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 Monday, October 3, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Opinion, Players
With countless injuries in the early stages of the season, Sir Alex Ferguson has deployed 9 different back four combinations in our opening 11 games. This has lead to many fans offering up the question; who is our first choice right back? Let’s look at the candidates: Rafael Da Silva Rafael is by far the…
Written on Saturday, October 1, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Rant
In the year 2011, Manchester United have only started the same back 4 in the Premier League on 3 separate occasions, in 26 games. They were: February/March: Man City (h), Wigan Athletic (a) and Chelsea (a) – O’Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra April: Fulham (h) and Newcastle (a) – O’Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra August: Tottenham Hotspur…
Written on Monday, September 26, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Champions League, Players, Sir Alex Ferguson
Earlier today, Sir Alex Ferguson sat his press conference ahead of the group stage clash against FC Basel. When asked whether Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling and Jonny Evans would feature, he confirmed they will be left out due to injuries. He also said the club appreciate Manchester City’s actions in Munich, showing respect for the…
Written on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News
Manchester United defender Chris Smalling claims he wants to spend his entire playing career at Old Trafford. The 21-year-old, who joined United from Fulham last year, has established himself as a key player in Ferguson’s starting eleven. When Rio Ferdinand struggled with a few injuries last season, Chris stepped up and played an important role…
Written on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Sir Alex Ferguson, Stats
When Sir Alex Ferguson started our summer spending on centre back Phil Jones from Blackburn, a lot of people wondered why? United already have Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic forming the best defensive partnership in the League and 2 very talented youngsters in Jonny Evans and Chris Smalling filling in well when needed. Jones did spend…
Right when we see two of our longest serving defenders leave this week, Chris Smalling puts pen to paper on a new five-year deal. The main significance of the timing of Smalling’s new deal puts him in step with his center-half partner, Phil Jones, who is also on a five-year deal. Smalling, 21, and Jones,…
Written on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News
This is the third of Stretty News’ three part series on the United Season. Part One can be found here and Part Two here. In February, Gary Neville, who hadn’t been able to fully recover from nagging injuries sufficiently to make an impact with the club, called it a career. The former captain had only…
Written on Sunday, May 8, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports
Hernandez’ prayers were answered Manchester United moved to within a point of a record nineteenth title after a deserved win against second-place Chelsea at Old Trafford – officially knocking (the dippers) Liverpool of their fucking perch! Since losing away to Arsenal last Sunday, I have suffered sleepless nights all week thinking about this fixture against…
With games coming thick and fast fortunately United’s injury crisis seems to be over the worst with key players such as Ji-Sung Park and Antonio Valencia coming back to provide valuable boosts to the Reds hunt for silverware. However the most important return could be in the shape of Rio Ferdinand who, after making his…
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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