Written on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Stretty's 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 Tuesday, June 7, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in 2010-11 season review, Year Book
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, June 5, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in 2010/11 season, Year Book
If Sir Alex Ferguson were a boy scout, he would have earned his firefighting badge several times over in the 2010-11 season. The FA doesn’t keep stats for such things but I’d be willing to wager a few bob that Fergie spent more time attempting to put out fires than he did preparing the Red…
Written on Sunday, April 3, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in International Football
Oh dear, Wayne Rooney cursed. After completing his Upton Park hat-trick. Who could have ever imagined he even had curse words in his vocabulary? Shocking. Such behavior is just not cricket. ‘Fuckin’ What? What?! Fuckin’ Hell!’ Fortunately, the football fan has the FA on guard. Protecting him and his family from creatures like Rooney. Who…
Written on Friday, March 25, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in International Football
I read a column on the London underground this morning. It was about the John Terry and the England captaincy affair. The writer, Gavin Brown, avoided taking a moral stand on the applicability of the 7th and 10th commandment to professional football. Just pointed out that Terry is universally disliked. Some things bemuse me about…
Written on Monday, November 15, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in International Football
Fantastic news broke last weekend that Chris Smalling was getting his chance in Capello’s England squad for their international friendly against France. Smalling has already made 8 appearances for Manchester United and he’s obviously doing something to impress Fabio Capello. When your a defender your job is to guard the goal but Smalling has more…
Written on Sunday, August 15, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in International Football, Manchester United Latest News
English manager Fabio Capello reckons that striker Wayne Rooney will find his goal scoring form again but maybe not till the beginning of September. Rooney didn’t score for Manchester United since they took on Bayern Munich last March but you have to remember he was out for some time with an injury. I don’t understand…
Written on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in International Football
Manchester United midfield master mind Paul Scholes was only given two hours notice to decide whether to come out of international retirement and play for England in the 2010 World Cup which was held in South Africa. Scholes quit international football in 2004 and has been asked a number of times by a different managers…
Written on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Latest News
Manchester United gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson believes that last seasons club top goal scorer Wayne Rooney will mature into “the complete footballer” in the next few years. After a super season with Manchester United scoring 34 goals he then walked into a disappointing World Cup with the English squad you failed to beat Germany in…
Seeing England were knocked out of the World Cup on Sunday and Wayne Rooney didn’t score in the campaign there were lots of people giving him plenty of hassle on both Twitter and Facebook. As soon as I saw all this, I thought about the England team in the World Cup and I couldn’t think…
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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