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By Lee Savery. Sir Alex Ferguson’s 1500th and last match as Manchester United manager was a ten goal thriller at the Hawthorns. An emotional match it was always going to be with it being Ferguson’s last match. The home side did a guard of honour for the United manager as the whole of the Hawthorns [...]

By Matthew Jones 1. Fergie signs off in classic fashion The old man must have had a glint in his eye and allowed himself a wee cheeky grin when he saw Rio Ferdinand secure a just about deserved victory over Swansea yesterday with what has become more synonymous with the Fergie era than anything else [...]

By Matthew Jones 1. Robin reliant running on empty A few weeks ago, I praised him for his comments claiming he did not want to be rested ahead of the Norwich game, having received a knock in the 2-0 win over Queens Park Rangers, but Robin van Persie is looking fatigued. I commend him for [...]

By Lee Savery Manchester United booked their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a deserved victory over Reading. Sir Alex Ferguson made eight changes from the side that drew with Real Madrid with the likes of Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra sitting out. Despite the changes, the Red Devils dominated from start [...]

By Matthew Jones 1. Priceless van Persie For United fans, we can believe the cynics and critics and either be worried about the fact that the Dutchman is seemingly becoming a one man band for us, scoring all of our goals and constantly rescuing us in games, or we can just revel in the fact [...]

By Matthew Jones 1. No 1 at Christmas It’s a familiar sight. Manchester United, top of the tree at Christmas. It’s been far from pretty so far this season; we’ve had some ups and downs. We’ve been unlucky with injuries and we’ve certainly ridden our luck at times, but traditionally we’ve grinded out results and [...]

By Richard Evans 1.Welbeck not wide With Antonio Valencia and Nani both missing the game through injury, Sir Alex opted to deploy Danny Welbeck on the wing, clearly hoping his pace and directness would open up QPR. However as has been the case on a number of previous occasions, Welbeck was largely anonymous, and every [...]

By Lee Savery An emotional goal for Darren Fletcher featured for Manchester United as they had to come from behind to beat bottom of the table Queens Park Rangers. In another performance that saw the home side struggle to really get going, it was that old familiar feeling for United fans who had to see [...]

By Chris Mortlock 1. We miss Rooney when he’s not in the side Robin van Persie has been singled out by many as Manchester United’s most important player this season and with 8 league goals in 12 league games, not many would argue with that. He has scored vital goals already this term - and we’re [...]

By Matthew Jones MOST of the talk so far this season has been about our pretty porous defence and how we can’t start games properly. But honestly, with our most potent strike force since the treble winning season of 1999 at Sir Alex Ferguson’s disposal, should we care? Manchester United are the kings of the [...]