HOWLERS GALORE BUT UNITED WIN PRE-SEASON OPENER!




So shall we say that EVDS misjudged the ball or should we blame Patrice for missing a basic header. Either way, it's the howler that granted a Malaysia XI a way back into a match that we should have won more comfortably. Obviously that minor error is not what made Sir Alex replace the great Dutchman with Ben Foster, but after watching the Englishman contribute with a howler of his own, I think pre-season is indeed vital to football players. Anderson for instance was carrying more weight than necessary and I thought Darron Gibson was a touch too heavy as well. If anything, I thought that 35 year old Ryan Giggs looked fitter than anybody else when he came on--indeed, his burst into the box allowed Michael Owen to get the chance to score his first goal for United--and boy that goal will improve his life!

From the fans' perspective, it was good to see Rooney, Nani and Owen--three of the players whom the fans expect to step it up next season get on the score-sheet as it will naturally spur them on to hunt for more goals. Nani did well to get us a goal but it's like when he got it--which was pretty much early in the game, then he relaxed abit.

For the manager, I think it was good to give most of the players some competitive action and given the conditions we played in, I think he expected the difficult match that it was.
News coming in suggests that we shall have a re-match with the same opposition on Monday as our tour to Indonesia was called off earlier due to terrorist threats at our team hotel. Now that the lads have got a bit of playing time under their belts, better will be demanded from them come Monday!

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