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03/04/2026 16:47
Clubbing On
It wasn’t until February 6th, 1958, that the Youth Academy at Manchester United came under genuine scrutiny. British European Airways Flight 609, crashing on takeoff at 15.03 pm from Munich-Riem airport, Germany, killed 8 of a squad that had been built on belief in youth; left full back...
03/04/2026 14:47
Alex Ferguson: A Legacy Ignored
When Scot, Alex Ferguson, took over, as Manchester United’s manager, from ‘Big Ron’ Atkinson, on November 6th, 1986, it’d be 27 years before he retired. What he left, as a legacy, was a simple formula and format that his successors ignored at their peril....
19/09/2025 07:02
Disabled United
Even 13 times English Premier League title winning Scot’s manager, Alex Ferguson, experimented with three-at-the-back, which was presented by one of his successors, Dutch manager of the national team at the 2014 World Cup Finals, Louis van Gaal, as novel, but Manchester United had...
12/09/2025 07:20
The Manchester United Christmas Tree
Much has been written about Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Ruben Amorim’s team formation, and its three-at-the back, together with wing backs; at left and right. Instead of what the Italians call the English sistema, with defending full backs at...
02/09/2025 23:55
Noussair Mazraoui’s Starting Right Back Again
Manchester United’s then Dutch manager, Eric ten Hag, appointed April 21st, 2022, signing international left back, Noussair Mazraoui, on August 13th, 2024, for €15m from German Bundesliga club, FC Bayern Munich, caused the Moroccan to reiterate...
01/09/2025 11:44
Mbeumo’s Bar
The informed opinion, amongst soccer experts, seems to have been that Manchester United manager, Ruben Amorim, former right midfielder for Portugal (14 caps) and Benfica (2008-17), had a system, but didn’t have the players. Despite obtaining, for around £200m, from Germany’s Bundesliga...
15/08/2025 12:55
Amorim’s Plan?
No one can really doubt that Manchester United manager Eric ten Hag’s sale, for a risible £25.7m, of Scots’ midfielder, Scot McTominay, starting 18+14 substitute appearances, for 7 goals, in season 2023-24, to Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli of Italy, on August 30th, 2024, as the...
17/06/2024 12:29
Crerand in Midfield
Scot, Patrick ‘Paddy' Crerand, was the central midfield general that broke the half back line at Manchester United, but who played alongside him in midfield often defies analysis. A center half, flanked by a right half, and a left half, was how teams shaped up until the...
28/05/2024 09:29
The Spear With No Point
Manchester United's Dutch manager, Erik ten Hag, was believed to be in danger of dismissal towards the end of the 2023-24 season's campaigning. but the team managed to get through to the F.A. Cup Final at London's Wembley stadium, where they defeated city...
08/04/2024 10:04
Manchester United’s faith in utility players is demonstrably embodied in the rather slight and diminutive figure of Northern Irish central defensive midfielder, David McCreery, who was what was euphemistically called ‘the twelfth man’, before more than one substitute was permitted...
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