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By Thomas Doyle. 1) David de Gea will need time The young Spaniard is a goalkeeper of rich promise, which is exactly why Sir Alex Ferguson decided to part with £18million for the then-20-year-old; yet it would be foolish to think that de Gea would simply waltz in with the assured presence of Edwin van der [...]

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 Thomas McGovern Romanian champions FC GOtelul Galati are the visitors to Old Trafford in tonight’s Champions League showdown. The European minnows enter the contest sitting at the foot of group C, meaning anything shy of what would be a remarkable 3 points, would eradicate their chances of progressing to the latter stages of Europe’s [...]

By Barry McEvoy. 1. Something’s Up With Valencia We’ve always known that he has trouble using his left peg, but he usually manages to counter-act that by taking the ball down the line. Not this game. He seemed afraid to take his man on, which is completely unlike him. He was determined to cut inside [...]

By Mark Young (Stretford End Arising forum member mark_young) Introduction Swiss club FC Basel are the visitors at Old Trafford on Tuesday night as Manchester United look to win their first game of this season’s European challenge after a draw in the first match. United drew one all away at Benfica on match day one [...]

By Sam Hill, aka Stretford End Arising forum member Valencia’s Left. 1. Anders Lindegaard Anders Lindegaard is the ideal backup, not since Raimond van der Gouw have I seen a more capable understudy. He dealt with everything superbly and I was even surprised he managed to get his fingers to Cardozo’s snapshot. Everything that came [...]

By Mark Young, aka Stretford End Arising forum member mark_young. Introduction It has almost been four months since Manchester United were taken apart, bit by bit by Barcelona in the Champions League final at Wembley. This week the race to Munich starts and United are aiming to go one step further this time around. The [...]

Contribution by Mark Young Read Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review here February (PL) United 3 – 1 Aston Villa (PL) Wolves 2 – 1 United (PL) United 2 – 1 Manchester City (FA) United 1 – 0 Crawley (CL) Marseille 0 -0 United (PL) Wigan Athletic 0 – 4 United February was an interesting month [...]

Contribution by Matt Dodd 1) Beautiful Barcelona Simply sublime. Described by Ferguson as “the best team I have faced”, Barcelona gave United another lesson in football. Instead of evoking poignant memories from ’68 when Manchester United won their first European Cup at Wembley 10 years after Munich, the only memories evoked were those two years [...]