At 5pm today, May 28th, the biggest cock-tease in professional football, Eden Hazard, will finally announce which club he’ll be playing for in the Premier League next season. The Lille star is already the most talked about transfer of the year, and the bloody window isn’t even open yet. All along he’s been drip-feeding us information about his destination with cryptic interview answers usually akin to The Riddler, so either way we’ll be glad to have some closure.

There’s no doubting his talent, but he’s already coming across as a big-headed twat, and he’ll certainly need to light up the Prem next season after all of his bluster. So here at WTS we’ve asked for a show of hands on who thinks the tricky Belgian will land at Old Trafford this summer. Oh, and let’s say a warm welcome to new contributors, Jon and Dan who will hopefully help to keep the site alive for longer than three months this time…

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To celebrate the great man’s 46th birthday just sit back and enjoy all 85 goals he scored for Manchester United. The guy is a genius - the kind of which we may never see at Old Trafford again.

[Source: QuickfireGoals]

I’m writing this before the final day of the season. Man City are sat on top of the Premier League and barring a miracle, they look set to wrestle the title from our grip - and let’s be honest, we haven’t exactly put up a fight for it recently.

Defeat to a resurgent Wigan Athletic was the start of the rot. Yes, they hit form at the right time, but the relegation zone dwellers should’ve faced a tougher test against United. The surrendering of a two goal lead - twice - to Everton in the 4-4 draw at Old Trafford once again showed a trait of our season as we failed to kill off a team convincingly.

Then we rocked up to the Council Estate and put in one of the most lacklustre displays I’ve had the displeasure of seeing in the Manchester derby. Not a single shot on target in a game we simply needed a result in to all but clinch the title. Even the game against Swansea lacked the usual never-say-die spirit of old.

But despite this dour showing, and a distinct gulf in spending power, we’re still likely to concede the title on goal difference, which (Jeebus, is this what it’s come to?) is no mean feat considering the injuries we’ve had and the black-hole that has mostly occupied our midfield area this season.

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It’s no mystery, but Vidic is the king of defending for United. Our captain might be slow on the turn, but when it comes to mopping up balls into the box there’s nobody else above the Serbian killer. The return of Nemanja has seen five clean sheets in the last five games. We might not be spanking teams with bags of goals recently, but our rearguard action has been top notch thanks to big Vids. There have been numerous reports about him jumping ship to warmer climates, of late, but he’s invaluable to this United back line, and his experience will no doubt see Phil Jones improve to become his natural successor. OK, some perspective - Swansea aren’t exactly world beaters, but when that ball is smashed into the mixer you have to deal with it and Vidic munched on those for 90 minutes. There are several ‘fans’ claiming we should cash in on Vidic due to his age and the emergence of Jones, Smalling and Fryers, but this is madness. Experience alone suggests we should be doing everything possible to keep the big blocker at Old Trafford for the rest of his days. -NI

Shoooooooooooooooooooooooooootttttttt!

I’m writing this while the Otelul Galati game is still running. The match is an absolute bore - oh wait, Rooney’s just scored - but one thing is blatantly apparent, our midfield is seriously lacking quality personnel.

The fact that Rooney has been deployed in the centre of the park shows our lack of options. He played well, but he’s far more useful causing problems around the 18 yard box, not buzzing about in midfield.

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Mother, it hurts.

Ouch. Just a few short weeks between the ecstasy of the 8-2 and one of the most painful defeats in my 18 years of United supportership – a defeat that left one unsure whether to cry, vomit, break furniture, or perhaps try to peform all three at once. It was clear from the moment the second goal went in – with Johnny Evans already having docked in the dressing room like a red-faced tugboat – that Super Sunday was going to kick off with a bitter plateful of defeat, but each subsequent goal added another ladle of shame to help the bile rise even further.

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He’s already started to repay his brand new five year contract. Brilliant

When the starting XI was revealed at 11am, I don’t think any United fan would’ve guessed the line-up that Sir Alex had selected. No Rooney, Hernandez or Nani from the off was a big surprise and even though Phil Jones has played in central midfield with Blackburn Rovers it still seemed an odd choice to play him alongside Fletcher in what was a creatively bereft partnership.

What was clear was that Fergie didn’t want another humiliating defeat at Anfield, which was signified by Danny Welbeck riding solo up front. SAF could’ve been pulling a master-stroke with this line-up, especially with Liverpool no doubt training all week to deal with Chicarito and Wazza. Or maybe he just set up not to lose.

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I hate Michael Owen. I hated him when he played for Liverpool, I hated him when he played for Newcastle, I hated him every time he played for England. And I still hate him now he plays for Manchester United. Which is rare, because although there have been many players down the years who I haven’t had much affection for – step forward Kleberson, Tommy Miller, Carlos Tevez – there have been very few, perhaps none (except for Quinton Fortune, but that’s a given), who I actually hated. And none who I hated anything like as much as I hate Michael Owen.

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Individually these two are world class. In our current formation? Not so much

There’ll be plenty of teams that will come unstuck at Stoke City’s Britannia Stadium so a 1-1 result for the Reds isn’t terrible. Saying that, we had a clear penalty denied within the first five minute after Hernandez was hacked down from behind. Had it been given Stoke would’ve been down to ten animals and we’d have surely cruised it.

With Rooney and Smalling sitting this one out and Jonny Evans pulling up in the pre-match warm up with a knack, it was almost a completely new XI to the one that started the season. Jones didn’t have his greatest game against Crouch and Ferdinand, making his first appearance after a calf injury, looked rusty too. But the main problems today lay upfront.

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