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ShadowChaser · Post time 14-8-2010 10:01 PM

Ferguson surprised by Magpies` swift return
Sat, 14 Aug 14:25:02 2010

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admits he is surprised that Newcastle have bounced back to the Barclays Premier League so quickly.

Club owner Mike Ashley tried and failed to sell the club which had a collection of underperforming players with plummeting values, and the talk was of Newcastle falling even further than the Championship.

But, on Monday, they will arrive at Old Trafford as a top-flight force once more, to open their season in exactly the same way as they did two years ago.

"I didn't expect Newcastle to come back so quickly. You could sense there was going to be an upheaval in terms of players leaving and they did sell quite a few," said Ferguson. "It is not easy to go down and come back at the first go. Very few teams have done that over the years.

"But you have to give Chris Hughton credit. He wasn't everyone's choice as manager but he dealt with all the financial constraints Newcastle had last season and still got all his players playing for him.

"And with their fanatical support, they had a big advantage."

zahar.maa · Post time 15-8-2010 12:57 PM

aku always ada soft spot utk newcastle walaupun aku sokong lfc
mungkin sebab keegan pernah manage kot..
anyways good luck

ShadowChaser · Post time 17-8-2010 07:32 AM

Magpies suffer opening defeat

Mon, 16 Aug 22:51:16 2010

Dimitar Berbatov repaid the faith of Sir Alex Ferguson by sending Manchester United on their way to a comfortable 3-0 season-opening Premier League victory over Newcastle.
Berbatov was handed a starting berth alongside Wayne Rooney and responded by drilling home an excellent 33rd-minute effort at Old Trafford.
The Bulgarian should have had another goal after half-time but, after Darren Fletcher had doubled the Red Devils' advantage shortly before the break, it was evergreen substitute Ryan Giggs who extended his remarkable record of scoring in every Premier League season when he latched on to Paul Scholes' inspired pass and sent a first-time volley bouncing past Steve Harper.
United bagged the opener as Antonio Valencia showed admirable determination in getting back to win possession for his team which John O'Shea quickly moved forward to Scholes.
The old master wasted no time in pushing the ball towards Berbatov, who was marginally onside and steadied himself before drilling a shot from an acute angle into the far left corner.
Rooney then failed to control Patrice Evra's low cross and succeeded only in prodding the ball towards Fletcher, whose smart turn and finish brought an admiring nod of approval from the unselfish England man. And it was the tracer-bullet accuracy of Giggs that proved to be the difference late on after he had been picked out by his old friend Scholes.

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