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By Matthew Jones 1. Rooney in centre midfield IT’S finally happened. Wayne Rooney in Manchester United’s midfield. I’ve been wanting to see this for a while. In truth, I think he’s played their once or twice, filling in during games, but yesterday he was picked to start in the engine room and asked to be [...]

By Thomas Doyle 1. Attack is the only form of defence at the moment Despite winning by two clear goals, Sir Alex Ferguson’s side once again did things the hard way. An early deficit could have become much worse had David de Gea not made two smart stops to deny Charlie Adam and John Walters. [...]

By Lee Savery A hat-trick of goals (but not all in the right end) from Wayne Rooney featured in a feast of goals at Old Trafford. A match against Stoke City is always a tricky one but Manchester United were able to leave with the three points but once again had to come from behind [...]

By Mark Young Introduction Manchester United’s international stars return from duty with their national sides for a home game against Stoke City on Saturday afternoon as they look to put pressure on the teams above them. Before the international hiatus United travelled to Newcastle in what looked like a tough looking away fixture as last [...]

By Tony Mogan. After the frustration of going out of the FA Cup following defeat at Liverpool over the weekend, it was time for Manchester 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 [...]

By Nathan Thomas. 1. Stoke reassert their presence as one of the league’s toughest away days In fairness it didn’t really need reasserting but for those who have been living in solitary confinement for the past three years or any remaining Stoke sceptics the Potters proved that they are tough nut to crack. Their football [...]

By George Hartrey Introduction So, this Saturday Manchester United travel to the Britannia Stadium, to face Stoke City. So far this season it has been pretty plain sailing for United, being two points clear of Manchester City to top the league and playing exhilarating football in the process. On the other hand for Stoke, they’re [...]

By Mark Young. Read Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review here November (CL) Bursaspor 0-3 United (PL) United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (PL) Manchester City City 0-0 United (PL) Aston Villa 2-2 United (PL) United 2-0 Wigan Athletic (UCL) Glasgow Rangers 0-1 United (UCL) United 7-1 Blackburn Rovers (CC) West Ham United 4-0 United Man United were [...]

By Sleepy So, halfway through the season with only Blackpool and Chelsea not faced due to postponements (the latter very legitimate because of a cold ‘mist’!), Manchester United remain unbeaten and still yet to find full throttle in the race for the Championship. Ferguson tried his very best versus West Brom (West Brom 1 Manchester [...]

Manchester United Starting XI Van der Sar – 6: After his clanger against West Brom, Stoke are not the ideal team to face a week later. He handled fairly well – everything Rory Delap could throw at him. Nothing he could do for goal. Neville – 5: Fortunate not to be sent off in his [...]