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    When will Diogo Dalot become first choice right back?

    I like Dalot. Have we finally found a right back that can cross a ball into the box? Valencia has been a good servant, but time and again he gets down the wing only to stop and come back again. Either that or he smashes the ball into the defenders shins hoping for the best. As good as Young and...
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    Warren Joyce at Wigan Athletic 2016/17

    This is how crazy football club ownership has become. Just like McClaren at Derby, signs a 3 1/2 year contract yet is sacked only 5 months into the job. How can you be expected to turn a club around in that time? Madness. Wigan are clearly panicking at dropping into League one again.
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    Antonio Valencia | Match Discussion thread 2016/17

    Totally agree with what you said. Player of the season and really worked on the defensive side of his game. Remember this guy came back from an horrific leg break against Rangers some years ago. He is a machine.
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    Disappointed

    Watching Cahill being interviewed on the pitch afterwards i thought to myself, you wouldn't have been so smug had Courtois not pulled off such a good save when Rashford led you a merry dance and made you look stupid. On another night, Rashford could have retired him like he did Demichelis. It...
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    Disappointed

    I think Rich makes some valid points, there is still lots of work needed on this side. The positives for me were that before the sending off tactically we had Chelsea where we wanted them. The high pressing and chasing unsettled them and the effort the players put it was great. It is always...
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    FA Cup: Chelsea v Manchester United

    Is it just me but I sense a bit of an end to end slug out. No one going for a point as it's the cup, could be any score. Looking at the strikers who are out tomorrow it could be one of those games. Will Chelsea be set up to expect Rashford, martial, Rooney but won't be expecting lingard, or...
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    Marouane Fellaini | Match Discussion thread 2015/16

    I am not making him a scapegoat for tonight but he was a strange signing in the first place, where is his best position? He is unlikely to make central midfield with bastian & morgan the main two and mata, herrera or lingard further up the pitch. When he is thrown up top, he fouls the defenders...
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    Paul Scholes: Man Utd players and Louis Van Gaal 'look bored'

    Bang on the money from Scholes. Agree with everything he said in that interview.
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    FA Cup Fourth Round Draw 2015/16

    yeah and if we are drawn at home again, united will take the money out of our accounts tuesday or wednesday!! not shy are they!
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    Fellaini to AC Milan?

    Cannot see anyone leaving in January as our squad is too light. On the point of Fellaini, I just do not think he fits into our team. He is nothing like the player he was at everton and has only had a couple of good games for us. When he is employed high up the pitch, he gives too many fouls...
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    Poll: How long should Van Gaal get?

    Isn't it surprising that 18 months ago people wanted Giggs when Moyes was sacked, yet now so many are sceptical of his managerial skills and do not want him in charge? I think Woodward does not want to accept his two managerial appointments (moyes & LVG) have been failures, but his pig...
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    Ashley Young | Match Discussion thread 2015/16

    He single handedly spurred United on against Swansea. His runs and crosses (that actually beat the first man) caused them problems and his energy down the wing helped win the game.
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    Substitutions under van Gaal 2015/16

    Throughout the time Van Gaal has been at OT, I can honestly say that I cannot recall him ever changing a game for the better with his substitutions. Whilst sometimes he gets his formations correct against the opposition, he has never changed a game with a sub and that is poor for a manager of...
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    Pep Guardiola sees Manchester United as his preferred next move

    I heard Graham Hunter on 5 live the other week discussing this and he states that Guardiola wants to come to Old Trafford seeing United as "an itch he wants to scratch" after almost signing as a player for Fergie (but United signed Veron instead) and he has sampled the atmosphere on champions...
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    When Noel Gallagher met Gary Neville to discuss the Manchester derby

    superb. two lads talking about the love for their clubs, brilliant.
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