Written on Friday, October 28, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players
“Anderson son son, he is better than Kleberson…” goes the much loved chant, but is this Brazilian midfielder much agadoo about nothing? When it was announced on United’s official website in May 2007, that the club had agreed the transfer of Anderson there was a desperate search for YouTube videos on a player who had…
Written on Saturday, October 1, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports
1. A definite contender for the least enjoyable game of the season. Based on the performance, we can count ourselves lucky. We granted the Canaries enough chances to cause an upset but thanks to poor finishing, particularly from Steve Morison, that wasn’t the case. We found it difficult to create real chances in the first…
Written on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Champions League, Match Reports
1. United played with an over-relaxed attitude, taking 10 minutes to actually wake up. For a short period of time, we switched the ball brilliantly from side to side, across the pitch. The Swiss champions couldn’t keep up with our movement, therefore, we punished them by scoring two goals in the same space of time….
Written on Monday, September 26, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Rant, Stats
The electrifying start made by Manchester United this season has been down to many things; the form of the unstoppable Wayne Rooney, the creativity of Nani and Ashley Young, the stubbornness of our second string back four, however I believe the job our two central midfielders have done has been essential to our early season…
There were a few moments on Sunday afternoon against Chelsea where you’d have found me shouting, screaming and swearing at the telly when we just kept giving the ball away. Anderson was the main culprit – you’d think he was playing in blue the number of times the ball miraculously got hoofed to a Chelsea…
Written on Thursday, July 14, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports, United States Tour 2011
Manchester United started their pre-season tour with a comfortable victory over New England Revolution. It was the first time United played since losing the Champions League final (47 days) to FC Barcelona in May. We also got a glimpse of new signing, Ashley Young, who I will talk about at a later stage. With all the Sneijder…
Written on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Busby88 in Stretty's News, Transfer News
Ask any Manchester United fan what the transfer priority is this summer, and most will reply with a resounding “Centre Midfield”. In fact, for the last two summers, the general consensus has been that we are in desperate need of a creative midfielder, one who can dictate play and add a creative dimension to the…
Written on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Injuries
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has just played down injury concerns for his Brazilian midfielder, Anderson. It was suggested in many reports yesterday that he would be out for two months after picking up an injury in last Saturday’s FA Cup victory against Crawley, a game not many Manchester United fans will want to…
Written on Thursday, December 16, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Latest News
Anderson has put pen to paper and signed a 4½-Year Contract Extension with Manchester United. His recent performances justified Sir Alex Ferguson’s decision to lure him to Old Trafford after playing that all important creative midfielder role. This deal will keep Anderson at Old Trafford till June 2015, hopefully he can keep up his recent…
Written on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in Champions League, Match Reports
Everyone expected a better performance from Manchester United last night after the lads had a nice rest Saturday with their game against Blackpool being postponed due to a frozen pitch. With a chance of breaking a Champions League record Ferguson had full confidence in Ben Amos in keeping a clean sheet, by naming him in…
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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