http://manu.theoffside.com Man Utd Offside - All the news from the Red side of Manchester Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:41:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I mentioned on Monday, The Manchester United page is looking for bloggers to cover the biggest club on the planet. I am planning on staying on and posting 1-2 times a week, but we were looking for someone to cover the day to day news stories. If you’re interested ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/write-for-the-manchester-united-offside.html Who: Manchester United vs. CSKA Moscow What: Champions League Group B - Match Day 4 Where: Old Trafford, Manchester, England When: 19:45 BST (2:45 EST) Why: The Old Trafford faithful need a first hand viewing of CSKA keeper Igor Akinfeev before every English tabloid spends the summer linking him with a transfer to the ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/united-v-cska-preview-and-predictions.html So another decent performance sees United secure all three points at Old Trafford. Overall, I was pleased with the result, but still found a few things troubling. The inability of our three main strikers to score consistently when given the opportunity is slightly worrying, but Obertan’s EPL debut coupled with ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/united-2-blackburn-0-the-obertan-era-begins-with-a-scuffed-shot-wide.html I really have only one thing to say about yesterday’s performance. My girlfriend and I were out to dinner Friday night and the topic of the Liverpool match came up. She asked me if I was nervous/if she should avoid being in the apartment Sunday morning and I (like an ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/a-rudderless-united.html This week has been crazy in pretty much every sense of the word. From insane results in the Champions League to a magic fight in Madrid to Wes Brown's Zombie Corpse making an appearance in Moscow, it's been a bit of a random week. So, how better to cap it ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/the-friday-links-october-23-2009.html Who: CSKA Moscow v Manchester United What: UEFA Champions League – Matchday Three Where: Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow, Russia) When: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (17:30 BST or 12:30 EST) Why: Because the viewing public need to know which is icier… Moscow in October or Sir Alex Ferguson’s currently relations with the media. Boom! Pun! Current Form: ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/cska-moscow-v-manchester-united-match-preview-and-predictions.html • It’s good to have Edwin Van der Sar back. Bolton may have pulled a goal back, but the big Dutchman kept his area clear for a large portion of the game and definitely seemed to be a calming presence at the back. The play that most stands out in my ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/things-i-learned-from-this-weekend.html And with that, Paul Pogba became a Manchester United player. After months of speculation regarding the fate of the French teenager, a FIFA-appointed judge upheld United's claim that Pogba could not have been offered financial inducements to break a contract (because he didn’t have one) and was therefore free to ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/united-1-%e2%80%93-le-havre-0-pogba-to-be-a-united-player.html Manchester United have today confirmed that Ritche De Laet will be a United player until at least 2012. The Belgian defender was offered a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford for the foreseeable future (not entirely sure in what capacity, but at least he’ll be here). De ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/united-bits-and-bobs-%e2%80%93-october-6-2009.html Saturday's match against Sunderland saw yet another questionable performance from current Manchester United keeper Ben Foster. United and Sunderland were tied at one all when a deft cross from Andy Reid was headed home by Black Cats striker Kenwyne Jones. Some (including Sir Alex Ferguson and Ben Foster) will argue ... http://manu.theoffside.com/manchester-united/ben-foster-keeper-of-the-future.html