I’ve started writing for another Manchester United blog called “United Rant” which you can find at unitedrant.co.uk. I’ll be writing most of my United pieces here now which means a bit of a change for the Canadian Stretford End. Yes from time to time I’ll have United pieces here that don’t really fit with United [...]
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A Big Change for the Canadian Stretford End
Posted: July 27, 2010 by Sam in Canadian Stretford End News, United Rant0
4-4-2 vs. 4-5-1… A Case for the 4-4-2?
Posted: July 25, 2010 by Sam in Formation Theory, Manchester UnitedAs Manchester United’s season came down the stretch last year it seemed like every game was up for debate as whether to employ the 4-5-1 or the 4-4-2. Both formations had their advantages and downfalls. In the end United opted for 4-5-1 in European matches, and big Premier League matches home or away, while they [...]
He Comes from Serbia… And He’s Staying in Manchester
Posted: July 23, 2010 by Sam in Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic, Transfer CircusAfter endless speculation about Nemanja Vidic’s future with Manchester United, he has finally resigned on a long year deal. Manchester United’s 2008-2009 player of the season had a poor season hampered by injury in 2010-2011 and after he was mysteriously omitted from the squad playing Leeds in the FA Cup while previously being named to [...]
The Enigma that is Dimitar Berbatov
Posted: July 22, 2010 by Sam in Dimitar Berbatov, Manchester United, United 2010 North American TourManchester United are touring North America without star forward Wayne Rooney, a situation which United struggled in last season against the likes of Chelsea and Bayern Munich. Dimitar Berbatov showed he just wasn’t ready to lead the line by himself. Despite the clear technical ability Berbatov has he has yet to live up to the [...]
Simeon Jackson to Norwich with High Expectations
Posted: July 19, 2010 by Sam in Canadian MNT, Norwich City, Simeon Jackson, Transfer CircusCanadian striker Simeon Jackson completed his transfer from League two bound Gillingham to Championship bound Norwich City last week. Simeon Jackson has always been the great hope for Canadian forwards in the future. He was highly touted by Canadian supporters through the youth ranks and as he racked up the goals playing with Rushden and [...]
Little Manchester in Toronto
Posted: July 17, 2010 by Sam in Celtic, Manchester United, Match Recap, United 2010 North American TourToronto has a little Italy district, little Portugal, Chinatown and many more ethnic districts, but this weekend Toronto’s “little Manchester” was alive and rocking. It all kicked off Thursday with a meet and greet down at the Manchester United Supporters Club of Canada’s pub, the Main Event. Where ex-players Dennis Irwin and Paddy Crerand were greeted [...]
World Cup Diary: United and Some General Thoughts
Posted: June 30, 2010 by Sam in 2010 World Cup, Joga Bonito, Manchester United, Transfer CircusFor Manchester United players this was a World Cup they will probably want to put behind themselves. Wayne Rooney failed to score for a second straight World Cup as England were disappointingly eliminated in the round of 16 at the hands of Germany. Nemanja Vidic conceded a penalty to Germany which was saved as Serbia [...]
Going into the World Cup I was cheering for England as I said earlier, but I didn’t really have too much of an emotional attachment to the team or so I thought. About an hour before the match I started to watch Wayne Rooney highlights for this past season. Then as friends started to arrive [...]
As a Canadian being a soccer fan is not easy for three years and eleven months out of every four years. The one exception obviously being the World Cup, when every game is on regular television and the media act as if soccer is a mainstay. Although as a Canadian soccer supporter the World Cup [...]
Holy Shit. The World Cup is two days away. I haven’t posted in a while mainly because all of my time is being taken up by working like crazy to get stuff done before the World Cup and listening to World Cup preview podcasts. The fever is most definitely here. I’m going crazy with anticipation. [...]
