Bardsley Ready To Move On

 

Manchester United defender Phil Bardsley has sparked transfer speculation by stating that he feels it may be time to move from Old Trafford to pastures new. Bardsley, on lloan with Aston Villa at the moment, may look for a permenant move to Villa Park because he feels that he has gone as far as possible in Manchester.

Bardsley has been second choice to Gary Neville for the past two seasons and has stated that he cannot see that changing any time soon. 

If you do go Phil, good luck… we wish you all the best. 

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Old Trafford - The Pitch of the Gods

                                                                        

Old Trafford has hosted its fair share of great games and great players through the years. Andy why wouldn’t it when it is the home of Manchester United? However, very few fans could tell you that the biggest gate only took place last year when Old Trafford played host to Aston Villa!

The biggest five gates are impressive in the fact that very few attendees actually separate them. For you informtion, and as a matter of interest, the top five gates are:

1 - Aston Villa, 13/1/06  3-1   76,073

2 - Watford, 31/1/07      4-0   76,032

3 - Wigan, 26/12/06       3-1   76,018

4 - Portsmouth, 4/11/06  3-0   76.004

5 - Chelsea, 26/11/06     1-1   75,948

 

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Manchester United vs. Aston Villa Review

United stepped back into the fray for title contention as they thumped the Villans 3-0 in their own backyard! It was normal service resumed, have to say, from the lads who surely would have gotten a rollicking at the hands of their gaffer after doing down at Upton Park last week. But to our dismay, the Blues who looked set to be heading towards a draw, were able to pull out yet another victory from nothing as they clinched their tie in the last minute with an Arjen Robben goal! Bugger! But we must keep going on and concentrate on our lot rather than theirs.

Xmas is here and the fans demanded a performance worthy of the time and the United team responded in accordance. Two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and a stunner from Scholes helped defeat a Villa side short on quality, but not on determination.

All the goals came in the second half and started around the hour mark by Cristiano Ronaldo when he cut inside the Villa defence to score the opener. Five minutes later, Paul Scholes scored a scorcher of a goal when his volley went in off the woodwork in the 64th minute. Ronaldo was now at his best and created numerous chances that would have been put away on another day. He scored the killer third goal five minutes from time to cap a wonderful display and earn a well-deserved man of the match medal.

So, a resounding win against Villa was just what we needed and we got exactly that! Let’s hope we keep collecting points throughout the festive season to keep the pressure up on Chelski to keep winning and they just might slip-up, they nearly did today!

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The FA Cup Draw…

The draw for the third round of the FA Cup was made yesterday and United have been drawn at home to Aston Villa. I know most of us would have rather seen us be drawn to some low-league opposition (home or away) … but with the form we’re in I am still ok with it since we’re at home.

Click here for the full draw

Also, a word on the upcoming Benfica fixture at OT tomorrow. The side available to Fergie seems to be full-strength with no one reporting with an injury. Ironic, we had to face Benfica again in another do-or-die encounter but you would definitely agree with me that we’re better prepared this time around and could potentially take anyone at home. I know Fergie will take no chances given the importance of this tie and the likes of Giggs, Scholes and Neville will need to be at their very best to dismantle Benfica and send them home packing.

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