The OFFICIAL Manchester United Thread

[Rusholme Ruffian 90]

i hope bayern meet barca in the final and get absolutely fucked over in the most one-sided final ever. unless barca have a hickup against inter i can't see past them now.

[Bluebirds]

...and putting their towels on the deckchairs. Damn those krauts.

With their German cars and German beers and uber-efficient transport system. Do you think that Bayern have now exacted revenge for 1999? Like twice since then in the Champions League knock out stages. HA HA HA HA HA.

Love Glazer Hate United

[Irregular Regular]

Come on United today!

A win will take us back to the top (at least until Tuesday... )

Let's make sure we win our 5 remaining games and I can just see our scouse friends winning the league for us on Saturday 01/05/10.

[Moonbeam]

Come on United today!

A win will take us back to the top (at least until Tuesday... )

Let's make sure we win our 5 remaining games and I can just see our scouse friends winning the league for us on Saturday 01/05/10.

You have been quiet

[Irregular Regular]

You have been quiet

I am certainly very quiet now Moonbeam.
All over I am afraid, we are now looking for miracles as opposed to favours.
Still, there is next week's derby to look forward to.
Should be an interesting match...

[billybu69]

Berbatov's got to go not good enough to be a united striker. How many chances does he need? Who else for the door in the summer?

[Irregular Regular]

You have been quiet

I am still right here
Where I always was...

Mooney, Helen661, JJ (sorry you cannot defend yourself):
Your boys took another hell of a beating...

FOREVER IN OUR SHADOW!

[Walter Ego]

This place is full of fair weather Unitit 'fans' who live miles away from Manchester. Typical glory seeking band waggon jumping chancers the lot of you.

[Irregular Regular]

This place is full of fair weather Unitit 'fans' who live miles away from Manchester. Typical glory seeking band waggon jumping chancers the lot of you.

Blah, blah, blah...

[billybu69]

This place is full of fair weather Unitit 'fans' who live miles away from Manchester. Typical glory seeking band waggon jumping chancers the lot of you.

The weathers been fair on this side of Manchester for decades now we're all sun burned to fuck. you and your pasty faced mates better go and pull another jumper on.

[Irregular Regular]

A perfect day...

BELIEVE!!!

[anon x]

this place is full of fair weather unitit 'fans' who live miles away from manchester. Typical glory seeking band waggon jumping chancers the lot of you.

ha ha !!!

[Irregular Regular]

ha ha !!!

Hilarious...

[Bluebirds]

I can't wait to see Gary Neville up against Gareth Bale whenever the Tottenham game is... murder on the dancefloor springs to mind.

Was that the first time on MOTD Paul Scholes has ever spoken in public? To dial-a-cliche no wonder he does/did his talking on the pitch.

Still hats off to Manure for seemingly changing a 90 minute game into one involving a complicated quadratic equation usually with a factor of at least 4, particularly in the big games. They do keep going till the bitter end

Congrats to Cardiff City on the playoffs. Who knows next season we may be playing at these great stadiums? And the Britannia too! With a 10 point deduction from the first game.

[helen661]

I am still right here
Where I always was...

Mooney, Helen661, JJ (sorry you cannot defend yourself):
Your boys took another hell of a beating...

FOREVER IN OUR SHADOW!

Gloat my pretties Gloat

I wouldn't say our boys took one hell of a beating, far from it, however my mobile phone definitely did, had to switch that off

but a winning goal in the dying seconds of extra time is a heartbreaker

[Irregular Regular]

but a winning goal in the dying seconds of extra time is a heartbreaker

Especially when it happens 3 times in 1 season I would imagine...

[helen661]

Especially when it happens 3 times in 1 season I would imagine...

Yes we could do with this fella

[Irregular Regular]

Yes we could do with this fella

I agree...
But you are stuck with MANCini I am afraid!

[This charming man.]

Still hats off to Manure for seemingly changing a 90 minute game into one involving a complicated quadratic equation usually with a factor of at least 4, particularly in the big games. They do keep going till the bitter end

Especially against the bitters! We do it purposely just to rub their blue noses in it.

[Dave]

Man United to sign its 1st Mexican player

MANCHESTER, England (AP)—Manchester United is set to sign its first Mexican player after agreeing to take striker Javier Hernandez from Chivas for next season.

United said on Thursday the Mexico international has passed a medical examination and will join for an undisclosed fee. The 21-year-old Hernandez will become a United player on July 1 if he is granted a work permit from the British government.

“I feel like I am living a dream,” Hernandez said. “All the impressions I have of the club are good and (manager) Sir Alex Ferguson is a great person, maybe the best coach in the world.”

Since making his Chivas debut in September 2006, Hernandez has scored 26 goals. He has four in four games for Mexico—two against Bolivia, and one each against North Korea and New Zealand.

“I am delighted to reach agreement with Chivas to bring such an exciting young striker, who has been in such prolific form for both his club and his country,” Ferguson said. “He will be a great addition to our squad and we look forward to welcoming our first Mexican player in the summer.”

As part of the deal, United will play a preseason friendly at Chivas’ new 45,000-seat stadium in Guadalajara in July—the first time the three-time European champions will have played in Mexico. United is also finalizing details of a tour of the United States in July.

Hernandez is known in Mexico by his nickname “Chicharito,” which translates roughly as “little sweet pea.” His father, who has the same name as his son, was known during his football career with Mexico club Tecos as “Chicharito,” or simply “sweet pea.”

Hernandez’s father was in Mexico’s 1986 World Cup squad as a reserve. His grandfather Tomas Balcazar played in the 1954 World Cup and scored once.

Hernandez, who turns 22 on June 1, scored eight goals in the first five games this season with Chivas, a Mexico first-division record.

He is in the middle of a break and will join the training camp set up next week for Mexico-based players who have been selected for the World Cup.

“I hope to be at the World Cup,” Hernandez said. “I have to work hard to win a place in the national team, then I might get a chance to play against England (in a friendly in May).”

The need for a new striking option has been highlighted by United’s reliance on Wayne Rooney, who had to play against Bayern Munich on Wednesday despite carrying an injured ankle that was hurt in the game as United was knocked out in the quarterfinals.

United won the game 3-2, but Bayern advanced on away goals after the score was locked at 4-4.

Hernandez will also be competing for a place up front with Michael Owen, who has had an injury-plagued first season at United, and 18-year-old Federico Macheda, who is still viewed as an impact substitute by Ferguson.

Four other Mexicans have featured prominently in the English Premier League in recent years: Carlos Vela for Arsenal, Jared Borgetti for Bolton, Guillermo Franco for West Ham and Giovani Dos Santos for Tottenham and Ipswich.