by Jamie Jackson | Nov 3, 2016 | Sports
In an age of single-striker systems Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Premier League goal drought may have already ended Manchester United’s title hopes. This is the stark truth of the one-up-top ploy adopted by those with championship pretensions: the centre-forward has to...
by Jamie Jackson | Oct 21, 2016 | Sports
As this game kicked-off Paul Pogba’s “second coming” at Manchester United stood at 10 appearances, one goal, and no show-stopping, game-winning display. There had been flashes of quality but little else to suggest the world’s most expensive footballer was living up to...
by Jamie Jackson | Oct 7, 2016 | Sports
Has the style of football improved? José Mourinho’s declaration that he would be aggressive and play front-foot football is largely the story of his opening seven games. There have been some stodgy and low days – the 3-1 defeat at Watford chief among them – but in the...
by Jamie Jackson | Sep 21, 2016 | Sports
Decide on his Team At the moment José Mourinho is a manager confused regarding his best XI or Manchester United would not have lost three consecutive games and the Portuguese suffer the run for a first time since his Porto days. The Portuguese’s indecisiveness is...
by Jamie Jackson | Jul 30, 2016 | Sports
The Manchester United career of Adnan Januzaj, a former heir apparent to Ryan Giggs, is now in a last chance saloon as José Mourinho assesses whether to retain the forward. As United prepare to take on Manchester City in Beijing on Monday, Januzaj is fighting for a...
