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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 Jason Freeman. 1) Wing play – Key to success this season (as always) Wing play has been key at Manchester United for many years and nothing has changed in that aspect, against Arsenal we saw 2 wingers looking threatening every time they got the ball and it is no surprise that both goals came [...]

By Thomas Doyle. 1)  Carrick and Jones can be a potent combination in the middle With injuries to Anderson, Tom Cleverley and now Darren Fletcher taking their toll on the squad, many (including myself) have been calling out for Sir Alex Ferguson to sign another central midfielder. However, while another player may well still be [...]

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. 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 Bowles. Three main talking points arose from Manchester United’s victory at West Brom: the contrasting fortunes of David De Gea and Ashley Young, the new hairstyle sported by Wayne Rooney and the injuries sustained in defence. Plenty has been said about the former two, but it is actually the latter that is most intriguing, particularly in regards [...]

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 [...]

By Matthew Campbell Manchester United had to rely on the late late show from Dimitar Berbatov to secure all three points for the league leaders against Bolton Wanderers, a victory that extends their lead at the top of the table to four points. Bolton will feel hard done by not to get anything out of [...]

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 [...]

The old cliché “you can win games with attacking football, but a good defence will win the league title” is rearing its ugly head. Look no further than the league campaign of 2007-08 to highlight this point when Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra were virtually ever present and alongside Michael Carrick, [...]