The Final day of the Transfer Window

A lot of things have happened this season for both the toffees and the red devils. The toffees have lost their priced defender in Lescott, which is good piece of business for them except for the time at which it happened, the toffees have lost lot of transfer time and the targets are minimum although their evaluation of the player made him the third most costliest defender, they are only unable to replace him with a younger player who fit the bill, however have to settle for Distin who is on the wrong side of 30. However having cost only 5m pounds moyes has made good business in getting 24m on him of which 2m is due to his former club Wolves that leaves with quite a good amount in the kitty. Moyes wasting no time spent 5.3m to bring distin here and splashed 10m on the Russian Bilyaletdinov (No its not a tongue-twister, and he prefers 'billy'). This signing however excites me because of his creativity and technique, it all depends on how well he settles down at the goodison park, mind you it was moyes way back in 2006 when he bid for an unknown figure Arshavein only for the club to turn it down due to the bid falling short their evaluation of the player. Few years from then he is a football genius and fans claim he is the second best signing of Arsene after Henry. However moyes claims to be close to couple of more deals and has no intention of throwing away the check book yet....

On the contrary the red devils have lost 'one' of their star players in Ronaldo and honestly i dont think tevez's five league goals is going to be hard to replace. However Ronaldo's departure came in late june giving ample time to spend the ridiculous word record transfer fee of 80m, but so far Sir Alex had restrained himself to buy Antonio Valencia for 17m( I reckon it's a good buy judging by what i've seen till now), Gabriel Obertan for 3m and Micheal Owen on a free(wow). However, Fergie has seen his targets fall through purely because of their ridiculous fee. Fergie has now claimed to have put away his cheque-book, however in his case he does have a strong enough squad with a lot of potential so you cant really fault him for his decision. I am excited about this season for the big four's spot look more vulnerable than ever with all of them having either lost a key player or have an aging squad.

Adios Amigo..Ronaldo....

The much speculated transfer involving Cristiano Ronaldo move to the bernabeu has finally reached its advanced stages, the madrid club having bid a world record 80 million pound price for the portuguese winger... This has recieved mixed emotions from the red devil fans as they fear the departure of their most illustrious player, whereas some a relishing the lose of the selfish player (who people feel spells 'team' as 'tiem' to get the 'i' in it). However for the manager, the scotsman must be enjoying his job right now cause he is looking at a 60+ million profit...He'd probably chew his gum and quote,"Its just good business." But as history stats no player has improved after leaving the old trafford, and each time he replaces a huge loss for the club, he comes up with something better.... Let me remind you.... When Stapp had to leave he brought in the 19 year old Beckham, And when Beckham left he brought in the 18 year old C.Ronaldo, Also when Eric Cantona stepped down Yorke and Cole took over and when they left Rooney came in.... So probably Sir Alex'd bring in a kid from some country to see him become the next best thing...... Viva la Man Utd...........

Its a grand old team to play for........ Everton ......

The FA cup final saw chelsea crowned champions but the toffees surely deserve credit for their achievement this season under David Moyes (Who should probably be nickname Moses of EVERTON with what he has done with the club).Anyway the match was more open than what most critics wrote it off as.. Louis Saha giving everton the lead through the fastest ever FA cup goal which was a blinder even cech couldn't read... The toffees without their inspirational Midfielder Arteta and the prolific defender Jagielka. They also did miss the Technical forward Yakubu who would have been a good second striker to Saha and of course considering the fact that chelsea did field their best side and had a very fit squad i believe that everton deserved the win but for their teams fitness levels.... Well this final is presumable cry out for better sponsers and a bigger budget for the toffees who have every right to be one of the Fab Four...........

The catalan domination...

The wednesday(27/06/09) Champions league final saw new champions being crowned and history made as Barcelona FC became the first spanish team to win the spanish cup, spanish league and the champions league the same year. Pep Gaurdiola saw many records broken on the night as the young catalan manager became a part of the elite set who have won it both as a player and a manager, he had lifted the trophy three years ago in their uniform now in the suit. Making him the youngest manager at 38yrs to win it. Quite an achievement for the club which was deprived of any trophy in the last two years.Messi saw his bid for the Ballon d'or take a much tighter grasp with a sublime performance and the only rivals(seeming) this season being his own team mates Iniesta and Xavi who have been instrumental in this campaign, Cristiano Ronaldo failing to live up to his accolades of last year. Seemingly the invinsible side of Sir Alex failed to complete the dream season. Being a Manchester United Fan I was sad to see the big guns not firing at the right time which clearly states that the performance of any team depends on the day's luck and mood. This puts a big "?" in the future of carlos tevez and ronaldo at Man U but i trust that Sir Alex knows better than anyone the true meaning of a player having a not so good season. But i predict that he might bring in some big guns the forthcoming season to put a bit of stability in the midfield or who knows even Owen might be their magic man next season like Arshavein was for Arsenal this season..... Or who knows they might just sign in a santiago munez :P ....

The highlights of the Latics match......... 13/05/09

Rodagella....28'



Tevez....61'



Carrick...86'

And the reds go marching on...........

The Devils registered a win in the hard fought match against wigan which saw the latics taking a shocking lead with rodallega continuing his remarkable form as Bruce chose to sit out his priced signings Mido and Zaki.Steve Bruce himself an ex-Man Utd player faced his then manager in the managerial encounter with Sir Alex and was over the moon with the nights proceedings.However, Carrick showed that ronaldo is not the only match winner their team can boast of... The ex-hammer having set the first goal for tevez and scoring the winner himself.... The reds with the win are just a point away from the title with two matches to go, a home against the gunners and an away at hull........

The Toffee Rain ( Reign)

The toffees have had a wonderful season so far with a mathematical possibility of a fifth place in the league, a possible FA cup and a assured place in the Europa league... The toffees have done very good considering the limted resources and the injuries to their key players. With the record signing Yakubu out for the season due to the Achilles injury and the ex-manchester united forward saha as the only experienced forward, David moyes turned to the young anichebe, and took a big step in bringing in Jo on loan from the blues. Jo turned out to be quite a bargain with his consistent performance in front of the goal. The toffees seemed to be in contention for a champions league spot but when Mikel Arteta was also sidelined for the season owing to an knee injury, and anichebe injured everton found refuge in the technical expertice of Tim Cahill, and the youngsters of the goodison park the Everton product Jack Rodwell is already tipped to be wooed away by the Red Devils and Dan Gosling seemingly to be on fire, Yet the best came out of Leigton Baines who has become a regular for the team and for good reason.... The record signing Fellaini has been in the newspapers for more than just his hair as well...... The future looks good for the toffees, next year with their perfect blend of youth and experience even the much acclaimed arsenal couldn't achieve......


Thats all for today.... I'll be back with much more soon!!!!!

The Final Call

The season 08/09 of the barclays draws to an end with no more than two more games to go . Manchester United have been amazing throughout their campaign and are still in contention for the champions league... The league leaders have have had their share of ups and downs... The biggest upset being their loss to the toffees in the FA cup semis. But its no doubt the best year for the red devils whose manager has acheived in his long stay at Old trafford what many fail to with "literally unlimited resourses at hand". Sir Alex Ferguson managing the red devils for the 23rd year has seen many generations of the busby boys including the un-destructible team of the 90's, even he claimed this paticular team as the best he had in his career.... The games seem to favour Man Utd with the requirement of 4 points from 3 games to clinch their third title in a row,the reds face the struggling latics (Wigan), the in youthful gunners and the relegation threatened tigers......