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Player of the month polls are on. Who is your player of the month?

Was it De Gea? The flying Spaniard who made what the great Schmeichel called 'the best save in the history of premier league' and impressed so much that Chicharito declared him 'the best goal keeper in the world.'?
 

Ready or Not: Fulham

A few hours from now Man United will be facing Fulham. This is the first away game for United since Oct 5th. The Champions will step into this determined to keep the unbeaten run going. So far, we haven't lost any of our past six matches in all competitions, and we have played all completions; Champions League, Capital One and the league.

Throwback Thursday: Just like old times

 

 

Questions, Troubled Kind Evra

A group photo that managed to represent every United fan's reaction after that Saints' goal. Jones for those who couldn't watch it, Evra looks angry, that guy who couldn't believe that we conceded and had to stand and take a closer look, Rafael is hiding, De Gea looks confused and beat, that woman holding her face is definitely crying. Look closer and you'll see your reaction represented here. Kudos to manutd.com photographers for capturing this moment.

 

 

Well, at least we have Januzaj for the next five years and looks like he is on the right track. The kid was voted Man of the match against Southampton which is his second in a row! Moyes and Ed, while we are still into signatures how about getting Rooney to putting one down?

Robin is back into scoring! We can all drink to that.

Robson to Bruno Gomes and everything in between

Captain Robson and his team landed in Kilimanjaro yesterday and as of this morning he is starting doing what brought him and his team to the beautiful land of Tanzania; climbing the greatest Mount Kilimanjaro. I wish I was a tour guide, a help or just a fly in that team but being towns away from Moshi (that's where Mt. Kilimanjaro is) I will just have to settle for stalking following the action through Twitter.

Some accounts that you can follow and keep up with the #KiliTrek: @MU_Foundation, @ThomasCasserlys, @miss_larrisab and the official trek photographer and videographer @j_lester. And of course @ManUtd and @MUFCTanzania for the #Kilitrek and for Man United issues.

And in supporting Robson, manutd.com have dedicated this week to the Captain. For some of us who did not get to see him play, this is a good chance to get to know the longest serving Captain in the history of Manchester United/Newton Heath.

From last night.

Reds marching to Brazil

Until 19th we will just have to be satisfied with seeing the team in pieces as they represent their countries.

Here is who to watch and when:

 

 

Luis Nani - Portugal are a point behind Russia in their group but have one advantage: They play their next two matches at home. Portugal hosts Israel on 11th and Luxemburg on 15th.

Sunderland to CR7 and everything in between

Nani's backflip, long time no see!

Sunderland  lost five of their six league games this season and drew one. They have only one point with the weight of all 19 team on top of them at the BPL table. In addition to that, they have conceded 3 goals in every one of their last four matches. They have seen the back of the nets of their opponents only four times and never twice in a single match.

So far this season Manchester United have scored sixteen goals and fifteen of them are from forwards, van Persie (6), Rooney (5), Welbeck (3) and Chicharito (1). Valencia scored one too. Defenders are yet to put their names on the score sheet.

All our forwards, except for Chicharito have already recorded a double, who will take it a step further and score the first hat-trick of the season?

(ManUtd vs Noisy Neighbors) vs Vidic match day conversation

Was just looking for something else when I saw this! Made me laugh. Vidic's replies are so on-point!

Who to watch and When

 Michael Carrick, Ashley Young, Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck.

vs Moldova, September 6th.
vs Ukraine, September 10th.

U12: Nick Powell, Michael Keane, Tom Thorpe, Wilfried Zaha and Jesse Lingard

vs Moldova, September 5th.

vs Finland, September 9th.

Kissed the Badge: Chicharito

Name: Javier Hernandez Balcazar
Famously known as: Chicharito, Chicha, Little Pea, Lethal Pea
Position: Striker
Squad Number: 14
Joined: 2010
Status: Active

Date of Kiss: August 8th, 2010.
Location: Wembley Stadium
Reason: Celebrating a goal against Chelsea.

Kissed the Badge: Chicharito

Name: Javier Hernandez Balcazar
Famously known as: Chicharito, Chicha, Little Pea, Lethal Pea
Position: Striker
Squad Number: 14
Joined: 2010
Status: Active

Date of Kiss: October 24th, 2010.
Location: The Brittania Stadium.
Reason: Celebrating a goal against Stoke City.

Source: The Daily Star

They Got My Attention: Fabregas, Red Soldiers, Rooney, De Gea, Alcantara + Welbeck

ONE: Fabregas

Are you all having a fabregas Tuesday?


So, we are back to Cesc Fabregas! This one I like and hate at the same time. Like it because I would loooove to see Fabregas in a red MUFC shirt and hate it because after the Alcantara issue, I am not sure I can handle another heart break!

