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Preston preview: Don’t complicate things… again
Yeovil Town and then Cambridge United. The Reds have made hard work of their FA Cup campaign but it’s still our best...
Manchester United revenues fall by 12%
Manchester United’s revenue has fallen by 12 .2%, the club has confirmed. Failing to qualify for the Champions League has hit the...
Q&A with David May and Clayton Blackmore
Our friends at ChilliSauce and Play With a Legend invited a member of Stretty News to play at Reading’s Madejski Stadium with...
Is Wilson the answer to Manchester United’s striking dilemma?
Tuesday night’s game against Burnley further established that van Persie and Falcao cannot play together, but it also sprung something else to...
What Danny Ings could bring to United
It would be so simple to sit here and list all the negatives following Wednesday night’s game with Burnley. What’s the point...
The playing style under Van Gaal
Prominent Twitter account @ManUtdStuff on Van Gaal’s playing style. However you categorise United’s football as this season, whether it is long ball football as...
Tactics Column: There is no such thing as the West Ham way
Historically United have done well against West Ham and club captain, Rooney, has an equally impressive goalscoring record. Yet, it remained doubtful...
Finding the balance
How do you fit Radamel Falcao, Robin van Persie, Angel di Maria, Wayne Rooney, Adnan Januzaj, and Antonio Valencia in the same...
Rowlesy’s Ramblings- A missed opportunity despite Blind’s rescue act
Morning. Louis Van Gaal read a moving and pertinent snippet from ‘The Pride of football’ at last week’s fantastic tribute to the...
No real surprises: West Ham v Manchester United
Manchester United: de Gea, Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Shaw, Blind, Rooney, Januzaj, Di Maria, Falcao, van Persie. Subs: Valdez, Smalling, McNair, Fellaini, Herrera,...
Tactics Column: Three Goals, Fifth Round
After a draw down at Cambridge, United now had to negotiate a replay. Surely home advantage could be made to count to...
Could McNair be the answer?
At the start of Louis Van Gaal’s reign, one Manchester United defender in particular was expected to flourish. Jonny Evans was the...