There was good news and bad news for Manchester United today. The good – Long term absentee Owen Hargreaves has been “pencilled in” to play in next Thursday’s reserves game against Manchester City. The bad – Striker Michael Owen has been ruled out for the rest of the season after injuring his hamstring at Wembley [...]

For the last three years there has been no debate about who takes United’s free kicks. Whether from long or short distance, Ronaldo was the man to step up and strike the ball. His departure has left our options open and there are quite a few candidates for the job.

The competition for places in our squad is at it’s most fierce in the centre of midfield. We currently have seven senior midfielders and two spots available for them to slot into. So if you are Sir Alex about to select your team, who do you pick?

Sir Alex Ferguson said today that we might see Owen Hargreaves back as early as September. After an injury ravaged start to his United career, the midfielder has tried to sort out his problems once and for all by having surgery on both knees.

Right first off the bat, this isn’t just purely in hindsight. Those of you who know me will know just exactly how great a fan I am of Owen Hargreaves. Without meaning to sound disrespectful to any of the other midfielders, to me he’s our best ‘all-round’ midfielder. He is the box-to-box midfielder we’ve been [...]