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By Jason Freeman. Since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009, we have favoured a 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 system with functionality the main priority whereas between 2006 and 2009 a variety of formations were used and fluidity took priority. With the signings of Kagawa and van Persie a return to a more fluid style of play seems [...]

By Thomas Doyle 1) Kagawa is a real find Despite the defeat to David Moyes’ impressive Everton side, Sir Alex Ferguson will take real optimism from Shinji Kagawa’s debut Premier League appearance. If the likes of Wayne Rooney, Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck were on top form, the 23-year-old could have had a hat-trick of assists, and he finished the [...]

By Thomas Doyle For 12 seconds, they were champions. Manchester United had just beaten Sunderland 1-0, and with bitter rivals Manchester City capitulating in the most spectacular fashion, Sir Alex Ferguson was just about ready to lead his players on, as he had put it before, “the celebration of their lives”. Back from the brink after blowing an [...]

By Thomas Doyle 1. Nemanja Vidic has been missed Despite the form and fitness of Rio Ferdinand, and the massive improvement in Jonny Evans’ performances, Manchester United’s last two league matches have proved what an important loss captain Nemanja Vidic has been to the side. It is highly doubtful that the Serbian would have allowed [...]

By Nick Kituno. It seems ages since Nemanja Vidić pulled on the Manchester United shirt. His last game this season coming in the UEFA Champions League against F.C. Basel in what would prove the final nail in the coffin for United’s title campaign saw him suffer knee ligament damage and rule him out for the [...]

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 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 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 Manchester 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 [...]

By Nathan Thomas. 1. Man 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 [...]