Fergie to alter tactics

and wants goals to come from all areas of the pitch to compensate for the loss of Ronaldo.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/31/manchester-united-sir-alex-ferguson-tactics

Midfield puzzle for Fergie according to Tim Rich
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/jul/30/antonio-valencia-sir-alex-ferguson-ronaldo
I know Valencia won't come near to equalling Ronaldo's scoring feats, but i am pretty certain that he will score a lot more in the red of United that he did in the blue of Wigan. And after being to both of the games in Munich i am even more excited about his signing, he is going to be a good plyer. Steve Bruce compared him to Kanchelskis, and form the evidence of the audi tournament it's a pretty fair comparison.

Differing views on how United will acommodate its strike force during the forthcoming season. Berbatov looked good last night and we are going to see Rooney back in his best position. I am not too worried about Rooney being a bit off the pace so far this pre season, once the games get competitive he will burst back into life. From what i have seen of Owen so far, my opinion of him in his Liverpool days that he was overrated hasn't changed. His first touch isn't as good as it should be for a European player of the year. But if he is provided with chances in the box he will probably score more than he will miss. If he ends up with more goals next to his name than tevez manages come the end of the season he will have beeen a great signing as far as i'm concerned. We will probably see more of Macheda and Welbeck as well so it all looks pretty exciting to me.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/5942662/Manchester-United-hold-off--Wayne-Rooney-Michael-Owen-pairing-in-Bayern-Munich-loss.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article6734150.ece

We paid a trip to the Munich disaster memorial site on Tuesday, the day before the Audi cup began. Click on the pictures for a better view
Manchester Platz
The plaque on the front
The plaque on the top




http://www.munich58.co.uk/index.asp
website was a big help, this is the original memorial
The Allianz arena was pretty pleasing on the eye, i thought it was far more impressive than Wembley from both the inside and the outside. The ammenities were far more impressive, i suppose i should have expected the Germans to have done a better job than the FA.
It was great being able to walk around the stand with pint in hand once you had handed your ticket in at the perimiter fence. The fact the weather was in the 80's was nice.
A pretty good view
Slovenia red army, there were loads of European reds at the first night.
I wasn't that bothered about the results, but the win over Boca Juniors did mean we did get the chance to see the outside of the arena change colour after thursday's defeat by Bayern.
One or two sherberts later at the Irish bar Killains just before the Marianplatz
There were a fair few Boca fans around, and pretty loud they were too, until Anderson's goal that is.