Have a look at Fergie's pre-match predictions... Fergie has a fair point about 'Boro players looking for revenge--a hack or two on young Ronnie?
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Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he 'fears the worst' from Middlesbrough when they renew hostilities at Old Trafford tomorrow.
Boro have already had three acrimonious duels with Manchester United this season and are nursing a major sense of injustice over Cristiano Ronaldo in particular.
Gareth Southgate branded Ronaldo a cheat for diving to win a crucial penalty during the first Premiership meeting at the Riverside earlier this season and a hotly-contested FA Cup sixth round tie, in which United emerged victorious after a replay, did nothing to ease the anger on Teesside at the Portugal winger.
James Morrison was sent off for brutally hacking Ronaldo down late on, with skipper George Boateng following up by claiming the United man would 'get hurt' one day if he carried on producing his party tricks against irate opponents.
With four wins from his side's final five games required to clinch the title, Ferguson has no intention of resting his star man tomorrow. But the United boss is concerned at the tactics Boro may use to stop him.
'I am fearing the worst about what could happen,' declared Ferguson.
'There is a paranoia about the boy and I think Middlesbrough will be aggressive tomorrow.
'We have important games coming up and I don't think they will be messing around.'
Ferguson reiterated his concern at the Football Association's lack of response to Boateng's comments, which he believes have cast a shadow over the game.
'It was very provocative and I am surprised the FA didn't write to Boateng about it,' he said.
'I don't think Cristiano will be too bothered but it has set a different tone tomorrow, which could be a problem.'
With a Champions League semi-final against AC Milan looming on Tuesday, Ferguson knows he cannot afford to be without Ronaldo, who is expected to be crowned PFA Player of the Year on Sunday evening.
But he will place his trust in Chris Foy, ironically the referee who took charge of the initial meeting at the Riverside in which Ronaldo went down under Mark Schwarzer's challenge, to stamp out any excess physicality on Boro's part.
'I have not thought about leaving Cristiano out,' said Ferguson.
'We have got to try to win the league and we need our best players on the pitch.
'I am sure he won't be affected by what has been said because the fantastic thing about him is that he is prepared to hold the ball at any given moment and wants to attack defenders.
'Then it is up to the referee to control the game and decide whether players are kicking him or fouling him.'
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Hope not
! I hope United just try and play their way out of trouble; play the ball around well and exploit Boro's time-to-time lapse's of concentration to bang in a few goals... Ronnie always seems to play best though when other teams are hell bent on destroying him...(I have this theory that they try to hard, then they concentrate too hard on him, and then their brain starts to function at a quicker speed but through a gap in the human systematic functions they then lose track of his feet do the inbalance in speed of mind, and his feet so they then get mugged by the lad, which in turn equals goal, win, three points)...I'm not finished with that though....so i'm looking forward to him giving them hell, and with the form Rooney is on I fancy him too!
By the way the formula for the Ronaldo thing is: (Ronaldo's Feet * Speed ) / (Concentration*Gap in Systematic Function of Mind)= Chemical Balance, which is short for defender (traditional English 'No-Nonsense' type) going "What the F'urk was that?!"
