Sometimes it’s hard to crystallise your own thoughts on something as emotive as the strange incident with Wayne Rooney. I exchanged emails with JW on the subject and I think the exchange said more that I could have come up with in isolation… JW: Have spent much of the evening reading stuff on Guardian [...]
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Ferguson’s Cupboard is Bare
Posted in campbell, charity shield, ferguson, rooney on Aug 6th, 2008
Oh dear. Not the end to the summer that Sir Alex would have wished for. The silver lining to England’s failure to qualify for the European Championship was that it reduced the risk of injury to a United squad that draws more on the talents of the home countries than most others in the Premiership. [...]
Time for Rooney to Step Up
Posted in rooney on Aug 1st, 2008
Had a very pleasant night out on Tuesday. Not normally the sort of thing that UV reports, I’ll grant you, but bear with me. Having enjoyed the evening and being a man of weighty parental responsibilities, I passed up the offer of ‘one for the road’ with JW and HJD and headed off home, leaving [...]
Irritating, Irritated and Irritable
Posted in FA Cup, chelsea, kuzszcak, portsmouth, rooney on Mar 9th, 2008
You know what? We can live without winning the FA Cup this year. We’ve got enough of a problem with fixture congestion without a replay and two games at Wembley. Just at the moment, though, it’s hard to see it like that. I try not to make a big deal of refereeing mistakes. All it [...]
One Tun of Football
Posted in anderson, arsenal, champions league, lyon, ronaldo, rooney on Mar 5th, 2008
Well that was an odd experience. Managed to catch United’s game against Lyon last night at the One Tun pub in Goodge Street, which seems to be a fairly safe bet if you want to see a Manchester United game in the centre of London (even when the Gooners are also live on TV). Great [...]