I don't even gloat this much (Manchester United Magazine)

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Product:	Manchester United Magazine
Date:	04/10/01 (178 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: star interviews, very funny

Disadvantages: too kind to the club

You can't really argue with a magazine created for the worlds best football club constantly saying how great they are, but you can go way over the top some times. I think the mag is a superb source of knowledge for most Singapore Reds but it deffinately appeals to the die hard reds aswell (speaking as one). The problem is the general inability to admit anything attall is wrong with anything to do with United. For this reason I prefer the websites that offer objective views of the real fans. So why do I still read the mag? The interviews are great and the editorial is always worth a glance.

There is no shortage of mags telling us how good United are but the thing that stands this out as by far the best is the insider feeling you get from reading it. It also cares about everything in the club, such as the much neglected youth team. The columns are brilliant aswell with the likes of Alex Ferguson, Bestie and Gaz Nev commenting on the events. Despite this my favourite page is deffinately the letters section. It never fails to ammuse how Agiud from Kuwait was shocked at the lack of atmosphere inside Old Trafford he experienced after hearing from a mate who watched a game on the telly and how Mike from Liverpool writes to complain about all the United fans being obsessed with the bitter Merseysiders- yet they get printed and are worth a laugh. (a word has to go to the Phil & Wes cartoon that has come from nowhere and is going nowhere- this month the mag asked for emails from people who read it just to be sure it was worth the print- I'm glad to say the people who don't read the mag are now as clueless about it as who do, never mind eh.)

The main part of each edition is the interviews which are always well edited (obviously they don't print the 50 odd 'y'knows' from their 30 second chat with Becks) and great reading. With the likes of Laurent Blanc, Fabien Barthez and Japp Stam (nothing groundbreaking I quickly add) all in one
issue you can tell UNITED has close links with the actual club- makes a change don't it.

I guess despite my reservations about the iminant awarding of the licky-licky-brown-nose award to UNITED I will still come back for more because of the well placed wit and hell, I admit it, I just wanna gloat. By the way- 26 years and counting.

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