The Sun say their source confirmed that Cesc would rather go to Old Trafford than a trip back to Arsenal. I just hope it is not the same source who said Alcantara signed a 5 year deal with MUFC.

Sky Sports reports the same thing adding that Manchester United has made a

£25m bid for the midfielder but Barcelona think Cesc is worth more than that. 

Last month Cesc said;

They Got My Attention: Rooney, Zaha, Alcantara, Rio + Januzaj

By: @Zamaradi_M

 ONE: Wayne 'Baba Kai' Rooney

Again, he got my attention but at least not for transfer reasons. Baba Kai got injured during training and had to cut his tour short. He is going back home to Coleen, Kai and Klay (what? keep up with your players and their families for hell's sake!). MUFC official twitter account also reported that he might be out for at least a month, which means he might miss Community Shield but might be available for Swansea on 17th August. A month from July 11 is August 11, no?

This injury also means that Welbeck has to step up because Zam Persie and Chicha are yet to join the team.

Me: Welbeck, good luck because if last season is any indication, you gonna need lots of luck!

As you would expect, the injury just made an introduction to another chapter of the Rooney madness. Some believe that he was sent home to pack and the injury was just a story to not take the attention from the tour. Until that is announced by the club, it is just a rumor!

Get well soon Baba Kai.

2012/2013 Report

Most Appearances

Robin Van Persie	48
Michael Carrick	46
Patrice Evra	42
David De Gea	41
Rafael Da Silva	40
Antonio Valencia	40
Danny Welbeck	40

 

 

Top Goal Scorers

Robin van Persie	30
Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez	18
Wayne Rooney	16
Shinji Kagawa	6
Ryan Giggs	5

Most Man of the Match Nominations

Rafael da Silva	19
Robin van Persie	17
Wayne Rooney	17
Michael Carrick	16
Patrice Evra	15

Most Man of the Match Awards

Wayne Rooney	9
Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez	6
Robin van Persie	6
David de Gea	4
Ryan Giggs, Rafael da Silva, Phil Jones, Shinji Kagawa	3

 

Total votes

Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez	62,542
Robin Van Persie	54,184
David De Gea	41,176
Wayne Rooney	37,687
Shinji Kagawa	32,283

 

Most Player of the Month Points 

Robin van Persie	46
Michael Carrick	44
David de Gea	34
Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez	34
Shinji Kagawa	32

 

 

Most Over-all points

Robin van Persie	133
Michael Carrick	115
Wayne Rooney	111
Rafael da Silva	98
David de Gea	86

  

 

Most yellow cards

Paul Scholes	10
Rafael da Silva	8
Wayne Rooney	7
Antonio Valencia	7
Patrice Evra	5

Players Table 2012/2013

This table combines all votes from Man of the Match and Player of the month to determine the best and our favorite players. All votes from manutd.com

The first 11 are our Favorite 11 of the season while the first 5 are nominees for our player of the season.

Last record: May Player of the Month, May 2013

This is the final table for 2012/2013.

	NAME	APP.	NOM. (MoM)	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	MoMth	PTS
1	Robin Van Persie	48	17	6	6	3	2			46	133
2	Michael Carrick	46	16	2	6	3	4			44	115
3	Wayne Rooney	37	17	9	4	3	1			22	111
4	Rafael Da Silva	40	19	3	2	4	8		2	28	98
5	David De Gea	41	11	4	3	2	1	1		34	86
6	Javier Hernandez	36	7	6	1					34	75
7	Ryan Giggs	32	13	3	2	3	3	2		18	70
8	Phil Jones	24	11	3	2	3	2	1		22	70
9	Rio Ferdinand	34	13	2	3	2	1	4	1	16	68
10	Patrice Evra	42	15		1	4	4	6		20	65
11	Tom Cleverley	32	12	1	3	4	3	1		12	60
12	Shinji Kagawa	26	5	3	2					32	60
13	Jonny Evans	30	13			4	7	2		12	53
14	Nemanja Vidic	23	10	1	2	5	1	1		8	49
15	Anderson	26	6	2	3	1				8	39
16	Antonio Valencia	40	6	1	2	2	1			10	37
17	Danny Welbeck	40	9		1	3	3	2		4	34
18	Paul Scholes	21	4	1	3					10	31
19	Alexander Buttner	13	8	2	1	1	2	2			31
20	Chris Smalling	22	5	1		1	3				19
21	Ashley Young	23	4		1	1	2				15
22	Luis Nani	21	3	1		1	1				13
23	Nick Powell	6	2	1		1					10
24	Darren Fletcher	10	2		1			1			7
25	Lindegaard	13	1			1					4
26	Michael Keane	2	1				1				3
27	Wootton	4	1				1				3