Richard Cann

Law & Politics graduate. Defective body. A bit of a leftie.

Debate over as Falcao is not the player he once was
There are some players who arrive in the Premier League on the back of having performed miracles in other European leagues. For...
Is this just a brief moment in the sun for McNair and Blackett?
In 2005 I recall a young 18-year-old full back named Kerrea Gilbert play for Arsenal in the Champions League against Ajax. Introduced...
Rooney remains the scapegoat, but is Van Persie fortunate to have escaped criticism?
In the wake of Manchester United’s shambolic late collapse at Leicester last weekend and their generally disastrous start to the season, much...
Welbeck sale exposes the disappointing lack of recent top-class United academy graduates
Over the last ten days hundreds of column inches have been devoted to opinion regarding Manchester United’s deadline day sale of Danny...
United: Damned if they do and damned if they don’t
As Manchester United entered this summer’s transfer window the media message was almost universal: decline and years of underspending had seen the...
Short-term pain for long-term gain
Time is a wonderful healer, a provider of perspective that is almost impossible in the aftermath of a negative occurrence. Manchester United’s...
A fortnight that will reveal the extent of United’s ambitions
For Manchester United fans it has been a summer which began with unbridled optimism, as Louis Van Gaal was recruited as manager...
The curious case of Ashley Young
Long before Sir Alex Ferguson ended his remarkable tenure at Manchester United with the club’s twentieth league title, a trophy won, it...
Van Gaal’s words about potentially signing no more players mean nothing
When I wake up in the morning the first thing I tend to do is pick up my iPad and check the...
United don’t have to be the biggest to be the best
The location was different – the United States instead of Asia – but the message was the same: Manchester United is the...
New coach, players and methods but the same old transfer sagas
There may be a new manager, new coaches, a new Chief Executive, a World Cup or European Championships. Every summer off-season has...
World Cup underperformance: Selling players may be as difficult as signing
For most Manchester United fans the World Cup in Brazil has been an overwhelmingly positive experience. Aside from a general sense of...