Why (I think) Man Utd can go unbeaten.

Manchester United survive a scare - again.


Being a hardcore Manchester United hater makes it hard to talk neutral about them.. but for the sake of football I'll just try. Any football fan will surely remember the 2003-2004 season in which Arsenal won the title unbeaten, but not many will remember the events which led to it - and some similarities in the Man Utd camp at present.

Man Utd don't play that pretty but they get the job done. Villa could've beaten them at Villa Park.. leading 2-0 but ended up throwing away the win in less than 5 minutes. West Brom nearly made it too (Man U were quite lame that day) but missed a penalty (to lead 1-2)and later psyched out. They played with one less man against Spurs for 15 minutes but somehow held on to a draw. Man U could have got beaten but somehow didnt. Its been 21 games already.
Rewind Arsenal 03/04: Ruud smacking the bar against them in the closing seconds at Old Traford. Lehmann concedes a penalty against Spurs in the 90th minute, which Robbie Keane made it 2-2 and seconds later Defoe bursts down the right with a clear cut chance to score the winner - but somehow blasts it over. Arsenal 2-1 Leicester City final match.. down 1 goal then comes the supposedly Pires dive which lead to the spot kick. Arsenal could have got beaten but somehow didnt.

Obviously now, I really don't want Man U to go the entire season unbeaten so to keep your bragging rights intact, Wenger - you really need to beat that old Scot!

1-0 Nil To Arsenal.

Proton Perdana MkII - but gotta wait!

Proton Holdings has introduced the replacement model for the aging Proton Perdana - derived from the first generation Nissan Fuga (Y50). To be launched in March or April 2011 the Perdana will feature a 2.5 liter V6, but other fetures are yet to be confirmed.
For starters around 150 rebadged Fugas will be imported but buyers will have to hold on to their cheque books - the car will only be available to Government officials and only depending on market response will the car be available to the public. Which is funny because how is the public supposed to respond if they cant buy one?

The Nissan Fuga was launched in October 2004 in Japan (known as the Infiniti M35/45 in Northern America) and was a direct competitor to the Toyota Crown, Honda Legend, MB E-Class and Audi A6. It utilises Nissan's FM platform and is loaded with all sorts of gizmos (the Fuga GT version even has 4WS) but don't expect them to be available on the Proton version - because you know that local cars tend to be toned down to cut back prices. Sources say that the Perdana is intended to be a competitor to the local Camry, Accord, Sonata and Kia Optimas.. hence the bigger engine capacity and body size.

Anyways Proton keeps on getting confusing if you ask me. Starting with the Gen2 all the way to the Exora they seemed to have it.. design and engineering independence. Now its as if they're starting to go backwards again with all these badge-engineering. Ok enough politics.

Nissan also sees this as their oppurtunity to increase their hold in the Malaysian market, utilising Proton's production facility and for future joint ventures.