Showing posts with label Alan Smith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alan Smith. Show all posts

Friday, August 3, 2007

Some websites say that the Tevez saga has reached an agreement and it will be announced on today. I'm not gonna go on about this story...enough already.

SAF says that Hargreaves was worth the wait. OK so our midfield is sorted out and our defense, but with Rossi and Smith(Hasn't agreed personal terms with the magpies but will soon i suspect) our front line doesn't look very stable. Tevez should join the club but doesn't have any preseason game time with our squad. Saha is always getting injured and at any minute he could be out for a couple of months. OLE is a UNITED legend but he is old now he doesn't have the legs anymore. It gives me confidence that our top goal scorer of last season was from the midfield but i get worried when we strengthen one part of our squad and another part get weakened. This transfer period we have bought 3 midfielders(Nani, Hargreaves and Anderson) and sold one(Richardson). On our front line we have sold 2(Rossi and Smith) and probably bought 1(Tevez). If our stikers can remain fit, in form and injury free we do have the depth go the distance in all the competitions.

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Man United 1 - 2 Inter Milan

Scorers for Man United Rooney. Scorers for Inter David Suazo(2), Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
I didn't get to watch the game because the broadcasters didn't show it because of live local football(South Africa). What I have read though is that our defense needs to tighten up. Rooney showed that he is in fine form and Evra needs to stop attacking so often. Ferdinand missed a sitter at the end apparently but what more can you expect from a defender.

Hargreaves and Anderson to get some game time this weekend.
"Owen Hargreaves and Anderson will be involved over the next couple of games." said SAF.
Now this kid I wanna see play, I'll post the clip of him from Youtube. He looks very promising but lets just see, he is young and needs to show that he can make it in the EPL.
Hargreaves was England's best player of last years World Cup so there is not much to say about him except that we have a world class defensive midfielder.

Heinze recons that the he will know which club he will be playing for by the end of the week. This could be a bad thing not because he might be going to Liverpool because that will never happen, but because after Evras performance last night ( Again what I've read as I didn't watch the game) we might need Heinze to fight for position and lift Evra's game.

Big Sam says that Newcastle have agreed a fee for Smith. I hope this is not true. I want to be assured that we WILL have Tevez in the squad before any commitments to other clubs are made. Its going to be hard to see him go after all he had a great attitude when he returned from injury and played like a legend against Roma. Passionate players like Smith are a real commodity to a squad.

What happened today in the history of Manchester United 1954
Sammy McIlroy is born. Sammy’s 418 appearances included three FA Cup final appearances. He also won a Second Division winners’ medal in 1975.