15/3/2008 English Premier League - Derby County vs Manchester United

Derby County manager Paul Jewell joked before his team's live online commentary match against Manchester United today by saying that he might not be turning up for the game since there was not much use in doing so and spend the afternoon watching his team receiving a hiding from a Red Devils team that will feature Ronaldo and Rooney looking to increase their personal goal tallies for the season. You wouldn't blame the Derby manager considering how, despite his best efforts in bringing in reinforcements and endless motivation, the team looks seriously out of their depth in the top flight and would probably be looking forward to their return to the League Championship where they could actually get more than two wins a season. The truth is that without serious financial backing, clubs like Derby will more often than not spend their opportunity in the English Premier League enjoying the atmosphere and nothing much else. The quality of their players are not quite good enough in this league, and it would take more time for the club to groom a better team for their next foray into the EPL.

Manchester United were grilled by their own manager Alex Ferguson in the aftermath of their FA Cup exit at the hands of Portsmouth. Ferguson now expects a response from his team in this live online commentary and streaming radio broadcast soccer match against Derby County and nothing less than a massive goal margin win will satisfy the ultra-competitive Scotsman. While the club would have been delighted with their Champions League draw with Roma, they are concentrating on retaining their league title amidst a tough challenge from Arsenal and Chelsea. Manchester United are still clear favourites after Arsenal's recent collapse and with Ronaldo and Rooney in your team, it is hard to see anything less than that. This live online commentary and streaming radio telecast game against Derby County will be a great chance for them to add to their goals for tally and increase the players' own goals scored to win the top scorer's award, most notably for Ronaldo. The media is predicting similar scorelines to that of Chelsea's achievement in midweek against the same team and why would they think of anything else.

The one thing you can count on happening in this live online commentary match between Derby County and Manchester United is that there will be a lot of goals. Unfortunately they will probably all come from just one side and it is certainly not the team that is heading straight back to the League Championship. While there is nothing to dislike about Derby, they are truly out of their depth in the top flight and Manchester United will expose their deficiencies again, unfortunately for their fans it will be another nightmare show but true to their sporting nature, they will surely applaud their team on the day their relegation is confirmed.