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By Richard Evans After a comfortable 2-0 win over Stoke in midweek, Manchester United travelled to Stamford Bridge, knowing neighbours City had stretched the gap at the top of the table to 3 points, meaning a draw at least was of utmost importance. In the back of their minds would also be the lack of [...]

By Tony Mogan. After the frustration of going out of the FA Cup following defeat at Liverpool over the weekend, it was time for United to refocus and re-establish January’s winning run. Thankfully it was business as usual in the Premier League as Sir Alex’s still-injury stricken side eased past an unambitious Stoke City at [...]

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 Matt Wrafter. 1. Hernandez is a poacher, but not much more We all know how important Hernandez can be. He does the single most important thing in football: he puts the ball into the back of the net. But in today’s modern game, does an Owen-esque player offer enough to the team? In the [...]

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 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 [...]

By Nathan Thomas. 1. Hardly vintage, but enough As in recent weeks United got the result without setting the world alight but in the cold light of day in the aftermath of recent results a 1-0 win at Goodison Park will be gladly received in and around Old Trafford. United won the game based on [...]

By Nathan Thomas. 1. Hernandez the gift that just keeps giving After a fantastic first season talk that Javier Hernandez might suffer what has come to be known as ‘second season syndrome’ had been bubbling under the surface however early signs seem to suggest that there will be no such occurrence. Hernandez notched an invaluable [...]

By Ryan Cargill. With Manchester United sitting pretty at the top of the Barclays Premier League table, boss Sir Alex Ferguson has a welcome headache with the form of 20 year-old striker Danny Welbeck. Longsight-born Welbeck has bagged five goals in eight games for United this season, including a brace on his full UEFA Champions [...]

Contribution by James Johnson It seems like a strange idea that the joint top scorer in the Premier League last season isn’t likely to be first choice for his club this season. However that is exactly what is on the cards for Dimitar Berbatov. Berbatov is one player who can seemingly split the opinions of [...]