What a hit!
Last night,Manchester United quite simply slept past Blackburn Rovers to ease through to the Carling Cup semi-finals. Carlos Tevez was undoubtedly the star of the show as he thumped 4 past Blackburn. The Argentinian has certainly reminded OT of what he is capable of (as though we had forgotten). Yesterday, we saw the burst of energy from a man who has been itching to get some football under his belt all season. He worked tirelessly as a lone striker but still managed to get his name on the score sheet 4 times. If Sir Alex's headache of selecting his forward line-up had eased, yesterday, his head must have taken a major knock. Carlos Tevez was quite simply, the Man of The Match--End of that story.
Now to more concerning issues--Blackburn scored 3 goals against us at OT. The same virus that attacked us when we were 4-1 up against Hull attacked us when we were 4-1 up.I wonder what happened to the spirit of beating teams 8-1 if they were too bad on the day. Somehow, these days we tend to feel sorry for our opponents when we go 4 up. United should learn that these opponents would not feel sorry if we were in their shoes.
Then there is the big issue of our captain fantastic--Mr. Garry Neville. Yes, he has been a legend at the club and a loyal servant since his childhood--but there comes a time when one must quit. Garry was poor in Central defence--I don't even know what he was doing there--but even when he has played in his right-back role this season, he has been just as poor. To be fair to the rest of our defenders, It is Garry who was at fault for all of Blackburn's goals. It will be quite a shame if we fans ignore his dip in form and try not to blame him. In this era of football, mistakes can be costly. I don't want it to take a major catastrophe before we give the lad a rest. Sure he can play games like Wednesday, but be sure that every Premier League manager now knows what to tell his players when they see Garry in the side. I wish he could pass on his knowledge to the young Rafael who can make more use of it than he can. Scholes makes his game look easy and that works to his advantage. Giggs has given up the running down the left wing and that has worked in his favour as well but as a defender, Garry may not have either option as he specialises in a territory where speed is key for opponents.
Andersson had a blinder of a game but only he knows why he didn't open his account for United. He was heavily involved in a move that I think produced one of the best team goals scored at the Stretford End since I was born(I'm not very young mind you!)
The bad bit about this win is that we now have two mid-weeks less in January as we try to look for a gap in which to play what will be by then 2 Premier League games in hand!
I say we take it one game at a time.
Next up it's Sunderland at home. We can't help it but pile more misery on Keano!
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