Written on Saturday, January 14, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Previews
Venue: Old Trafford Kick off: 15:00 Form: United responded brilliantly to two consecutive defeats last weekend with a 3-2 win over bitter rivals, City. If the Reds can boss the midfield area I can’t see Bolton causing us many problems. The Trotters have been tipped as being one of the favourites to be relegated this season despite…
Written on Saturday, January 7, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Match Previews
Venue: Etihad Stadium Kick off: 13:00 Form: United go into the game on the back of two shocking defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle, but fortunately remain second in the league just three points behind Sunday’s opposition. Performance wise, we haven’t been good enough. Some fans will question Ferguson’s tactics, which I think is fair enough looking at…
Written on Friday, December 9, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in A View From The Enemy, Match Previews
In preparation for the game against Wolves this weekend, I’ve asked Graham Large a few questions on his team and their season so far. He is the man behind a great project called ‘It’s Round and It’s White‘. This website allows aspiring writers from all clubs to express their very own opinions and discuss every…
Written on Saturday, December 3, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Previews
Manchester United travel to Villa Park this evening in search of the all important three points – a result we haven’t managed at the ground since 2007, which finished a 4 goal blitz as United strolled past a nine-man Villa. If my memory serves me correct, Wayne Rooney scored two while Rio Ferdiand and Ryan…
Written on Friday, October 28, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Previews
Manchester United will be traveling across to Merseyside on Saturday where they come up against Everton, who are currently sitting thirteenth in the league with 10 points from 8 games. Despite that average record, we all know how difficult it can be to walk away from Goodison Park with three points – we can’t take…
Written on Friday, October 21, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in A View From The Enemy, Match Previews
This week Danny Pugsley answered a few questions ahead of the Manchester derby. Danny is one of the editors from SB Nation’s Manchester City blog ‘Bitter and Blue’. He has also written a book called ‘Man City 365’. Explain in detail what this fixture means to you? For me personally, because I no longer live…
Written on Friday, October 21, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Previews, Stats
This weekend, United welcome City to Old Trafford looking for nothing less than three points to take them ahead of their rivals and back on top of the Premier League. Roberto Mancini’s men are sitting uncomfortably at the top just one point head of the Reds, who remain unbeaten winning 6 out of 8 games…
Written on Thursday, October 13, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Previews
This weekend, Sir Alex Ferguson’s men travel to merseyside where they face Liverpool. United will be looking to end a run of three consecutive defeats at Anfield. So, lets take a look at the pre-match stats. This season Liverpool started their season with a 1-1 draw against Sunderland but responded well with two home victories…
Written on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Carling Cup, Match Previews
Competition: Carling Cup Venue: Elland Road Time: 19:45 The third round of the Carling Cup has a hard-boiled game lined up with United taking a short journey across the Pennines to face old-rivals Leeds. With the horrid memories of that FA Cup upset 18-months ago still in the back of our minds, Ferguson knows how important…
Written on Saturday, September 17, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in A View From The Enemy, Match Previews
For all the big games we promised to interview an opposition supporter in attempt to balance views on the blog. This week, Stretty News interviewed Paul Walsh from an up and coming Irish band, called Royseven. Here’s a song from their latest album, called ‘Killer‘. Chelsea currently sit third with 10 points from a possible…
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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