Personal and ill-founded views on the world of Manchester United
Posted in barcelona, champions league, roma on Mar 15th, 2008
So we know now it’s Roma… again. There’s part of me that worries in these circumstances that giving the same opponent enough opportunities to beat you will eventually end in tears but United should have the wherewithal to beat Roma yet again. Image from Maximus1978 on Flickr I’m pleased we can’t face an English team [...]
Posted in champions league on Mar 12th, 2008
Picture of United’s Champions League medals from Edwin.11 on Flickr OK. We’ve got 7 teams to choose from. There’s no protection from facing teams from your own country. So we could draw any of the following: Arsenal Barcelona Chelsea Fenerbahçe Liverpool Roma Schalke 04 Who do we fancy for our quarter-final opponents, then? Let me [...]
Posted in anderson, arsenal, champions league, lyon, ronaldo, rooney on Mar 5th, 2008
Well that was an odd experience. Managed to catch United’s game against Lyon last night at the One Tun pub in Goodge Street, which seems to be a fairly safe bet if you want to see a Manchester United game in the centre of London (even when the Gooners are also live on TV). Great [...]