Being a follower of Manchester United (I don't like to say supporter because I'm not linked with Manchester United in any way, I just like there style of football) for around the past 13 years, the idea of a Red Devils super patch was definitely worth a peak. Once the patch was downloaded, I installed it using Sweetpatch MRA and it went on hassle free. Once the patch was installed I loaded up Fifa and was welcomed to a nice splash screen of the Manchester United players, the Manchester United FA Cup Anthem for their 1995/96 season and a neat little mouse pointer in the shape of a Red Devil.

First thing I did was have a look at the Manchester United Squad. They said that the patch changed some of the player ratings. I wrote down the overall ratings of the first team before I applied the patch and compared them with the ratings after the patch was installed...none of the players in the first team have been changed, as far as I could tell. I personally think that making a super patch for a single team is one thing, but making the ratings biased in the teams favour is more like a cheat. I think the designers of the patch made a good decision in keeping the player ratings as they are, or if they changed anything it was minor enough for me not to notice.

One aspect of this patch I was looking forward to see was Old Trafford. I was very impressed with the overall result. I thought the stadium was a spot on likeness of the real thing. If only they could get the players to walk out from the corner of the pitch like the real thing instead of the centre. The turf on the Old Trafford pitch is another feature they included...this is again done well and adds to the whole authenticity of the stadium.

I been keeping one eye out for the Manchester United 3rd kit, and I didn't expect the super patch to leave it out. The kits have been done well and they even give you a choice of the 3rd kit or the white away kit. This is done outside the game. The goalkeeper kit is a nice feature and done well, the goalkeeper gloves show good attention to detail.

This patch also adds the Sky Sports TV logo to the game. This looks good and better than the original display, but when a team has a long name i.e. Ipswich Town, it covers up the score with the end of the team name, and personally I think it looks messy. Other than that the Sky Sports patch looks very impressive and would be a must have if it wasn't for that minor problem. At the time of this review it is still in beta form, so I assume the final version will be perfected and minor problems like that ironed out.

I've only reflected on the good points above, and where there's a good, there's always a bad to counteract it. I think this patch needs a little more work done to it, just a little touching up for it to be a complete patch. The Manchester United background goes back to the original background after the options have been looked at, not a major problem and no doubt easily fixed. The bi-mode boots don't seem to work that well, one minute Andy Coles wearing Adidas predators which I had on there before I installed the patch, then he's wearing Silver Nike boots. Not very noticeable but anyone with an eye for detail will pick up on it.

As much as I love the Old Trafford stadium, it sadly replaces Wembley...but that's not the problem, when in tower cam, a supporting beam blocks the view when play is happening on the near touchline. Get that little bug fixed and there wont be any faults with Old Trafford. Another fault I came across is the Manchester United Goalkeeper kit appears on other keepers aswell, for instance I was playing with Valencia and there keeper had the Vodaphone sponsor written across his shirt. An educated guess would be that the goalkeeper kit files are common to other teams.

For those of you who use Sweetpatch MRA, this patch is fully compliant and can be added and removed in a matter of seconds. It does not add the 3rd kit or goalkeeper kit. To do this a separate file needs to be downloaded and a batch file will do the rest.

Overall I think the patch is really for hardcore Manchester United Fans. It needs a little work done on it to fix the problems I mentioned and then it will be the complete Manchester United Super Patch. I do like Manchester United but not enough to have this patch on all the time. Old Trafford is an add-on I've been after for a long time, but I will get this in the Extreme World Update that's in production. I've kept the kits on there because I like the 3rd kit over the original white kit. If you hate Manchester United then don't even think about this patch, if you follower United or are even a neutral, then its well worth a look and for the die hard United fan its a must have.