Disorganized, naïve, embarrassing. Manchester United’s performance against Liverpool last Sunday can be described in many ways, but the face of Sir Alex Ferguson up in the stands perhaps epitomized it best. With puffed-out cheeks and a sullen expression, the former United boss looked devoid of all energy and hope – not unlike the home team. […]
Manchester United are a club that can boast some of the biggest names in world football yet remain riddled with inconsistency. This is a squad with remarkable depth and talent across almost all areas, and yet they have so far failed to successfully string together neither performances nor results.Within an eventful summer transfer window which […]
Koeman’s time is surely up A Barcelona team in name alone, Ronald Koeman’s side suffered an embarrassing 3-0 loss, as a fluent Benfica’s perfect game plan has surely confirmed that Koeman’s days leading the Nou Camp are numbered. Registering a mere one shot on target, a lack of discipline and quality at the top of […]
A hundred years on from the writing of W.B. Yeats’s ‘The Second Coming’, the Irish poet’s words continue to ring true: ‘Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.’ They relate not just to any present political turmoil, but also, perhaps, to the fortunes of Manchester United and their coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. After a golden […]
Football never fails to surprise. We’re only in early October and already we’ve witnessed about a dozen managerial departures. The game has long had an obsession with the chopping and changing of personnel, but even so it does beg the question, how long does a manager have before he is shown the door? It seems […]