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Despite being just 20 years of age David De Gea has shown maturity in recent weeks that bodes well for his future at Old Trafford. The former Atletico Madrid keeper has not had the best of starts to his time at Old Trafford. In the first live football of the season, the Community Shield, he [...]
September 9th, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »
An interesting statistic was highlighted over the weekend when comparing the United team that finished last season against Barcelona and the one that battered Arsenal into submission in Sunday. The team that went down at Wembley back in May had an average age of 29, with 40-year-old Edwin Van Der Sar and 39-year-old Ryan Giggs [...]
August 30th, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »
Manchester United will be striving to go one better and win the Champions League next season, but they are a transformed side that has lost a lot of experience during the summer. The key trio of Paul Scholes, Edwin van der Sar and Gary Neville have all retired from Old Trafford while Sir Alex Ferguson [...]
August 12th, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »
Nani is one of those footballers who never seems to be too happy for too long. In that respect, he fits very much into the same mould as Cristiano Ronaldo, but sadly for the United winger, he doesn’t exactly have the same level of talent or goal scoring touch as the Real Madrid star. With [...]
June 28th, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »
Ashley Young fits the profile of most of Manchester United’s recent big-money purchases. He is young and proven in the Premier League, much like Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia, Dimitar Berbatov, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones were when they arrived at Old Trafford. Sir Alex Ferguson likes to buy players before they reach their peak, in [...]
June 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »
Having admitted that before the arrival of Jose Mourinho, he had not really been a football coach able to get the best out of his side at the start of the new domestic season, Sir Alex Ferguson surely now knows that in this day and age, even with Mourinho gone, he is still facing an [...]
June 20th, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »
There is no time for Sir Alex Ferguson to dwell on the glory of Manchester United’s record-breaking 19th championship. Resting on laurels is not one of the United manager’s traits, but this summer is one of his more important rebuilding windows. He needs to be active in the transfer market as the task of building [...]
June 10th, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »
Ryan Giggs knows Manchester United as well as, if not better than, the back of his hand. After playing for United for 20 years now, the winger has this season turned back the clock by displaying a number of impressive performances in midfield, with the Welshman providing evidence for the arguments of those who believe [...]
May 20th, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »
There has been some debate raging this season about the quality of the current crop of Manchester United players, but if they win the Champions League final they can well and truly end any doubt about them. Despite winning a record 19th domestic league title to make them the most successful English club in history [...]
May 17th, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »
Sir Alex Ferguson has gone from strength to strength after being written off as not being able to keep up with the changing nature of the game only a few seasons ago, but now he has finally won that 19th record-breaking league title and stands a chance of lifting the European Cup for the third [...]
May 16th, 2011 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »