Man Utd player performance stats

I have decided to incorporate a new feature on my blog. For some games I will focus on one player in the United team and collect stats that will uncover his performance in detail. The player I will focus on will be chosen randomly and the stats will be presented in the “Player focus” section. [...]

Change of opinion regarding Ronaldo’s decision

Yesterday I wrote that perhaps Ronaldo didn’t make the right decision when taking the penalty himself instead of allowing Tevez to score his first hat-trick. After having read about the comments from Ferdinand, Giggs and Ferguson regarding Ronaldo’s decision, I must say that my view of the situation has changed.
I agree with all three of [...]

Hargreaves’ injury

The news that Hargreaves had injured himself again really made me scared. I think that he has been among the best three players in the games he has started so I would really like to see him on the pitch against Liverpool on Sunday. I’m a little more relieved to read the news today regarding [...]

Should Tevez have had the penalty?

Ronaldo caused the penalty so you might argue that he should get to take the penalty himself. However, Tevez had already scored two goals and would have been able to score his first hat-trick for United so maybe Ronaldo should have let this one go? I don’t know what the two players said to each [...]

Anderson receiving well-deserved praise

I’m just so glad to see that Ferguson is praising Anderson’s performances in public…he really deserves this. The 19-year old has been one of the players that has impressed me the most during this season so far with this performances as a central midfielder. To view the whole article in which Ferguson speaks about the new Brazilian, go to the Man Utd homepage: [...]

Thank you Newcastle!

Finally Arsenal drops some points so heads up for the Magpies and former Red Devil Alan Smith who was involved in the equalizer. The goal came in the 60th minute after a cross from defender Habib Beye which was flicked on by Smith and finally put in goal by a low shot in off the post by Steven Taylor. 
Taylor’s equalizer
I’ve been [...]

Penalty kick or not?

I think there are situations in which the referee should blow the whistle for a foul even though a player doesn’t touch the opponent. A good example of this was the situation in which Ronaldo went down in the penalty area after having jumped over Fulham goalkeeper Niemi in order to avoid being fouled. Did [...]