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News Of The Day: Eddie Johnson leaving Fulham, Luis Suarez to Chelsea, Michael Essien out for a month, Sol Campbell interested in Man United

The transfer window is approaching so it seems it is about time for the rumors to start coming out of the woodwork. On a more low key but American transfer note, Fulham have announced they are looking to sell Eddie

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My Thoughts On The Wolfsburg-Manchester United Game

Heading into the game, there was great worry about the United’s defense which was likely to feature at least 2 midfielders and possibly a debut for a player who has only played nine times for the United reserve squad. United

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My Thoughts On The West Ham-Manchester United Game

United struggled a bit in the first half with some of West Ham’s pace up front but in the end they demolished West Ham comfortably. West Ham were missing Matthew Upson in defense as well as Carlton Cole up front.

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My Thoughts On The Portsmouth-Manchester United Game

Manchester United were looking to rebound after losing in the Champions League. The team was completely different from the squad that faced Besiktas and featured a more experienced group. United started off strong but did not create any clear chances.

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Besiktas Game

United’s Champions League home winning streak is over. United played a team of mostly back up players and it showed as the team lacked a cutting edge in attack. United started off creating chances and controlling possession. However, Besiktas got

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My Thoughts About The Manchester United-Everton Game

This was a pretty easy game for United. Everton came out looking to sit back and really never offered a real scoring threat in the first half. They did frustrate United but were finally beaten on a fantastic goal by

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Thoughts On Chelsea-Manchester United Game

This was another interesting game among the big four. The game was fairly open and was back and forth. The first half was mostly a collection of decent build up play but most of the attacks only created half chances

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My Thoughts On Manchester United-CSKA Moscow Game

In a game that many people thought would be a bit boring, there was a lot of excitement. United started off getting the upper hand in the game with Michael Owen getting some very good chances. Despite the dominance, CSKA

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Blackburn Game

Manchester United soundly defeated Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford. Blackburn sat back and tried to defend and really did very little attacking. United took a while to really set in but absolutely dominated in possession and the last 15 minutes

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My Thoughts On Barnsley-Manchester United Game

There was not much to this game. United were clearly looking to rest most of their starters and give some younger players a chance. However, they still wanted to get to the next round. In terms of that goal, United

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