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Richard Kurt

You heard it here first: the rumour mill churns

COME on, let’s drag out the old cliche now, upfront: “You can only beat what’s put in front of you.”

Wed, 23 Aug, 2006

Still unsure if our glass is half full or half empty

THAT Uncertain Feeling. A fine Manchester band of the early 1990s and also a sentiment we Reds have shared for an unprecedented three Augusts running.

Wed, 16 Aug, 2006

The medals don’t make the man

TYPICAL Keane — unpredictable to the end, he goes out with a whimper rather than the expected bang.

Tue, 13 Jun, 2006

It’s Wayne’s world and us fans are just not worthy

I NORMALLY hate international weekends, deeming them a damnable imposition on real, i.e. club, football but this past one was an exception.

Fri, 09 Jun, 2006

Our margin for error has been much reduced

CONGRATULATIONS Chelsea. You deserved it. There, I said it. Can I go home now? Of course, I can’t just yet.

Wed, 03 May, 2006

Why hurling excrement is ‘crap’ behaviour

YOU’LL have to excuse the smell, but we’ve had the disinfectant out at Old Trafford after our enforced visit from the massed Scousers and Cockernees.

Wed, 26 Apr, 2006

Disjointed and non-United but it can win you trophies

ONE of my favourite regular correspondents amongst the readers of this column remarked to me after the Benfica victory last week that my “momentary excitement and delusions of reaching the final may well have been dampened by last night, no?!”

Mon, 10 Apr, 2006