Sunderland have been proving to be stubborn opponents for us in recent seasons and whilst we have only lost once against them (at the end of last season when I’m convinced we threw the points so as to avoid the Europa League), they held us to a draw earlier this season … Continue reading
Louis van Gaal had barely got his feet under the desk at Manchester United when Swansea came to Old Trafford very early in the season and gave him an indication of the size of the job he had in front of him by beating us 2-1. Of course, this was … Continue reading
And so our FA Cup campaign continues with yet another draw against a team much lower down the leagues than ourselves. This time we travel to League One’s Preston who were responsible for giving David Moyes his first chance at football management so thanks for that guys. Preston are currently … Continue reading
At around this time of the season we’re more accustomed to playing the likes of Barcelona on a Wednesday night but that’s hopefully something we’ll get back to next season – for now, it’s Burnley. Oh well, at least the colours are similar. Whilst Burnley might currently be languishing just … Continue reading
After a spell where goals were hard to come by, we have now knocked in six in our last two games, admittedly they were against struggling Leicester and fourth-tier Cambridge but they all count and will have done the confidence of the scorers (five different Manchester United players) no harm … Continue reading
It was good to see us bang in a few goals against Leicester over the weekend as goals are something that have deserted us a bit in recent weeks and no more so than in the first match we played against Cambridge the other week. I’m not going to over-analyse … Continue reading
Few will ever forget our meeting with Leicester early on this season but just in case you’ve repressed the memory in some kind of act of post-traumatic self-preservation, they beat us 5-3 in one of the most ridiculous matches I’ve seen us play since Southampton beat us 6-3 way back … Continue reading
Once again a cup competition has set us up for a no-win situation and how the media love it. It’s obviously Friday and the kick-off time is 19:55. When was the last time we ever had a fixture like that? Oh well… I suppose it’s churlish to complain because we’d … Continue reading
Whilst we have been generally improved in recent weeks, there was a feeling that the element of luck that accompanied our unbeaten run finally ran out last weekend as we put in a largely toothless display against Southampton. Not one shot on target was the damning statistic and for a … Continue reading
Once again we face an opponent that we met in December which, once again, was a somewhat fortunate victory for us and it was the brilliance of De Gea at one end and a timely return to form of Van Persie at the other end that proved the difference between … Continue reading
