Written on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Other Football, Premier League
The decline of the Premier League is a hot topic at the moment with a high possibility of there being no English clubs in the last sixteen of the Champions League for the first time since 1998. This season’s top two, Manchester United and City, were knocked out in the group stages and qualified for…
Written on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Transfer News
Tomasz Kuszczak has left Manchester United and joined Watford on emergency loan terms until the end of the season. The Hornets have been struggling and are currently sitting 17th in the Championship table. Kuszczak has had an unhappy time at United for the past year or so after falling down the pecking order. The 29-year-old spoke…
Written on Sunday, February 19, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Europa League, Players
Wayne Rooney believes the Europa League won’t hinder Manchester United’s chances of being crowned Premier League champions for the thirteenth time in 20 years. Rooney played a part in the United team who won their opening match 2-0 in the Amsterdam Arena last Thursday. However, the Reds have another eight games if they’re to make…
Written on Sunday, February 19, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Players, Rivals
I knew the day would come. The day when former Red, Kieran Richardson, wouldn’t let me down by scoring the opening goal against a dismantled Arsenal side. The London born 27-year-old spent 5 years at Old Trafford, managing to score 2 goals from 41 appearances. The left back was nicknamed ‘Lord Snooty’ by the brilliant…
Written on Thursday, February 16, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Europa League, Team news
Starting eleven: David de Gea, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Fabio da Silva, Luis Nani, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Young, Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez Bench: Ben Amos, Chris Smalling, Ji-sung Park, Paul Scholes, Antonio Valencia, Danny Welbeck, Paul Pogba.
Written on Thursday, February 16, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Europa League
Sir Alex Ferguson has made it clear that his Manchester United side will take the Europa League seriously and try take the crown back to Old Trafford in May. The Reds were knocked out of the Champions League in December after a poor group stage campaign, dropping points against second rated teams like Besel with…
Written on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Rivals
Fabio da Silva has criticised Luis Suarez for snubbing Patrice Evra’s handshake before Manchester Untited’s 2-1 win over Liverpool. The Brazilian full back believes it increased United’s determination to give Liverpool a taste of their own medicine. Fabio, who was an unused substitute on Saturday, explained to Globoesporte that Suarez’s behaviour was unacceptable: “I believe…
Written on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in News
A leaked image of what could be the new Manchester United home strip appeared on various social media networks earlier today. Despite many supporters showing their disgust at the new pattern, a source of ours said “it looks much better up close in person,” after seeing the pictures online. However, we are also led to…
Written on Sunday, February 12, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Rivals
The day after Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford, both clubs released statements in regard to yesterday’s events which made the entire race row worse. Liverpool released three statements after lunch and Manchester United followed with a brief statement in attempt to move on and clear the dusty surfaces. The first statement was…
Written on Friday, February 10, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in A View From The Enemy, Interviews, Match Previews
Ahead of the important game Saturday morning, we’ve invited John Fendley from Take It Like A Fan to talk about Liverpool’s chances against the champions. ‘Fenners’ has done lots of work for Sky Sports in the past being a reporter for the Soccer Saturday show, so he’s worth a follow on Twitter. How have Liverpool…
Stretty News – Manchester United blog was launched in the summer of 2010; on the back of coming second in the league just a point behind Chelsea. As you can imagine, we had a lot to say at the time but don’t get us wrong, we still do. Read more..
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