Things: European Round-up, Part Two!

Posted on April 27, 2012  by El Rob  in Champions League, El Rob, Guest Writer, Man United, Things   No Comments »

Authors: Rob and Chris

Hey folks, here’s the ninth edition of the Things column. We’ll be catching up with this week’s European (well, Champions League) action, and I’m lucky to be joined by a guest writer - Chris from the excellent Can They Score blog and podcast. Be sure to check it out.

PS. Nik and Doron are off this week, because they’re working on something super top-secret and awesome. All will be revealed soon.

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Things: European Round-up Edition!

Posted on April 20, 2012  by El Rob  in Champions League, Doron, El Rob, Euro 2012, Europa League, Man United, Nik, Players, Things   2 Comments »

Authors: Doron, Nik and Rob

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Here’s installment number eight of the “Things” column. Musings this week are brought to you as ever by Nik, Doron, Rob and focus on the midweek European action that has just taken place.

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Two embarrassing United stories in less than 24 hours!

Posted on December 17, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Champions League, Doron, Man United, Man United News, Players, Stretty Debate, Transfer Speculation, Youth   9 Comments »

Author: Doron

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I like to think that it’s not often that this blog moans or grumbles but two stories circling in the media today are worthy of a rare controlled outburst! The topics are the UEFA Champions League and Paul Scholes…

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Man United, Europe, Twitter, statistics and cannibalism

Posted on December 11, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Champions League, Doron, Guest Writer, Herzog's Child, Man United, Players, Stretty Debate   8 Comments »

Author: Herzog’s Child

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Part 1 of this Q & A preceded Wednesday’s catastrophe. As a result, an obligation was emplaced to ponder on it briefly but not too much. The innards of our exit have been well knifed apart by now, but to ignore it would be a disservice. These are testing times for United. In amongst the enamouring sights of our young troops delivering, a despondency lingers that won’t go away. Why? The reasons vary. The immediate concerns are clear: a lack of quality, coupled with an injury list that wouldn’t look out of place in a war-zone, has already cast doubts over what May will deliver. There’s the debt, too, of course: something far more sinister, yet oddly more ignored by the majority. That was covered in Part 1 *here*. What follows below is a little more light-hearted, but something most, if not all, football supporters can in some way relate to. United’s confirmation that Vidic will miss the rest of the season came at a time when the answers for all of the questions below had been garnered. Suffice to say, there is little point in contemplating it even further – his absence, despite the qualities of those who’ll fit in, has come at the worst time. So, enjoy the views of those below – it is their work, and theirs alone, that has made this session what it is. For their insight, intelligence and time I sincerely thank them. More shall follow soon.

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Defeat to Basel can only sow the seeds for more United success

Posted on December 07, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Champions League, Doron, Man United, Match Reports, Youth   19 Comments »

Author: Doron

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As the reality of failing to qualify beyond the group stages of the Champions League sets in; now is as good a time as any to reflect and consider what might happen next for United.

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Talking Points: Manchester United 2-0 Otelul Galati

Posted on November 02, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Champions League, Doron, Man United, Match Reports   9 Comments »

Author: Doron

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One early goal and one late deflected strike were enough for United to see off Otelul Galati at home and move to the top of Group C. A turgid display had few positive points but a win and a clean sheet mean that the bare minimum standards have been met.

Here we discuss the talking points and invite all football fans to join in the discussion.

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Match preview: Manchester United vs. Otelul Galati

Posted on November 01, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Champions League, Doron, Man United, Match Previews   4 Comments »

Author: Doron

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Man United can extinguish Otelul Galati’s slim chances of qualification beyond Group C tomorrow night. Galati, yet to get a point in the group play in arguably the biggest game in the club’s history.

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An introduction to Otelul Galati from a Romanian football scout/journalist

Posted on October 16, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Champions League, Doron, Man United   No Comments »

Author: Doron

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After a tough weekend’s draw at Liverpool, United fly out to Romania to play Champions League newcomers, Otelul Galati. Aside from being new to the competition, they’re new to Man United and very much new to most fans (myself inclusive). In order to get some background information about the team, we’ve spoken to Radu Baicu, a scout and journalist based in Romania. Here’s what he had to say…

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Talking Points: Manchester United 3-3 FC Basel

Posted on September 28, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Champions League, Doron, Man United, Match Reports, Sleepy Nik   7 Comments »

Authors: Nik and Doron

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Manchester United let a two goal lead slip at home and had to make do with a draw against FC Basel. It had all started so well as Danny Welbeck got his first and then his second European goals – both set up by Ryan Giggs who was making his 750th start for the club. However, Basel who could have and should have scored in the first half came right back at United and aided by defensive errors from the home team, found themselves 3-2 ahead with just minutes remaining. Typical United though – a late goal saved the game.

Here we discuss the talking points of the 3-3 draw against Basel.

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Match Preview: Manchester United vs. FC Basel

Posted on September 26, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Champions League, Doron, Man United, Match Previews   2 Comments »

Author: Doron

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With just one defeat in the last 33 Champions League ties at home, Old Trafford is something of a fortress. Tomorrow, FC Basel are welcomed for their second visit, eight and a half years after their first – a game they managed to draw 1-1. Winning home group games is a ‘must’ for United as they look to get beyond the group stages for a sixth consecutive season. The build-up has hardly been ideal though, injuries mean that plenty of first team players will miss the tie and after a hard game against Stoke at the weekend having the personnel available to rotate the team and bring in fresh players would be the perfect scenario. As it is, United will still field a strong side and hope to get their first win in this year’s competition.

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