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By Thomas Doyle. 1. The legs may go but the class doesn’t As Thierry Henry displayed so thrillingly in the FA Cup against Leeds United last week, while the pace and strength of a top class player may go, he always retains the brains. And so another returning legend reinforced this point at Old Trafford [...]

By Matt Wrafter. The 9 games following the 6-1, Manchester United kept seven clean sheets and only conceded two goals. After a series of one-nils, we bounced back into dazzling form with a 4-1 over Wolves, a dominant 2-0 win over QPR and two subsequent 5-0 victories over Fulham & Wigan. Following the Wigan game, [...]

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 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 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 Adam Whitehurst. If you are a supporter of Manchester United you will have no doubt at some point, throughout this season bemoaned the lack of midfield creativity or on the other end of the scale the lack of a solid midfield ball winner. We fans have spent previous summers watching David Silva, Juan Mata, Cesc [...]

By Jason Freeman 1) Ferdinand not “past it” Many have declared the England defender “finished” and “past it” this season, Ferdinand has struggled for form and fitness at times this season and had a nightmare to forget at Old Trafford in the derby along with many other United players but since then his form has [...]

By Tony Mogan After Manchester United managed the seemingly unthinkable and dropped points at home two games on the bounce, a perplexing end to November culminated in defeat at the hands of a plucky Crystal Palace side, a miserable end to Sir Alex Ferguson’s League Cup ambitions. With a crucial visit to Basel lying in [...]

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 [...]