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Match Focus: Wenger Needs Big Response When Arsenal Welcome United

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Oct 1 2015 12:35
Match Focus: Wenger Needs Big Response When Arsenal Welcome United Arsene Wenger was dismissively talking about what he saw as an incorrect line of questioning following Arsenal’s 3-2 defeat to Olympiakos, but he used what is absolutely the correct word to describe the club’s situation.“It’s a farce,” the 65-year-old sniffed.Yes, that&...
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Manager Focus: Premier League Manager of the Season Candidates

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Apr 15 2015 17:19
Manager Focus: Premier League Manager of the Season Candidates If he had his own way, Tim Sherwood would probably give himself the Premier League manager of the season award for the 2014/15 season, having turned Aston Villa’s season around since his inception at their helm. If he were truly honest, though, Villa are not yet safe, and he is nowhere near be...
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Player Focus: Adapting Ander Key to Improved Attacking Approach from United

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Apr 8 2015 11:34
Player Focus: Adapting Ander Key to Improved Attacking Approach from United There was one point during the season, when Ander Herrera was at a particularly low ebb, that a Premier League player who appeared against him privately expressed some surprise at the Spaniard’s progress. The figure claimed that, although you could clearly see Herrera’s talent, this oppo...

Player Focus: Van Gaal to Blame for Frustrated Angel Di Maria’s United Woes

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Mar 11 2015 11:15
Player Focus: Van Gaal to Blame for Frustrated Angel Di Maria’s United Woes The demise of Ángel Di María has been pretty painful to watch. A fall in the space of a year from £60m record Manchester United signing and best creator on the planet to dismissed onlooker having been sent off against Arsenal for the pettiest of double bookings on Monday night ha...
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Team Focus: Are Manchester United the Most Underwhelming Team in the Premier League?

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Feb 18 2015 15:22
Team Focus: Are Manchester United the Most Underwhelming Team in the Premier League? “It does not give me any pleasure to say that at the moment I am struggling to watch Louis van Gaal’s team with any great enjoyment. They beat Burnley on Wednesday night but it was Burnley who had by far the best of the first half. At times, United’s football is miserable.” P...
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Team Focus: Di María Amongst Those Suffering From Van Gaal's Long Ball Approach

by Miguel Delaney at Tuesday, Feb 10 2015 17:37
Team Focus: Di María Amongst Those Suffering From Van Gaal's Long Ball Approach It was a moment that said far more than even Sam Allardyce or Louis van Gaal ever could. Towards the end of Sunday's 1-1 draw between West Ham United and Manchester United, David De Gea caught the ball from a corner and immediately looked to initiate a counter-attack. It seemed set up for the sort o...
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Team Focus: Problems Less Widespread For Van Gaal's Underperforming United

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Nov 5 2014 11:25
Team Focus: Problems Less Widespread For Van Gaal's Underperforming United It’s just as well that Louis van Gaal has near total tunnel vision about his management because, depending on which of the many perspectives you look at Manchester United’s season from so far, it would be difficult not to greatly doubt any one opinion.Take the aftermath of the 1-0 defeat...
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Team Focus: Inexplicable Lack of Balance Costing United Dear

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Sep 24 2014 14:08
Team Focus: Inexplicable Lack of Balance Costing United Dear No one can possibly doubt the attacking quality that Manchester United now have at their disposal. With each of the three goals they scored at the King Power Stadium on Sunday afternoon, a quartet of Robin van Persie, Falcao, Wayne Rooney and Ángel Di María wheeled away to celebrate to...
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Team Focus: Teams Must Resist Dominating Van Gaal's Manchester United Next Season

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Jul 17 2014 10:10
Team Focus: Teams Must Resist Dominating Van Gaal's Manchester United Next Season The first day in a new office can be daunting for even the most steadfast individual. Unfamiliar surroundings, the pressure to make a good first impression - these factors, and more, are enough to unsettle anyone. However, one man who is unlikely to be unnerved by the task ahead of him is Louis van ...
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