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Paul Scholes’ return: It’s good to act desperately, sometimes

ManUtd24 February 9, 2012 @ 3:48 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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It appeared to us an act of desperation – the very last resort, Plan B (or, more appropriately, Plan Z), or any well-worn cliché – and it, well, was. For Manchester United, bringing back Paul Scholes seemed a step back. Truth is, it's gone better than we'd envisaged back then, ever since it was revealed ahead of the FA Cup 3rd round tie against Manchester City back in January.

Retrospective #19: Tommy Docherty – the man who defied Busby

ManUtd24 February 7, 2012 @ 7:35 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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"Who can follow a man like you as manager of United?" asked a journalist looking for a sound bite that he could relay across England. "Oh I don't know about that," replied Sir Matt Busby in a thick Scottish accent with a proud smile across his face.

The year was 1969.

It's understandable why it's forgotten even amongst the staunchest Manchester United supporters.

De Gea’s indifferent start not only down to his so-called ‘ineptness’

ManUtd24 January 29, 2012 @ 1:00 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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They think they're experts. They think we think we're the experts. "He's rubbish!" they say. And us, the good ones we think to ourselves are summoned by our blind loyalty rational thinking to reply: "but he's good ... give him time." And we repeat this until we get exhausted.

De Gea’s indifferent start not only down to his so-called ‘ineptness’

ManUtd24 January 29, 2012 @ 1:00 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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They think they're experts. They think we think we're the experts. "He's rubbish!" they say. And us, the good ones we think to ourselves are summoned by our blind loyalty rational thinking to reply: "but he's good ... give him time." And we repeat this until we get exhausted.

Retrospective #18: Edwin van der Sar becomes ‘King of the Nil’

ManUtd24 January 24, 2012 @ 7:05 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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They say that the Premier League is no country for old men, that its dash and intensity are too much for the over-30s.

The year is still in its infancy, but already 2012 has proved the nay-sayers wrong. With the broad shouldered Phil Jones losing impulsive cult followers with every passing game, English football is turning to tried and tested players.

Retrospective #18: Edwin van der Sar becomes ‘King of the Nil’

ManUtd24 January 24, 2012 @ 7:05 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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They say that the Premier League is no country for old men, that its dash and intensity are too much for the over-30s.

The year is still in its infancy, but already 2012 has proved the nay-sayers wrong. With the broad shouldered Phil Jones losing impulsive cult followers with every passing game, English football is turning to tried and tested players.

Retrospective #17: Roy Keane’s departure – ‘I’m sorry, son. He’s gone’

ManUtd24 January 19, 2012 @ 6:30 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Roy Keane's departure an anecdote

iSimangaliso Wetlands Park. Formerly known as 'Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park'. The destination for myself and the future Mrs Pattison on a scorching hot Sunday in November. It was the final stop on our whirlwind three day safari before returning to our Charity project in Kwa Zulu-Natal.

Retrospective #17: Roy Keane’s departure – ‘I’m sorry, son. He’s gone.’

ManUtd24 January 19, 2012 @ 6:30 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Roy Keane's departure an anecdote

iSimangaliso Wetlands Park. Formerly known as 'Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park'. The destination for myself and the future Mrs Pattison on a scorching hot Sunday in November. It was the final stop on our whirlwind three day safari before returning to our Charity project in Kwa Zulu-Natal.

Retrospective #16: The wonderful Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke duopoly

ManUtd24 January 16, 2012 @ 1:37 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Sandwiched in between the utter naivety of the first seven or eight years of your life and the predictable yawn of teenage anxiety, there's a golden age in childhood. It's that age when climbing trees, skimming stones and dressing as a one-eyed buccaneer is not only immensely enjoyable, but also immensely important.

Retrospective #16: The wonderful Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke duopoly

ManUtd24 January 16, 2012 @ 1:37 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Sandwiched in between the utter naivety of the first seven or eight years of your life and the predictable yawn of teenage anxiety, there's a golden age in childhood. It's that age when climbing trees, skimming stones and dressing as a one-eyed buccaneer is not only immensely enjoyable, but also immensely important.

Everton a good move for unlucky Darron Gibson

ManUtd24 January 13, 2012 @ 2:31 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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In sport, reputation can be crystallised or destroyed in one match. Claudio Gentile was unfairly recognised as a hard-man outside Italy for his savage treatment of Diego Maradona (and then Zico in the next game) in the 1982 World Cup but here was a player who was fantastically more all-rounded than that one game made him.

Everton a good move for unlucky Darron Gibson

ManUtd24 January 13, 2012 @ 2:31 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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In sport, reputation can be crystallised or destroyed in one match. Claudio Gentile was unfairly recognised as a hard-man outside Italy for his savage treatment of Diego Maradona (and then Zico in the next game) in the 1982 World Cup but here was a player who was fantastically more all-rounded than that one game made him.

Newcastle expose imbalances to defeat Manchester United

ManUtd24 January 5, 2012 @ 8:48 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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There's a moment in every superhero story where the protagonist momentarily loses his power. In the 1986 relaunch of DC Comic's Superman series, John Byrne revised the superhero's abilities so that it would be easier to for writers to come up with suitable challenges. Last night, Newcastle United was such a challenge for Manchester United's Phil Jones.

Newcastle expose imbalances to defeat Manchester United

ManUtd24 January 5, 2012 @ 8:48 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Newcastle United 3-0 Manchester United: Ba 33, Cabaye 47, Jones (og) 90+0

There's a moment in every superhero story where the protagonist momentarily loses his power. In the 1986 relaunch of DC Comic's Superman series, John Byrne revised the superhero's abilities so that it would be easier to for writers to come up with suitable challenges.

What we want to see in 2012

ManUtd24 January 3, 2012 @ 8:40 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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If we are to believe the lovely Mayans, the bearers of good news, then, sometime in 2012, the year we've just entered of course, the beautiful human race – and also Luis Suarez – will be wiped out by some sort of terrible catastrophe. Oh well. Thankfully however, there are a bunch of cool, slick wordsmiths who are considerably more optimistic than the Mayans and see this year as one, not of doom and gloom, but of happiness – in particular, for Manchester United.