Category: Opinion

Wigan v Utd: He Scored A Goal (and he liked it)

Wigan Athletic 0 – 5 Manchester United

Goals: Rooney (56, 65) Berbatov (58) Owen (85), Nani (90)
Wigan:  Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner,, Bramble, Figueroa, N’Zogbia, Thomas, Diame, Koumas, Gomez, Rodallega
Subs: Scotland for N’Zogbia ( ), McCarthy for Diame ( )
Man United: Foster; Neville (c), Vidic, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Scholes, Fletcher, Nani; Rooney, Berbatov.
Subs: Owen for Rooney, Gibson for Scholes, O’Shea for Evans (72 mins)

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This Was Never The Way We Planned!

EVERY season we have starts that put the ‘if’ in iffy. If we had won against Liverpool away last September, if Michael Carrick would have scored that penalty on Wednesday night, if a striker had taken it instead and, yes some out there has even asked if this would be the case had we kept hold of ex strikers now wearing blue.

England call up’s are the result of good performances for your club side. Stop laughing. No, really, they are… we aren’t joking.

 The MEN joined the ‘if’ debate a day after Wayne Rooney’s goal gave us victory at Old Trafford. They point out that “the champions are only a Rooney injury away from potential disaster having lost Ronaldo’s strike output and Tevez’s impact play.” (17 August).

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Faster Sooner Now

YEARS ago I remember thinking that pre season was the time that the squad got back together; the new players came in and you’d end up watching something that resembled the team you followed, in some poorly attended friendly in the rain at Marine FC.

Then it was like pre-season got all polished and United are invited to open Wolves’ new stadium (very impressive it was too) and play a team that included former United player and manager’s son Darren. Former as in, he used to play for United, not that he stopped being Alex’s son, you understand. I’ll move on!

Before you know it pre-season gets positively glossy, and we end up with Manchester United visiting South Africa for games against the Kaiser Chiefs (who later faired much better when they decided to focus on the music). Who remembers the year we went to Ireland for what must have been positive money spinners against teams like Shelbourne? Now the jet set Pre season is almost as hectic as the regular season itself. Commitments to fly here, there and open this stadium, and that car door, can weigh a team down.

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