Darren Fletcher’s career has been in ruins twice. The first time was about a decade ago. As a 15-16 year old, he was never intended to be a battling midfielder. Professionals who saw him in his youth were thinking of a player in the mold of Paul Scholes or Zidane. Alex Ferguson was ready to give him his Premier…
Written on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News updates, Players, Team news
Darren Fletcher will take a break from football in order to fight a chronic inflammatory bowel condition, Manchester United confirmed at lunch time on Tuesday. The club issued a statement which read: “On behalf of Darren Fletcher, Manchester United wishes to announce that he is taking an extended break from football for health reasons. “Over the…
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 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports
1. After seeing the starting line-up, I honestly thought we were in for an exciting performance with a comeback appearance from Ashley Young and others that featured from the bench. Those thoughts quickly vanished after conceding just after four minutes due to a Phil Jones own goal. It took us around 35 minutes to wake…
Written on Saturday, October 29, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports
1. We got what we wanted today at Goodison Park. When writing the match preview last night, I explained how difficult it can be to walk away from that ground with three points, and that’s what we did. After the humiliation against our biggest rivals, we needed something to be positive about, especially for the young lads’…
Written on Sunday, October 23, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Highlights
Manchester United suffered a humiliating defeat against their ‘noisy neighbors’ today. However, Darren Fletcher’s goal was one of the few positives we can take from the game.
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…
Written on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Busby88 in 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 Friday, April 15, 2011 by Guest Writer in Players
Growing up in India, it is a normal thing to find yourself crowded with cricket obsessed people, giving their expert views on each and every aspect of the game. I, being no exception, was growing up in the same circumstances. But the FIFA World Cup 2006 held in Germany attracted my attention towards football. Sitting…
Written on Monday, August 16, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports
Manchester United started tonight’s match against Newcastle United without Michael Owen on the bench. This left many Manchester United fans on twitter a bit puzzled seeing he is one of our proven goal scorers. Ferguson made it clear before the game that Owen and Rooney still aren’t fully fit even though Rooney started. Rooney’s partner…
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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