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"Man Utd 4 Celtic 0"

Not all doom and gloom without Beckham and Ronaldinho!

Okay, so it was just a friendly but both teams were at full strength. Nice to see Bellion score too!

Nice to see 66,722 turn up for a friendly too! Especially in america!

Not all doom and gloom without Beckham and Ronaldinho!

Okay, so it was just a friendly but both teams were at full strength. Nice to see Bellion score too!

Nice to see 66,722 turn up for a friendly too! Especially in america!

Yeh, this certainly bought an early morning cheer from me :)

United were dominant and it was a great kick off to the tournament.

Having said that this was Celtic's 5th pre-season friendly and it was United's FIRST pre season match so I was quite amazed by the scoreline!

Bellion was pretty decent when he came on too, tormented the Celtic defence and a terrific finish in the end.

Solskjaer started on the right wing and he started where he left off last season - settling in well on the right and I think Fergie has found Ole's position for him - great link play and also got on the score sheet.

NB: Did you watch the match? - if so did you note United got one freekick around 25 yards out and the person who took it was none other than - Van Nistlerooy! it was a decent freekick too and he nearly scored!

Ronaldinho....who?

I havnt got MUTV :(

*cries*

Good goal by Bellion on his debut, and nice to see Man United beat Celtic.

=D

Compare Utds emphatic victory over a strong Scottish side who made their mark on Europe by reaching the Uefa cup final last season against Arsenal's OUTSTANDING form in their pre-season friendlies against Conference side Barnet and Austrian nobodies Ritzing.

After failing to win either game, Arsenal will surely be a threat in the coming season.

Don't knock Barnet, they have a good team, with players such as Harrison and Agogo. They could well be promotion candidates this coming term.

And as for the crowd? Shows the Americans are finally doing something sensible! The game spreads!

Yeh but there's a slight bit of difference in quality between Barnet and Celtic....

Here's how I think the top 6 will roughly look:

1. Liverpool
2. Man United
3. Chelsea
4. Newcastle
5. Arsenal
6. Villa/Blacburn/Middlesbrough

Think Arsenal will do very poor this season, and Liverpool will be surprise winners.

Foreman wrote:
> Here's how I think the top 6 will roughly look:
>
> 1. Liverpool
> 2. Man United
> 3. Chelsea
> 4. Newcastle
> 5. Arsenal
> 6. Villa/Blacburn/Middlesbrough
>
> Think Arsenal will do very poor this season, and Liverpool will be
> surprise winners.


I like the way you think!

Absolu† Neó wrote:
> Yeh but there's a slight bit of difference in quality between Barnet
> and Celtic....

I know there is. But I am stating that there are many good players in the conference.

And as for Foreman's prediction- it seems right. Although I'm a fan, I don't think United can go the distance in 2003/4.