Tuesday 17th August 2004
Stan Ternent's Testimonial
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At Turf Moor
Kick-Off: 7.30pm
Stan Ternent's Testimonial
At Turf Moor
Kick-Off: 7.30pm
Burnley vs Manchester United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
United to bring stars for testimonial
Manchester United intend to bring a host of international stars to Burnley for Stan Ternent's testimonial game on Tuesday night.
The testimonial was granted earlier this year following Ternent's service to the club as a player and after his six years in charge.
Sir Alex Ferguson is set to field players such as Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil Neville, Diego Forlan and Ricardo in the game with Ian Wright, Peter Reid, Bryan Robson and David Moyes a few of the people who will be introduced to the crowd before the game.
Former Clarets stars such as Brian Flynn, Mitchell Thomas, Paul Fletcher and Steve Kindon will make a return to the club for the game which kicks off at 7.30pm.
Manchester United intend to bring a host of international stars to Burnley for Stan Ternent's testimonial game on Tuesday night.
The testimonial was granted earlier this year following Ternent's service to the club as a player and after his six years in charge.
Sir Alex Ferguson is set to field players such as Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil Neville, Diego Forlan and Ricardo in the game with Ian Wright, Peter Reid, Bryan Robson and David Moyes a few of the people who will be introduced to the crowd before the game.
Former Clarets stars such as Brian Flynn, Mitchell Thomas, Paul Fletcher and Steve Kindon will make a return to the club for the game which kicks off at 7.30pm.
$ukhjit said:
Hope Forlan breaks his leg
hope we don't play our players for a full game
Richter said:Hope Forlan breaks his leg
dont tease me
Richter said:Hope Forlan breaks his leg
Neh, don't be so mean, if he break his legs, how are we going to sell him errr?
a_devil_inside said:
dont think SAF ferguson would be that stupid, considering the current situation we find ourselves in, BTW isnt there internations during the week, which means most of are first team will not be playin.
dangercat said:
Players Unavailable:
International Duty
Gary Neville, Alan Smith (England)
John O'Shea, Roy Keane (Republic Of Ireland)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Gabriel Heinze (Argentina)
Banned
Rio Ferdinand (Banned)
Injured
Wes Brown
Kleberson
Darren Fletcher
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Louis Saha
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
When did Fletcher get injured/ i thought he was suspended
Fletcher has recovered and is on international duty for Scotland. He is suspended for the norwich game too.
Fortune also for South Africa.
fecks sakes, only Djemba Djemba and Howard got a week rest.
Fortune also for South Africa.
fecks sakes, only Djemba Djemba and Howard got a week rest.
quality!
hope we get a chance to see Miller and Fletcher shine for 90 minutes.
hope we get a chance to see Miller and Fletcher shine for 90 minutes.
It's really a glorified reserve outing - hope Sector gets a run out - kid looked good on US tour - don't think he's far away from getting the odd game for the first team.
It's really a glorified reserve outing - hope Spector gets a run out - kid looked good on US tour - don't think he's far away from getting the odd game for the first team.
oscar74 said:
Not really, if you see the international players on show then it isn't really.
Ryan Giggs
Diego Forlan
Phillip Neville
Paul Scholes
Ricardo
$ukhjit said:
miller got the call-up to
dangercat said:
yeah he did, well according to the man utd offical site, which also says ronaldo is playing against costa rica, which he isnt of course,
Ronaldo Lights Up Olympics
PORTUGAL'S OLYMPIC SCHEDULE:
• Iraq 4-2 Portugal Thursday 12 Aug
• Morocco 1-2 Portugal Sunday 15 Aug
• Costa Rica v Portugal Wednesday 18 Aug
• Quarter Final Saturday 21 Aug
• Semi Final Tuesday 24 Aug
• Olympic Final Saturday 28 Aug
Cristiano Ronaldo continues his Olympic duty on Wednesday having led Portugal to a 2-1 win over Morocco on Sunday.
Ronaldo ran the show and scored in the victory, which means Portugal will reach the quarter finals if they avoid defeat against Costa Rica on Wednesday.
United continue to monitor Ronaldo's progress very closely. Portugal's medical staff were requested to prove the 19-year-old's fitness, according to Portuguese officials.
