Manchester United have had a poor start to the EPL: Not true. United have claimed exactly the same number of points from their opening 4 fixtures as Manchester City and Chelsea, and they have had a far tougher start. Indeed even with that tough start, United’s goal difference is better than Chelsea’s.

Manchester United’s odds reflect the fact that they are unfancied to win the EPL: That’s clearly what the bookmakers think, pricing them up at $4.20 (in from $4.50) making them third favourites behind City and Chelsea, however, as mentioned above nothing separates them from their rivals, and they’ve had a tougher start. $4.20 is great value and should be snapped up, before it drops further.

United had a poor transfer window: Moyes admits is wasn’t United’s best transfer window, but United had two primary targets, Fellaini and Baines. They got one and missed out on the other. Hardly poor. As for stories of Ozil / Erikson / Thiago etc, most journalists are glossing over the fact that al 3 players were offered to United and United chose not to pursue them. Maybe Moyes will be proved wrong however, if the club choses it doesn’t want to sign someone, that doesn’t make the transfer window unsuccessful. After all it wouldn’t be the first time United stopped pursuing a player and ended up being proved wrong…Bale….Ramsey….Zidane…. etc.

Moyes is no Fergie: Correct, of course he isn’t, but to label him / United doomed to failure because they didn’t sign a left back with a 1980s haircut, or because they chose not to sign a little German with eyes bigger than his head, is wrong. As mentioned before Lord Ferg made many errors in the transfer market, which tend to get forgotten. Kleberson. Djemba Djemba. Bellion. Blanc. Taibi. Milne. Manucho. Dong Fangzhou. etc. Similarly pundits are saying that because a Lord Ferg team would have scored 4 or 5 against Palace, and Moyes’ team only managed two, both from set pieces, it shows him to be a failure. What nonsense. United often ground out routine 2-0 victories against lowly teams under Ferg. Fact.

So after dispelling those myths we can turn to the minor business of Manchester City vs Manchester United (Monday 23rd Sept 01:00am) Sportsbet price the game up thus: Man City – $2.20, Draw – $3.40, Man Utd – $3.00. Rarely will you get a chance to get $3.00 on United, and with City also toiling under a new manager trying to find his best starting XI out of the 48 international players at his disposal, United’s settled and more gelled team should prove too strong for City. For one, I thin United will win this one comfortably, and will be having a little flutter on Man Utd 2-0 at excellent odds of $17.00, in addition to piling into United at odds of $3.00 to win the game.