Bragging Rights: The Future is Bright

If you like to know your facts like me so you can brag with your head high, here are five youngest Reds to score for Manchester United in the premier league. I am kindly sharing some pointers here;

And this is because haters people have been bothering us with how we over-celebrate Januzaj.

1. At 18 years and 8 months Adnan does not even make it to the top three youngest Reds to score in the league! But he holds the fifth position.


2. NONE of the five youngest Reds to score a league goal for Manchester United is twenty five yet. The oldest is Danny Welbeck, and don't let that body and 80's hair fool you, Danny boy is only 22 years old. What does that say about our future?



I am King of this freaking world.

Loan Greetings: Angelo Henriquez

Looks like our boys have a league of their own though playing in different countries. It started with Lingard's four goals in one match  then Powell answered with a double and Henriquez recorded a double on Sunday as Real Zaragoza won 4-2 against Mallorca.

Angelo started the match, scoring two goals in four minutes (40' and 44') picked a yellow at the 59th minute and was subbed at minute 66.

With four goals from five appearances, the 19 years old is Zaragoza's top goal scorer in the second division Spanish League followed by Victor Rodriguez who has three goals from eight appearances.

 

Keep the Red Flag Flying high Angelo.

Loan Greetings: Nick Powell makes record

Miles away from home our boys keep the red flags flying high and this time it is none other than Nick Powell.

Nick who is away to Wigan Athletic for a season was featured yesterday as Wigan played NK Maribor in the UEFA Europa League. Not just played, Nick scored two of the three Wigan's goals and his first goal is Wigan's first ever in Europe.

Wigan's coach, Owen Coyle said Powell's performance was 'terrific';

"There were a lot of terrific individual performances, from the likes of Nick Powell and Scott Carson, who made a wonderful save late on."

Coyle also added;

"Nick has all the quality needed to play for England, let alone United, and that shone through again."

Nick's second goal was scored in Fergie time, or was it Coyle's time?

Nick celebrating his first goal.

 

 

 



Scoring his second goal of the night.

 

 

Gif from whoateallthepies.com

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.

The INs and OUTs.

IN

Name: Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui, 25 years.

Position: Midfielder

Squad Number: TBA

Former club: Everton

 

Bugs Bunny Pyjamas

I came accross these photos and had a mission to find out what was the story/reason behind. The closest I came was the story from The Daily Mail..

Only useful info there was that they were worn by five players on a flight to Qatar January, 2013.

The players spotting these pyjamas were Zam Persie, Buttner, Powell, Anderson and Evra. That list makes this case even harder! That list has defenders, midfielder, forward, senior, juniors and the mid-aged! No similarities!

The case is still under investigation and ANY information will be appreciated. If someone out there has any info please call us on email us on manutdtanzania@yahoo.com

Here is the evidence we have collected so far;

Here is Ando, Scholes and Giggs. Why are Giggs and Scholes in matching shirts AND they are not similar to those of Ando & Co.?

THEORIES:

Since it was a team building exercise they were going to have, may be matching outfits was part of it. To prove this we will still need more evidence.

Lead Investigator: @Zamaradi_M

They Got My Attention: P. Neville, Rooney and Alcantara + Nick Powell

By: @Zamaradi_M

 

1. Phil Neville

Phil played for MUFC between 1995 and 2005. He also played under Moyes at Everton, so when Moyes called him in to his team of coaches I was not surprised at all, just very happy!

So, Phil will be reunited with former team mate Ryan Giggs on the coaching staff as well as coach some former team mates. It is always nice to see them come back, but what is even better is when they say those nice things about MUFC, especially how much they love the club. Kinda makes us feel that we are not the only ones obsessed dangerously in love with MUFC!

"When David called to give me this opportunity, I couldn’t resist. I gave my all when I played for Everton but it is no secret that this club is in my heart."

 Me: Phil, you have always and will always be in our hearts too.

He also added this;

"I’ve really enjoyed working with David and his staff as a player and I think that, together with Ryan, we can make a real contribution to Manchester United."

I was nervous about this transition as it looked like everything was going to change, especially after that coaching staff clean up. Seeing familiar faces coming back and Giggs promoted to the coaching bench really calms me down. Are we going to welcome another prodigal son this season? You know, that son who really, really misses home?

