Results for tag: swansea
Posted by:
LeeDixon
on Apr 11, 2012 at 07:06:03 AM
First things first. QPR were extremely unlucky to have had that penalty awarded against them on Sunday afternoon, which saw Shaun Derry sent off in the process. I was watching the referee closely as Ashley Young went tumbling in the box and Lee Mason was almost blowing his whistle and taking out his red card before Young hit the deck. It was like he'd almost decided that it was a penalty and a sending-off before it even happened. All very bizarre.
But if we're being honest, United would almost certainly have won the match anyway. They're just about the most in-form side in the division, were at home and had started much the stronger. The result of it all is that Rangers are now without a key player for this match and that the other nine outfield players who were left on the pitch had...
Posted by:
LeeDixon
on Nov 17, 2011 at 04:01:21 PM
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There were serious repercussions from that 6-1 hammering Manchester United suffered at the hands of rivals City.
One of them was that Sir Alex Ferguson decided to scrap his somewhat gung-ho approach that was a feature of his team in the first few weeks of the campaign. The same approach that saw them beat City 3-2 in the Community Shield, thrash Arsenal 8-2 and get the better of Chelsea (3-1).
So it's back to basics for the time being as far as Sir Alex is concerned. A fairly conventional 4-4-2 with players being asked to be more disciplined in terms of positioning. And a middle four that has somewhat surprisingly included the presence of Wayne Rooney. It's an interesting role to give your most likely goalscorer but there's sound reasoning ...