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• September 18, 2016

  Watford 3 – 1 Manchester United

  Two defeats in a row. After an exciting derby match that broke a 3 point gap between the city rivals, the Dutch Europa league game was as tepid and directionless we had seen United all season. So the bounce backability of Mourinho team was due. After a scintillating thrashing of Bournemouth by Man City previous […]
• August 7, 2016

  Community Shield 2016-17 Manchester United 2-1 Leicester City

  

  I was looking forward to a football match after the Euros. Watching the ‘International Cup’ , ‘Champions Cup’ and all that nonsense was just a waste of time with players just getting game time and managers and players (new and old) learning the trade and exchanging ideas. Zlatan with Rooney behind looked good on paper. […]
• May 27, 2016

  Welcome Jose

  The change was imminent, demanding. The targets weren’t met. The football was sleep inducing. The manager defensive and unapologetic. We had to move on. For all the charisma in the press and off the field with his tongue in cheek English, van Gaal failed abysmally in two years.   The numerous injuries that were part […]
• December 19, 2015

  LvG out

  I was running through the series of events that led to the downfall of Mourinho over the weekend. LvG’s press conference was for the first time, one of apprehension – he just got a trailer of a possible fate. But how contrasting are the two situations?   On one hand we have a manager who […]
• August 30, 2015

  Swansea 2-1 Manchester United August 2015

  Attacking start to the game with dangerous Memphis free kick in the first minute. United dominating play from the beginning. Minute later Mata blasts over from outside the box. Manchester playing like a home game, dominating possession and looking comfortable. Looks like Smalling is taking over handling Gomis. Clearly Blind would be no match.   […]