United Vs Burnley Match Preview

January 15th, 2010 by Oliver

 After a draw and a loss in succession, United will look to hit top form again when they take on Lancashire side Burnley tomorrow.
Form
Burnley, who have recently employed Brian Laws as their new manager, will be attempting to repeat their shock 1-0 win in August but that won’t be easy. Form away from Turf Moor [...]

Birmingham Vs United Preview

January 8th, 2010 by Oliver

Manchester United look to return to winning ways on Saturday against Birmingham after their shock FA Cup defeat to Leeds United and despite recent bad weather, the fixture has been given the green light to go ahead.
Form
The reds travel to St Andrews knowing that McLeish’s men are not only top of the form table [...]

Man Utd Vs Leeds United Match Preview

January 1st, 2010 by Oliver

 Sir Alex Ferguson’s men take onleague two side Leeds in their first FA Cup tie of the season. United, who look to return to winning ways in the FA Cup after last seasons penalty shootout loss to Everton, are to face Leeds for the first time in six years. Although United are still without various [...]

Man Utd Review Of 2009 : Part Three

December 21st, 2009 by Oliver

September
After returning to winning ways against Wigan, Arsenal and Tottenham, United looked to continue their winning ways as they went into the Manchester derby in second in the table. After ninety minutes of end to end football the two sides were level by three goals but with five minutes of added time Sir Alex still [...]

Man Utd Review Of 2009: Part Two

December 21st, 2009 by Oliver

May
After wins against Sunderland, Portsmouth, Tottenham, Middlesbrough and Manchester rivals Man City, United took on Wigan knowing that they were in touching distance of their eighteenth league title. After second half strikes from Micheal Carrick and Carlos Teves sealed the victory for the reds, United knew that only a draw against their next opponents Arsenal [...]

Man Utd 2009 Review: Part One

December 21st, 2009 by Oliver

Manchester United started the year in confidence with only two losses and five draws to their name. United were looking for a third successive Premier League title but with hard fixtures against Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal it wasn’t going to be easy.
January
Ferguson’s men started January with a tricky fixture against Chelsea and despite the [...]

Another Owen Hat-trick On Another German Pitch

December 9th, 2009 by Oliver

Despite having only one natural defender on the field, United overcame a strong Wolfsburg side to qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League as group winners.
United were without fifteen of their first choice players and it looked to prove to their disadvantage in the first period as in the third minute Japanese international [...]

Wolfsburg Vs Man Utd Match Preview

December 7th, 2009 by Oliver

Manchester United look to continued their winning ways tomorrow when they take on German Side Wolfsburg to determine who wins their group. A point for the English champions could win them the group despite already qualifying. But with Uniteds ever-increasing list of players on the treatment table Ferguson’s will have a though decision tomorrow night [...]

No Defenders, No Problem

December 5th, 2009 by Oliver

Despite Uniteds vast problems at the back, the reds continued their run without losing in the Premier League as they demolished West Ham at Upton Park. Although United were forced to place two midfielders in defence, wonder strikes from Paul Scholes, Darren Gibson, Antonio Valencia and Wayne Rooney gave the visitors a victory which put [...]

West Ham Vs England Match Preview

December 4th, 2009 by Oliver

 United, who look to make it three successive wins in a row this weekend, take on London side West Ham. Ferguson will return to his touch line position this after serving his two match ban for comments he made about Alan Wiley earlier this season giving the reds an extra boost. 
Form
The term inconsistency is one [...]