Richard Cann

Law & Politics graduate. Defective body. A bit of a leftie.

One out, none in, one back and several on the brink
After a sequence of doom laden articles recently I promised one or two readers that this week’s piece would be a far...
No anger, just sadness and a glimmer of hope
Manchester United manager David Moyes: “It is difficult, we just need to keep going. We didn’t do a lot wrong. I thought...
Swansea: A watershed for United and Moyes
Sitting here having witnessed another appalling United performance, a second home defeat in a week, it’s hard to remember a time as...
Reality bites: a post Spurs rant
I don’t usually write immediately after a match, particularly a defeat. Emotions are raw and frustrations are amplified. But all of the...
Adnan and Fletch: When dreams come true
The pleasure that football fans experience watching their team is multilayered and evolves as we mature and our experience of the world...
Answers, questions and RvP
Villa Park has been a happy hunting ground for United over the last twenty years. The last time Villa triumphed in the...
Doooooommm!
The perfect storm has arrived. Deep down we all knew it would, but few could have predicted just how devastating the consequences...
Leverkusen, Spurs and Kagawa
One of the dangers of writing a regular column on football is being proven wrong the day after you submit it for...
Time to move on from mediocrity
Another week, another mediocre Manchester United performance. After a desperately poor start to the season, the margin for error has been getting...
Cleverley – A jack of all trades but master of none
Last week a piece of news broke that froze United fans’ hearts. Michael Carrick is injured and likely to miss at least...