It has been discussed to death since the respective return of the Manchester United and Arsenal legends. One was a pretty low key affair, announced just hours prior to the FA Cup third round Manchester derby while the other, secured in the build-up to Arsenal’s third round encounter with Leeds United the following day.
The draw for the Champions League second round at the end of 2011 was somewhat played down in the United Kingdom, probably because the two Manchester clubs had fallen at the first hurdle but also because of a superiority complex that the Premier League assumes over the rest of Europe, bar Barcelona and Real Madrid.
There hasn’t been a lot to shout about at Leeds United of late, the form card doesn’t look that great with 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats in their last six league games. However there is one shining light at Leeds that could help the club get back in the play-offs, he is Robert Snodgrass.
I was as surprised as anybody last weekend when I was informed prior to the Manchester Derby FA Cup clash that Paul Scholes was named on the bench for Manchester United following a dramatic retirement U-turn.
As Liverpool’s season slowly descends into dissapointment, and it becomes obvious to everybody outside the first team that fourth place is probably a place too far, it’s time for us to have a look at what can be improved in order to get the team back up and challenging.
So mid-January and Manchester United go joint top with a team who have now only won 1 in 5
East Anglian local media have cropped up with reports that the teenage star that Paul Jewell has made a bid for in the last few days is Crewe’s 17 year old attacking wonder-kid, Nick Powell.
It has emerged this morning that Crystal Palace have added yet another name to their much-envied youth system, by signing Dulwich Hamlet defender Michael Chambers for around £80,000.