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Paul Scholes: a tribute to a player born in the wrong country
In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen — the most complete — is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything. He can play the final pass, he can score, he is strong, he never gets…
Manchester football is better than ever with the youth policy proving effective
A new season breeds new talent. The end of last season saw the retirement of two of the biggest stars at Manchester United in midfield magician Paul Scholes and goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar. When a player retires, it is up to someone as talented to step into the breach and provide that joie de vivre…
So near but yet so far for United
Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and admit to being second best.It’s not something Sir Alex Ferguson is used to doing but Saturday night was an occasion when the great man had to do just that. Barcelona were just too good for Rooney and co. Simple as that. Barca pass the ball…
Football Transfers Preview: Ins and Outs for the Six Premier League Title Contenders
The title race is looking like a genuine four-horse race for next season with any one of Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchesters City and United in with a shout of the title. In this article, I look at why they fell short- or in the case of United, won the league- and what is needed this…
What Manchester United Must Do To Knock Barcelona Off Their Perch
The obituaries being written about Manchester United’s OAPs for the last five years are now finally relevant. Gary Neville and Edwin van der Sar have retired, Paul Scholes might have by the time you read this article and Ryan Giggs is holding back the development of younger players with more long-term value to the club….
United In Character: The Good And Bad Of Ferguson’s Manchester Reign
As Manchester United parade their 19th league title, the rain-soaked celebrations are an appropriate metaphor for the 2010/2011 season. On one hand, they’ve won their 19th league title (12th under Ferguson), a title United fans wanted more than the Champions League for the last two years, and a title they’ve richly deserved. To put this…
The Champions League Final: or how Manchester United gave Barcelona a helping hand
Stephen O’Sullivan points out that if you’re playing the best team in the world, it’s never a good idea to make it easy for them. The Manchester United players and staff queued up last night to hail Barcelona as, amongst other things, the best team they’d ever seen; Rio Ferdinand (“they were the deserving winners”), Nemanja Vidic…
The Champions’ League Final: Five Things We Learned
Five Things we learned from Barcelona’s 3-1 trouncing of Manchester United: 1. It’s definitely now time for Sir Alex Ferguson to trust his younger players Paul Wilson has already argued this in The Guardian, and he couldn’t be more right. How is it possible that a club of United’s stature and resources can roll up…
Missed Opportunity: Manchester United Refuse to Abandon Old Principles and the Barcelona Myth Rolls On
The biggest reason why this past decade or so will be remembered as that of the Galacticos of Madrid giving way to the ‘pure’ ingenuity of Barcelona and not as Manchester United’s great European era is actually rather a small section of grass, no more than ten square metres. But it’s this little section of the pitch where the great players of the past ten years have most enjoyed playing which has hurt United time and again, whether it’s been Messi, Kaká or even Zidane.
Barcelona Overtakes Dream Team By Winning 2011 Champions League
Every Barcelona team aspires to Cruyff’s Dream Team, which won the Champions League with Pep Guardiola in the side in 1992 at Wembley Stadium. Aspire with very little hope of fully emulating. Except now, this Barcelona generation has gone one better by winning two Champions Leagues, both against Manchester United, the second fittingly enough in…
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