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On the face of it another shoeing at the hands of one of the Manc clubs shows again, if we didn’t know already, that despite the cracking season we’re having there’s a way to go. This defeat though was far from deserved. Perfect timing is a wonderful thing and it was indeed that quality in United’s opening goals as much as their execution that...

Even at one and two nil I thought it clear that we weren’t playing well. Row 2 isn’t the best place to see from, maybe it was obvious from a greater height or on telly and everyone else thought so as well. It seemed we were yet again unbalanced and terribly lacking width without Lennon. Van Persie was looking a handful and they were getting far too much possession...

A change of formation and not one for the better. We were unrecognisable as the same team that despatched Newcastle so easily last weekend and not just in the positions we took up on the pitch. Nelsen, Dawson and Kaboul provided a solid enough back line restricting the home team to set pieces and long range pot shots but with Danny Rose perhaps  the honourable exception...

This was one of those games that will live long in the memory of all lucky enough to be present. Everyone expected a Harry love-in, not many would’ve predicted quite such an emphatic, rampant and dominant performance to accompany it, especially one with the central character being the man that more than a few have raised doubts about recently, the much maligned...

Unless you’re a cat lover this was not one for the neutral but this game for us, like the majority of the remaining 14 games I suspect, was more about the point rather than the entertainment value. We were enfeebled and feeble in attack, alternately classy and disciplined in midfield and heroic and stoic at the back. All of the defence were excellent with Dawson and...

First of all, Bennywatch. ‘Afro up, performance down’ say some keen observers of the odd booted one and his defensive display in this game will have given some credence to this modern day Spurs proverb. (Another one, ‘Roman in the team, a cup game will shortly be seen’ will have to be reworded or discarded). Assou-Ekotto tweeted gleefully about...

As the home fans celebrated around us at the end of this game the sense of injustice stank the place out and this was well before news of Balotelli apparently mistaking Parker’s head for the ball filtered through. It’s difficult to express the breadth of emotions suffered in the last few minutes as first Defoe somehow squeezed Bale’s cross wide and then...

As if let off the leash and glad to finally have an excuse to cut loose there were those around me in the North stand that seemed to take a curious pleasure in watching us struggle today. Months of watching opponents being swatted aside had obviously frustrated a loud minority who were thrilled to grab the opportunity to get involved and have a pop at anyone and everyone....

T’riffic. An excellent performance, three points and a psychological slap in the face to those who hoped that we wouldn’t make the most of our Game In Hand. Other teams sometimes roll Everton over but we never do and as usual had to earn any points we took from them. They had a number of chances including one for Saha in the first minute that he might have done better...

The commentary on BBC Radio Gloucestershire was my source for this one, a different perspective and not as biased as you might expect. Despite the hard work put in by all the Cheltenham players it sounded like the result was never in doubt. Pav’s goal just before half time was the killer, Defoe having already given us the lead, and despite the fact that the away...