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Following on from the ‘Most Hated XI’ is another team but this time made up of some of our favourite cult heroes. The first question is ‘what is a cult hero?’ Well for starters, here’s what it isn’t- a truly great player that’s admired by everyone both inside and outside his club. Someone like Eric Cantona [...]

Bolton’s start to the season hasn’t been great; what are your ambitions for the rest of the season? We always knew the start would be difficult. We got really important points at QPR in the beginning and probably the most disappointing was the Norwich game at home but otherwise we knew we had a tough start. [...]

Playing for Manchester United is one of the pinnacles any footballer can hope to achieve, up there with representing your country, winning the Champion’s League and dating Charlotte Mears. Usually those fortunate enough to call Old Trafford their home are the players constantly being lauded by fans and the media as one of the world’s top [...]

Forget all the Wesley Sniejder/Luka Modric/Samir Nasri rumours and transfer sagas, they’ve merely distracted from the real problem at the heart of the United side: the lack of a tough midfield enforcer. Anyone who watched Barcelona run riot against us in the centre of the park for the second time in three seasons will know that [...]

It would seem an almost offensive question at first that the greatest manager in the history of the game would fail to address the most important issue. After all three major summer signings, over £50 million spent plus the recall of two important loanees and a promise they won’t be going out again this season, is [...]

“Erm, no,” seems the fairly logical and obvious answer to the question, both Fabregas and Nasri are world class players in an Arsenal side that has struggled to truly challenge for the title in recent years. Yet despite the seemingly rhetorical nature of the question, when you scratch below the surface there’s a case to be [...]

The  former Manchester United and England skipper Bryan Robson has come under fire from many in the media for being caught out in a Channel 4 sting operation. Dispatches: ‘How to Buy a Football Club’ secretly filmed Robson telling undercover reporters posing as potential purchasers of a football club, how to make money out of owning [...]

Wading through the thousands of transfer rumours surrounding potential United targets only one thing becomes clear amidst all the uncertainty. If United are to add to the squad with a ‘big name midfielder’ then it seems Sir Alex is going to have to pay at least 200k a week to tempt the likes of Wesley Sneijder [...]

Despite the outlay of over £50 million pounds many United fans still expect at least one more big money signing before the transfer window closes. Luka Modric, Samir Nasri and Wesley Sneijder seem to be the most prominent protagonists of United transfer target stories, although you could also add Alexis Sanchez to that list as although [...]

Supporting the greatest club in the world isn’t exactly a difficult experience if we’re completely honest. Yes, we may have lost our second Champions League final in three years and I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve heard “we always make it hard for ourselves” but by and large being part of Ferguson’s red [...]

Federico Macheda ’s return from Italy and recent statement of his determination to ‘prove his worth to Fergie’ should have been exactly what most United fans wanted to hear. A young striker with bags of potential, who’s already proven he has the raw ability to be a future star, declaring his eagerness to fight for his [...]

Some things in life are just impossible to predict- the English weather, how many minutes away from relegation Wigan will be at the end of the season, what accent will the latest star of Coronation Street be using. Arguably the most difficult thing to predict is the form of a certain Luis Carlos Almeida Da Cunha  - or [...]

As soon as the final whistle blew at Wembley in the 2011 Champions League final almost every United fan pondered the question “how the hell can we beat Barcelona .” A few days later as the Manchester United bus went past me at Old Trafford with the players and fans celebrating an historic 20th title, I [...]

The news that United had made a deal to bring Phil Jones to Old Trafford was met with a wave of satisfaction rather than excitement by most Reds. A proven Premier League player –of sorts- who was still in his teens could only be a welcome addition to the record breaking title winner’s squad. Jones had [...]

Wayne Rooney ’s season was similar to the film Alien, at first it seemed a little slow, there was a truly disgusting bit early on, then it quickly became exceedingly entertaining and totally satisfying. Rooney went from a lone striker figure bereft of goals, to a deep lying centre forward- or false 10 if you will who [...]

Gabriel Obertan , is arguably about as popular with United fans as Imogen Thomas. While even the much-lamented Bebe has his defenders who point to his age and lack of top flight experience. In the case of Obertan it’s been just under two years since he signed for United. In those two years Obertan hasn’t really [...]

According to reports England’s latest hero Ashley Young will complete his move to Old Trafford in the next few days. While that’s about as exclusive a story as the one about Wayne Rooney buying himself a new barnet, there’s now been a new twist added to the Young arrival tale. The Mirror- admittedly hardly a shining example of [...]

With the parade umbrellas packed away, and the post season analysis pretty much done and dusted, it’s already time for Manchester United to look to next season. Other teams may have basked that little bit longer in the glory of a nineteenth title, but at Old Trafford we do things a little differently. It’s a case [...]

The excitement. The hype. Having lifted the Premier League trophy for the 19th time merely a week earlier, it was time to focus attentions for the all important trip to Wembley, to take on a Barcelona side who themselves had been crowned champions of their league. Sir Alex Ferguson gave little away but was keen to [...]

Since Manchester United and Barcelona booked their places in the Champions League final a few weeks back, I have read endless reports and blogs revolving around the starting XI Sir Alex is set to choose. Having read these articles and analysed them scrupulously, there are a number of players that, given they don’t pick up injuries, [...]