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--------------------------------- [22] Fergie on Scholes --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by db: He could be out for two weeks. It is difficult with an ankle and the swelling came up immediately. He went over on it but hopefully it is only two weeks." No wonder Fergie was peeved with the Keane questions after the game. Depending on which news sources you read this morning, he had a knee problem, no a hip problem, no an ankle problem --------------------------------- [21] Chat with Eric --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by db: The french Website Sport24.com has the pleasure to host a chat with Eric "The King" Cantona and the French Beach Soccer Team. You can ask your questions on Friday, August 30th at 1:30 p.m on this page : http://www.sport24.com/interview/frameset.asp?ID_ITW=135 http://www.sport24.com/interview/frameset.asp?ID_ITW=135 --------------------------------- [20] Giggs on last night --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by db: "It was important that we started off well and we did that. We hunted the ball down and never gave them any time on the ball. The goal helped with Ruud getting it so early and then from that we were able to play our normal football. The only way was to hit them hard and early. We didn't want to give them any comfortable possession. We wanted to make sure we harried and hurried them everywhere and never let them settle on the ball. We knew we had to improve from Hungary. We knew we didn't play very well over there and we knew we could play a lot better. We were hurt by the criticism after the match in Budapest. You are always hurt when you are criticised because we are human. But we knew we could turn it around with a lot of hard work. We knew that ability-wise we were better than them and we had to work harder and convert the chances. We hunted them down early and the later our ability and class showed. I never had any serious fears we'd miss out on the Champions League. With ! the ability we have in the side, the amount of chances we create and the number of players who can put the ball in the back of the net I think we were always confident of turning it around. The Champions League is the place to be and this club deserves to be there. We have made sure we are there now and we must make sure now we are in there that we keep working and the results will come." --------------------------------- [19] Sad news --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by db: Reds by Salford Quays last night would have heard and seen a lot of police cars and sirens at 10.30pm last night. Local radio are now reporting that a Red from Yorkshire died after a gang tried to steal his a car. Very upsetting news. --------------------------------- [18] Escude deal off --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by db: Fergie "The Escude thing looks as though it is finished, which is disappointing. We would still like to get a player in and we are pursuing one or two other channels, but we are running out of time. We have options in midfield and attack but we need defenders and we are also assessing the goalkeeping situation." --------------------------------- [17] Possible European opponents --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by db: >From our man KD I reckon the top 2 groups will be Real Bayern United Barcelona (assuming they don't blow a 3-0 lead in Poland) Valencia Juve The Arse Inter Deportivo Leverkusen Scouse Galatasaray Roma Lyon Dortmund Feyenoord Likely 3rd seeds AC Milan PSV Kiev Spartak Moscow Loko Moscow Olympiakos AEK Ajax Which leaves Celtic Newcastle Lens Genk Bruges etc in the 4th pot Celtic v United, the Arse or Scousers a possibility. --------------------------------- [16] What's the Draw Score? --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by redend: Here's the draw procedure (sent in by our Hungarian snout) from UEFA: The UEFA Champions League first group stage draw will take place in Monaco on Thursday 29 August at 16.00 CET. Madrid are in as holders plus 15 other automatic qualifiers who did so on the basis of their performances in their domestic leagues. The remaining 16 places are allocated to the teams who have come through the qualifying rounds. The 32 teams will be drawn into eight groups of four teams each, and the winners and runners-up in each group will go through. The groups will be lettered A to H. Teams from the same country will not be drawn into the same group, and if two teams from the same association qualify, they will be paired to split their matches between Tuesday and Wednesday, i.e. one team will always play at home on one day, and the other team will play away from home on the other day. In the case of associations with three representatives, only two teams will be paired, while in the case of associations with four representatives, two pairings will be made. These pairings will be based on the TV audience and take account of the provisions of the competition regulations with regard to stadiums. Each team will play three matches on Tuesday and three matches on Wednesday. The 32 teams will be allocated to four pots in accordance with the seeding principles, based on the UEFA list of club coefficients. Pot 1 will comprise last season's title-holders, Real Madrid CF, and the top seven clubs in the club coefficient rankings. Pot 2 will comprise the following eight clubs in the rankings, and so on for