Still Following the Trawler

Yesterday (10th January) marked the 10 year anniversary of the signing of Patrice Evra, one of Ferguson's, if not United's, greatest ever foreign imports. The club's social media team decided to commemorate the former United man (and eternal United fan ) with a blog post highlighting his top 10 quotes, including this one: A decade after he signed for #mufc , read Patrice Evra's top 10 quotes: https://t.co/p11dmZNNDB pic.twitter.com/QXzIkiF8GB — Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 10, 2016 As much as this was simply a nice quote that best summarised the individual's passion and love for his former club, I couldn't help thinking it something more - a timely message to the current manager and players clearly struggling to understand the "weight of United's history" by continually playing a dull brand of negative football! The fact this image was posted just over 24 hours after the end our embarrassing display against League One's Sh...

Ashley Young played a vital role in last Saturday's win at home to Swansea, providing Martial with the assist for our all important opener - our first goal in four games - while constantly causing problems for the Swansea defence with his excellent crossing in the second half. For any readers of my blog you should know by know that I am a massive Young fan, especially impressed with his remarkable turnaround from the terrible 2013/14 season when many thought his time was up. To prove my love of the winger I was asked to put together some thoughts on how he's performed so far this season by fellow United blogger the Republik of Mancunia . Agree/disagree? Feel free to comment below... Given how well he performed last season, this has been a strangely underwhelming season for Ashley Young. Our most impressive outfield player in the second half of the 2014-15 campaign, Young has found his opportunities in midfield limited due to the arrival of Memphis and Martial, while the signin...