The greatest myth that has ever been sold in the city of New York is that this is a prestigious sports town. It's a feeling that comes from the success of the 80's and 90's. The 80's saw the Islanders won four Stanley Cups, the Giants won a Super Bowl, and the Mets won the …
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Manchester Evening News: "When asked whether De Gea's contract situation had impaired his focus, Solskjaer replied: "Not at all, David's really focused and concentrated he's too professional to let his mind wander. the best players know how to focus and he's been absolutely fantastic."" I don't know who is suggesting that De Gea is distracted …
Athletes live in a strange world. On one hand they're just doing their job. Their job just happens to be showing up to practice a sport most days and then showing up to perform that sport in front of thousands on game day. On the other hand they do live a public life where thousands …
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It would be wrong to fully credit Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for bringing the late comeback back to Old Trafford. Even under Jose Mourinho Manchester United occasionally showed that never say die attitude. Last season they turned 2-0 halftime deficits into 3-2 wins away to Crystal Palace and Manchester City. They did the same this October …
Holy shit. This morning I wrote how I was cautiously optimistic with a completely tongue-in-cheek post about why United could do it. Lukaku has four goals in two games, against Crystal Palace and Southampton, how is that different than PSG? No Paul Pogba, that's fine, Jose Mourinho says he's crap anyway. No Nemanja Matic or …
10 senior players out injured? Five academy players in the traveling squad? Paul Pogba missing through suspension? Who cares! Let's have a go at PSG. After the first leg it certainly seemed like this tie was as good as over. 2-0 down to Kylian Mbappe with two away goals. No Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard, Nemanja …
Sportbible: When talking about Fulham's decision to get rid of Claudio Ranieri at the end of last month, Mourinho compared the situation with Manchester United's decision to sack him. "Can [Fulham] get a better manager than Claudio? Not at all," Mourinho told beIN Sports. "Can you compare the experience between Claudio and Scott, who is going …
You may not have known this but the MLS season kicked off this past Saturday. Don't worry, I didn't realize this either until Saturday afternoon either, and I am what would be considered a pretty big soccer fan. God forbid MLS did a little marketing. Seriously, I know NBC isn't a broadcast partner of the …
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Premier League: Three men have been nominated for February's Barclays Manager of the Month award. Unai Emery (Arsenal), Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United). Two months at the wheel and two Premier League manager of the month nominations. Solskjaer now has the chance to become the first manager to win the …
Yesterday I wrote a post urging Ole Solskjaer to "play the kids" against Crystal Palace as Manchester United were dealing with an injury crisis. Solskjaer named a team that featured 11 senior players, with Fred seeing his first game action in 53 days and 19 year old right back Diogo Dalot starting on the right …
Continue reading There may be a very simple reason why Ole Solskjaer isn’t playing the kids