Pots 3 and 4. To ensure that clubs from the same country play on separate days as per the aforementioned pairing principles, the eight groups will be distinguished by colour: groups A to D will be "red", and groups E to H will be "blue". For example, when a paired club is drawn into one of the "red" groups (A, B, C or D), the other paired club - once it has been drawn - will automatically be assigned to one of the four "blue" groups (E, F, G or H). Match sequence The match sequence for the two groups will be: "red" groups: Tuesday/Wednesday/Wednesday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Tuesday "blue" groups: Wednesday/Tuesday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Tuesday/Wednesday First, a red ball will be drawn at random from Pot 1. The ball will be opened to display the name of the team drawn. The computer will then show which groups are available (A to D for the "red" groups, and E to H for the "blue" groups) for this club. A bowl will then be prepared containing the number of green balls representing the number of groups into which the said group could be drawn. A green ball will be drawn from this bowl to determine into which of these available groups the team drawn will go. Once all of the teams have been drawn from Pot 1, the same procedure will be repeated for the teams in Pots 2, 3 and 4, in that order. Teams from Pot 1 will be provisionally placed in the first position within their groups, teams from Pot 2 will provisionally take the second position in their groups, and so on. Once the draw procedure has been completed, a computer draw will determine the final position of the teams within their group. These positions and the group will then determine the order of the home and away matches. The draw result and full fixture list (match days 1 to 6) will be available 15 minutes after the draw ceremony. --------------------------------- [15] United seeded 3rd? --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by redend: Fergie was answering questions re: being unseeded but, as several readers have indicated, United should be 3rd seeds based on 'UEFA Coefficients'. Clubs directly qualified for the UEFA Champions League first group stage Draw: 29 August 2002 at 16:00CET (Monaco) Pos Club Coeff. 1 Real Madrid CF (ESP) 147.233 2 Valencia CF (ESP) 106.233 3 Juventus FC (ITA) 91.334 4 Arsenal FC (ENG) 90.729 5 RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) 82.233 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 81.495 7 Liverpool FC (ENG) 79.729 8 Galatasaray SK (TUR) 78.362 9 AS Roma (ITA) 77.334 10 Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 74.176 11 BV Borussia Dortmund (GER) 73.495 12 PSV Eindhoven (HOL) 63.082 13 FC Spartak Moscow (RUS) 59.645 14 Olympiakos Piraeus FC (GRE) 55.058 15 AFC Ajax (HOL) 48.082 16 RC Lens (FRA) 44.176 Seedings will be determined once all 32 participants are known. For the draw, the 32 participants will be divided into four seeding pots of eight clubs each. Clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round Pos Club Coeff. 17 FC Bayern München (GER) 133.495 18 Manchester United FC (ENG) 125.729 19 FC Barcelona (ESP) 116.233 20 Internazionale FC (ITA) 88.334 21 Feyenoord (HOL) 70.082 22 Milan AC (ITA) 69.334 23 FC Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS) 57.645 24 AEK Athens FC (GRE) 52.058 25 Rosenborg BK (NOR) 47.737 26 Newcastle United FC (ENG) 43.729 27 SK Sturm Graz (AUT) 37.625 28 Celtic FC (SCO) 36.062 29 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 34.124 30 AJ Auxerre (FRA) 32.176 31 FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) 29.312 32 FC Shakthar Donetsk (UKR) 23.979 33 KRC Genk (BEL) 21.762 34 Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) 19.362 --------------------------------- [14] liddle siddy not favourites shocker --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by redend: Odds from http://www.rednews.co.uk/BetSpOdds.php Sporting Odds Arsenal 6/4 Manchester United 13/8 Liverpool 3/1 Oh and liddle siddy: Manchester City 100/1 Clich http://www.rednews.co.uk/BetSpOdds.php here for more --------------------------------- [13] NEW: Manchester United - Ten Glorious Years --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by redend: New video - RN's 'Old Fart' vigourously denies wetting his pants in anticipation - but his face was certainly a little reddened when he first laid eyes on it. 'The Premiership Years through the eyes of Alex Ferguson'. Its just come out on 19th August 2002: http://www.blackstar.co.uk/scp/id/rednews/video/item/7000000071677 Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news 1 VIDEO http://www.blackstar.co.uk/scp/id/rednews/video/item/7000000071677 Manchester United - Ten Glorious Years The Premiership Years - Through the eyes of Sir Alex Ferguson .... VIDEO Price: £ 10.99 SAVE: £1.00 (approx. price check latest price http://www.blackstar.co.uk/scp/id/rednews/video/item/7000000071677 here) http://www.blackstar.co.uk/scp/id/rednews/video/item/7000000071677 CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO --------------------------------- [12] Fergie On Keano --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: 'He is not having any sort of operation this week,' said Ferguson. 