"He had a scan, not for medical reasons nor for any specific symptoms but because United insisted on it," a Spokesman told BBC Sport last week. "He was considered fit to continue playing for the national team."
Argentina, for whom Gabriel Heinze has impressed so far in Athens, are already guaranteed a place in the Olympic quarter finals at the weekend after beating Tunisia 2-0 on Saturday. They play Australia in their final Group C match on Tuesday.
Ryan Giggs has not been included in Wales squad to face Latvia, while Mikael Silvestre does not make new French coach Raymond Domenech's squad to take on Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Quinton Fortune, meanwhile, ends a two-year exile from international football in Tunisia. United manager Sir Alex Ferguson reportedly wasn't keen on releasing Fortune for South Africa's friendly in Tunis on Wednesday.
But coach Stuart Baxter has used the fact that Wednesday is an offical date designated by Fifa for international friendlies to demand that Fortune play. Quinton plays for his country for the first time in two years following a dispute with former coach Ephraim Mashaba.
United have a less-than-usual influence in England's squad. Only Gary Neville and Alan Smith make Eriksson's side to face Ukraine at St James' Park.
Paul Scholes announced his international retirement this month, while Phil Neville is omitted. Former United midfielder Nicky Butt makes Eriksson's 24.
Darren Fletcher, 20, is the youngest outfield player selected by Berti Vogts for Scotland's friendly against Hungary at Hampden Park. While Irish trio Roy Keane, Liam Miller and John O'Shea are included for the Republic of Ireland against Bulgaria.
Lawrie Sanchez named his squad to face Switzerland on Monday morning, which included Reds keeper Roy Carroll.
Olympics
Portugal v Costa Rica: Ronaldo
Argentina v Australia: Heinze (Tuesday)
International friendlies
England v Ukraine: G Neville, Smith
Scotland v Hungary: Fletcher
Tunisia v South Africa: Fortune
Republic of Ireland v Bulgaria: Keane, Miller, O'Shea
Northern Ireland v Switzerland: Roy Carroll
are France not playing?
2-0 to United at HT, Scholes is playing brilliantly. Bellion doing well.
All changes at half time, hope Rossi comes on
All changes at half time, hope Rossi comes on
a_devil_inside said:
They are against Bosnia-Herzegovina!
United lead 2-0 at half time. Goals from Paul Scholes with a great finish after a pinpoint pass from Ryan Giggs. Then Phillip Neville was onside to finish easily past Brian Jensen in the Burnley goal! Impressive performance by us, the match has a good tempo despite it being a testimonial!
so there goes phil's goal for the season
One other point from the first half, Tim Howard looked hesistent in goal and seemed shakey as suggested on this forum. He was subbed after 20 mins to be replaced by Luke Steele.
Howard - n/a not alot to do really, bit shakey mind
P.Neville - Classic icecool finish from poacher Nev junior, caught out of position a few times in the second half though. 6.
Spector - Calm on the ball, never panics. Is going to be a good player. 6.
Mickey - n/a did what he had to do
Thierney - Started well but never kept the tempo up in the first half. 6.
Eagles - Brilliant goal and dictated play even while in the middle of the park, sound passing and cracking finish. 8.
Bellion - Looked a bit hesitant still on the ball but some great moments running at them. 7.
Eric DjDj - solid in the middle, broke up play well. 7.
Kieran Richardson - Improved, no doubt, but still lacking that edge, which will ultimately mean he wont make it IMO, he has improved but he still lacks that little something, possibly his delivary, he is a bit erratic. Decent enough tonight though. 7.
Paul Scholes - What a gem. Superb passing and an excellent goal. Didnt put a foot wrong. 10.
Ryan Giggs - Great pass and got running at them, looked sharp. 9.
Subs:
Rossi - Looks a very tidy player, he is 16 and yet he is so mature on the ball, he looked calm, in contrast to someone like Bellion who looks a bit shakey, Rossi took his time even under pressure, nice 1-2 for the goal and movement was impressive, was desperate for one of the lads to give him the ball when he was getting in all these good positions. 8.
