Nowadays, when clubs come to Old Trafford, they are high on confidence that most of the records held against them by Manchester United will come crumbling down like the Walls of Jericho. Afterall, Moyes has let records that took years to build, get broken with the slightest degree of effort. Tomorrow, another one is one the line. Newcastle United visit Old Trafford tomorrow knowing fully well that they have not won there since the 1971-72 season. Four decades+. Manchester United are no longer unbeatable...they are no longer impregnable at home against the so-called minnows of English Football, talk more of a club in the magnitude of Newcastle. The magpies lie in sixth position after four wins and a solitary loss in their last five outings. Swansea made them look like toddlers in Wales two days ago but that will count for little when they confront an out of sorts red army. The story of the EPL has been the defending champions making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Four losses in fourteen games cannot be acceptable for a club whose lofty ambitions are well documented. Tomorrow brings another opportunity to either assuage the fans fears or compound their woes..
Alan Pardew can be happy with the way his team is playing at the moment. Even without the likes of Ben Arfa and Cisse, players like Remy, Sissoko, Ameobi and Gouffran have come in and done excellent jobs for the magpies. That eight year contract is still in tact one may presume. The french contingent he has brought to the club since his appointment, has been instrumental to the successes they have garnered in recent time.
David Moyes is probably the unhappiest man in the World at the moment. He not only threw away a 20-year long record on Wednesday, but he watched sheepishly as the team he managed for eleven years won there at the first time of asking under a manager he recommended to his former Chief Executive. An achievement he never managed. The sad development has raised dust and unsettled quite a few associated with the club. It is time amendments are made and changes must start tomorrow.
PREDICTED LINEUPS-
MANCHESTER UNITED
DDG, Rafael, Rio, Vidic, Evra, Jones, Cleverley, Nani, Januzaj, RVP/Welbeck, Chicharito
For Manchester United, the task has been made more difficult with the absence of Wayne Rooney through suspension. The Englishman once again showed his idiotic part when he needlessly kicked Jagielka. An action that effectively ruled him out of tomorrow's game. Robin Van Persie is still nursing that groin injury and no one knows when he will get back on the field of play. The abject footballers in the team can get a run out with the absence of key names.
NEWCASTLE
Krul, Debuchy, Coloccini, Williamson, Santon, Tiote, Cabaye, Sisokko, Remy, Ameobi, Gouffran
Pardew wouldn't like to change a winning team. As you were ALAN......No FRENCH...NO VICTORY.
Let's hope for a captivating encounter as both United(s) rarely fail to deliver when pitched against each other.
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