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A win on Boxing Day (vs Sunderland)
With our much-anticipated clash against Chelsea being called off due to inclement weather, fans and players alike must have been itching to see league play resume on Boxing Day. That eagerness and...
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Welcome back Nani (vs Stoke)
A much better showing than the previous 2 outings, but nowhere near the dominating performance that we expect from our our boys especially at home. Some impressions: 1. Nani adds such a cutting edge to...
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Stroll in the park (vs Birmingham)
It’s always difficult to assess a game like this since Birmingham really didn’t show up today. It would be too easy to look at the scoreline and assume it was a first class display. We struggled to put...
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A typical United display (vs Chelsea)
By typical, I mean the kind of game we’ve come to expect from the United squad of 2010/2011. You know what I mean – a display that’s less than outstanding, resulting in us doing a lot of chasing with...
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Who else but Chicharito (vs Everton)
Wasn’t sure we were going to pull this one off. For a good 84 minutes, it looked like we were destined for our third consecutive game without a goal. Then Chicharito happened. As he has so many times...
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Job done, Wembley here we come (vs Schalke)
What an efficient and entertaining display by the lads. Let’s not forget as well that we had most of our second team out to start the game. On to the impressions: 1. Smalling and Evans surprised me....
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1 more point (vs Chelsea)
1 point. That’s all we need from our remaining two fixtures to win title # 19 after an amazing display against Chelsea. This was the first league game in a while where we played like would-be...
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How we won # 19
There were undoubtedly numerous turning points in our season that we can point to as the moment(s) when we got our act together and started playing like champions. There have also been some tremendous...
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A win to finish (vs Blackpool)
Our 2 primary concerns coming into this game was firstly, to ensure that we put out a strong enough squad and performance so that our selection would not come under FA scrutiny. Secondly, we needed to...
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A reunion (vs Juventus)
It was great to see Becks, Butt and Phil putting on that jersey again. It felt like they never left. Becks looked like he’s still got it. His delivery was exceptional all night long and his hustle for...
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Great change at Utd as Moyes makes first appointments
Breaking news….Sir Alex Ferguson retired. I know, I missed that little newsbite too. I bet it was in one of those really tiny sections; you know, the ones where they say Gary Smith has transferred to...
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A-League All-Stars – Moyes’ first win
Picture the scene. A pub. 2025. The final round of the Tuesday night quiz. The survivors of the brutal preliminaries: two elite outfits of pub quiz legend. With the scores tied in a dramatic finale,...
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Yokohama F-Marinos vs Utd: Utd fall again to Tour opposition
If anyone paid any attention to the recent Lions tour, they will be familiar with the setup. The Lions play a bunch of ‘warm-up’ provincial sides before the main feature. That’s kind of what Utd’s...
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Cerezo Osaka vs Man Utd: Draw salvaged by Zaha
The latest tour opposition arrived in the form of Cerezo Osaka, a perfectly capable team from the J-League. It’s rather warm over in Japan at the moment and the heat must certainly be helping Utd’s...
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Tour 2013: Kitchee vs Utd (A rare win for Utd on tour as youngsters shine...
Yes, you read that right, Utd won on Tour. And that means….absolutely nothing. I’d never heard of Kitchee, but they play in the Hong Kong league, which I think excuses me that lack of awareness....
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AIK vs Man Utd (Latest tour report and transfer discussion)
First off, let me just say, as we plod along here, that I’ve not really enjoyed following this Tour 2013. In my view, and comments from all managers seem to back this up, pre-season is the opportunity...
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Utd vs Sevilla (Ferdinand’s testimonial cast in shadow by sublime Spanish)
In themselves, testimonials are not taken seriously. They are just a nice way of showing respect for a certain player’s loyalty and longevity, and the opponent and result are largely irrelevant....
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Man Utd vs Wigan Community Shield 2013 (First trophy for Moyes as RVP fires...
I said it in the Sevilla report that as far as I was concerned, I would start judging Utd from the community shield onwards. Utd got just two wins on tour against opposition that could hardly be...
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Swansea vs Man Utd Match Report (Utd swan to victory in fantastically upbeat...
Well, faithful legions of admirers, ladies, gentlemen, denizens of the Internet deep, the situation here at The Offside remains as ever it was: something akin to a loyal customer who can never get...
View ArticleThe end has come…again
Dear Man Utd Offside blog readers, I am sorry to say that due to changing circumstances that prevent me giving the time this page deserves, I am ceasing my updates of this blog. It was a bit ambitious...
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