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By Thomas Doyle. 1. Phil Jones is not a superstar just yet While Jones has rightly been gaining plaudits for a series of impressive displays this season, it is undoubtedly clear that he is still an extremely raw centre-back. He is only 19, and could not have envisaged playing this much football this early on [...]

By Lee Savery It is the end of the year and everyone is making up their own “lists of 2011”, so to carry on a tradition started last year, I present my Manchester United awards for the calendar year 2011: Player of 2011 1 – Wayne Rooney 2010 was not the best of years for [...]

By Gary Fowler. Last week Roy Keane’s blunt assessment that Manchester United had not been good enough to progress in the Champions League brought back memories of November 2005 when he castigated some of his team mates following the 4-1 defeat to Middlesbrough. Even though at the time I 100% agreed with him I thought it [...]

By Tony Mogan Just as things seemed to be looking up after a tumultuous month, Manchester United were rocked by the news that Darren Fletcher will be taking an extended break from football, after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition. Following a Champions League exit and the news that Nemanja Vidic [...]

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 Nathan Thomas. Yesterday was torture, there, I said it. I had the misfortune of being sat in the old scoreboard end on Sunday afternoon and was given a goal fest to feast upon, however much to my eternal horror the goals came from the team in blue. It is a game that will be [...]

By Tom Pattison Tommy’s 2010 Awards: In a characteristically unimaginative offering I present my Manchester United awards for the calendar year 2010: Player of 2010 1 Luis Carlos Almelda da Cunha (Nani) – A year ago I was prepared to throw in the towel on Nani. He appeared to have learned only petulance from his Madrid based [...]

Manchester United’s Player Ratings Very difficult to be overly critical of the overall team performance when three minutes of madness has resulted in the loss of points. Van Der Sar – 6: Made several good saves and claimed well from crosses. Little he could for the goals conceded. Neville – 6: Struggled early on with [...]

What on earth possessed to me think Wigan could cause an upset at Wigan? Blind faith if ever there was! I’m proud of Manchester United this season, I really am. To compete for the title on the final day of the season is real credit to Sir Alex Ferguson, his back room staff and of [...]

Congratulations to Patrice Evra, Darren Fletcher, Antonio Valencia and Wayne Rooney for being selected in the Premier League team of the year. Evra has performed like a robot for Manchester United this season – he has been constantly excellent. United would have been lost without his contribution, when considering the injury crisis the team has [...]