Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Wolfsburg 1-3 Manchester United

[Owen celebrating his third goal]
Michael Owen, hat-trick hero! Mickey who turns 30 in 6 days gets an early birthday present as he gets to keep the match ball after scoring all three Manchester United goals.

United needed only one point to make sure they come out on top of the group. It is an amazing win looking at the injuries that United has suffered. Starting the match with just one natural defender in Patrice Evra, United has never looked more weaker. The starting XI included eight midfielders, with Darren Fletcher and Michael Carrick partnering Evra in a three-man defense. Paul Scholes leads the midfield alongside Anderson and Darron Gibson. Ji Sung Park mans the right wing, while Nani goes down the left. With Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov also unfit, Michael Owen and Danny Welbeck leads United's attack. Wolfsburg seems to have a very big chance of getting points here.

20 Classic TV Shows: The Season We Pick As Each Show's Peak

Another list from EW.com
What if you could only watch one season of ''Lost,'' ''Survivor,'' ''30 Rock,'' or ''Buffy''? See our picks, then tell us why we got it right or wrong
  • THE SIMPSONS Season 4 (1992-1993)
  • ALIAS Season 1 (2001-2002)
  • And so it began: The glam era of espionage drama, anchored by Jennifer Garner's Sydney Bristow, a grad student who pretended to toil at a bank while working undercover for the CIA at a criminal enterprise that pretended to be the CIA. (What? Spy stuff is complicated.) Season 1 was a white-knuckled, globe-spanning thrill ride, as Sydney tried to hide her secret identity from her friends and her double-agent status from the nefarious SD-6 while rocking cool disguises and clocking bad guys. All that, plus family intrigue! (The Man is...Mom?)
  • LOST Season 1 (2004-2005)
  • BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Season 2 (1997-1998)
  • TWIN PEAKS Season 1 (1990-1991)
  • DEADWOOD Season 3 (2006)
  • ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Season 2 (2004-2005)
  • THE SOPRANOS Season 4 (2002)
  • BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 1 (2004-2005)
  • THE WIRE Season 4 (2006)
  • MAD MEN Season 2 (2008)
  • SURVIVOR Season 1 (2000)
  • SEX AND THE CITY Season 3 (2000)
  • VERONICA MARS Season 1 (2004-2005)
  • THE OFFICE Season 2 (2005-2006)
  • THE SHIELD Season 5 (2006)
  • 30 ROCK Season 2 (2007-2008)
  • WISEGUY Season 1 (1987-1988)
  • THE WEST WING Season 2 (2000-2001)
  • THE TWILIGHT ZONE Season 3 (1961-1962)

Hotties of the Decade: The Stars Who Made Us Sweat

  • Beyonce
  • Josh Holloway
  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Justin Timberlake brought sexy back, and proved in the process that boy band breakouts could be pop A-listers. He created a wardrobe malfunction, cried us a river, and he, uh, cut a hole in that box — and looked damn good doing it.
  • Eva Longoria
  • Johnny Depp
  • Kate Winslet
  • Patrick Dempsey
  • Brad Pitt
  • Halle Berry

Injury problems deepen

United are facing an injury crisis of epic proportions, and not just in defence, with Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov joining an ever-increasing list of players on the treatment table.

There was a further blow to the Reds' rearguard with news that John O'Shea and Jonny Evans will both be out until the New Year.

Sir Alex took a depleted Reds squad to Germany for United's final Group B game with Wolfsburg - a 19-man group containing 13 midfielders.

Meet the new boys

The travelling party which left Manchester Airport for Wolfsburg on Monday morning contained a handful of faces unfamiliar to most United fans - Reserves and Academy devotees apart. So, who are the not-so-famous five who could feature against the Bundesliga champions?


42. Magnus Eikrem
43. Matty James
45. Oliver Gill
46. Cameron Stewart
47. Oliver Norwood
source

These guys are all younger than me!!