Tactics Column: Festive Cheer
After a draw at Villa Park United were looking to return to winning ways in this Boxing Day fixture. Newcastle’s results had...
Tactics Column: A tough nut to crack
United to win the league ?! Unthinkable this time last season but such was the talk that supplemented the pre-match build up,...
Tactics Column: 3 is the Magic Number
After a fortunate win against Southampton this match represented an opportunity for United to concretise their position in the Champions League qualifying...
Tactics Column: Momentum
United went into this game on the back of perhaps their most rounded performance of the season looking for another three points...
Tactics Column: A Comfortable Win
United went into this game on the back of a good away win at Arsenal. With two home games in four days...
Tactics Column: Sit, break, score, repeat – United’s annual game plan vs Arsenal works again
United have enjoyed great success against Arsenal, a supposed big team, so any victory would be seen as morale boosting and continue...
Tactics Column: A Cautious Approach
With another international break looming United needed to take advantage of this home game against a Crystal Palace side sitting just above...
Tactics Column: Sending off key and undermined a good United performance
After a run of supposed easy matches, games against the ‘top level’ have come thick and fast; first Chelsea and now City....
Tactics Column: United rescue a draw from the jaws of defeat
This was the first of a series of tough games for United against sides expected to be at the business end of...
Tactics Column: Statistically better but defensive concerns persist
It’s been ages since the reds last played and with Keane, Ferguson and Moyes stories filling the void we welcomed the resumption...
Tactics column: Tight game which could have gone either way
United went into this game looking for a second consecutive home win. Last week the concern about the defence was in part...
Tactics Column: Reds hold on despite loss of key man
Midweek football doesn’t afford United the opportunity to put bad results behind them quickly, so the game against media darlings West Ham...