United v. West Brom – The view from the away end

Posted on March 09, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Guest Writer, Man United, Match Previews, Premier League, WBA   9 Comments »

Author: Rob

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To preview Sunday’s game against West Brom, I did a brief interview with Baggies supporter John Rudge. John is very knowledgeable about the club and football in general, has excellent taste in music (i.e. similar to mine), and is one of the world’s foremost cereal connoisseurs. You can find him on Twitter here, very much worth a follow. Manchester United are heavy favourites according to the latest Betfair Football Odds.

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Talking Points: Norwich City 1 – 2 Manchester United

Posted on February 29, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, Man United, Match Reports, Nik, Norwich City, Premier League   No Comments »

Authors: Doron and Nik

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United travelled to Norwich knowing that City had won the day before. Rooney didn’t travel but United were able to call upon Ryan Giggs for the 900th time in his United career. An attacking line up saw a 4-4-2 away from home, a far and welcome cry from the 4-5-1 system that has been seen all too often in the past 18 months.

Here we discuss the talking points of the game and invite Norwich fans to join in the discussion below.

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

Posted on February 15, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Doron, El Rob, 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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Talking Points: Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool

Posted on February 13, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, Liverpool, Man United, Match Reports, Premier League, Sleepy Nik   7 Comments »

Authors: Stretford End, Doron and Nik

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It’s sad really that many will expect to be reading about non-footballing issues on a piece written about a football game. To be honest, the biggest disappointment post-match was that the Guardian have discontinued their chalkboards and therefore here ends analysis via that method. Anyway, United moved temporarily top after a generally comfortable win over Liverpool as Rooney scored a quick-fire double. Scholes came in for Ashley Young in the only change from the Chelsea game. Liverpool surprisingly left out Bellamy and Suarez came in to start for the first time after his ban.

Here we discuss the talking points of the game and invite Liverpool fans to join in the discussion below.

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

Posted on February 08, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, El Rob, 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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Talking Points: Chelsea 3-3 Manchester United

Posted on February 06, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Citeh, Doron, Man United, Match Reports, Nik, Premier League, Sleepy Nik   14 Comments »

Authors: Doron and Nik

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Manchester United were down in London to try and match City’s win over Fulham and go level on points again with their neighbours at the top of the table. De Gea returned in goal whilst Rooney and Young came back from injuries to start. Chelsea were forced to give Gary Cahill a debut at the back as they suffered from a few injuries. Having been 3-0 down after 50 minutes, United fought back to draw 3-3 but can maybe feel aggrieved to have not taken maximum points.

Here we discuss the talking points of the game and invite Chelsea fans to join in the discussion below.

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Talking Points: Manchester United 2-0 Stoke City

Posted on February 02, 2012  by Stretford-end  in Man United, Match Reports, Nik, Premier League, Sleepy Nik, Stoke City   6 Comments »

Authors: Stretford End and Nik

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Manchester United won their third Premier League game on the spin, having beaten Arsenal and Bolton recently, with a 2-0 victory over Stoke City. Javier Hernandez and Dimitar Berbatov converted two penalties for the Champions, who are now level on points with league leaders Manchester City. United were missing Wayne Rooney, Phil Jones and Ashley Young – to name a few – but still managed a 33rd league win over Stoke City. United also managed to give a league debut to a young goalkeeper.

Here we discuss the talking points of the game and invite Stoke fans to join in the discussion below.

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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, El Rob, 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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Talking Points: Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United

Posted on January 23, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Arsenal, Doron, Man United, Match Reports, Nik, Premier League, Sleepy Nik   9 Comments »

Authors: Doron and Nik

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With the players knowing that City had beaten Spurs, United took to the field knowing they had to match their rivals and beat Arsenal. Arsenal were hoping to avoid a third straight league defeat and importantly put some pressure on Chelsea in the Champions League positions. Ferdinand missed out due to a back injury whilst Giggs partnered Carrick in the middle. For Arsenal, Oxlade-Chamberlain was handed a Premier League debut and Vermaelen was passed fit to start.

Below, we discuss the talking points and invite Arsenal fans as well as United fans to join in the discussion.

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Match Preview: Arsenal vs. Manchester United

Posted on January 21, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Arsenal, Doron, Man United, Match Previews, Premier League   2 Comments »

Author: Doron

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United start a tough run of games with a trip to London to face Arsenal. Both teams have had cursed seasons when it comes to injuries and for Arsenal it shows no signs of letting-up. United will be hoping Spurs can take points of City whilst Arsenal are looking to recover from defeat in Wales last weekend.

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