'Maybe there is a problem further down the line but he got through the full 90 minutes tonight and I just deal with facts.' --------------------------------- [11] Fergie Fears No Foe --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: When questioned about being unseeded We were not seeded four years ago and we ended up with Barcelona and Bayern Munich in our section, In the Champions League there is no real difference between the seeded teams and the non-seeded teams -- we are just happy to be there." He also referred to the 99 season with "We responded to it then and we will respond to it again" --------------------------------- [10] Zala Gaffer Speaks --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: Zalaegerszeg manager Peter Bozsic "We were aware that they could score five goals against us," he said. "They exposed our defence brilliantly throughout and I have to admit that after the match I do not feel any injustice. "David Beckham's free kick for the second goal was especially wonderful -- no keeper in the world would have saved that. "There is no doubt they were motivated tonight and the only thing that spoilt the night for us was the sending off. "The referee takes no credit for that because the keeper clearly won the ball. If it was a penalty, it certainly was not a sending off as well." --------------------------------- [9] More Fergie From Last Night --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: It wouldn't have mattered who we were playing against in the first half -- it was a fantastic performance," he said. "The pace of our passing was frightening at times and the players worked so hard to get us in a good position. Although I was confident of winning the match, I thought we would have to work hard and take nothing to chance to ensure our passage. I said at the time I'm not against a small team having its big night and they had that in Budapest when they beat us 1-0 -- but this was our night." --------------------------------- [8] Keano Quickly Quizzed --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: >From Annanova Police 'quizzed Keane over pitch tackle' Roy Keane was quizzed by police over his tackle on a rival player shortly after it happened, it has emerged. A number of people complained to police after the Manchester United midfielder's challenge on Manchester City's Alf Inge Haaland during a match at Old Trafford in April 2001, Manchester Police said. The Irishman's tackle was recorded as a crime and both Keane and Haaland were interviewed. It was decided there was not enough evidence to prosecute the United captain. Police have promised to re-examine the evidence after the footballer's autobiography, in which Keane is reported to admit his tackle on Haaland was deliberate, is published. --------------------------------- [7] Gaz Nev Nearly Ready --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: Gaz Neville told MUTV: "I'm hopefully going to play in a reserve-team game next week, another a week later and maybe then look to be part of the first-team. "I would hope to be ready for selection in around two or three weeks." Hopefully just after the In-ger-lund game Gary... --------------------------------- [6] Ronaldo To United Rumours --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: A bottle of Big Daddys Ketchup (ahem, a Red source) informed Red News last night before the game that any links with Ronaldo were just pure paper talk and speculation. It seems that there will be no deal going through for the Brazilian. Expect rumours regarding who we are signing to fly round at an alarming rate in the next few days. (P.S. If anyone from the club is reading, Im available to play as I havent got myself cup tied yet) --------------------------------- [5] Rumour Mill Turns Again --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: Manchester United are in with Totting-ham to sign Eidur Gudjohnsen from the Rent Boys, according to the bastion of quality journalism that is the Daily Star They reckon we are set to offer £7million and that "United officials" will have talks with Chelsea chief executive Trevor Birch in Monaco on Thursday when the Champions League draw is made. --------------------------------- [4] Fergie On New Arrivals --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: "We have tried already, but haven't been successful with players," he said. "We'll keep on trying, but with only two or three days to go it's getting late." Ferguson also stated that goalkeeping cover while Fab is out was a "priority". --------------------------------- [3] Fergie on Last Night --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: "I think the desire in the first half gave us the foundation - in the first half the speed of the passing and the movement was excellent. "This club's history is built on great European nights and now we can look forward to more." --------------------------------- [2] He Scores Goals --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: Twisted his ankle last night and was stretchered off. Looks set to be staying in the "Ronnie Johnsen suite" for the next 2 weeks missing the England v Portugal Friendly. --------------------------------- [1] A Small Matter --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2002 by Farrell: Of United winning 5-0 last night against Zalaegerszeg Goals scored by: Ruud Van Nistelrooy (2), Paul Scholes David Beckham and Ole Gunnar Solskaer Oh and Diego, very unlucky to have his header disallowed towards the end. ---------------------------------------------------------- This email has been filtered for swear words which cause some email systems to block messages. ----------------------------------------------------------
