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Darren Fletcher is expected to return to a side beset with absentees — to injuries and personal reasons. The manager took time out to shower yet more praise on Fletcher. “Most people now recognise Darren Fletcher as a big-game player,” said Ferguson. “We ...

… we are of course talking of Wayne Rooney’s newborn son — who we haven’t really signed but we imagine will be tearing up the pitch in about two decades from now — Kai Rooney, born at Liverpool Women’s hospital. According to the spokesman, “Mother and baby are both absolutely fine. Wayne and Co...

"Manchester United vs Blackburn Rovers: Preview" was originally published at Red Rants - Manchester United Blog.

Just two clips for today. Some curious bit of stuff from Ferguson...

You’re only as good as your last game and following eleven without defeat, Sunday proved something of a wake-up call. United certainly need to up the ante and fortunately they won’t have to wait very long to attempt to put things right. A ...

Defeats to Liverpool makes me sick. But looking forward to exciting young talents making their first team debuts helps lift the gloom. The official site reports Gabriel Obertan is expected to start on the left wing against Barnsley tomorrow...

RoM has an exclusive interview with Phillippe Auclair, the author of Cantona: the rebel who would be king. Worth a read. "Interview with Phillippe Auclair" was originally published at Red Rants - Manchester United Blog.

Let’s make no pretence about this: we were beaten fair and square by Liverpool. We can talk all we want about refereeing incompetence; true there were a few errors but the crucial ones were offset on the other side too. ...

Could there really be a better time to beat Liverpool? If there is, I’d like to know the scenario. The struggles of our bitter rivals have certainly been well documented over the past few days as they endure their worst sequence of results for some 22 years. ...

It’s been quite a week! From beach balls to touchline brawls and slack marking to summit embarking. Now Moscow and the artificial pitch awaits for Ferguson and his charges where three more points would go even further to sealing United’s progression into the next phase of the Champions League. It...

The Guardian has an interesting piece on a forgotten tale involving United players, 100 years ago...

I don’t normally obsess over ex-players but every now and then, one encounters opportunities that are just too good to pass up. Today there was one, courtesy the Daily Mail. ...

It’s been what, two weeks now since the Sunderland game? In the intervening period we had an international break, during which tortoises completed two marathons. ...