Welcome to a midweek edition of PES Predicts, the unpopular series where this week’s big matches are simulated on PES 2017. And what match is bigger than Man Utd vs St Etienne in the Europa League last 32? None. Or no comment. Either way, you’re going to see this unfold. In a strange turn of … Read more
First of all, the answer to what? The United teams of the post-Fergie era have undoubtedly struggled to create chances and that has been a by-product of a slow, side-ways, Serie A style of playing which left me travelling home from the Theatre of Goalless draws frustrated every other week. Creating chances, funnily enough, leads … Read more
NO RASH DECISIONS If rumours are to be believed Marcos Rashford is stalling on signing a new contract with the club. The 19 year-old is supposedly frustrated at his lack of playing time and feels that he has ‘gone backwards’ during this campaign. Rashford has not scored a Premier League goal since the 4-0 thrashing … Read more
The talk of Thursday was all around financial charts, figures, debt, estimates and interest rates Although the debt which was created by the Glazer family during the purchase back in 2005 has nearly halved, there has been a sizeable chunk added back on to it thanks to the uncertaintity caused by Brexit. Exchange rates have … Read more
Last season will be remembered for the historic rise of Leicester City as they defied the odds to finish the season as champions for the first time in their history. All season long they proved people wrong as the footballing world waited patiently for their form to regress to the mean. Instead they held off … Read more
He’s been special, he’s been happy, a winner…sore loser but often charismatic and certain of success, he divides, yet unites. Jose Mourinho is a complex beast. A man who loves media attention and uses it a key part of his managerial modus operandi. He is a man who becomes obsessively dark when it doesn’t go … Read more
Birthday boy Jose Mourinho secured a Wembley final for Manchester United when his side overcame the challenge of Hull City in the EFL semi-final two-legged tie last night. Now the Old Trafford manager, who celebrated his 54th birthday yesterday, will ready his charges to bid to forge a path to a second Wembley showdown by … Read more
Jose Mourinho can steer Manchester United to 17 games unbeaten when they face Stoke City at the Bet365 Stadium in the Premier League tomorrow. United go into the game in a rich vein of form and in buoyant mood having salvaged a point and much, much more with a late Zlatan Ibrahimovic goal to earn … Read more
Jose Mourinho has laid down the gauntlet to Manchester United critics in the wake of the pulsating 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford today. Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s late leveller earned United a point against Jurgen Klopp’s Reds, who led through James Milner’s spot-kick on 27 minutes after Paul Pogba handled in … Read more
Jose Mourinho was delighted with the finish to the year that Manchester United gave the Old Trafford faithful and left them in an expectant mood going in to 2017. United saw off the challenge of a resolute Middlesbrough and managed to claw their way back into the game from a goal behind to snatch a … Read more