Republik Of Mancunia: A Manchester United Blog

Michael Carrick has gone from having the Midas touch to having the cheese touch. Bruno Fernandes has gone from being arguably the best, most creative player in the Premier League to looking like that man who shouts at pigeons at the bus stop. And Manchester United have gone from being the most in-form team in the country to a side that hasn’t won in seven matches and has mana...

Ahead of Manchester United’s game against Como this evening, opposition manager Cesc Fabregas has refused to be drawn into speculation linking him with a position at the club, insisting current manager, Michael Carrick, deserves greater respect.

The former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder has attracted attenti...

I watched Sunday’s game in a pub in Sheffield, where I was visiting family. There was only one other customer in the place. Judging by his complicated haircut, questionable fashion sense and general demeanour, I had him down immediately as a Leeds supporter.

It wasn’t a promising start to the afternoon. I was expecting ninety minutes of terrible football, surrounded...

There was a time, back in the days when people still bought newspapers, when the tabloids had a handy little graphic they could wheel out whenever Manchester United were in crisis. It was the club badge, but with a great big crack running down the middle of it. A simple visual shorthand. United were broken. United were divided. United were falling apart.

Usually the...

Lisandro Martinez has publicly questioned Manchester United’s summer transfer business following our 2-0 Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid, directly challenging technical director Jason Wilcox over the club’s failure to strengthen sufficiently.

The Argentine defender was visibly frustrated after United suffered another disappointing result, with the defeat ...