During the summer months, as Manchester United fans were exasperated at the ongoing – and ultimately futile – Jadon Sancho transfer saga; incomings at academy level were proving far more straight forward to get over the line, with 9 players…
Author: Alan Brennan
In spite of the season being cut short with the business-end still to be conducted, whatever happens, the 2019/20 season will go down as being an extremely successful one for Manchester United’s Academy on a number of levels. I will…
1. Good performance – deserved more In spite of receiving plenty of plaudits for their victory over Chelsea, I was less enthused than most with United’s performance and felt that the score line could have been the other way around…
Ego can be referred to as ‘Your idea or opinion of yourself, especially your feeling of your own importance and ability’. When Jose Mourinho announced himself to the British Press as the ‘Special One’ in 2004, he truly believed it.…
1. Movement Up Front Creates Space… Would you believe After weeks of pressure building against Romelu Lukaku, Mourinho finally decided to drop his £75 million man. Rashford was given the striker’s berth ahead of Lukaku on Sunday and although he…
World Cup summer’s generally present an obstacle in two areas: the transfer window and pre-season preparation. As the saying goes however, in the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. The opportunity in this scenario is afforded to some of the…
1. Matic The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle It has been evident for a number of years that central midfield has been a problem area for United. Paul Scholes retiring and Michael Carrick ageing created a void in the centre…
1. Best Performance of the Season Sunday brought with it a result and performance that even the staunchest United fan would have found hard to predict. After some pretty blunt displays from United at home this season and with half…