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Van Persie nets trademark strike in United win
Aug. 26 | LONDON (Reuters) – The shade of the shirt may have changed but Robin van Persie remains a red-hot Dutch master after marking his first Manchester United start with a goal in a 3-2 Premier League win over Fulham on Saturday. Manchester United's...
Devils set to take flight – with Robin
Aug. 18 | IT’S funny how a single signing can change the entire perspective of the new season. If this column were published on Thursday, instead of today, I would be writing about Manchester United’s so-so prospects for the season. But, with the last-ditch...
Football War – High stakes for Tony’s QPR – and Man United
May. 12 | A COUPLE of weeks ago QPR chairman Tan Sri Tony Fernandes visited Menara Star. Touching on his team’s dire situation vis a vis their league position, Fernandes vowed to fight until the end. “In the end, if we are relegated we would have gone down...
Football War – No longer in the driver’s seat
May. 5 | UNITED4Ever By Jonathan Fernandez STICKING to my usual rut after waking up from my slumbers on Thursday afternoon, I immediately started browsing through my iPhone for the latest happenings. This time I was desperate for something more positive following...
Expect a tough time as Jones is the referee
Apr. 21 | IT might not sound like the most glamourous or exciting fixture, Manchester United vs Everton at Old Trafford, but I’m actually more eager to see how United do in this game than the derby against City. For me, the game at the Etihad stadium is a foregone...
Faltering Devils lift City’s doom and gloom
Apr. 14 | AND just like that, the title race has been swung wide open again. One poor performance was all it took for Manchester United to let neighbours City right back in it. But more importantly, United’s tame defeat to Wigan has made the previously impossible...
Mancini’s losing the plot
Apr. 7 | FIRST up, I’ve got to say that watching the press conference where Roberto Mancini tried to explain Sergio Aguero’s “mystery injury” was incredibly puzzling. With all the coyness of a teenaged girl meeting a K-Pop star, Mancini grinned sheepishly...
Luck is just part of the ball game
Mar. 31 | THERE’S no way around it – United were lucky against Fulham. Incredibly lucky. They gave one of their sloppiest home performances this season, constantly misplacing passes when it mattered most, and almost paid the price for it. That was as clear...
Tevez a disgrace to football
Mar. 24 | SO, after Carlos Tevez and that agent of his failed to find any serious buyers that would put him out of his Manchester misery, and with his career looking like it would be left in limbo, what was the next logical step? To crawl straight back to that...
