It only took 79 minutes for the biggest question-but-not-really-a-question for Manchester United to arise Friday night at Tottenham Stadium. Paul Pogba won United a penalty and that's where a big question could have been asked. Who takes the spot kick? This could have been a big question - and it's certainly a valid one. On the …
Continue reading Manchester United avoid a really weird moment against Tottenham
I wrote this blog last year the morning that United were set to contest the second leg of their Champions League tie against PSG. The hey, crazier things have happened, why not us? blog. It was about 80% tongue in cheek 19% hopeful and 1% mayyyybeee serious. United were without 10 senior players for that match. Those …
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”
The two biggest financial giants in world football both realized something this year. Manchester United and Real Madrid needed to rebuild. They needed to cut dead weight, they needed to add firepower, and they needed to get younger. Armed with unparalleled revenues and spending power one would assume this shouldn't be a difficult task for …
Continue reading Why Manchester United’s hands are currently tied in the transfer market
On Monday The New York Times reported that UEFA investigators were seeking to ban Manchester City from the Champions League for a year for breaching Financial Fair Play laws. I'll skip the nitty gritty here. City are guilty of doing this. You don't need to read the documents. I know it, you know it, everyone …
Deadspin: Manchester City crowned champions of tightest Premier League title race ever: Considering that Deadspin is a website that has been around (and bankrupt) for several years I would think they know the definition of simple words like "tight." In case they, or you, don't, here's the definition. Tight: (when used as an adverb) very …
Continue reading Deadspin apparently has no idea what the word “tight” means
United's dismal season finally came to a close with an embarrassing 2-0 loss at home to Cardiff on Sunday. In the coming days and weeks I hope to do a lot more in depth breakdowns regarding the players and the massive task ahead of the club this summer. But for now I just wanted to …
In the month of April only Scott McTominay and Juan Mata scored goals from open play for Manchester United. Therefore it was no surprise when McTominay won the team's player of the month award because, well I guess because they wanted to tweet something. Last week when McTominay scored against Huddersfield I tweeted the following. …
Continue reading Maybe United just shouldn’t have a goal of the month this month
Friday morning Sky Sports News reported that Manchester United were close to signing Swansea City winger Daniel James for £15 million. https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1126760750742032384 This would be a fantastic start to United's summer re-build, which will be lengthy. James is a 21 year old winger who scored four goals and nine assists for Swansea in the Championship …
Anthony Martial's season has come full circle. It started over the summer, when Jose Mourinho showed an open disdain for him and wanted to sell him. It's ending with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer dropping him from matchday squads and reportedly looking to sell him. Somehow somewhere between these two points Martial signed a new five year …
