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Yesterday, 55 years ago one of English football’s greatest tragedies sadly occurred.
On the 6th February 1958, a plane containing 44 people, 38 passengers and six crew; crashed as it tried to depart from Munich airport.
It was meant to be a straightforward affair – defeat Fulham for the second weekend in a row to go 10 points clear at the top of the table.
But Manchester United’s match alongside the River Thames proved far from easy, and it took a late Wayne Rooney goal to take the 3 points.
”Manchester United have been poor defensively.” This is a common quote that has been said amongst Football fans, pundits and all involved in Football across the globe as sadly it has been true.
Five clean sheets in the first four months of this season and eight in total so far speaks volumes as for a club of our stature and considering what we are competing for that is a horrendous statistic.
And so the story of one of our own, part of the youth team that proved kids can win everything, heads to Paris to play for free in what may be the final chapter of his career.
David Beckham, the man whose name will be forever chanted at Old Trafford as a footnote to the praise of his world class successor Cristiano Ronaldo, moves his celebrity family to another world city.
The game between Manchester United and Southampton was really contrary to popular perception.
Many, including yours truly, were of the view that an easy 3-0 win or more would be the final outcome. It was so not the case! Here are the five talking points from the game:
Controversial, entertaining, cocky, unpredictable, all of these and more could be used to describe Mario Balotelli, but boring certainly isn’t one of them.
The Italian striker joined Manchester City in the flurry of new signings under the ownership of the sheikhs, and it was not long before he established a reputation for stupidity that has been difficult to shift.
As I predicted a Fulham team shorn of Danny Murphy, Andy Johnson, Moussa Dembele and Clint Dempsey came to Old Trafford in the FA Cup with one eye on their relegation fight and totally capitulated in one of the most one sided games I have seen this season.
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Ryan Giggs. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Manchester United fan, fan of football or have no interest in the Sport at all the man is a worldwide and household name.
Ryan is 39 but yet he defies time as he plays like a 21 year old and has done for ultimately his whole Football career which has lasted for 22 years and is still going strong.
Federico Macheda? Remember him. Well the young Italian won’t be dawdling about in the reserves at Old Trafford much longer as he has secured a loan-deal to Bundesliga side Stuttgart for the rest of the season.
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Do not adjust your set when you watch the game this week. It’s not that the picture has frozen or that the slow motion switch was pressed when you say on the remote- it’s Dimitar Berbatov.
Mr Slow returns to Old Trafford to demonstrate his languid class as part of a rebuilt Fulham team that has taken a huge step backwards since they became a feeder club for Spurs.
It must be several months since Crystal Palace’s young prodigy Wilfried Zaha last opened a morning paper and didn’t see his name mentioned.
Previously it has been down to footballing ability alone, but since the start of January the idea of him joining Manchester United has become more of a possibility.
Games between Tottenham and Manchester United are always full of entertainment. They are bright and lively and this one was no different. Here are the five talking points from this match:
