Many Are Called. Few Succeed. Manchester United: Beyond the Promised Land

United Squad Numbers 06/07

1. Van der Sar
2. Neville
3. Evra
4. Heinze
5. Ferdinand
6. Brown
7. Ronaldo
8. Rooney
9. Saha
11. Giggs
13. Park
14. Smith
15. Vidic
16. Carrick
17. Miller
18. Scholes
19. Rossi
20. Solskjaer
22. O'Shea
23. Richardson
24. Fletcher
25. D.Jones
27. Silvestre
29. Kuszczak
33. Eagles
38. Heaton
49. R.Jones

Van der Sar is now officially United's No.1 keeper. In the wake of Ruud's departure, Rossi's got the no 19 jersey which is much deserved for his fine performances in the reserves. Carrick's got Keane's no 16 jersey and i sure hope he lives us to his billing. Other changes include Tomasz Kuszczak (29) and David Jones (25).

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Does FA stand for F*ckin A*sholes?

Guess its pretty much as blatant as it gets now. One rule for United and one rule for the rest of the premiership. The three-match ban to be implied upon Rooney and Scholesy epitomises all that is wrong with the FA.

Wayne Rooney's sending off in the Amsterdam Tournament was an overreaction by the referee based on Pepe's theatrics and the referee's personal recollection of Rooney's conduct history. The referee further failed to reverse his overreaction when viewing video evidence, and subsequently withheld his action. It takes a big man to admit his mistake, which many referees will not do.

The FA once again had a chance to reverse trend and set precendence. But no the fuckin FA choose to mantain their double standards when dealing with United as they've done on countless occasions in the past. 2 Liverpool players, who similary recieved red cards in the same preseason tournament, the Amsterdam Tourney, 3 years ago, Steven Gerrard and Neil Mellor did not receive suspensions. And we're supposed to believe there is no prejudice within the FA. Sheesh.

Paul Scholes should never have received a straight red in the same match. The tackle was worthy of a second yellow, which carries a 1 match ban for dismissal, which was served in the second match of the tournament. To add an additional 3 match ban is fuckin ludicrous. I could understand a 1 match ban, but for the love of god, a match ban, thats pushing the limit. Cunts.

I sure hope Sir Alex withdraws all United players from the upcoming England friendlies and Euro 2008 qualifiers. That'll teach the damn cunts. This is definitely gonna bring all the United fans together, especially in support of Ronnie. Its 98 all over again. Its us against the rest.

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Borat: The Movie

Borat Sagdiyev, Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist from the State run TV network, travels from his home in Kazakhstan to the U.S. to make a documentary. On his cross-country road-trip, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences.

Here's some of his now very notorious quotes.

"I want to do a romance inside of you."

"In Kazhakstan we have many hobbies: disco dancing, archery, rape and table tennis..."

"If you come back with me to my country,(....) I will give you television and remote control..."

"Englishman must have a hobby. Some like to collect the stamp or make jam. But the most fun is to kill a a little animal with a shotgun or rip him up with a wild dog."

"There is land of opportunities in US of A. For man, construction work, taxi driving and accountancy. For woman, as a prostitute."

"We say in Kazakhstan, "Woman who goes with book is like horse without...Saddle.""

"We say in Kazakhstan, "You find me woman with brain, I find you a horse with...Wings.""

"In America, women can vote but horse cannot! It is the other way around in my country."

"I am very strong physique and I can hold a very large woman down for 3 hours...I am strong, I can throw rock at a gypsy from 15 metres. 10 metre if I am chained up."

Oh and check out this clips, "Borat Goes Dating"

Borat Goes Wine Tasting

And finally Borats Guide To Britain

The mans a legend. The movie's already released in the states and i've got no fuckin clue why its slated for a november release here in australia. Sheesh.

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Thomas Kuszczak

The latest addition to our squad. Sure looks promising enough, will definitely be decent cover for VDS. i just sure hope he's heaps more consistent than the rest of our goalies! Since we're on the topic of goalkeepers, we may just have 3 United keeper's starting for premier league sides this season, Ben Foster for Watford, Tim Howard for Everton and VDS in goal for us. So thats 12 points in the bag then aiye? Lol. Good move by Fergie, sending em 2 out on loan to get first team experience. Anyhow, check out this Kuszczak compilation:

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Food For Thought...

Ever wondered why bike shorts usually come in black or other darker colours?

Courtesy of the WuMan once again.

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The "Highbury Offside" Rule

This is an interesting variant of the Offside rule in football, which operates at Arsenal's home ground only. As per the normal offside rule, the "Highbury Offside" rule states if an attacking player has less than two opposing players in between himself and the goal line, that player is offside, with two exceptions:

a) the player is not offside if he is Thierry Henry.

b) the player is not offside if he is Thierry Henry.

This rule is further demonstrated in image above.

The "Highbury Offside" rule will be abolished at the end of this season, with the FA working to push a new rule, known as the "Emirates Stadium Offside" rule. This works in pretty much the same way.

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