Now that we know who are the 4 main strikers for the season:
Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Macheda (+ Welbeck and Diouf coming in January if needed)

Who are the 2 starting man?
My guess is Rooney & Berba will start and Owen & Macheda can play together too but they are more likely to be supersubs.

Sir Alex said that Fredrico Machedas finishing in training has been better than anyones!
He then said and i mean 'ANYONE'
Given that he his training with the likes of Rooney,Owen and Berbatov he sounds like he is going to be an amazing player for us and still only 17!
He is a big lad as well and still growing and will really benefit from being away with the first team on pre-season.
He will be gelling and getting to know everyone better and is obviously enjoying life at Man Utd.
I think he going to score shitloads of goals this season and thats why Sir Alex after missing out on Benzema didnt go in for anyone else?
If you think about it he is quite similar to Benzema?
I think he will be better.

Some of you might have seen a report from a media consultancy called SportsPro ranking global sports brands earlier this year (United 8th, Madrid 14th, Liverpool 27th & Chelsea 55th).

Have recently come across a similar report, albeit a bit more player focused, ranking Clubs by media value (popularity). As this is the first "scientific" Analysis of global support that I have seen, the report makes interesting reading. I have included a link (University of Navarra in Spain Business Faculty):-

http://www.unav.es/econom/sport/files/re...Feb_09.pdf

I have to say that I was suprised by the dominance of United on a global basis (most popular European club in Brazil for instance). As I have travelled quite a bit, especially recently in asia I was not surprised about our dominance in the far east.

What do United supporters on this board think from their global travels?

Only one word to say to be honest: LOL

http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/index...rger-king/

Sir Alex praised Ronaldo and says Ronaldo loves United and who knows,might return one day.
What does our forum think about this?We all know it's speculation but do you feel this might happen if he does not come up to expectation at Real?Look at Becks at LA?Different situation but interesting!
He wasn't too impressive in his first game but we know he will get better.Noticed he was passing a bit more ..