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 Monday, February 6, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Players
David de Gea put in another top performance against one of England’s big teams yesterday when Manchester United drew 3-3 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Whenever the 21-year-old moves the British press are quick to throw criticism in his direction, ever since they labeled him a flop after his debut against City in the Community…
Recently, Sir Alex Ferguson was quoted in claiming he was ready to remain the boss at Manchester United for a further 3 years, if what the Scotsman said was true, that would mean he would still be at the helm at the age of 73, something which myself and lots of others strongly doubt. Sir…
Written on Sunday, January 29, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Other Clubs
On Saturday night, after Real Madrid’s comfortable 3-1 win over Zaragoza, Duncan Castles from The Sunday Times said Jose Mourinho had decided to quit ‘Los Blancos’ this summer for a Premier League club. He has spoke about a move back to England ever since leaving Chelsea back in 2007. And over the winter break in Spain,…
Written on Saturday, December 17, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Youths, Players, Transfer News
In recent weeks, Paul Pogba has been heavily linked with Manchester City and a number of Italian clubs. These rumours came about when negotiations with United suffered a set back because the French youngster wouldn’t agree terms. Newspapers across Europe suggested that the 18-year-old would be able to leave this coming summer on a free,…
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 Thursday, December 1, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Carling Cup, Sir Alex Ferguson
The Carling Cup disappointment last night was followed by an apology to fans and players that didn’t feature, from Sir Sir Alex Ferguson in his post match interview. The Manchester United manager humbly admitted that he was disappointed with the result, therefore, he felt an apology was needed. Ben Amos conceded a total of two…
Written on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Team news
Wayne Rooney didn’t train with the squad Monday ahead of the Benfica game but Ferguson still thought he’d be fit enough to play against the Portuguese champions, Tuesday night. That wasn’t the case and now there’s a possibility he could miss the match on Saturday too. Rooney sustained a hip injury during the win over…
Written on Sunday, November 20, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Transfer News
Due to Dimitar Berbatov’s misfortunate start to the season, rarely getting the nod to start games, newspapers began speculation linking him with a January move to Russia with his agent Emil Danchev feeding a lot of the stories to hungry sources. Danchev can we quoted in the Daily Mirror “We would be interested when Anzhi make a concrete…
Written on Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Guest Writer in Players
Among all the festive quotes by Alex Ferguson on his silver-anniversary a more significant quote by the Manchester United manager ought to have received more attention. He was advising his former player, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, not to rush it into management in England after leading novice Molde to the Norwegian title – the first in their history…
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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