Tag: Alan Brennan
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Manchester United Mid-Season Academy Review – January 2021
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 arriving by the end of the transfer window. Looming Brexit regulations (which prevent English clubs…
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Mourinho & United: A Tale Of Two Wounded Animals
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. Soon after, so did everyone else. Mourinho’s Chelsea side between 2004 and 2006 displayed a…
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Introduction to the Youth Players included in the Pre-Season Tour Squad
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 young talents on the periphery of the first team who have been given the chance…
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5 Things We Learned: Everton 1-1 Manchester United
1) Trouble Killing Games It is becoming a recurring trend this season that we’ve been left baffled as to how we haven’t won a football match. Sunday wasn’t on the same level as Stoke, Burnley or Arsenal, but it still was a game that we should have put to bed. We hired a ruthless manager…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 4-1 Leicester City
1) Best performance of the season Simply put, Saturday was the best United played this season. Leicester might not be making much of a title defense, but on the back of a difficult couple of weeks, United’s performance was Fergie-esque (dare I say). Without looking up, but I would imagine it has been a very…
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SEA View: Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Ideal Signing?
In this edition of SEA View: Alan, Bob and David and Alan share their thoughts on the arrival of one Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Alan (writer and forum moderator): “When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari”. So Zlatan says himself. I don’t know many Ferrari’s that you can buy for free, however what I do…
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Manchester City-Manchester United: The Youth Academy Debate
I stumbled across an article by the respected James Ducker recently, entitled ‘Manchester City’s global scouting mission pays off with ‘mind-blowing’ talent’. The article describes a 13 year old kid, James McAtee, who City signed from United who they claim to be ‘one of Europe’s most talked about young talents and a shining light at…
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5 Things We Learned: Liverpool 0-1 Manchester United
1) 3 Points, undeserved, but who cares?! Sunday marked the fourth occasion in a row that United have beaten Liverpool. That makes for very pleasing reading. As for the circumstances of the match, United hadn’t a shot in anger towards the Liverpool goal in the first 45 minutes. It was an extremely flat performance, void…