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Manchester Derby Preview

Manchester United have endured a difficult season under new manager David Moyes (DM), and the visitors intend to continue the misery at Old Trafford.  City come into the match as firm favourites and are currently six points behind Chelsea, so winning could possibly mean more for the Blue half than the Red... if that is even possible. What I'm saying is that United might not have a saying in winning the English Premier League (EPL) but they sure to have a saying in where the EPL trophy could end up, and it starts tonight. United will need no motivation but the reverse fixture in September where they lost 4-1 will be in the front of their minds, no doubt.  Injuries For United Robin van Persie   (out with an knee injury), Antonio Valencia (doubt with eye injury) Nemanja Vidic is suspended. DM chose not to reveal whether any of his injured centre-halves Chris Smalling (hamstring), Jonny Evans (calf) and Rio Ferdinand (...

100th Official Post

This is what my blog first looked like way back in 2011 Exactly 3 years ago today I posted my 1st Official Post and I would never have believed that 3 years on I would be posting my 100th Official Post. That 1st post had about 30 visits (if memory serves me correct) and today the blogs visits count stands at more than 12000.   Recognition must go out to the two people that encouraged me to start a Blog namely my brother Aldrin Adams & his brother-in-law Glenn Petersen, without their encouragement JCBA SPORTSUNITED  would never have been (and yes they helped in naming it as well). It's just poetic justice that both my 1st and 100th post deals with a Manchester United vs Liverpool FC fixture. Old Trafford is the scene this Sunday 16th March 2014. Undoubtedly the fixture both supporters look forward to most every season. This season it's different though United find themselves with a point to prove and Liverpoo...

To RVP or not to RVP? That is the question!

David Moyes is faced with a mirror image of what his predecessor faced in March 2013. Both had a striker seaching for form with talk of being unhappy and both had Danny Welbeck to fill in. Welbeck is once again putting his hands up but this time it's not Rooney facing the axe but rather Robin Van Persie. Against West Bromwich Albion, bringing Van Persie off after 63 minutes at first glance looked like a precautionary measure, just after beign booked he was fortunate to not be off for a rash challenge on Reid moments before. With Liverpool next and Olympiacos FC, so David Moyes wouldn't want to face those without the Dutch maestro, would he? But looking closely recently Van Persie has been a shadow of himself, missing chances that last season he put away with ease, he kind of had a stuttered effect on what ever United tried to acheive last weekend. United looked a different animal with Welbeck leading the line and had more bite in the final third as well as the fluency of ...

F1 2014: New rules explained

An article "All aboard the 'power train' - new rules explained" by Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Formula 1 is introducing arguably the biggest set of rule changes in its history this season. Most affected are the engines as the sport goes further than ever before to embrace 'green' technology. But the appearance of the cars is changing, too. Here, BBC Sport highlights the key things to look out for in 2014.Engines, Ers and unreliability. First things first, the 2.4-litre naturally aspirated V8s, which have been in use since 2006, have been replaced by 1.6-litre V6 turbos. After several years of a freeze on engine development, engine power will now be a performance differentiator again. And part of the new rules package is a fuel limit. Drivers will now have to complete races on just 100kg - or about 130 litres - of fuel. That's down from the 150kg or so teams would use last year, when there was no limit. Meanwhile, engines must consume fuel at no m...