Newest members of the Coaching staff.

Well, Rio will now have to know his place, no?

For old time's sake! Those good ol' days! Young Rafael and Fabio have another mentor now.

 Source: manutd.com

2. Wayne 'Baba Kai' Rooney

I can't wait for Baba Kai to stop getting my attention which also means, get the fuck away from media. And that will only be done once he makes up his mind.

There is still no confirmation as for whether he had that talk with Moyes or not. But Moyes publicly confirmed that Rooney is not for sale. But if Baba Kai wants to leave he will have to put in an official transfer request. Apparently, the transfer request that Sir Alex was talking about was not even a formal one!

Me: I am done talking to you Baba Kai.

Well, just another chapter in the Rooney madness!

Blue is really not his color! Fashion experts, back me up on this one.

 

 If Rooney in Arsenal shirt doesn't make you laugh, then I don't know what does!

This one I like!

Source: The Guardian

3. Thiago Alcantara

It's basically more speculations. And you know how good people are with observing? Addition to this is that Thiago's father has put his restaurant up for sale which people translate it to him getting ready for a move to Manchester. But again, Thiago's brother has signed a new contract with Barcelona, would his father move and leave him alone? May be their mother will stay in Barcelona and their father will move to Manchester with Thiago. Did I just try to resolve a family issue that might not even be existing?

Another observation is that Thiago was featured in Barcelona FC's (after the 'I love Barcelona' I think we should differentiate Barcelona the city from the club) new kit's ad on their website but was cropped out on the one they posted on their instargram account.

And here is the evidence!

 

Me: Get it done already or stop torturing us!

And apparently, a source from MUFC told ESPN (and others I guess) that Alcantara's deal is almost done and Moyes might announce that today, on his first official press conference as MUFC Manager.

We'll just have to wait....

Source: ESPN

I just made a new discovery. My discovery has a name, his name is Nick Powell.

NOTE: These They Got My Attention posts are not a daily thing. I post when I can and of course when I want. Just don't expect a daily fix.

WHY US? reason 4 & 5

By: @MUFCTanzania

Why did we bring home Title Number 20?

For reason one please go here and for reason two and three click here.

Here is reason 4 & 5 and the final version of this post....

4. The Youngsters

As the season started we had De Gea, Anderson, Buttner, Kagawa, Powell, Cleverley, Evans, Chicharito, Young Rafael, Smalling, Jones and Welbeck who were all between 18 and 24 years old. That is 13 regular players who were all below 25. 

The hunger in these boys was seen through out the season. Young Rafael was so good that he was entrusted with probably one of the two hardest tasks for any defender in the football world now, marking Cristiano Ronaldo, and he did that TWICE! Chicha came from the bench most of the times but he scored almost same number of goals as Rooney, The Red Samurai Kagawa got us wanting to sing in Japanese! It's the hunger to succeed, the need to improve, the desire to win, the determination to make history that made this group of youngsters very crucial to our 20th title. And we are looking forward to even bigger things next seasonS.

Flying high....

 

5. The Seniors' Wisdom

They might not play with speed but what they lack there they more than make up for it with experience. It's the experience that provides calmness especially in big games. And if they are not playing as much, they are showering the youngsters with wisdom and inspiration. 

We have Giggs, Scholes, Vidic, Evra, Rio and Carrick. These are players some team mates used to watch and idolize. These are the players some team mates were told to look up to by their childhood coaches. These are legends who can tell a 20 something team mate what makes a legend at MUFC. They are the players who tell stories of Lee Sharpe, Bryan Robson, Mark Hughes, Nick Butt, Eric Cantona, Paul Ince, Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Gary Nevile, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Peter Shmeichel, Fabien Barthez, the super sub Ole-Gunnar Solksjaer, Teddy Sheringham, Wes Brown, Quinton Fortune, Roy Keane, David Beckham and many other legends (excuse me with all the names, it's not my fault we have so many great players). 

And they don't just tell stories they have heard, they tell the stories they have seen or in some cases, the lives they have lived. They tell youngsters of the legendary 1998/1999, not from what they have read, but from memories as they played in that historic season.

 

Bringing in the experience