Tag: Fergus Lockhart
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#GlazersOut
Sunday 2nd May 2021 saw perhaps the most significant fan protests in living memory, as hundreds of Manchester United fans ensured that what is traditionally the biggest fixture in the English football calendar was postponed. This attracted global media attention, attracting both praise and condemnation; but no-one doubted that this represents a zenith for the…
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Is This All Part Of The ‘Plan’?
With the benefit of hindsight, the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson was inevitably going to cause massive issues at Manchester United. Despite the Scot’s advancing years, virtually all aspects relating to football were overseen or controlled by him. He was and is an incredible man, an unrivalled leader, and a master delegator. This enabled the…
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5 Things We Learned: Newcastle United 1-4 Manchester United
Following the atrocious start Manchester United have made to their Premier League campaign this season, emphatically topped off with the 6-1 humbling by Tottenham at Old Trafford two weeks ago, it was hard to look ahead to the upcoming fixtures and foresee many victories. Performance levels against Jose Mourinho’s men were nothing short of a…
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Catching the Football Bug
Nothing compares to the innocence and joy of a child when they fall in love with football. I can’t remember vast chunks of my own early years, but there’s moments in football I remember vividly. My earliest football memory is of Lee Martin with the FA Cup trophy in 1990; the unlikely goal scorer who…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United
On Tuesday evening ahead of the home game against Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur side, the odds on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer getting his marching orders from Manchester United were 7/2, with speculation that one more poor result could signal the end. Even the most optimistic of fans feared the worst ahead of the double header of…
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – The Cost of Inaction
Tim Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, best-selling author, and host of his own hugely popular podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which focusses on ‘the tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers’. Ferriss is obsessive and relentlessly inquisitive in ensuring that his many business ventures and investments are successful. This is characterised by…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard 1. Injuries Changed the Game On a day where it wasn’t only this game that the players dictated the changes their manager would be allowed to make, Manchester United sustained three injuries in the first half of this intense derby. Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, and his replacement Jesse Lingard all had to…
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5 Things We Learned: Cardiff City 1-5 Manchester United
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard 1. Football can be fun It could be easy to draw too much inference from a single game of football. Ultimately, Manchester United achieved a comfortable victory against a poor Cardiff City side who occupy 17th position in the Premier League table. Neil Warnock was furious with the display of his side,…