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The new white Man Utd away kit is now available. It is useful for wiping dishes, polishing shoes, for when you run out of toilet roll or even for wearing

If you follow the link, you will see Ronaldo is not used in the promotion of this kit despite his apperent preference for a white kit.

I’ve just been reading a couple of thought provoking articles concerned with the differences between watching a match in person or on TV. The original article and an article based on the original, in summary draw on differences between the analytical preference (TV) compared with the emotional preference (attendance at the game). For Manchester United fans there is no shortage of TV coverage to analyse over; the abundance of Premier League games on Sky, dedicated TV channels like MUTV, every match in Europe on some channel or other, normally a featured match in the FA Cup and not to mention daily updates on national Breakfast TV. Could I just point out here that “smaller teams” or teams from lower leagues do not get this same level of TV exposure and thus fans of such teams tend to go to the match in person an become exposed to the emotional side of the game. As hatred is an emotion, is this why so many people hate Manchester United?

As there is a vast army of armchair Man Utd fans who get their daily craving for data analysis satisfied via TV and yet have their emotional side unfulfilled, is this why they tend to behave in a superior manner to other fans? When in discussions with other fans, are they feeding their emotional side by gaining a sense of self importance by being assured that their data analysis is complete and likely that they are more informed than supporters of teams without such access to information?

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Mr Spock of Star Trek was famed for his lack of emotion and logical factual analysis. Is he a Manchester United fan in disguise? The devilish ears are a clue maybe. The disguise being he was always in a Blue shirt.

If the 6-5 rule was implemented what would be the effect on the game? For clarification the rule means teams could only field 5 foreign players and  6 home national players at any one time.

Negatives: The potential problem is that “big teams” like Manchester United will be tempted to “rape and pillage” smaller teams home grown players so they have a large squad to call upon. It could also lead to a headache for refs when substitutions are made. Indeed it may force smaller clubs to have to buy home nationals to fill gaps in the event of long term injuries which will limit their options. I guess in these circumstances transfer window exceptions may have to be made????

Positives: From an England national team perspective this seems good to me. It will guarantee a high percentage of home grown players getting regular football in the top divisions. This can only improve the skill levels and choice of players for the national team. Clubs would almost cirtainly be inclined to step up their youth development schemes. There is a higher chance of English children growing up with an English role model.

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Tevez sees fit to celebrate the Champions League victory for an English team wearing the Argentina national shirt.

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Well aren’t they well up their own backsides! The Guardian has a story that Scholes is the best Man Utd player as cited by an ugly bunch of ex-reds Robson, Cantona and Beckham and current player Ferdinand. This story is them superceded by Ronaldo being the Worlds best player (and by default Man Utds best player) as cited by a different current player; Giggs.

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Come on, who do you think is best whether you are a Man Utd fan or otherwise?

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Leaving aside any discussion of “old pals acts” with 4 former reds managing teams in the same league in the season the title was won by Man Utd, lets examine how well those teams managed by reds performed:

• Blackburn (Useless Hughes) Pos 7, Won nothing, v Man Utd L1 D1.
• Wigan (Bruce) Pos 14, Won nothing, v Man Utd L2.
• Sunderland (Keane) Pos 15, Won nothing, v Man Utd L2.
• Reading (Croppell) Pos 18, Relegated, Won nothing, v Man Utd L1 D1.

In summary, if you want your team to win zip and not beat Man Utd, call an ex red.

If you are a Man Utd fan reading this please be sure to go to work, the pub, school, your friend house etc and declare “your team won the league”. Be sure to describe how you have travelled a considerable distance to your armchair to view several matches this season. Be especially sure to mention your victory to people who have travelled the length and breadth of the country to support their team. Don’t forget to renew your subscription to Sky and MUTV for next season.