Still Following the Trawler

This is my response to Brian Woolnough's rather shocking, sloppy and completely unnecessary personal attack on Nani (one of the player's of the season) after he had...the cheek to score a goal... Re: What on EARTH have I just read!!? Was your article in yesterday's Daily Star a joke? Or have you simply been mistakenly divulging yourself into the videos of Nani over the last few seasons instead of any footage from Saturday vs. Spurs? Seriously, I kept having to check the date on the top of the paper...whether it was really written in 2010. Nani is by FAR our United's most pivotal - let alone our most improved - player this season. Everything goes through him. And as for his work rate? Whereas some inevitable Ronaldo comparisons are made relating to skill and shooting ability, the effort that Nani puts into every performance is something he possesses over the great (but often lazy) Ronaldo. Nani is the epitome of the talented, yet sometimes petulant, boy who has ...

Check out this ridiculous and massively inaccurate pile of sh*te by Brian Woolnough in yesterday's Daily Star (the bits highlighted are points I'll get to later...) : Manchester United’s Nani must be the most annoying player in the Premier League .  A wonderful talent but oh, what a great big baby ! This is Cristiano Ronaldo re-visited when he first came to English football. Or Didier Drogba at his embarrassing diving best .  All the good, bad and ugly sides of Nani were on view during United’s 2-0 win over Spurs on Saturday.  Doesn’t he realise how stupid he looks every time he rolls about on the ground as if shot by a sniper’s rifle? You can’t be injured every time you are touched or tackled.  In the first seconds down he went clutching his leg after an accidental clash. Then he wanted a penalty, throwing himself to the ground like a spoilt brat when it wasn’t given.  He holds his hands to his head as decisions go against him and always goes down t...

There was a strange air about Old Trafford yesterday. I missed the Burnley game last weekend and so for me this was my first home game since the revelations of Glazers controversial plans to refinance the loan. Since then however, as you have probably all heard, they have managed to raise funds, selling bonds in the tune of £504million; however to the fans, whose sole concern is always the wellbeing of their club, that had zero positive impact. Every time the whistle blew, every time a set-piece was being lined up, and surprisingly, after every goal was scored, the same noise and the same angry protest greeted the action. ‘We want Glazer out’, ‘Love United, Hate Glazer’ and ‘Glazer’s gonna die’ were dominating the Old Trafford chorus; so loudly and prominently in fact that at times you completely forgot a football match was being played. And although red was, as always, the main colour on show, there were other, more meaningful colours blended into the sea of red. Green and gold was t...