All posts tagged "Manchester United"

  • MOTD: Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur

    What changed?  Manchester United have not been as convincing since the days of Sir Alex Ferguson: everything just clicked.  Three first half goals marked by far their best half — and match, for that matter — so...

    • Posted March 15, 2015
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  • Van Gaal’s philosophy yet to take root at Man U

    Louis Van Gaal rather foolishly gave himself a personal deadline of three months to turn around Manchester United’s fortunes. Nine months into his tenure at Old Trafford, Van Gaal only just reached his lowest point after an...

    • Posted March 13, 2015
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  • MOTD: Manchester United 1-2 Arsenal

    Manchester United have tried most everything to make their star-studded attack work this season. Countless formations and combinations, with Louis Van Gaal even being accused of long-ball football. It’s a testament to Arsenal’s defensive solitude that today,...

    • Posted March 9, 2015
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  • How can Louis Van Gaal solve United’s jigsaw puzzle?

    Manchester United paid a British record transfer fee of £59.7 million for Angel Di Maria last summer, but has the Argentine lived up to his price tag at Old Trafford? Di Maria started off well enough at...

    • Posted February 26, 2015
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  • MOTD: Preston North End 1-3 Manchester United

    Preston North End will perhaps think they could have defended slightly better to keep hold of a win; Manchester United know they need to simply find the back of the net more often. They’ve tried the classic...

    • Posted February 16, 2015
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  • MOTD: Manchester United 3-0 Cambridge United

    The fall back down to earth will be a long one for Cambridge United. Only here at Old Trafford were they given a glimpse of Manchester United at their best, where the Theater of Dreams offered a...

    • Posted February 3, 2015
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  • MOTD: Cambridge United 0-0 Manchester United

    In November 2012, a young, newly-minted professional footballer Liam Hughes was loaned out to non-league outfit Corby Town after struggling to break into Cambridge United’s starting eleven.  At the same time, Daley Blind was in the middle...

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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  • A De Gea move to Madrid could prove as unwise for United as it would be uncommon

    Great goalkeepers are a rare breed; it’s a cliche because it just about happens to be true. Few come along every generation – the last belonging to the likes of Petr Cech, Iker Casillas, and Gianluigi Buffon,...

    • Posted January 21, 2015
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  • How David De Gea matured into Manchester United’s savior

    Tim Howard wrote a telling note in his recently published book, The Keeper; “(forwards are) always one goal away from being a hero. As a goalie, I was one goal away from being a villain.” Ironically being...

    • Posted January 17, 2015
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  • MOTD: Manchester United 0-1 Southampton

    Old Trafford may be one of the only places where you can see Angel Di Maria start a move, Juan Mata then nutmeg his marker, Michael Carrick scoop a lovely pass out wide to Antonio Valencia, and...

    • Posted January 11, 2015
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