Republic of Mancunia
21 Jan 2008, 06:57 AM
Only a friendly and whatnot but saw a couple of mentions of it in other threads and we usually do one for pre-season games etc. so thought I'd start this. If there's no interest, then, well, at least I bumped up my post count by one. :p
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Venue: King Fahd Stadium
Kick off: 4:45 PM UK, 11:45 AM Eastern, 8:45 AM Pacific
TV: MUTV, MUTV online
NO injuries, please!!!!!
An oppurtunity for squad players to get a bit of a run out in the sun and perhaps the odd youngster to get a taste of being around the first teamers.
Fergie, speaking ahead of the game:
"We will have two good training sessions out here on Wednesday and Thursday in good, warm conditions, so that will definitely be an advantage to us before we go back to Manchester and we have made a decision to come out here which we hope will prove right.
"We have gone away before in mid-season and it has worked well for us. We went to Dubai a couple of years ago and we won the FA Cup at the end of that season.
"Obviously, if we go back home and get a bad result, then people will say that we shouldn't have come here, but I'm sure that being here won't do us any harm at all.
"We are delighted to be here and I just hope that the sun gets even warmer over the next few days! We get back to Manchester on Thursday, so that will give us three days to prepare for the Spurs on the Sunday.
"It's a terrific tie for us and hopefully this trip will help us.
"All of the players will play some part and I will start with my strongest team, so the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez will all be involved.
"We have brought 21 players with us, though, so it's a chance for the likes of Darren Fletcher and John O'Shea to get some time on the pitch and we have also brought a young player called Danny Welbeck.
"We think he has a real chance and this is his first chance with the first-team, so it's an important game for him. But we hope that people will look back on this game in years to come as the day that he made his debut."
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Al_Hilal_Club_Logo.gif/150px-Al_Hilal_Club_Logo.gif
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Manchester_United_Badge_1973-1998.png
Venue: King Fahd Stadium
Kick off: 4:45 PM UK, 11:45 AM Eastern, 8:45 AM Pacific
TV: MUTV, MUTV online
NO injuries, please!!!!!
An oppurtunity for squad players to get a bit of a run out in the sun and perhaps the odd youngster to get a taste of being around the first teamers.
Fergie, speaking ahead of the game:
"We will have two good training sessions out here on Wednesday and Thursday in good, warm conditions, so that will definitely be an advantage to us before we go back to Manchester and we have made a decision to come out here which we hope will prove right.
"We have gone away before in mid-season and it has worked well for us. We went to Dubai a couple of years ago and we won the FA Cup at the end of that season.
"Obviously, if we go back home and get a bad result, then people will say that we shouldn't have come here, but I'm sure that being here won't do us any harm at all.
"We are delighted to be here and I just hope that the sun gets even warmer over the next few days! We get back to Manchester on Thursday, so that will give us three days to prepare for the Spurs on the Sunday.
"It's a terrific tie for us and hopefully this trip will help us.
"All of the players will play some part and I will start with my strongest team, so the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez will all be involved.
"We have brought 21 players with us, though, so it's a chance for the likes of Darren Fletcher and John O'Shea to get some time on the pitch and we have also brought a young player called Danny Welbeck.
"We think he has a real chance and this is his first chance with the first-team, so it's an important game for him. But we hope that people will look back on this game in years to come as the day that he made his debut."