EPL ~ Manchester United vs Birmingham City ~ 1st Jan 2008
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EPL ~ Manchester United vs Birmingham City
Tuesday, 1st Jan 2008
Channel 22 - 10.55pm - (Live) -
will we bounce back?
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18 more matches till end of season!
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we will bounce back from this one... sorrie bruce..but we need the 3 points..
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Boh bruce liao..now is McleishOriginally posted by 4getmenot:we will bounce back from this one... sorrie bruce..but we need the 3 points.. 
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Hope Rooney recovers from the stomach bug.
Coincidently, all 3 matches that we've lost, he wasnt playing in them.
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we will get all 3pts... i believe the defeat on sat was mainly due to tactical error... sitting back and pumping long ball upfront in the 2nd half, inviting west ham to attack. one concern is our weakness due to the lack of height.. carlton cole was causing problems all night.. and after dean ashton and anton was brought on it became a nightmare at set pieces. we brought on nani and anderson instead of bringing on oshea early.
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From now till end April 08 it will be peaceful till the big4 meet again. So collect max pts from now on and we will c who can be on the top of the table by 11 May.
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Big Match Facts
In each of the last three years, Manchester United have finished the season in the position they entered the year; third in 2004-05, second in 2005-06 and first in 2006-07. They go into this game trailing Arsenal by two points and will be wanting a repeat of the 2002-03 campaign when they were five points behind the Gunners at the outset of the year and won by the title by five.
Birmingham go to the Theatre of Dreams in search of their 50th all-time Premier League victory.
The Brummies may feel the backlash of Saturday's defeat at West Ham, as United endeavour to claim their 10th successive league scalp at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils have not suffered back-to-back defeats in 101 Premier League matches since April 2005.
Manchester United have lost a New Years Day Premier League fixture only once; they went down 4-1 at Tottenham in 1996.
Birmingham began 2007 with 2-0 home win over Wigan; they were the first Premier League points the Brummies had gained from the first fixture in a new calendar year.
It's 30 years since Birmingham last won at Old Trafford; Kevin Dillon and Trevor Francis were their scorers in a 1-2 triumph on 2 January 1978.
Birmingham have never beaten Manchester United in the Premier League, and have lost all four visits to Old Trafford, without scoring a single goal.
This Season's Reverse Fixture
Birmingham City 0-1 Manchester United
29 September 2007 - Ref: Steve Bennett
Man Utd scorer: Ronaldo 51 -
XI
29. Tomasz Kuszczak
22. John O'Shea
5. Rio Ferdinand
15. Nemanja Vidic
3. Patrice Evra
7. Cristiano Ronaldo
8. Oliveira Anderson
16. Michael Carrick
17. Luis Nani
13. Ji-Sung Park
32. Carlos Tevez
SUBS
38. Tom Heaton (GK)
4. Owen Hargreaves
6. Wes Brown
9. Louis Saha
19. Gerard Pique -
No Rooney again.
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the goal from tevez...the built up was damn nice!
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a lot of careless passes in this match..
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i wonder whats the average height in the team....
Evra, Anderson, Park, Tevez....all so short
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Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:i wonder whats the average height in the team....
Evra, Anderson, Park, Tevez....all so short -
alot of miss chances and fuc king birmingham keep rough tackle
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quite a dissapointing game isnt it? 1-0. i expected more.
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Great one-two between Ronaldo and Tevez which led to opener
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not quite a good game as i expected, but 3 points is more valuable now..
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Yeah they need Rooney back badly... Without him, the team like no energy to run, all seem to move slowly...
They are going to need to put out their first team for this Saturday's match against Aston Villa. Cannot rest players for that away match or they will be out of the FA Cup... -
wat's with the pacifier btw?
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Tevez concern for United
Carlos Tevez is a major doubt for Manchester United's FA Cup clash with Aston Villa on Saturday.
After scoring the only goal to beat Birmingham, the Argentine eventually had to be replaced after failing to shrug off a hefty first-half bang on the ankle.
Tevez was carried into the tunnel by two members of the United's backroom staff after the final whistle, with manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirming it is unlikely he will be involved at Villa Park.
"It was a bad tackle and the longer the game went on, the worse the injury got," said Ferguson.
"In the end, we had to bring Carlos off. We will assess him tomorrow to see what the damage is but he is doubtful for Saturday now."
Happily, Ferguson should have a ready-made replacement for Tevez in Wayne Rooney, who missed a second successive game with a virus but is showing signs of being fine for the weekend.
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I thought the referee was very poor... He seem to give a lot against United...
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Even manutd.com doesnt know why.Originally posted by tripsky:wat's with the pacifier btw? -
it baffles me also.Originally posted by zocoss:I thought the referee was very poor... He seem to give a lot against United...
one min, they are so tight, one min, they relax.
anyway, mufc seems to have lost the sparkle.
not sure it is related to SAF not in the stands.
cause the way MUFC is playing and the substitution seems so strange.
if I am not wrong, SAF is rotating the players to keep them fresh, given the close title race.