FAC: United vs Chelsea
Brett: I’m still not ready for football. I think I’m a bit broken. Chelsea are not playing well enough to beat us, or even be considered a threat. Yes, undoubtedly they are capable “on their day”, but who isn’t. Who knows, maybe the trip to Old Trafford will provide them with some much needed impetus. I just don’t see them as the threat, at this moment in time, that they usually present. Of course,...
United 1 – 2 Real
As the pub finally cleared on Tuesday, the Jukebox came on to this: all I could think of was the bit in Shaun of the Dead, “Aaaaaw! Who put this on?” asks Ed, to which Shaun replies through his tears, “It’s on random!” . . .
United vs Real
We’re inviting 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. If you want to share, get in touch! You can still enjoy my nonsensical, confusing, punctuation buffets below their proper good ones… Iwan (@IwanLehnert): To be honest, I can’t call it. Honestly can’t. We’ve not lost a game in any competition since November, we’re looking solid, clinical and...
United 4 – 0 Norwich
Well that result wouldn’t have been out of place in an episode of Tales of the Unexpected. Not that I didn’t expect a win, but I certainly didn’t expect a big win. Nor did I expect Kagawa (or Swagawa) to get a hat-trick. Thinking about it, I probably never expected him to get a hat-trick – he’s not really a hat-tricky type of player. But didn’t he do well?! Apart from a little shake, we...
United vs Norwich
We’re inviting 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. If you want to share, get in touch! You can still enjoy my nonsensical, confusing, punctuation buffets below their proper good ones… Iwan (@IwanLehnert): I don’t think any United fan was particularly desperate to see the sight of Robin Van Persie being substituted due to injury, but look...
QPR 0 – 2 United
Take that Pre-Rafaelites! Not only a goal from Rafael – an automatically good thing – but a beauty! AND it STAYED HIT! I do loves me a shot that stays hit. Fantastic that we can make relatively light work of a game of this importance. Only seen brief highlights of it myself, so can’t really comment. By all accounts Carrick ran midfield. Also, didn’t hear too many negative grumblings about Giggsy playing in the centre either. I’m not...
Case File #12: The End of an Error
He may no longer play for United, but we have managed to get our grubby little hands on the archived, top-secret, investigations he undertook while he was still under our employment... At Manchester United, without regular football as a distraction Micky Owen, with the help of his trusty side-kick and personal punch bag Berba (and spirit guide Eric), provided the club and SAF with a couple of daylight crooks, who were bleeding the club dry....
QPR vs United
We’re inviting 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. If you want to share, get in touch! You can still enjoy my nonsensical, confusing, punctuation buffets below their proper good ones… Iwan (@IwanLehnert): Monday was almost an example of the start of the season in reverse; we started well, built up a head of steam, took the...
FAC: United 2 – 1 Reading
I think this picture taken about 200 BC (2oo days before Christmas 2011) was the last time Nani did anything any good. At least when he does do anything any good, it’s kind of worth waiting for. Providing a great cross and neat finish – that in effect won the game -, as he did, I’d still say the impact of RVP as sub was the key to the victory. Now there’s a surprise. In spite of myself,...