Postgame

  In answer to all our prayers – in a non-churchy way – Rooney was relieved of penalty duty and a goal was the result. As I’ve mentioned many times before, I don’t subscribe to the notion that players ‘should’ always score from the penalty spot, but Rooney definitely isn’t an artisan in the craft (especially the Rooney we see more […]

It’s nice to steal two points. It reminded me of the days of Eric, up until they scored … RVP is already, to my mind, creeping closer towards that bracket (I maybe drunk off admiration for him – ask me again in a couple of days). MOTD2 were poor in their assessment of this game. […]

Which game was it when Giggsy came on earlier in the season and was manic and weird? Braga? Well, I think we may well have been witnessing an exorcism of sorts, cus since then he’s been getting steadily more influential. Last night he was twisting blood like it was 94. I love Ryan Giggs. I […]

Was never in doubt was it? I got a text from Rob, my Liverpool supporting mate, asking, “Hold on. how u gunna come back from a winning position?”… It’s always nice to beat the baddies and it’s even nicer when you deserve it, not as if deserving it is integral to the better football narratives […]

We’re a weird and fickle bunch aren’t we? and by ‘we’, I don’t mean ‘us’, I mean ‘you lot’, not ‘me’. The point I was making in my pre-match thing-me-bob rang true. Fans want everything, all the time and they’re not happy unless they’ve got it, unless they win in the last minute. When they’ve […]

Last of the bullet point reviews, and copy and paste previews: normal service will resume after this … Oi! Who groaned?! I love RVP. I love Chicha. Our defence is best, when the best defence is picked (including De Gea). Ashley Young is overdue a real stinker. MOTM: Rafael.

Sticking with the bullet point theme: Good result. What? Yes, that’s it. MOTM: RVP. Just because.

With limited time over Christmas, there’s absolutely no chance of covering everything, so let me hit yer with some bullet points… The second goal for them is offside. I love Fergie. I love football. MOTM: Carrick.

In defence of our defence, we’re having to try and bring in previously injured players for understandable reasons, when we’re already defensively unsettled, so it’s hardly surprising we’re finding it difficult to establish some consistency. You could argue it was our attack at fault more though, and that would be, well, right. Personally, I see it as no […]

Again, I got a few things right. Someone remarked the other day that I’m fairly insightful when I set my mind to it, and if I took myself more seriously, and considered taking these things more seriously, I might develop a better reputation amongst the United online community … Pah!! As if! Sounds horrid. If […]

We’re inviting some of our Twitter friends, and now resident thought sharer Iwan Lehnert, to share some of their ‘Pre and Post Match’ thoughts with us from now on. You can still enjoy my nonsensical, confusing punctuation buffets below their proper good ones…   Iwan (@IwanLehnert): Where exactly did that winner come from? For all […]