley's agent --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: "There is ongoing discussions going on regarding David's contract. I think there is a willingness from both sides to reach an agreement. Blackburn said they would reward him with a new contract if he did well and they are now doing what they promised they would David is happy at Blackburn and I believe the deal could be a one-year extension to his contract." --------------------------------- [40] MEN on Smith --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: 'ALAN Smith's Premiership suitors are wasting their time trying to prise the Yorkshire lad away from United. The striker wants to fight on at Old Trafford and has no intentions of giving up the challenge either permanently or temporarily. Wigan Athletic have been the latest club linked with the Reds £7m import from Leeds in 2004. Paul Jewell's interest is another in a queue of admirers who have been in touch with the 26-year-old's agent. Indeed it is believed around 80 per cent of the top division have made an enquiry but Smith remains adamant that he wants to fight for his place in Sir Alex Ferguson's squad. Next month will be the first anniversary of Smith's horror leg and ankle break suffered at Anfield in the FA Cup fifth round against Liverpool. But he has fought back after a special training programme and he is now fully fit again and determined to prove that he is good enough to claim a place in the Reds line-up.' http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-795737-10379645 Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-795737-10380073 Dorm rooms to dreams rooms from just £7 per night Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news --------------------------------- [39] Letter to Red News --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: What with Smyth's anti-Cantona rant today maybe it's time to remind readers just how astute this man is and have another read of this gem: [32] Opinion in the Guardian Tuesday, August 1, 2006 http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1827876,00.html http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1827876,00.html Sir Alex Ferguson's brilliance famously knocked Liverpool off their perch. Now his incompetence is doing the same to Manchester United. How did it come to this, wonders Rob Smyth It was John Cleese, in Clockwise, who said: "I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand." Manchester United fans would beg to differ. Usually, the best thing about pre-season is the hope: reality's incisors have yet to pierce the gums of optimism, and fans can live off the balmy, often barmy belief that this is their year. For supporters of most of the other 91 English clubs, that's the mood right now. For United fans? Forget it. After three seasons of papering over the cracks, it seems most United fans are awaiting the moment that the fault lines tracing a veiny path across Old Trafford are exposed. Almost everything about the club reeks of disarray. Owned by the Glazers, who push buttons from a remote hideaway like Dr Evil; run by a manager who shreds his legacy at every turn; almost exclusively represented by the inadequate (Darren Fletcher and Kieran Richardson) and the odious (Rio Ferdinand); unable to close a deal for West Brom's reserve keeper, never mind the new Roy Keane. The signing of Michael Carrick, a Pirlo when a Gattuso was needed, is a band aid for a bullet wound, and a ludicrously expensive one at that. If anything, it's a surprise that United have bought anyone at all. This summer, they have been like a pathetic drunk lumbering across a dancefloor at 1.45am, trying to get off with everything that moves. No matter how many people they move in for - and if reports are to be believed, United have made offers for dozens of players - nobody wants to go near them. And the one person who surely would, Damien Duff, was allowed to slip into the arms of Newcastle for less than United paid for Patrice Evra. You couldn't make it up. You don't have to. United finished second last season, but that said more about the deficiency of the Premiership than their own. Arsenal will not have a four-month blind spot this season, while all evidence suggests that Liverpool's gradient will continue on its upward trajectory. With Tottenham getting stronger, even with the loss of Carrick, it is entirely conceivable that, if they start slowly, United could finish fifth; in today's environment, that would be disastrous. The problems are so obvious, so fundamental, as to be beggar belief that they have not been addressed. Just as the glory years of 1992 to 2001 will only fully be appreciated in 20 years' time, so will Ferguson's subsequent failure. It is particularly bewildering that a man who once exerted such an unyielding grip on every single aspect of the club that he had to be virtually coerced into delegating has let things slip to this extent. Take the Cristiano Ronaldo situation: Ferguson said recently that he had not even spoken to Ronaldo since the World Cup, a staggering dereliction of duty that is in total contrast to the us-against-the-world protection that he gave to David Beckham - and for which, for a time, he was so thrillingly rewarded - in 1998. Once upon a time Ferguson could play 'who blinks first' with fate and win every time, his iron will shaping his destiny exactly as he wanted. Now he is reduced to uttering garbage like "it's like having a new signing" of Paul Scholes, Ole Solskjaer, Gabriel Heinze and Alan Smith, the irrational if-I-say-it-enough-it-might-happen gibberish you'd associate with a serial loser like Kevin Keegan. These days, the man they call The Hairdryer is full of nothing but hot air. Ferguson's squad, once so taut, is a baggy mess of has-beens, never-will-bes and Liam Miller. The simple repetition of 4-4-2, of Giggs, Scholes, Keane, Beckham, Cole and Yorke, has given way to myriad tactical and personnel changes, to a ruinous obsession with utility players and tinkering. It's a truly appalling fact that, with Ruud van Nistelrooy gone, none of United's outfield players have played in only one position at the club. A nadir was reached in the FA Cup game at Wolves last season, when