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/ 5308 days agoIs Rafa Benitez About To Walk Alone?
So it seems the end is drawing close for Rafa Benitez at Anfield, with reports all over the place pointing to the Liverpool owners offering Benitez £3 million to leave immediately. Quite what has happened to bring Liverpool lurching in to another crisis so soon after the season has ended is unsure, but for me, […]
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/ 5449 days agoThe Glazers Have Done a Fine Job of Managing Manchester United
Jesse Chula is not alone in thinking that the Glazers are a blight on Manchester United’s proud history. It is almost conventional wisdom that the Glazers represent an uncomfortable trend – wealthy foreign interlopers with more money than passion buying English clubs and, through a combination of debt and unfamiliarity with the culture of English […]
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/ 5452 days agoManchester United 1-1 Birmingham City: Champions Fail To Capitalize On Arsenal Draw
A week after Manchester United's shock FA Cup exit, Sir Alex Ferguson fielded a side with immense respect for Birmingham City's Alex McCleish at St. Andrews. A match that was 1 of only 2 to survive the inclement weather on Saturday saw a 4-5-1 with Wayne Rooney in a lone striker role supported by Ji-sung […]
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/ 5472 days agoWhat Is This Current Manchester United Team Capable Of?
I sat utterly bemused Saturday as I watched Manchester United altogether inept in front of goal away to their current bogey ground, Craven Cottage. Manchester United lost their second out of the last three matches and fifth league match of the year to Fulham 3-0, a scoreline that flatters the current champions as it could […]
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/ 5553 days agoThe Changing Face Of Premiership Grounds: #1 Old Trafford
It seems incredible now when we view some of the impressive grounds that make up the home stadia of the Premiership clubs that in just 17 years how many of them have changed beyond all recognition from those far away days of the Premierships beginning. Looking back, the speed that some of the grounds changed […]
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/ 5555 days agoAncelotti's Honesty Is So Refreshing
Well, I had to check a couple of times that I'd read the paper right on Sunday morning such was the surprise that I viewed Carlo Ancelotti's comments about Chelsea's shock defeat at the D.W Stadium. Perhaps it was the shock at playing at one of the worst named grounds in England, but either way […]
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/ 5583 days agoUnited's Berba Necessity
The year is 1996. The All New Manchester United juggernaut has just driven relentlessly to the Premier League and FA Cup double, sneering past the wheezing, spluttering, broken down Alfa Romeo of Kevin Keegan's Newcastle on its way. The chance arises, that summer, to buy a young starlet from France, Zinedine Zidane. While there is […]
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/ 5631 days agoWhy Has Manchester United Resigned Itself To Being Outspent?
Sir Alex Ferguson has a practical take on morality. Anything benefitting Manchester United is right. Anything hindering Manchester United is wrong. With Manchester City and Real Madrid suddenly able to outbid Manchester United for players. It should surprise no one that the grizzled Scot spoke out for the little man. "I said a year ago, […]
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/ 5658 days agoManchester United Change Transfer Policy
The Guardian today has a very interesting article regarding Manchester United's owners changing the clubs transfer policy to concentrate on signing players under 26. It seems that the Glazer family want the club to only sign players that they can recoup transfer fees on later in their careers. Now maybe it's me, but I've yet […]
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/ 5694 days agoThis Year's Champions League Final Will NOT Be Ronaldo vs Messi
If you would believe various pundits, the annoying debate that many football fans have been subject to this year and last – Ronaldo vs. Messi – will come to its conclusion in the UCL final in Rome. On the biggest stage in club competitions, the two most complete players in attacking football will meet head […]
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/ 5714 days agoWill The Real Dimitar Berbatov Please Stand Up?
So the dust seems to be finally settling on the criticism about Berbatov's mishit penalty on Sunday in the semi-final defeat against Everton. There's no doubting it was a badly hit penalty, but it seems to have unpicked a scab over his performances for Manchester United as his time so far with the Red Devils. […]
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/ 5728 days agoMan United At A Crossroads In Quest for Quintuple
When Manchester United scored two late goals on Sunday to secure a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Aston Villa, the result seemed to sweep under the rug the idea that United were a team in serious danger of relinquishing their Premier League lead heading into the home stretch. After Tuesday’s 2-2 draw at home to FC […]
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/ 5759 days agoWenger's Fear of Terrorism in Football While There is a New Twist to Possible Liverpool Sale
An interesting story coming out of this weekend comes from the lips of Arsene Wenger. In a story that started to circulate on Saturday, Arsene spoke about his concern that after the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team this past week, football could become a target for terrorists. Wenger isn't a rookie to […]
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/ 5772 days agoIt's All About the Champions League While The Injuries Start to Mount
Well the next two days will be most interesting viewing. The time has come and gone for words, the threats and promises manager and player alike have made now have to turn into results. That doesn't mean we can't look at what is being said ahead of the Champions League to come. The big war […]
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/ 5807 days agoLiverpool's Title Chances On The Brink
Three weeks is a long time in football and Liverpool must be wondering why there season is beginning to splutter just when they needed to kick on. The game against Newcastle United on December 28th easily saw Liverpool's best performance of the season so far, completely ripping the Geordie's apart at will. If it wasn't for […]