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Rigid Louie
Louis van Gaal’s second season at the helm at Manchester United hasn’t gotten off to the greatest of starts. After four weeks of play, United have won two, drawn one and lost one, which isn’t really a problem in and of itself. However, it is the manner in which United have come out that kinda…
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Anthony Martial, Alexis Sanchez, and the New Transfer Market Ineffeciency
The transfer dust has finally settled, and well, it was an interesting and active window. A certain Manchester club became Voltron and spat in FFP’s face, and the other became much maligned over a deal for an unproven French forward that hasn’t had his twentieth birthday. How did we get here though? United, while maybe taking a…
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The Anthony Martial Saga and Another Detour in the Monaco Project
The Principality has been an awfully busy place this summer, but no deal Monaco have made is bigger than this one. At the time of this writing, Anthony Martial looks like he’ll be the most expensive French teenager in the history of football as he closes in on a move to Manchester United. There are conflicting…
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The Parisian Angel
Ángel Di María, the world-record signing by a British team, didn’t exactly settle in in his first, and from the looks of it only, season in Manchester. Brought in as part of Louis van Gaal’s rebuilding project, di María started with a bang, only to slowly fade and become a supporting character in Manchester United’s…
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Words Can Sometimes Hurt You
Since the race for the last ever Barclays Premier League is over – Barclays have not renewed their sponsorship – and the top four teams will basically be the top four at the end of the season (in some order), there’s been a clamor in the media to figure out what exactly they can write…
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Oh Louie, What Art Thou Doing?
This was supposed to go differently. I was ready to talk about Louis van Gaal’s lack of a footballing style – I wouldn’t call it a philosophy yet – and how his United side look so much the antithesis of an United side. Put simply, Van Gaal’s United so far have been, well, boring. There…
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