Manchester United v Swansea Tactical Preview

As the buzz and excitement from the opening weekend of the Premier League season carries over to match-day 2, an impressive looking Manchester United look to take on a rather distraught Swansea City FC. The beginning of the season has treated both teams completely different, almost as if opposite sides of the spectrum. For Manchester … Read more

The Scout Report: Eric Dier

As Manchester United’s pre-season tour has begun, Jose Mourinho looks to test and piece together what would be his frequent starting side for the upcoming season. Though it seems likely that Mourinho has only purchased 2 out of his 4 signings and with plenty of players seemingly intertwined to the English side, there is one … Read more

Are Manchester United Title Ready?

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With Manchester United beating Manchester City 2-0 in the International Champions Cup several people have raised the question : are United ready to challenge for the title? Are United back in the big time? Well, first of all, it’s just 2 weeks into the preseason and this was City’s first game compared to United’s third. … Read more

The Rise of the Noisy Neighbours

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The season of 2011-12 saw the rise of the noisy neighbours as so famously tagged by Sir Alex Ferguson. City for so long had been very much in United’s shadow, the derby had been relegated below the Liverpool fixture as the most anticipated and City had even dropped down into England’s 3rd tier.  However, since … Read more

Stat Attacks! Season in Numbers: 2007-08

It’s been 9 years since Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League. Yes, today we go back to 2008 and relive the Premier league and Champions league triumphs through stats! 6- Players with more than 40 appearances! Sir Alex often had the same 11 week in week out. This was the reason why 6 senior … Read more

2013/14 Review: Entering The Unknown

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So the Sir Alex Ferguson era was over. I remember hearing the news of David Moyes becoming his replacement on the radio and seemed the majority were in favour of the choice and I was very much part of it. Little did we know how badly wrong we were going to be. Pre-Season Moyes’ first … Read more