After not posting for about four or five months, we’re going to get back to posting on at least a semi-regular basis, running down the upcoming action whenever possible. We’ll especially try to do this when there’s a big game coming up, and while there are many more marquee matchups in terms of quality, few opponents engender more hatred amongst United fans than Leeds United. While we haven’t played them since they got relegated in 2004 for spending well beyond their means, the two clubs have a long and venomous rivalry–Leeds fans have been known to have “6/2/58,” the date of the Munich air crash that killed 23 people, including eight players, tattooed on themselves. Usually fans show better taste, but the fact remains that this is one of the most heated rivalries in England. Other noteworthy FA Cup ties include Aston Villa-Blackburn and Middlesbrough-Manchester City on Saturday and West Ham-Arsenal in addition to United-Leeds on Sunday.
In addition, today marks the opening of the January transfer window, allowing clubs to bolster their squads during the season. Manchester United has typically eschewed this opportunity to add players, but that hasn’t stopped the club being linked to players as illustrious as David Villa and Angel Di Maria. Chelsea, despite manager Carlo Ancelotti claiming that he would strip naked if his club made any January singings, has been linked to Atletico Madrid superstar Kun Aguero, who would certainly come in handy with star striker Didier Drogba on African Cup of Nations duty for the next month. It should be an interesting month, to say the least.
To get you all excited for the FA Cup, I’ll leave you with a video from the opening of the new Wembley Stadium:
That clip was hilarious. And its about time you guys came back to this blog. I’m more interested in hearing your guy’s opinion on Man Utd’s chances at Birmingham next weekend. Both sides have been playing pretty well, and it should be a tough road trip for United. Also, I don’t want to complain, but Arsenal’s schedule for the end of January and February is absolutely ridiculous. If we beat West Ham tomorrow, then we will play in the 4th round of the FA Cup which I assume will be the weekend of the 23rd/24th since there’s no EPL games that weekend and last year it was the 24th/25th of January. 3 days later we play away to Aston Villa. 4 days after that we play at home to Man Utd. A week later we play away to Chelsea. 3 days after that we play at home to Liverpool. How on earth did we get scheduled to play the other big 3 in 3 consecutive games???? Obviously if we play well and win, I won’t complain, but it seems pretty ridiculous.
YOU LIE!
(“we’re going to get back to posting on at least a semi-regular basis”)