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By Mark Young Introduction Manchester United will look to bounce back from the disappointing draw against Benfica on Tuesday with a win over an impressive Newcastle United side. Both teams currently have only one loss to their names both to the hands of Manchester City. Alan Pardew’s Magpies visited the Etihad stadium last week and [...]

By Zac Stott A spurt of midfield injuries has left Sir Alex scratching his head. Recent injuries to Tom Cleverley and Anderson has left numbers in the middle of the park dwindling and calls for Sir Alex to make some January signings have been strongly advised. Sir Alex swept aside these rumours in his weekly [...]

By Tony Mogan Considerably more entertaining, but equally frustrating would sum up Manchester United’s exasperating 2-2 draw with Benfica last night. Once again, United have left themselves with no other option than to do things the hard way, needing to pick up a positive result in the final group game, a trip to Basel. Back [...]

By Richard Evans Introduction Manchester United will be looking to cement top spot in Group C, as they welcome Benfica to Old Trafford on Tuesday night. A win against the Portuguese outfit would see United move three clear at the summit, meaning they would only need a point from their trip to Basel in December, [...]

By Matt Wrafter. Talk to any Arsenal fan and they will tell you that money is ruining football. They will tell you that Arsenal are doing things the right way, and all the big-spending clubs around Europe are not. They will tell you that if these clubs didn’t have the luxury of the millions being [...]

By Nathan Thomas. 1. Consistent back four a big plus for United United seem to finally have assembled a steady consistent back four, with Vidic’s return to fitness being swiftly followed by Ferdinand; United’s back four are beginning to establish a confident understanding between one another that was so lacking in the early stages of [...]

By Richard Evans Introduction Manchester United make the trip to Wales looking to become the first side to take three points from the Liberty Stadium. Swansea have played five home games this season and remain unbeaten, winning three and drawing two. Even more impressively, no opposition player has scored on Welsh soil, with Danny Graham’s [...]

By Tony Mogan The Manchester United faithful have been privy to a countless number of privileges and pleasures under Sir Alex Ferguson’s 25-year tenure as boss at Old Trafford, but the refreshing focus on the development of local talent and young prodigies being fast-tracked into the first team under the philosophy that if you are [...]

By Thomas Doyle. After another impressive performance at right-back against Sunderland, Phil Jones is fast becoming an integral part of a shape-shifting Manchester United defence this season. Whether through form or injuries, many of Sir Alex Ferguson’s usual suspects have failed to consistently deliver this season, and while Jones was bought to Old Trafford for [...]

By Nathan Thomas. 1. Midfield craving creative spark This, I’m sure you’ll agree with me is the most evident thing that we learnt from the match on Saturday, although many would argue we have known this for a long time. Beating Sunderland via an own goal from one of our greatest servants is nothing to [...]