Blake - n/a
McShane - n/a
Steale - n/a
Heaton - I thought could have done better for the goal. n/a
Fox - n/a
Djordjic - Vastly imptoved, calm on the ball, strong, confident, can hit a football at some pace too!. 7.
Howard- n/a
David Jones - Knocked the ball around well, strong for a small fella. 7.
P.Neville - Classic icecool finish from poacher Nev junior, caught out of position a few times in the second half though. 6.
Spector - Calm on the ball, never panics. Is going to be a good player. 6.
Mickey - n/a did what he had to do
Thierney - Started well but never kept the tempo up in the first half. 6.
Eagles - Brilliant goal and dictated play even while in the middle of the park, sound passing and cracking finish. 8.
Bellion - Looked a bit hesitant still on the ball but some great moments running at them. 7.
Eric DjDj - solid in the middle, broke up play well. 7.
Kieran Richardson - Improved, no doubt, but still lacking that edge, which will ultimately mean he wont make it IMO, he has improved but he still lacks that little something, possibly his delivary, he is a bit erratic. Decent enough tonight though. 7.
Paul Scholes - What a gem. Superb passing and an excellent goal. Didnt put a foot wrong. 10.
Ryan Giggs - Great pass and got running at them, looked sharp. 9.
Subs:
Rossi - Looks a very tidy player, he is 16 and yet he is so mature on the ball, he looked calm, in contrast to someone like Bellion who looks a bit shakey, Rossi took his time even under pressure, nice 1-2 for the goal and movement was impressive, was desperate for one of the lads to give him the ball when he was getting in all these good positions. 8.
Blake - n/a
McShane - n/a
Steale - n/a
Heaton - I thought could have done better for the goal. n/a
Fox - n/a
Djordjic - Vastly imptoved, calm on the ball, strong, confident, can hit a football at some pace too!. 7.
Howard- n/a
David Jones - Knocked the ball around well, strong for a small fella. 7.
was it on a tv channel, or did some people go and watch it
'was on MUTV.
What was the final score?
VanNistelrater said:
so rossi, would you say he will make it at man utd then, if you could compare him to any player who would it be, because i havent seen him play
Well ive only seen him play a bit but he reminded me a weeney bit of Reyes, obviously worlds apart, but he was very neat on the ball and his movement was very good, he drifted in off the left wing a few times and has a cracking left foot too.
VanNistelrater said:
That's it, get him on the bench and remove either of bellion/forlan!
why not just take the chance like Arsene has done with Fabergas and stick him in a game and see how well he does or at least the subs bench
surely anyone is better than bellion/forlan/fletcher
surely anyone is better than bellion/forlan/fletcher
VanNistelrater said:
why do none of are really young players not get the chace to shine like arsenal do, BTW on the subject of comparing players, could someone compare me pique and martin, thanks
dangercat said:
i mean compare pique and martin with two other players, not compare them against each other
In the middle of the park, Fletch is a brilliant player. You know very little about the game if you've watched him play and are writing him off. To mention him in the same breath as Forlan isnt even worth replying too.RedDeviluk said:
VanNistelrater said:
whick you couldnt resisst doing of course.
dangercat said:
come on vannistlerater would you compare these plaese.
Eagles impressed me, very good goal irrespective of the opposition, he showed great skill and it was a fantastic finish after a nice 1-2 with Rossi, who looked very composed on the ball. I only managed to watch the 2nd half, but it was a great game to watch, Djordic looked quite good, got a bloody good shot on him. Bellion failed to impress me. Richardson was 50/50, didn't look good at taking men on. David Jones looks a very good player, very good on the ball and has great vision. Spector is a star of the future. 2nd half MOTM I'd go for Eagles, who looked the part.
I've not seen either play. If you are desperate for comparisons, though, Martin was heralded by his former Wimbledon coach as a mixture of Keane, Scholes and Beckham, he impressed in his first season too, but ive not seen anything much of him.dangercat said:
Likewise, not seen Pique play either, but I know he was regarded as Barcalonas best young player, they were fuming to lose him, I think he captains Spanish U19 team, too.
VanNistelrater said:
righto, can anyonelse compare them??
Number7 said:
might have to play him soon with all the injuries etc.. lets hope he doesnt get injured