Things: United and Liverpool haircuts; dancing babies and struggling managers

Posted on February 15, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Doron, Guest Writer, Liverpool, Man United, Nik, Premier League, Sleepy Nik, Things   No Comments »

Authors: Doron, Written Offside, Nik and Rob

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Here arriveth the third installment of the “Things” column, covering random highlights and lowlights from last weekend’s football. Musings this week are brought to you as ever from Nik, Doron and Rob (he’s the funny one); with the added treat of James from Written Offside sharing some thoughts on Aston Villa. Enjoy.

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Things: Giggs’ Pareto principle, Steve Bruce’s winger, “Scotty” and more…

Posted on February 08, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, Guest Writer, Man United, Manchester City, Players, Premier League, Spurs, Sunderland, Things   3 Comments »

Authors: Doron, ManUtd24 and Rob

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With the FA Cup taking centre stage last weekend, the “Things” column was brushed to one side. Now league football is back on the agenda, the column returns for it’s second issue/publication/whatever you want to call it. As per last time, Rob will be sharing a couple of thoughts and we have another guest joining us, ManUtd24 – who’s focussed on Scott Parker. We’ll make no attempt to be neutral and we’ll attempt to link back to United where possible but otherwise enjoy our thoughts and ramblings for the second time.

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Things: Evra back to his best, Arsenal boo, Darron Gibson’s role and more…

Posted on January 24, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Arsenal, Chelsea, Doron, Everton, Fulham, Guest Writer, Man United, Nik, Norwich City, Premier League, Sleepy Nik, Tactics, Things   17 Comments »

Authors: Doron, Nik and Rob

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Despite being a website with content about Man United written by Man United fans – we all happen to not only enjoy football in general, but watch a lot of it. Therefore, we’re trying something new – a weekly column looking at a few learnings and observations from the weekend’s football and not necessarily just in England. A new scribe shall be joining us on this column, Trinidad & Tobago’s finest, Rob. We’ll make no attempt to be neutral and we’ll attempt to link back to United where possible but otherwise enjoy our thoughts and ramblings.

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Daniel Taylor talks United squad, owners, social media and Liverpool

Posted on January 17, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Guest Writer, Herzog's Child, Man United, Premier League   8 Comments »

Author: Herzog’s Child

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Given we’re at the midway point in an already bemusing – some would say disheartening – season, perhaps now is as important a time as ever to glance back over our shoulder at what has gone before surmising what is happening and what will be in the future. Daniel Taylor was the Guardian’s man in Manchester until last week and has just been appointed chief football writer at the newspaper. Our warmest congratulations go towards him on a richly deserved promotion. Daniel has been kind enough to answer at length on a number of issues surrounding United. For this and the insights that follow, I thank him. Daniel has had two Alex Ferguson-related books published, the links for which follow below. Cheers.

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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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5 opinions; 1 United midfield to fix; a number 10 and some owners

Posted on December 06, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, Guest Writer, Herzog's Child, Man United, Players, Stretty Debate   3 Comments »

Author: Herzog’s Child

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Question and answer sessions have a tendency to be dull. Prone to repetition and predictability, they offer too many opportunities for clichés and inanities to prosper. Questions relating to favourite players, or goals, or past glories have been asked and answered a thousand times. Still, given the nature of the current United, it is perhaps pertinent to cover already well-trodden ground – you know, just to try and make sense of it all. What follows below should, with hope, be somewhat different to the tediousness of the format’s general nature and provide readers with insight, interest and points with which they’ll identify with. Those handpicked to provide the answers were chosen for reasons that need no explanation here: in their answers – at times juxtaposing, at others startlingly alike – you will see why they were asked. For their time, effort and knowledge – I thank them sincerely. All of what follows is theirs and theirs alone. My own input was minimal. Lastly, I should note that the views expressed are those of the good folk below and do not necessarily represent the site. However, I feel compelled to state that whilst reading their replies, I felt myself nodding along throughout. Readers may agree or disagree with the views stated below, but hopefully all will at the very least be engaged whilst reading. Cheers.

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Sir Alex Ferguson – a will to win

Posted on November 04, 2011  by Stretford-end  in Guest Writer, Man United, Managers   2 Comments »

Sir Alex Ferguson

Guest Author: Daniel

As we are all very aware, November 6th marks the 25th anniversary of Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign at Old Trafford. We’ve lived through his achievements and witnessed the superb sides he has assembled over that period. Daniel Burdett, a key writer for the football blog The Faithful (on Twitter), has put together the following account on Sir Alex and his will to win.

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George Best: A match going fan’s perspective

Posted on June 16, 2011  by Stretford-end  in Guest Writer, Legends, Man United, Players   46 Comments »

George Best

AUTHOR: – The Mancunian Red (Guest Blogger)

Probably the questions I most get asked – Did I watch George Best and who is my favourite player over the years. Many fans are surprised after hearing I watched Best over 100 times live and drool about his abilities that I then go with Robbo as my favourite ever red. George was my first hero, my first love if you like but my feelings towards him soured. I’m writing this article about Best because although thousands of articles have been written I personally do not feel they express my feelings as a fan or sum up the feelings of reds at the time he played and then in effect quit on us.

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Cup Winners Cup 1991: Manchester United 2-1 Barcelona

Posted on May 23, 2011  by Stretford-end  in Guest Writer, Man United   3 Comments »

Manchester United Cup Winners Cup winners 1991

AUTHOR: – Daniel (Guest Blogger)

Season 1990-91 saw Manchester United return to competition in Europe again after a 5 year gap. In 1985 they had lost on penalties to Hungarian side Videoton in the UEFA Cup. The reason for this gap was due to a 5 year ban on English teams competing in European competitions, due to persistent crowd trouble, culminating in the Heysel stadium disaster at the 1985 European Cup Final. This ban was lifted in 1990 and as holders of the FA Cup, United were allowed to compete in a competition for winners of the domestic cups in each European country – The European Cup Winners’ Cup. This was a competition that Alex Ferguson had already won before, beating Real Madrid in 1984 with his Aberdeen team. At the time, the European Cup was limited to only the winner’s of each European League and was a straight knockout competition. Following the expansion of the UEFA Champions League, the European Cup Winners’ Cup competition was abolished in 1999.

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Ravel Morrison: when is enough… enough?

Posted on May 06, 2011  by nameonthetrophy  in Guest Writer, Man United, Players, Youth   14 Comments »

Ravel Morrison
AUTHOR: – Mr Mujac
Some years ago there was outrage, and rightly so when Roy Keane led a posse of Manchester United players towards referee Andy D’Urso and then proceeded to surround him for a perceived poor decision. The club and the players in question were rightly rebuked by both the press and the Football Association. Alex Ferguson publicly agreed that the players had gone too far, that they had a responsibility to themselves and the fans – that Manchester United are better than that.

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