Manchester United vs Everton Match Preview
By: Ryan |
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Alright well I promised it so here it is: Manchester United vs Everton preview (fancy pictures included):
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International Break Roundup
By: Ryan | 4 Comments
This past week(s) we’ve have a couple united boys playing for their countries, attempting to qualify for South Africa. While its not directly “United Related”, there’s no way I cannot bring up the most blatant handball since Maradonna’s “Hand of God”.
So a quick roundup of the scores and the United personnel playing before I get to more on to what is going to be the single most discussed play in recent times:
France 1 – 1 Ireland (2-1 Aggregate)
France : Patrice Evra
Ireland : John O’Shea, Darren Gibson
Portugal 1 – B&H (2-0 Aggregate)
Portugal : Nani
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Category: Manchester UnitedThe Best of SAF Referee Rants (Officials avert your eyes)
By: Ryan | 9 Comments
If you haven’t heard by now, Sir Alex Ferguson has received a 2 match ban (and a 20,000 pound fine) for comments made about Alan Wiley, the official for our 2-2 draw with Sunderland. Sir Alex may have implied that Wiley was “fat”, simply by stating that he was not “fit” to officiate the match. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Manchester UnitedNani – A Step Too Far??
By: Rebecca | 8 Comments
Over the weekend, Nani was keen to stress that his outburst against Sir Alex Ferguson last week did not constitute a ‘bust up’ with his boss.
Speaking in a Portuguese newspaper, he was quoted as saying:-
“Ferguson is a very complicated man. He’s tough. If things are all right, then they are all right. But when he thinks something is wrong, everything is screwed. He can go from complimenting you to just plain trashing you in a matter of minutes. Has it happened to me? Hell, yes! He’ll say ‘Nani, how could you miss this or this’?”
“People expect more from me and it’s not easy. But they are also not doing what they said they were going to. I can have a spectacular game but nobody guarantees me I will be starting the next match. It shatters your confidence. I did not play the important matches, against Liverpool, Manchester City or Tottenham. Not playing these games, I am a bit sad. But for now I am not considering leaving.”
Just who does he think he is?! Read the rest of this entry »
A quick “Hi” before I start
By: Rebecca | 1 Comment
Just a note to say Hi really. You’ve probably read the biog that Taylor posted on me, a couple of days ago. So you probably know most things about my professional life and that I’ve had strong links with the club for many years.
Obviously a lot of you are based in the States so I hope I can bring a bit of Manchester to you as often as possible, to keep you in touch with what’s going on right here in ‘God’s own country!’. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Manchester UnitedHappy Birthday Paul Scholes
By: Ryan | 5 Comments
A Very happy 35th Birthday to Paul Scholes
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Category: Manchester UnitedMatch Reviews aka United vs the Russians
By: Ryan | 3 Comments
As Taylor mentioned, I will be one of the day-to-day writers for my beloved Red Devils. So let’s get this party started by doing a massive recap of our past “big” games: Read the rest of this entry »
THE BLOG REMAINS ALIVE!!!
By: Taylor Rockwell | 6 Comments
Hello all. Once again, I would just like to apologize for the delay as we get the blog restructured. To handle the day-to-day news, and to keep us running smoothely, the Manchester United Offside would like to welcome two new bloggers to the page: Ryan and and Rebecca (see below for their individual bios).
I will still stay on writing for the site, but my guess is that you’ll get used to posts from Ryan and Rebecca rather quickly. My guess is that with the three of us covering all the latest news, you all should be more than up to date on all the latest from Old Trafford.
On a related noted, I would also just like to thank everyone who applied for a position. I’m really sorry if you didn’t hear back and I really do appreciate all the applications. Rebecca and Ryan are both ridiculously overqualified and will add good chemistry to the page, and I am more than a little excited to begin working with them!
One other bit of newsworthy material. You may have noticed that the site has also undergone a name change. For the past few months, we’ve been attempting to get the domain changed from “manu.theoffside.com” to “manutd.theoffside.com”. Well Daryl burned the midnight oil and was able to pull off a pretty big coup. It only seems fitting that with new writers comes a new name. That’s all for now, but check back soon for updates!
Rebecca Stephenson
As a freelance Journalist, I’ve been involved in sports writing for over 10 years. I’ve written for the official Man Utd Magazine and Match Day Programme (United Review) for all of that time and have interviewed many players and the manager during that time.
I used to interview Sir Alex monthly, and ghost-write his monthly column for the magazine – which was always an interesting experience!!
I also work for BBC Radio Manchester’s Sports team, where I am involved in many of the programmes, including the newly launched ‘Red Wednesday’ United programme, where I handle all the interaction with the listeners, reading out the texts, e-mails, tweets etc on air and scouring the forums for the best threads.
I’m a season ticket holder in the Stretford End, and I attend all United’s games home and away and in Europe. I also maintain a good twitter feed (@1rebs), where I micro blog and post photos as I follow the Reds round the world.
Ryan Schaaf
Most of you may know me as “schaafito” on these boards, but since I am now writing for the Manchester United offside I felt like we could be a little more personal, so I’ll be writing under my real name, Ryan. I grew up playing football in Rochester, New York (shameless plug, check out the USL-1 Rochester Rhinos Blog. Currently I am attending college at the Pennsylvania State University, where I play footy just about as much as I can. I have, at one point of my career, played competitively in every position in the sport, although my niche is definitely striker. This is my dull (read as: narcissistic) way of saying I understand the game. My love for United can be attributed back to one of my youth coaches, who for practices would have us weekly watch his favorite football team, the Manchester United Red Devils. This was back in the day of Fergie’s Fledglings: Giggs, Scholes, Becks, Neville, et al. What was once a healthy respect has grown into a love for everything Red Devils, which I plan on passing onto all of you. Basically between Taylor, Rebecca, and myself, we will have everything covered. Pre-match analysis, Post-match analysis, In-match LiveBlog (I have YET to miss a game all season), generic going-ons inside United. So buckle up folks, this Blog is back in action.
Category: Manchester UnitedWrite For The Manchester United Offside!
By: Taylor Rockwell | 11 Comments
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 in the position, you can email me at manu@theoffside.com with the pertinent information (name, writing experience, and a writing sample) and then I’ll pass the info on to Daryl. We get a good amount of readers on this page, and the lack of frequent posting isn’t doing you patrons justice. So email me and we’ll go from there.
Category: Manchester UnitedUnited v CSKA – Preview and Predictions
By: Taylor Rockwell | 15 Comments
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 club. Read the rest of this entry »
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