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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. Phil Jones is not a superstar just yet While Jones has rightly been gaining plaudits for a series of impressive displays this season, it is undoubtedly clear that he is still an extremely raw centre-back. He is only 19, and could not have envisaged playing this much football this early 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 Adam Hicks. Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that Nemanja Vidic will be out of action for at least a month with a calf injury instead of the two weeks the club had initially thought. Vidic limped off in United’s 2-1 victory at the Hawthorn’s on the opening day of the season but was expected [...]

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 [...]

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. Twitter is fast becoming a dangerous playground for some footballers as their comments are causing controversy and forcing clubs to re-think their stance on social networking sites. Joey Barton is the latest player to hit the headlines for misusing the site, last week he criticised the Newcastle United board and was subsequently [...]

Contribution by Lee Savery England Under-21 international Phil Jones is nearing a move to Manchester United from Blackburn Rovers, for a reported, fee of £16 million. The player had attracted the top clubs in England even going as far as discussing a move to Arsenal with Arsene Wenger himself before rejecting him citing his desire [...]

Contribution by Jordan Bailey-Smith Two UEFA Champions League titles, one UEFA Cup, two Portuguese Primiera Liga championships, two FA Premier League titles, an FA Cup win against the Red Devils and two Serie A league titles. This is an impressive résumé for a manager who recently lost his record of never being defeated in a [...]

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, [...]