Martin Palazzotto is the former editor of the now defunct World Football Columns. He also has written for other deceased football blogs, including the Equaliser, the Gib Football Show, Man and Ball, and strange bOUnce. Hopefully, that trail of carnage does not bode ill for Stretty News. His Twitter feed is @PickettPocketPr.
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United’s situation is far from unacceptable
Words are often over-used. On the weekend, for instance, I overheard an announcer describing the reaction to a long putt made at the...
To hire the man, you’ve got to beat the man: A Spurs v United pep talk
When you’ve been raised on champagne and caviar it’s difficult to look forward to grape Kool Aid and Oreo cookies. At first...
You can call me anything, just call me up to the first team
In the 1970s, there was an American comedian, Bill Saluga, who created an alter ego named Raymond J Johnson, Jr. His character was fashioned...
Where have you gone, Nobby Stiles?
Is English football going through an identity crisis ? I think it is. If you look at the political goings on in...
Man United should mess with the Zlatan
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is thirty-four years old. He is not a team player. Put a microphone in front of him and he is...
Darth van Gaal is not his youthful Man United squad’s father
The world is full of mama’s boys and daddy’s little girls. That’s just the way things are. For whatever reason, many parents bond...
Crying into your corn flakes (a hopefully fictional Man United nightmare)
Jonesy curled up under the duvet, his eyes already heavy with sleep. He’d had a long day down at the Kellog’s plant....
Hearts of more than mild loathing: Ed Woodward’s Manchester United Valentine’s wish list.
In grade school, my teacher had everyone pass out Valentines to classmates every February, after we’d gotten over the frenzy of groundhog sightings....
Sleepwalking in Sunderland
I live in what is usually balmy South Florida, although this morning was a brisk fifty-eight degrees Fahrenheit. It could have been worse....
Should Marouane Fellaini cut his hair?
There are pros and cons to everything. For instance, when one takes advantage of Ryan Giggs’ unexplained absence at a match wherein Manchester United suddenly...
Man United leave early, Costa creates traffic
In American gridiron, the term is prevent defense. Most sports have their version of going into a shell to protect a late lead,...
Conspiracy theory suggests Giggsy, not Van Gaal, has been in charge of parking the Man United bus
Appearances can be deceiving. For the better part of the season–which has ironically also been the worst for Man United fans–manager Louis...