It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Feel sorry for David de Geah, after the first leg he will be suffering from repetitive strain injury due to the amount of times he picks the ball out the back of the net.

Oh dear, Van Persie out for 4-6 weeks.

7.45pm ITV on Tuesday April (wait for it, love the irony) 1st. April Fools Day.

Latest Online betting (crap,wonder if this was decided before Van Persie news)

Willi Hill Man U 4/1

Draw 10/3

Bayern 4/7

Coral Man U 6.0

Draw 3.80

Bayern 1.57

By Mark Ogden6:05PM GMT 21 Mar 2014 Comments69 Comments
Robin van Persie will miss Manchester United’s Champions League quarter-final tie against Bayern Munich after being ruled out for 4-6 weeks with a knee ligament injury.
The Dutch forward, who was injured in the final stages of United’s 3-0 victory against Olympiakos on Wednesday, could face a battle to be fully fit for the World Cup if the injury keeps him out of action beyond the six week period suggested by the club’s medical staff.
Having spent the day on crutches at United’s Carrington training ground on Thursday, Van Persie underwent a second scan on his knee today.
And United have confirmed this evening that he could now be sidelined until May with the injury.
A United spokesperson said: “Following further investigation Robin van Persie has a sprained knee which will keep him out for around 4-6 weeks.”
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Van Persie’s injury is a hammer blow for manager David Moyes ahead of a crucial stage of the campaign for the beleaguered manager.
United must now face European champions Bayern next month without their leading goalscorer.
And potentially more damaging is the prospect of losing Van Persie for the remainder of the Premier League campaign, with United needing to catch Everton in sixth place to qualify for the Europa League.
United, currently seventh, are three points behind Everton, who have played one game fewer than the faltering champions.

I reckon Chelsea can qualify...ManU will have to go at Bayern like mad to get through (you cannot let a team like that rest for a second)....Real should go through...and here's the surprise : I cannot see Barcelona getting the better of Atletico.....(£100 says so)....

RF thats a brave bet my full respect mind some expert from Spain on talk sport says Barca arent the Barca of old. Might have a bet myself.

Learning VAN P is out for Bayern is one hell of a blow.

The odds are really against us now.

I still believe though anything is possible in sport.

I have £20 on Chelsea this afternoon .....really risky.....in fact I'm regretting it already....not sure at all...

Giroud to score and Arse win @ 7/1

6-0 rf well done.

Crikey !...

I bet that Arsene's halftime talk sounded like Adolf Hitler's.... in the dressingroom.....4 goals let in...vee shall score 8 goalz in ze zecond half and if ze score 6 goalz ve shalz score 12 golz......

Some of those Hitler's Football videos are really quite funny.

Never seen them before...great....

So that's what you call a risky bet then ???

and against the Specialist in failure's 11 as well

From chart thread........

Chris Carson - 24 Mar 2014 08:28 - 1777 of 1781

In GF we trust :O) That Wayne Rooney what a shit player LOL!..............ends

Just because he got a long lucky goal against a bunch of donkeys (respect to the donkeys)doesnt mean he should board the plane to Brazil.

His form this year as been terrible.


Remember last time In South Africa, he was absolute crap, he couldnt even trap a ball.

And he wont be playing against Donkeys in Brazil.

Barca won at Real.....I still favour Atletico over 2 legs....Rooney must go to Brazil.....too good a player...

They said that last time and at the Euros and look what we got.......he cant go around a player these days.

Just hope Rooney is fit and not too burned out in his efforts for Man U,. can't argue he gives 100% for them. With a five year contract and that wage increase Moyes will be building his team around him for next season.

Well ManU and the Gunners need waking up.....getz me ze Adolf on ze telephone at vonce !.....and zend ze goalkeeperzs to zr traffic warden courze to Norzthampton !...

Sir Alex Ferguson verbally abused by United fans for appointing David Moyes

• First sign of open revolt against Moyes' managership
• Defeat guarantees fewest points in Premier League era

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The Guardian, Wednesday 26 March 2014

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Sir Alex Ferguson and David Moyes both received furious abuse from United fans after the 3-0 local derby defeat. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA


Manchester United supporters vented their anger at the former manager Sir Alex Ferguson at the end of the shambolic 3-0 derby defeat to Manchester City at Old Trafford. In the first signs of open revolt at David Moyes, fans furiously questioned Ferguson's decision to appoint the Scot as his replacement.

With Moyes also receiving verbal abuse from supporters and stewards being asked to guard "The Chosen One" banner that hangs at the stadium's Stretford End after the 167th Manchester derby, the ire shown towards Ferguson, who is a club director, will cause serious questions at boardroom level.

Moyes has consistently spoken of how the support has stood by him throughout his overseeing of a dismal title defence. This defeat guarantees United will end with their poorest ever points tally in the Premier League era, with their previous lowest being 75.

City took only 43 seconds to take the lead through Edin Dzeko, who also scored again in the 56th minute, before Yaya Touré sealed United's humiliation with a third for City at the end. That provoked fans to target Ferguson as he sat in the directors' box at the final whistle.

The 72-year-old was the driving force in Moyes being appointed as his successor at the end of last season, with the former Everton manager being summoned to Ferguson's house to be offered his job.

While the loss made it six home defeats in the league for the first time since the 2001-2 season to leave United 18 points behind the leaders, Chelsea, and 12 from a Champions League berth, Moyes refused to blame his players. Asked to explain how a squad minus only the retired Paul Scholes has gone so far backwards this year after winning the title by 11 points, the manager said: "I take responsibility. I have to be the one who plays them, picks them and that is what it is. I think there are a lot of really good players there, some can play better, but there are a lot of really good players in the squad, a lot of international players and players who I think on their day can be a match for most players."

Of the defeat to City, which means they have now been defeated by their city rivals three consecutive times at Old Trafford in the league for the first time in more than 40 years, Moyes said: "We never gave ourselves a great opportunity to get into the game. Manchester City started really fast and conceding a goal after 30-40 seconds made it difficult. We had to try and make sure we got through that 10-15 minute period. After that we weathered it and got ourselves back into the game and finished the half quite strong. The key to it was not to concede a second goal so we could always give ourselves a chance [to get] back in there.

"I didn't think we started the second half well. We brought pressure on us by our play and in the end we conceded a corner just before that and there was another one and then that led to the second goal. It was obviously poor marking and we should have done much better.

"I just think we never came out of the blocks. You prepare the players, you warm them up, you do all the things to have them ready but we just never started. It gave them a real big lift to get a goal so early on."

In a comment that may further anger fans, Moyes stated that City are the side he wants his United team to emulate. "I think we've played a very good side and it's the sort of standard and level we need to try and aspire to get ourselves to at this moment in time," he said.

City are now only three points behind Chelsea with two games in hand. Yet Manuel Pellegrini refused to concede that it is his team's title to lose. "No I don't think so," said the manager. "The title race continues, we continue fighting with all the other three – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool. We have two games postponed but we have to win those two games. Tomorrow I start thinking about Arsenal [who City visit on Saturday] and then I think about the end of the season."