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This break is killing …

So we are now off to the international break of 2 weeks and no real quality football will be on display until premiership resumes in a week’s time from now.

The Intl break is really killing and absence of premiership really makes things boring and making me look for alternatives ! Yeah, cricket is sort of option but honestly the way West Indies – England or even India –New Zealand matches are going, I guess you are better of watching old videos .. only the Aus – SA series is something to look forward to really !

Hopefully Man United will come back as a better team after the international break  and will go on to finish the season strongly this year as well. 

Can’t wait for premiership to resume …

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Humiliation at the hands of Liverpool .. may be a blessing in disguise !

What a bad weekend ! Both of my favourite teams in cricket & football lost horrifically on their days.

India was soundly defeated by New Zealand in Cricket and later in the day, Manchester United were humiliated by Liverpool at Old Trafford 4-1. I just could not take both theses losses. Particularly the later one was devastating than the former as India had already wrapped up the series by then.

Thinking on the loss later, I thought it might be a blessing in disguise as I hope this defeat would spur the team on for more success further in the season. I am sure SAF will not like anyone to be complacent in the title run-in and if anyone would have been complacent, this defeat would definitely be a wake up call. .. at least I hope so !

Anyways, I think it was the destiny of Liverpool to win at OT this time. I hope this would be their only happy moment in this year as it was of Man City last year when they did home and away double on United !

Cant wait for Fulham match now ! I hope we give them a thrashing … if not, then I would certainly be worried !

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Getting hands on carling cup & moving on !

It was really good weekend from a Manchester United fan’s point of view. A win in Wembley and getting hands on the Carling the-mickey-mouse cup would certainly boost the confidence in the players and hopefully would set up the stone for many more winning moments in coming months.

The win was very vital especially for the fringe players to check their readiness for playing on the big stage on a big night and I am sure SAF would only have been happy that his players have indeed shown commitment, hunger and desire to win things. Really good work out for Ben Foster & Darren Gibson.

I am sure this will bode well for the future of United and surely the talk of possible quintaple is ON.

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Quick update on Inter match ..

Woo .. the match at San-siro yesterday was very good and was particularly impressed by the performance of Ronaldo & Carrick. United played inter off the park for almost all the match barring a 15 minute spell after break from inter..

I am sure Mr Mourinho must be regretting the lost opportunity to get one up against his old foe in Ferguson and I am sure, even more than yesterday, that we will beat them at OT.

Ibramhimovic was supposed to be the best player in the world in the eyes of Mourinho, but was almost all time in the back pocket of rookie Evans. Ronaldo was obviously had a point to prove and had a fantastic match .. on any other day, he could have scored a hattrick.

Anyways, see them again in a fortnight at OT !

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Weekend review & match with Inter

Ohh .. the weekend was really good this time !

Manchester United beat Blackburn 2-1 (yes, they leaked a goal !) and to make matters even sweeter ever dependable at home Scousers were held by Man City 1-1 at home ! So things look good now with a 7 point cushion on top of the table.

I predicted in my article earlier here that Liverpool are more likely to undergo slump than Chelsea and by God, Rafa is trying to prove me so right here ! Despite we having the lead by our side, I still think the title is not yet truly sealed and expect more twists and turns in coming days.

Starting tomorrow with the most important match to date in the season, our meeting with Inter, will be very interesting and one to look forward to. I am sad that we do not have much defensive options for this match, but I am really looking forward for Berba, Roo, Ron & Tev to combine well and give Inter a lesson.

well, not easy though, but next few weeks, rather days will define the destiny of the club and its pursue of, so called, Quintaple.

Cheers and have a great week ahead !

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