Written on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Rivals, The FA
Sir Alex Ferguson has made it clear that he believes football authorities need to clamp down hard on racism in attempt to kick it out. The Manchester United manager has been very respectable towards the FA throughout the Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra race row, whereas Kenny Dalglish has been the complete opposite before and after…
Written on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Rivals
Kenny Dalglish has somehow added fuel to the embers that are the Luis Suarez & Patrice Evra race row. The Liverpool boss spoke bitterly after last night’s 0-0 draw with Tottenham Hotspur, despite claiming he was proud of the way his players performed. He re-affirmed his stance that Luis Suarez shouldn’t have been punished after…
Written on Saturday, January 28, 2012 by Mohamed Seif in Rant, Rivals
Someone must’ve been scratching their head immensely in that glass-wielded complex lying on a wooded hill in Zurich. In what is also known as the FIFA Headquarters, angry and confused murmurs could probably be heard echoing all around after the allegations regarding racism in England in general and Liverpool FC in specific over the past…
Written on Saturday, January 28, 2012 by adamsupra_MUFC in FA Cup, Match Reports
Manchester United’s miserable run of results at Anfield continued today with a 2-1 loss at the hands of their greatest revivals. The result left United dumped out of the FA Cup. United lined up as expected, without Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Nani and Phil Jones. Less expected was the formation which centred around a midfield…
Written on Friday, January 27, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Match Previews
Venue: Anfield (pictured on the right) Kick off: 12:45 United will travel to Merseyside tomorrow where Liverpool fans are expected to give Patrice Evra a scorching reception all because of a certain Luis Suarez racially abusing him earlier this season. However, if you enjoy Football Betting, United are currently 15/8 to win with Liverpool at 6/4….
Written on Friday, January 27, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in A View From The Enemy, FA Cup
Before the FA Cup encounter between Liverpool and United this weekend, we invited former Liverpool and Ireland international Jason McAteer on to the blog so he could answer a few questions for our ‘view from the enemy’ feature. However, ‘Trigger’ refused to answer our questions on Dalglish, Liverpool-based media and his relationship with United players…
Written on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Rant
The Luis Suarez 8-game punishment is a very bad one. Assuming the matter was proven. Punishing racist slants is very important. It cannot be dismissed as what Americans call “trash talk” or as “cultural sensitivity”. A black player is entitled to a fair and reasonable environment at his work place. Even if his work place is an…
Written on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News
Luis Suarez has finally been found guilty of a racist action towards Patrice Evra in October’s match at Anfield. The Uruguayan now faces an eight match suspension along with a fine worth £40,000. Suarez attempted to defend his alleged racist comments to Evra, with the backing of his manager Kenny Dalglish and the club itself, but 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 Thursday, December 1, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Other Football
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Luis Nani and Wayne Rooney have all been named in a 55-man shortlist for the Fifa Fifpro World XI 2011, which includes 22 nominees from Spain’s Primera Liga – mainly coming from Barcelona and Real Madrid. Fifpro is the worldwide representative organization for all professional players…
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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