The match will kickoff in 20 minutes or so..
Should be an easy win for man utd against Steve Bruce's men..
If man utd win, it will be their ninth consecutive home win in all competitions.. GO UTD!!
My Prediction: Man Utd 3 Birmingham 0

Probable teams:

United: Barthez; G Neville, Brown, Silvestre (or Blanc), O'Shea; Beckham, Keane, Veron (or Scholes), Giggs; Solskjaer, Van Nistelrooy.

Birmingham: Vaesen; Kenna, M Johnson, Cunningham, Devlin; Savage, Cisse, D Johnson, Powell; Kirovski (or Morrison), Horsfield.
any prematch comments?

Aha. 1-0 up. Forlan rifled home after a cross from SIlvestre was headed for Forlan's feet by Beckham.

1-0!!! FOOORRRRRLLAAAAAANNNN!!
37th minute (assist by Becks) Beckham's 1st premiership assist
man utd are by far the better side.. we had many chances but only one found the back of the net
Solskjaer and Ferdinand nearly scored before though..
Birmingham's Goalkeeper is their man of the match so far

Veron has my vote for man of the match so far. He has been on fire!

2-0!!! to united
Beckham Scored!! GR8 CHIP

Good result for us, we were firing at all angles. One major point though. We didn't score enough. We should have boosted our goaldifference in this game. We could have won 5-0, 6-0 easily. Birmingham had two major chances, if they had gone in we'd owe it to oursleves. That has been the problem in the past two games as well. We're creating but not finishing good enough. Anyway, three points are ours, let's see what Arsenal and Liverpool have in mind for tomorrow. Let's join forces with the 'Pool for once!

I think I should get this forum's contributor of the year award for my defence of Veron throughout the last season and a half.

Veron once again proved to all those doubting Thomases that he is second only to Vieria in the Premiership.

What a performance!

Originally posted by antithesis
I think I should get this forum's contributor of the year award for my defence of Veron throughout the last season and a half.

Veron once again proved to all those doubting Thomases that he is second only to Vieria in the Premiership.

What a performance!

I've always defended Veron , but not to the extent that you have. I don't see any purpose in arguing with glory hunters. And yes, I do support United, but you won't see me bragging over a not too important win.

The main reason I defend Veron isn't because he is from my country. It's because I've seen him play at his best and I know what he is capable of. I've always said, "this isn't the Veron I see play for Argentina" and I was right. Only now are Manchester learning what an in form Veron is like, and I know that they are now loving him. His passing accuracy is amazing, very rarely do you see a player make so many cross pitch passes that are always on target.

Just my opinion.;)

Originally posted by antithesis
I think I should get this forum's contributor of the year award for my defence of Veron throughout the last season and a half.

Veron once again proved to all those doubting Thomases that he is second only to Vieria in the Premiership.

What a performance!

your arrogance has no limits.

Well just as you have stuck by Veron, antithesis, I have always not stuck by Laurent Blanc.

Once again, when he didnt start United were able to keep a clean sheet and get the win.

You said it mate, when Veron thumps those passes and switches play it's as if the ball traps the player rather than vice versa.

And with Veron mainly on the left side that means Beckham will be getting those balls often which spells danger. Man Utd are going to be very good in the coming weeks. The real danger will come in the Champions League when those continental teams cannot react to the switch, then Beckhams direct style up the flank.