If there was one reason why I would have been OK with holding on to Alexis Sanchez it was for games like this one. Thursday night Manchester United will face FC Astana in their first match of a taxing Europa League tournament. With Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford being their only two senior center forwards, …
Continue reading For Manchester United, it’s not “just the Europa League”
Man Utd: David De Gea has signed a new long-term contract with Manchester United, keeping him at the club until at least June 2023. There is an option to extend for a further year. I've got a bunch of thoughts on this and I'm gonna write them notebook style with no real narrative form. Despite …
Continue reading David de Gea signs new contract at Old Trafford
One win in their first four games had people describing the start of Manchester United's season as "a horror" or "disastrous." With three wins dating back to March it was not a fun international break. Many fans were ready to turn on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, with some even saying he'd would be sacked by Christmas. …
Continue reading Solskjaer’s “relegation form” has Manchester United doing just fine
Two days ago all the reports were saying David de Gea was going to reject a new contract from Manchester United and leave for free next summer. On Tuesday The Guardian is saying he's set to sign a new one, paying him £290k a week, roughly the same as Paul Pogba. Transfer gossip is literally …
Continue reading David de Gea isn’t going to be leaving Old Trafford anytime soon
Life in a 24/7 news cycle demands immediacy. Patience is a virtue that is no longer shared by the media or it's consumers. Everyone needs more, more stories, more content. So that only makes sense that when nothing is happening the story becomes that nothing is happening. In few places is this more true than …
Continue reading Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is staying true to his word
This has obviously been a major story since the final whistle blew so I'll throw my two cents in. Paul Pogba won a penalty against Wolves on Monday with the score tied at one. Pogba stepped up and took the penalty and missed. This was a big deal because last week Marcus Rashford scored a …
Manchester United's 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton was among the most frustrating you will ever see and just like that all the goodwill Ole Gunnar Solskjaer built up last week is seemingly gone. "At the end of the day, this one is entirely on Ole" was a quote I heard from someone at the bar. While …
Continue reading Tactical analysis: Manchester United got “Wolved”
Manchester United thrashed Chelsea 4-0 this weekend. That's great for me who's been shouting at all the negative fans that this teams is good and you're all worrying too much. Having said that, it's important to remember it's only one game and this was just Chelsea. Next week's trip to Wolves will be a much bigger …
Continue reading Monday Morning Minute – It was just Chelsea
As I said a few months ago, I've been looking to bring the podcast back for a while, was just trying to figure out the format of it all. With the new Premier League season kicking, there was no better time than now. I'm joined by Colin Damms (15:20) of The Busby Babe to preview …
Continue reading The Return Of The Sweatpants Report Podcast
You know that cliche "a lot can change in a year?" Yea I know everyone is tired of it but holy fuck is it true. A year ago was a pretty dark time for me sports-fandom wise. The Mets were long out of the playoff race. The Jets had a rookie QB whom I wasn't …
