Manchester United 4-4 Everton: Talking Points

Posted on April 22, 2012  by Stretford-end  in Everton, Man United, Match Reports   5 Comments »

Pienaar scores an equalizer against Manchester United

Author: Stretford_End

Everton fought back from two goals down to draw an extremely entertaining game with title hopeful’s Manchester United. Jelavic gave the visitors the lead before ex-Evertonian Wayne Rooney scored an equalizer from a superb Nani cross. United took the lead in the second half with a breathtaking Danny Welbeck strike before Nani gave the home side a two goal cushion. Man of the match Marouane Fellaini scored a scintillating volley following decent delivery from Tony Hibbett on the right hand side. Rooney and Welbeck linked upto restore United’s two goal lead before two late strikes, again from Jelavic, and Pienaar gave the visitors a well earned point.

Here we discuss the talking points of a quite brilliant game and, as always, we welcome comments from both sets of supporters.

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Wayne Rooney becomes United’s 4th top goalscorer

Posted on April 22, 2012  by Stretford-end  in Man United, Man United News, Players, Statistics   No Comments »

Author: Stretford_End

Wayne Rooney is now 4th in the all time Manchester United goalscoring charts following his brace against Everton in the 4-4 draw today. He is now behind Jack Rowley, Denis Law and Sir Bobby Charlton respectfully. He overtook United legends George Best and Dennis Viollett. Rooney still has way to go to match the 249 goals notched up by Sir Bobby, however he could well catch Jack Rowley next season – who has 211 goals.

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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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No Academy silverware but the future is looking encouraging

Posted on April 18, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, Man United, Youth   4 Comments »

Author: Doron

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And it came to pass on Friday night that there was to be no end-of-season trophy for United’s Academy this time around. With the league title out of reach, one might suggest that as United’s high standards go, it’s been a disappointing campaign. But no, looking beyond the results, as is necessary at this level, there’s a whole plethora of things to be pleased with and excited about.

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Bebe, Macheda or Petrucci could leave as part of any Gaitan transfer

Posted on April 12, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, Man United, Transfer Speculation, Transfer Targets   24 Comments »

United have been linked with Nico Gaitan of Benfica for some time but today Portuguese sport paper, O Jogo report that any signing may see players leave the club.

Author: Doron

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Derry-gate: Critique of FA lacks logic

Posted on April 11, 2012  by Stretford-end  in Man United, Queens Park Rangers, Sleepy Nik   2 Comments »

Rooney argues with ref
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Yesterday we had, in the most ironic way imaginable, many commentators defying the baffling logic of the FA, with, of course… baffling logic. Amongst many, we had the Guardian and the Independent (no less) adjudging the FA to be a ‘shambles’ a ‘farce’ and a ‘chaotic mess’; Atkinson and his officials were hauled over the coals, and the ‘suits’ were deemed ‘slaves to Blatter’. And why? Because the FA and the PGMO had decided to stick by the rules, honour the laws of the game, continue to act in a way that was consulted upon with the LMA, PFA and various other football bodies (consulting the fans on this would just be stupid). Staggering!

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Podcast: United and referees, the Dallas Cup, finding a midfield star and more…

Posted on April 11, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, Man United, Match Previews, Match Reports, Nik, Podcast, Queens Park Rangers, Sleepy Nik, Wigan Athletic, Youth   No Comments »

Authors: Doron, Nik and Phil

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Beyond The Pitch and Stretford-End.com have come together once again to record another podcast, the fourth in the series. As ever, we look back on recent games and discuss the Reserves and Academy. Regular Stretford-End.com writer, Nik, joins the show this week to discuss referees specifically. You can also hear Rio Ferdinand and Fergie’s thoughts on the QPR game.

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Manchester United 2-0 QPR Talking Points

Posted on April 09, 2012  by Stretford-end  in Man United, Match Reports, Queens Park Rangers   15 Comments »

Derry brings down Young in the penalty area

Author: Doron and Stretford_End

Manchester United beat Queens Park Rangers 2-0 at Old Trafford to go eight points clear at the top of the table. Manchester City’s defeat to Arsenal later in the day confirmed that United now have an eight point cushion with just six games to go. QPR had not travelled to United, in the league, since 1995 – when William Prunier graced the Old Trafford turf. United won the game 2-1 with Andy Cole and Ryan Giggs getting on the scoresheet, with Danny Dichio scoring for the visitors. This time round it was Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes who settled the tie for United. Here we discuss the talking points of the game and welcome comments from both United and QPR fans.

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Reality Check: Evra’s form and future

Posted on April 04, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, Man United, Players   6 Comments »

Author: Doron

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Just three United players have completed more than 3,000 minutes of football for the club this season – De Gea (3,053), Rooney (3,256) and, in Vidic’s absence, the captain, Evra (3,699). Clearly Evra’s seen as being vital to the side, and yet, he’s come in for heavy criticism by the hordes of internet fans this season. To what extent is it justified and does Evra need to change the way he plays in the future?

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Things: Mancini’s media “skills”, Park in the Dark, Hatem ben Awesome and more…

Posted on April 03, 2012  by nameonthetrophy  in Doron, El Rob, Man United, Manchester City, Nik, Sleepy Nik, Things   1 Comment »

Authors: Doron, Nik, David and Rob

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Here’s installment number seven of the “Things” column. Musings this week are brought to you as ever by Nik, Doron, Rob and a guest contribution from Spanish football expert, David.

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