This is just the sort of fixture David Moyes needs right now. The buzz around Juan Mata's arrival was hugely tempered by the defeat at Stoke, but one suspects a confidence-boosting win is just around the corner against a Fulham side in danger of being cast adrift at the bottom. In such a tight league, Fulham are perhaps paying the rare price of not having drawn enough games. Only Crystal Palace from the bottom half have more victories in the bank, but the Cottagers have a league-high 17 defeats from their 24 games. Rene Meulensteen has failed to turn things around from Martin Jol, and whispers are even beginning to surface about his own future. Moyes is another manager feeling the heat, and the announced departure of Nemanja Vidic at the end of the season adds to the sense of a slowly sinking ship. At the current rate, Europa League qualification will be a challenge, but even a crisis-hit Old Trafford can surely avoid dropping points against the league's bottom club? Prediction - 2-0 Man United win.
I am from Bangor, aged 24, and possess an MA in Journalism from The University Of Ulster. I have had work published in the Belfast Telegraph and interviewed several local footballers and Olympic athletes. I also run my own sports blog, 'Sporting Thought' in addition to contributing to What Culture.
