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Much is made of managerial appointments and their importance to the fortunes of a club. Freddy Denis provides his opinion. The merry-go-round of managerial...
Miles Olusina writes a detailed tactical analysis about the goalless draw that Manchester United and Chelsea played out last week. Neither Manchester United nor...
The future of Pep Guardiola has been an intense source of discussion among football fans and experts alike for quite some time. The Spaniard...
Judah Davies tactically analyses the Manchester Derby that saw the two sides cancel each other out, in a clash at the top of the...
Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-1 at Old Trafford with all the goals coming in the second half following an uninspired opening 45 minutes where...
An extract taken from A Season in the Red by Jamie Jackson, chronicles the eventful end to Louis van Gaal’s first transfer window as...
The first game of the Premier League season matched up Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United against Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur. Many supporters looked at...
Vatsal Dani analyses the much anticipated debut of Manchester United’s star signing, Memphis Depay. The Premier League kicked off this Saturday amidst much fanfare...
There were question marks over Juan Mata’s future at Manchester United in the first half of the season but a switch to 4-3-3 saw...
Many had thought that Chris Smalling’s days at Manchester United were numbered after a few blunders at the start of this season but the...
It’s over 50 years since a boy from Northern Ireland set out on his journey to become a Manchester United legend. Now, Paddy McNair...
One of the key men in Manchester United’s resurgence of late is Ashley Young. Since moving to Manchester, the former Aston Villa winger has...
Manchester gathered its two giants once again at Old Trafford; a journey for the Citizens that was found more strenuous owning more to the weight this match...
Marouane Fellaini was seen as a symbol of everything wrong about the brief David Moyes era at Old Trafford. Thus, with Moyes shown the...
England have never had an appreciative eye for the finer details of the game. With the finer details come the finer players, one such...
At the beginning of this month, I had the privilege of attending an event at Grosvenor Casinos in Didsbury alongside other football writers including...
The fixture between Liverpool and Manchester United is one that demands global attention. As a spectacle, it is England’s riposte to El Clasico, Derby della...
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Joseph Solomon has a look at the Premier League’s history with a three man defensive system, it’s current implementation and if it can sustainably...
Moving on from the Ferguson era was always going to be hard for both players and fans and the 2013-14 campaign under David Moyes...
There were times where this fixtures involved two of the most in form teams in England, and there were occasions where the gulf in...
Marouane Fellaini’s transfer from Everton and the season that followed under David Moyes has been under severe scrutiny by the media and fans alike....
Manchester United’s last four games show van Gaal’s team is beginning to tick at a particularly crucial time. Tom Chambers documents how United have slowly...
Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United: The rivalry between the 2 sides is not the same as it was in the mid-noughties when flying food and tunnel...
The critics have been sharpening their knives for a while now and have been increasingly vocal in the past few weeks. The damning accusation...
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