Bob Priestley 
As you might all be aware, there was a pretty fantastic football game on Saturday. After a fairly underwhelming season, Manchester United managed an unprecedented win away at Manchester City. Not only that, they did it by coming back from 2-0 down to win 3-2. Whether this goes down as a historic derby will be … Read more
I was listening to a radio show on a local station here in Bury which featured ex-United midfielder, Mickey Thomas. He and the guest representing City were talking about United’s future transfer business this summer. Both agreed that United needed, at the very least, four or five new signings to compete with Manchester City next … Read more
A lot has been written recently about the possibility of Mourinho leaving United in the near future. Some of it on this very site, including last week’s In The Pulpit. In fact, scroll down on our homepage and you’ll see quite a few angry opinion pieces. Whenever Mourinho’s possible departure is discussed, there is often … Read more
So it’s come to this. What a terrible week it has been for Manchester United. After so much optimism in the wake of the Liverpool win, it’s already come crashing down. Should we have a look at how everything’s unravelled? Let’s start at the end of last season (don’t worry, I’ll have a few time-skips). … Read more
First of all, let’s just get this out the way: Get in! Take that! Take it, take it, take it! Shove it in your face Robbie Fowler! Did you like that Kenny? Did you? Shut your noise! Now that’s over with, we can have a look at the game itself. Of course, any victory over … Read more
In United’s recent past, the ‘comeback kings’ moniker has been rightfully lost. Over the last few seasons, if United went a goal down a wave of fear would ripple through the support. Gone was that never say die attitude, gone were the late winners, we had to settle for David Moyes and his 81 crosses. … Read more
United have just passed through a really important week unscathed. After defeating Huddersfield in the FA Cup, this column gave The Reds the challenge of getting two positive results against Sevilla and Chelsea. It could be argued that they should have aimed for more away in Andalucia, but back in Manchester, they were able to … Read more
On Saturday, United defeated Huddersfield to secure their place in the last eight of the FA Cup. This was the first hurdle in a difficult week, in which United play three games in three separate tournaments. The results in these three fixtures could determine whether or not United have a successful season. Their next game … Read more
Over the last three games, one of the major talking points at United has been the poor performances of Paul Pogba. He was poor against Spurs and was substituted in the second half. Mourinho then decided to drop him at home to Huddersfield. Against Newcastle, he was subbed again, although there was a suggestion he … Read more
On Saturday, United defeated Huddersfield in a comfortable 2-0 win. After the game, Jose Mourinho stated that he thought the atmosphere was “a bit quiet.” “It’s not Portsmouth. I remember Portsmouth – such a small stadium, the atmosphere was absolutely incredible. In here, the atmosphere is a bit quiet and there is not very [much … Read more