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Manchester United 0 – 1 Chelsea

By matthewrsimpson May 5, 2013 Leave a comment

I think the important thing here is not to overly focus on the sending off, while a stupid decision it shouldn’t be used to mask an inept performance. Although some people may put it down to United already being Champions a Manchester United midfield has not put in such an inept and uninspired performance in many years. […]

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Manchester United 3 – 0 Aston Villa: Premier League Champions

By matthewrsimpson April 22, 2013 Leave a comment

De Gea – 6 (Matt) 7 (Oli) Fairly comfortable clean sheet for the Spaniard, he made a few good stops and was helped out by Van Persie at one point but largely had a quiet night. One dreadful dropped cross aside (which Matt conveniently forgot to mention), De Gea put in another good performance, making good quick saves […]

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Manchester United 2 – 2 Chelsea

By matthewrsimpson March 12, 2013 Leave a comment

United found themselves in the wrong competition on Sunday night. They deserved to be in the Champions League after a fine performance and they deserve to be out of the FA cup. The FA cup is more winnable but the top prize for any club team is the Champions League. The game started so well, with United […]

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Manchester United 4 – 0 Norwich

By matthewrsimpson March 2, 2013 Leave a comment

Back in November Norwich were the last premier league team to beat Manchester United. Since that day United have created a 12 point cushion at the top of the Premier League and moved from strength to strength in all competitions. With half a mind on Real Madrid in midweek Ferguson was keen to avoid a slip […]

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Manchester United 2 – 1 Reading

By matthewrsimpson February 19, 2013 Leave a comment

Despite putting out a much changed team Manchester United advanced to the next round of the FA Cup without many scares. Reading produced a fine first half display but inevitably as the match wore on they could not maintain their work rate. United capitalized on their opponents fatigue and scored twice in quick succession to effectively kill the match. The win […]

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Madrid 1 – 1 Manchester United: PLayer Ratings and Comments

By matthewrsimpson February 14, 2013 1 Comment

It was the sort of match we expected. The naming of Phil Jones in the squad gave a message to Madrid: Defence comes first. and United for the most part defended very well. Madrid were reduced to mainly shots from distance as United defended for their lives. They were determined to sit deep and maintain […]

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Real Madrid v Manchester United: Match Preview

By matthewrsimpson February 12, 2013 1 Comment

This week sees the return of the Champions League and with it the much anticipated match up between Real Madrid and Manchester United. It is very early in the competition for two such massive sides to be meeting but due to Madrid’s poor early season form they only managed to qualify second in their group. Despite Manchester […]

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Manchester United 2 – 0 Everton

By matthewrsimpson February 11, 2013 Leave a comment

Maybe the most satisfying thing about the Manchester United performance was the excellent defensive display. Everton were reduced to very few clear cut chances and this allowed the Reds to finish the match quite easily. It seems the just in time for the Champions League clash midweek United have remembered how to defend. After a pleasing result […]

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Fulham 0 – 1 Manchester United

By matthewrsimpson February 2, 2013 Leave a comment

United struggled to convert their chances for one of the few times this season and the result was a very nervy finish to the game. The match had everything apart from goals, including a power cut towards the end of the first half. Both the teams rattled  the woodwork and created chances throughout.  Despite a somewhat […]

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Manchester United 2 – 1 Southampton

By matthewrsimpson January 30, 2013 2 Comments

Well, a lot of credit has to go to Southampton but United were not at it today, particularly in the second half, and we were lucky to get all three points. Reading came from 2-0 down in the dying minutes to draw with Chelsea, to cheer United’s spirits, but it doesn’t bode well for our upcoming FA […]

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Manchester United 4 – 1 Fulham

By matthewrsimpson January 27, 2013 Leave a comment

De Gea – 6 (Matt) – 6 (Oli) Fulham rarely threatened all match which made it a very comfortable afternoon for the Spanish keeper. Had nothing to do except save a near post header that he almost reached, but he can’t be blamed for it really. The lack of clean sheets is still very much a blot on his […]

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Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1 Manchester United: Player Ratings and Comments

By matthewrsimpson January 22, 2013 Leave a comment

First of all apologies for the late posting. In a complete change from normal it seems Oli and I managed to watch the same game and come to completely different conclusions about it (his brief summary is at the bottom). United clearly came out with a defensive mindset and packed the midfield. Welbeck and Cleverly sat […]

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