Jonathan Wilson

Jonathan Wilson
Sports Wolves Stalemate Shows Manchester United Lack Their Old Fear Factor

Wolves Stalemate Shows Manchester United Lack Their Old Fear Factor

“You’re not famous any more,” sang the home fans in the Jack Hayward Stand, but that isn’t really true. Manchester United are still famous, it’s just not for…

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Sports Solskjær’s Game of Patience at Manchester United Is Running Out of Time

Solskjær’s Game of Patience at Manchester United Is Running Out of Time

For eight minutes at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, everything looked to be going well for Manchester United. And then suddenly it wasn’t. As it was in the…

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Sports Will Anything Now Derail Liverpool’s Bid for a First League Title in 30 Years?

Will Anything Now Derail Liverpool’s Bid for a First League Title in 30 Years?

Leicester were second in the table and unbeaten at home, where they had conceded only five goals in nine previous games this season. On Boxing Day Liverpool…

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Sports Unai Emery’s Broken Kaleidoscope Was a Small Part of Arsenal’s Problem

Unai Emery’s Broken Kaleidoscope Was a Small Part of Arsenal’s Problem

And so the grumbling of results and offers has claimed another victim. By the end, Unai Emery cut a hapless figure, mumbling incoherently after defeat to…

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Sports Pochettino Pays Price for Spurs’ Failure of Renewal but Mourinho Is a Big Gamble

Pochettino Pays Price for Spurs’ Failure of Renewal but Mourinho Is a Big Gamble

Fifty years ago this season Liverpool went to Watford, then struggling near the bottom of the Second Division, in the sixth round of the FA Cup. On a dreadful…

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Sports Daniele De Rossi’s Adventure With Boca Juniors Confirms Football’s Fall in Argentina

Daniele De Rossi’s Adventure With Boca Juniors Confirms Football’s Fall in Argentina

Daniele De Rossi came to Buenos Aires to follow a dream. He was 36 and had a fine career behind him. He could have retired. He could have opted for a sinecure…

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Sports A Result for Manchester United to Build on or a Reminder of How Far They Must Climb?

A Result for Manchester United to Build on or a Reminder of How Far They Must Climb?

So close. So, so close. Manchester United came within five minutes of pulling off their best result since Paris in March. Had they done so, Ole Gunnar Solskjær…

Jonathan Wilson (London)
Sports Manchester City Flirt with Defensive Dark Side as Death Star’s Flaws Emerge

Manchester City Flirt with Defensive Dark Side as Death Star’s Flaws Emerge

There are many issues with Return of the Jedi, not the least significant of which is the fact that it ends in essentially the same way that A New Hope did…

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