Manchester United Blog » Aston Villa http://www.manutdblog.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 29 May 2011 05:59:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 United hand Sir Alex another record http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/general-commentary/united-hand-sir-alex-another-record http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/general-commentary/united-hand-sir-alex-another-record#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:35:01 +0000 Tony http://www.manutdblog.com/?p=891 Manchester United have secured yet another record for Sir Alex by remaining unbeaten in their opening 13 matches for the first time under Sir Alex.

But not even that was enough to put a smile on Sir Alex’s face, following United’s poor performance at Villa Park

“We controlled the first half, and had a couple of good chances,” said Ferguson. “But in the second half I just think it was carelessness on our part. Our passing was poor. Normally we can control the match. We didn’t control it.”

“We are a club though that never says there is no way back. We brought people on (Macheda and Gabriel Obertan) and they changed the game in fairness to them.

“There was a great life and adventure about them. Macheda scored a great goal and with another five minutes we would have won the game.”

“I could have taken any of 10 players off because we didn’t perform well.” Sir Alex explained, after taking off Berbatov and Hernandez

“We came back well but it was too late and we shouldn’t have been in that position. I expected us to do better in terms of our play.”

]]> http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/general-commentary/united-hand-sir-alex-another-record/feed 0 Federico Macheda Strikes Again! http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/breaking-news/federico-macheda-strikes-again http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/breaking-news/federico-macheda-strikes-again#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:33:32 +0000 Tony http://www.manutdblog.com/?p=487 After bursting on to the scene last weekend by scoring the late winner against Aston Villa, Macheda was given another chance on Saturday. Kiko didn’t disappoint, he netted another game winner against Sunderland to keep United on top of the table.

But is Macheda the real deal?

He turns 18 in August, and it will be interesting to see if United offer him a five year deal. His agent, Giovanni Bia, certainly thinks so, this is what he had to say to Italy’s Sky TV

“When he’s 18 we’ll talk again. I think Manchester will ask us to sign a five-year deal and I think that would be logical because it makes no sense to lose a lad at 21,”

“We haven’t talked about figures.”

]]> http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/breaking-news/federico-macheda-strikes-again/feed 0 Macheda grabs all three points! http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/match-reviews/macheda-grabs-all-three-points http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/match-reviews/macheda-grabs-all-three-points#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:44:45 +0000 Tony http://www.manutdblog.com/?p=479 Federico Macheda, the name heard around the world, after the 17 year-old Italian netted a crucial goal in the closing minutes of United’s Sunday match against Aston Villa.

United were extremely lucky on Sunday to walk away with all three points. United’s defense was absolutely shocking. But I guess you cant expect much from a back line that consisted of Neville, Evens, and O’Shea. Obviously Sir Alex didn’t have many options, being decimated with injuries and suspensions.

Nani might as well have had an acorns shirt on, turning over the ball over almost every time he had it, and putting in useless crosses. Sir Alex was right to pull him when he did and that’s what makes him the best manager in the history of British football. Most managers would not have pulled a player like Nani for an inexperienced teenager, but Sir Alex did and it paid off big.

United will have most of their “big guns” back for Tuesdays clash against FC Porto in the Champions League and it will be interesting to see if Macheda makes the bench for the match.

]]> http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/match-reviews/macheda-grabs-all-three-points/feed 1 Sir Alex: ‘Villa can break top four’ and ‘Berbatov is fantastic’ http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/breaking-news/sir-alex-%e2%80%98villa-can-break-top-four%e2%80%99-and-%e2%80%98berbatov-is-fantastic%e2%80%99 http://www.manutdblog.com/manchesterunited/breaking-news/sir-alex-%e2%80%98villa-can-break-top-four%e2%80%99-and-%e2%80%98berbatov-is-fantastic%e2%80%99#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:09:08 +0000 Tony http://www.manutdblog.com/?p=250 Sir Alex has named Aston Villa as the only club capable of breaking into the top four this season.

“I do not see anyone breaking in, other than Aston Villa,” said Ferguson
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“It is possible they might do it – but no-one else.”

The United boss went on to explain his disappointment in the draw against Everton

“The first half was magnificent but the second was disappointing,” said Sir Alex
“I was ready for more of the same. I felt we were going to add to our goal tally, which could be important at the end of the season, but we didn’t capitalise.”

Ending on a good note, Sir Alex praised Dimitar Berbatov’s gift to Ronaldo for United’s second goal against West Ham

“Dimitar’s play for the second goal was absolutely magnificent,” said Ferguson. “You would pay a lot of money to watch that.
“He has such fantastic control and balance. It truly was marvellous

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