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By Nathan Thomas. 1. United were awful, weren’t they? At the game on Saturday I had the misfortune of sitting next to some of United’s doom-brigade and although someone of little football knowledge would be able to tell you that United were far from spectacular the way these guys were going on you’d think the [...]

By Nathan Thomas. Well, not quite the blistering football we’ve been used to so far this season but considering the quality in Chelsea’s team I’d call that a brilliant result. In the end it was United’s superior finishing that won the day and we even managed to miss a couple of sitters, we can’t complain [...]

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 Lee Savery, aka Stretford End Arising forum member Leegend90. 1. The momentum shows no signs of stopping Four games. Four wins. Perfection. The football has been majestic and has been as perfect as the league table portrays. Even an international break couldn’t disrupt the momentum. Bolton are no pushovers but right now United are [...]

By Nathan Thomas. 1. Manchester United the team to beat once again. If someone would have told me that by 6pm on Sunday United would be top of the league after Manchester City demolished Spurs 5-1 at White Hart Lane I would have been somewhat sceptical. The performance that I and thousands of other United [...]

By Adam Hicks. 1. ‘You can’t win anything with kids’ Having proven Alan Hansen’s now infamous statement meaningless it doesn’t seemed to have stopped Sir Alex from having another go. The average age of Manchester United’s starting XI tonight was just 23 and on another note it contained seven British players. United’s policy of placing [...]

By Nathan Thomas. 1. Young a shrewd purchase News of the impending signing of Ashley Young was greeted with relative surprise from many Reds, he has ability yes and was clearly the stand out player at Aston Villa but was this just a case of a big fish in small pond? After being torn apart [...]

By Adam Hicks. 1. Team spirit: A great positive for Sir Alex and the fans was the togetherness of the team, aside from the usual grit and determination to come from behind and win, there was great understanding amongst the players. United moved the ball quickly and produced some great flowing passages of play continuing the [...]

By Nathan Thomas. 1. Ryan Giggs shows no sign of stopping Despite a summer he would rather forget Giggs has shown no ill effects of the alleged troubles in his personal life since the start of the tour. Each time he has featured he has looked to be enjoying his football and is clearly relishing [...]

By Nathan Thomas. Chicago Fire 1 Gibbs (13) Manchester United 3 Rooney (66), Rafael (76), Nani (88) Soldier Field, Chicago, 23/7/2011, 4pm KO (US Time) The score line may not have been as impressive as last time out on the US Tour but the importance of this fixture cannot be underplayed as for the first [...]