nearly £60m of defensive and attacking talent (Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney) was used in the centre of midfield. It is an increasingly inescapable conclusion that, unwittingly or otherwise, Ferguson is winding down, a prizefighter who no longer has the stomach or the wit for an admittedly enormous challenge which, once upon a time, he would have fervently inhaled. Like he did with Liverpool. Ferguson's almost maniacal yearning to "knock Liverpool off their f*cking perch" was arguably the single most important factor in United's 1990s renaissance. It makes it all the more vicious an irony that, 10 years later, he should knock United off the perch he had made for them through increasingly rank mismanagement. Indeed, it must irk him beyond belief that United are making exactly the same mistakes that Liverpool did: lack of pheromones in the transfer market; laughable, fall-back signings at suspicious and ridiculous prices; deluded ramblings ("we are as good as Chelsea, no question") - and, worst of all, a dressing-room where playing the field seems as important as playing the game. Liverpool's Spice Boys were bad, but they have nothing on Merk Berks like Ferdinand, Richardson and Wes Brown. Ferguson has taken this end-of-an-empire template and, incredibly, managed to develop it: he's added a sprawling, outsized squad chock-full of obscenely well-paid deadwood; insultingly obvious spin that a two-year-old could see through (the Van Nistelrooy saga); economy with the truth (Ferguson ridiculed a journalist for saying that Paul Scholes had been scouting for United; a few days later Scholes confirmed the story); a coaching set-up that had Wayne Rooney playing wide for a season and turned Ronaldo from the world's most thrilling off-the-wall talent into a run-of-the-mill winger. Ferguson, an essentially honourable man, is partly suffering because of the impossibly high standards he set, and he carries the fatigued incomprehension of a man who is out of time. When he cites his favourite United team it is not the Treble-winners of 1999, but the Double-winners of 1994: Schmeichel, Bruce, Pallister, Ince, Keane, Hughes, Cantona, Robson - a team that dripped masculinity, who bonded over blockbusting Saturday-night sessions, who embodied the old-school values to which Ferguson can relate. Real men. The gentrification generation - sarong-wearing, pink champagne-swigging metrosexuals - are entirely beyond his comprehension. He could handle one, David Beckham, for a time before eventually giving up on him. Now he has a pack of them, for whom the hairdryer means only one thing - a trip to Toni & Guy. It is a different world. Ferguson probably doesn't even know what 'merk' means. Everywhere, principles are being sacrificed. In years gone by Ferdinand - who for all his irrefutable ability is the type of character whose presence in a United shirt symbolises everything that has gone wrong with the club - would've been out the door faster than Paul Ince could say 'big-time Charlie', but now Ferguson can't afford to lose his only world-class defender. In years gone by he wouldn't have considered signing someone like Patrick Vieira, on grounds of age or character, but now he is left looking for someone, anyone, to appease the fans. In years gone by he would never have given a game to someone like John O'Shea, whose sole use is to put the podge in a hodgepodge midfield. In years gone by, he would never have sanctioned the mediocre football that, except for a few giddy weeks in the spring of 2003, United have played ever since Carlos Queiroz arrived in 2002 masquerading gobbledygook as continental sophistication. And the thing is, it is only going to get worse: Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham have all made shrewd, cheap signings and are on an upward trajectory. United are going the other way: they are hugely dependent on Ferdinand and Rooney, but no amount of Carling Cup medals is going to sate their ambition. Then there is the Glazer factor, the full, inevitable horror of which is only just beginning to emerge. United fans think this season is going to be bad. It hasn't even started. --------------------------------- [38] 3,700 tickets confirmed for Lille --------------------------------- Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by ed: LOSC Lille v Manchester United Tuesday 20 February, kick off 20:45 (C.E.T) The match will be played at the Stade Felix-Bollaert in Lens on Tuesday 20 February, kick off 20:45 (CET). We will receive an allocation of 3500 tickets at 30 and 200 tickets at 70. EXEC MEMBERS / SEASON TICKET HOLDERS AND ONE UNITED MEMBERS Supporters who wish to register an application for this game can telephone 0870 442 1999 from 9am on Monday 15 January through to 5pm on Friday 19 January. All payments must be made by either debit / credit card and if successful an administration fee of 3% per transaction is charged. As priority will be given to supporters who have who purchased a ticket and travelled to Lisbon, Copenhagen and Glasgow, we would ask these supporters to apply via the loyalty pot option and all other supporters to apply via the standard pot. If oversubscribed, a ballot will take place to determine the successful applicants, with priority given to supporters who purchased a ticket and travelled to the 3 previous European away games working down in descending order until all tickets have been sold. Supporters are requested to telephone 0870 442 1999 from Friday 26 January to establish if their application has been successful, thereafter successful applicants will be required to complete a travel report which will be made available on the clubs official website. The deadline for completion of this travel form and cancellation of any orders is Friday 2 February. If successful, please indicate on your travel form whether you wish to have your ticket posted out or held for collection.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For United books, videos, DVDs etc http://www.rednews.co.uk/ama.php?id=amazon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the very latest news check out the website: http://www.rednews.co.uk Yahoo! 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