Manchester United!!! The Dream Team

Today we loss i felt that it was coming, but i'm really being annoyed by the players, they control the game but cant get the ball in the back out the net. ONE goal in THREE matches!!!
Sir Alex seem all cool about it but i think he needs to get his boys back in line.
when wayne rooney come back he isnt going to be in form. ronaldo is just not having the good season like last year.


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Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has declared his innocence after being served a three match ban for head-butting Portsmouth's Richard Hughes on Wednesday.

The flamboyant Portuguese winger was given a straight red card for the incident, which happened right under the nose of referee Steve Bennett.

At first glances, it looked as if both players were guilty of pushing and shoving, however Bennett deemed it necessary to give him his marching orders.

Hughes has said in the media that the incident was nothing out of the ordinary, and hardly worth being called a head-butt.

Ronaldo agrees that the pair were guilty of a bit of pushing and shoving, but nothing else.


"The replays show there was nothing," Ronaldo told the Sun.


"But I don't need to look at the pictures, because I know exactly what I did - and that's nothing to justify a red card."


"I was pushed in the area. He came straight to me, put his hand on my neck and I opened my arms in a 'that's enough' way. We pushed each other but nothing serious," he added.


"We leaned heads against each other but that was all. Absolutely nothing else happened.


"When I saw the red card, I couldn't believe it, the situation was so surreal.


"And it's absurd because I'm aware that now I'll sit out a ban for something I didn't do. I feel dejected and very sad."

Sir Alex Ferguson has noticed a worrying trend with Premier League referees letting late challenges go unpunished.

Although there have been red cards for Reading and Portsmouth in United's first two games for precisely that – late fouls – the Reds boss says referees are not clamping down on the problem sufficiently.

Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off against Portsmouth for retaliating to what Sir Alex believes was persistent fouling on the United winger, and while the Reds manager does not condone his player's reaction, he does feel more should be done to protect the game's attacking players.

“It was disappointing the other night,” said the boss at his Friday press conference “The referee was in a clear position to see it, and that is why he has given the red card. I am not saying that was the wrong decision because the minute you lift your hands or motion towards anyone with your head, you know the result of that. He got punished because he retaliated, and you can't do that. But the guy grabbed him around the neck. I've seen that quite clearly, and the referee has just stood there and done nothing.

“Every corner kick you see nowadays, players are getting manhandled every time. Every team is doing it. That has to be addressed, but there is no answer to it because referees are turning a blind eye to it every time

“In a way, it's very difficult to be angry with Cristiano because some of the things that happen to him on the pitch are not right,” he added. “Late challenges worry me. We saw it again on Wednesday night. The referee let late challenges go unpunished time and time again. So there is a concern that way. People like Ronaldo are going to be the victims and people that watch the game are going to be the victims. It will end up with someone getting a serious injury.

“I think there is every chance that he might get a serious injury. You're not going to change Ronaldo, he likes to run at defenders and there is nobody in the game better at than him. That's his game and what we want to see in him. That's where his courage comes into it. But the rest is down to the referee, and if you have got weak referees like on Wednesday night, you're going to be suffering.”

Sir Alex is worried about a trend he feels is sneaking into football of allowing physical challenges. “It's difficult to deal with, it's been going on for over 100 years,” he said. “My fear is that I don't know if referees are a bit more tolerant of physical contact. I've noticed that in the last few months. Late challenges are going unpunished. Whether they (the referees) are getting instructions to manage these situations, I don't know.

“I thought these things were black and white. Late challenges should not be allowed. What disappoints me even more so was when I heard Andy Gray saying that the boy Dave Kitson shouldn't have been sent off for Reading against us last Sunday. I think Andy Gray forgets that he was in the seventies bashing into centre-halves. This is 2007. If Patrice Evra's foot had been on the ground it would have been a serious, serious injury. It could have killed his career. I know the boy Kitson is not that type of player, but nonetheless it doesn't mean you shouldn't be punished for doing stupid things on the pitch. Fortunately he was.”

United may have drawn the first two league games of the season but Sir Alex insists it's no cause for alarm.

"I'm looking at the performances of the team in the first two games and saying to my players, 'Well done'," the boss said at Friday's press conference.

"We're dropping points and that's disappointing and frustrating because the performance levels have been very good. The important thing is to be patient now. The situation is recoverable, of course."

United go into Sunday's Manchester derby without Cristiano Ronaldo, who was sent off at Fratton Park, but Sir Alex was pleased the Reds left Portsmouth with a clean bill of health. Unfortunately, however, none of the long-term injured players have recovered sufficiently to resume match play.

Louis Saha has been training with the first-team squad but is unlikely to take part on Sunday, while new signing Anderson is struggling with a hamstring strain. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's knee is still troubling the Norwegian and Wayne Rooney could be out for two months after breaking a bone in his foot last weekend. That said, not all the news is bad.

"Owen Hargreaves is still feeling the problem of tendonitis in his knee but he is doing some bits of training, which is encouraging," the boss added. "Gary Neville has also been doing bits of training but he's not really near [to playing on Sunday]."

Carlos Tevez says he is loving life at Old Trafford playing alongside the "best players in the world."

The Argentine international made his United debut on Wednesday evening at Fratton Park in the Reds' 1-1 draw with Portsmouth.

Despite being unable to help his team-mates secure victory, Tevez did enough to suggest he will make a positive impact at Old Trafford.

Having endured a torrid few weeks whilst his move from West Ham to United was ironed out by the relevant parties, Tevez says he is now focused on ensuring the 2007/08 campaign is a successful one for his new team.

"When the move finally went through there was a real sense of relief that I'd signed," he told ManUtd.com.

"I feel very happy - I've joined the best club in the world with the best players in the world. It's not difficult to see the qualities every one of them has.

"First and foremost I want to get games under my belt so I'm physically strong," he adds. "From then on I want to be part of this great team and hopefully begin to produce the kind of football I played last season to help the team be successful."

Wayne Rooney's absence through injury means Tevez is likely to be United's sole striker in Sunday's derby clash at Eastlands, just as he was on the South Coast.

Tevez is hugely disappointed by Rooney's enforced spell on the sidelines - likely to be around two months - but he has rubbished claims that the duo will not work as a front pairing because they are too similar.

"I don't think it's a question of us being too similar," insisted Tevez. "When you go out onto the pitch one player might be slightly further forward than the other or vice versa but you can work that out together.

"It'll be a great experience to play alongside Wayne Rooney – it's something I'm very excited about.

"He'll be a big loss because he's such an important player for the team. But we have other options that we can look to and I'm sure the players we call upon will do well."