Wasn't available for the review of the mid-week win over Wolves in the Cup so let me just point point out firstly that Fabio was the hero for us in that game. Then going into the game with Stoke, you feared the worst as football has this canny way of kicking you in the teeth. I mean who would have thought that Burnley would beat us on our second day out? Then you get these tough consecutive games against Arsenal, Spurs, Man City and win all of them and immediately, it's that supposedly easy game at the Britannia stadium. Well personally I feared for the worst--so you can imagine my frustration when Valencia somehow failed to guide the ball into un unguarded net. I slate him but I don't know even where to start when it comes to Nani--I mean how hard is it to pass the ball to another teammate. That Fergie took him off for Giggs is testament to how pathetic the ladwas on the day. And quite frankly, Giggs did not use magic to influence the game when he came on--otherwise he too would have scored himself when the goal was at his mercy, but he provided two simple crosses that did not require any sort of science. It's all we, well, I would ask from Nani. Tell you what, David Beckham became great because he perfected the art of doing one of the basic things in football, i.e. passing the ball! Somebody should tell Nani and Valencia that they do not have to beat a player before making that pass. Giggs became man of the match yesterday without beating anyone, but by passing the ball to a teammate to score. There were moments in that first half when we had Berbatov and or Rooney free to score but somehow, the ball remained stuck onto the feet of our wide-men.
Maybe I'm being a little too harsh here, all players have off days, and I know that both Nani and Valencia can do better than what we saw yesterday. But here's a thought--did Giggs need a doctorate in Rocket Science to inspire United to win the match? I'm guessing no--he might have learnt to pass the ball like that in 1991--when we couldn't even use the word 'experience' in a sentence that has his name! Point made!
Now, we won at the Britannia---without Tevez! A good win, a vital win and rather surprisingly, this takes us to the summit of the league in September--now isn't that a little weird? I mean for the past few seasons, we only topped the league after the turn of the new year--and usually remained there? So can we now expect United to stay there for the rest of the long season--I'm thinking why not? Wigan beat Chelsea yesterday to bring them level with us--and remind all of us what a competitive and unpredictable league we're in! It bodes well for us that we have two home games before the trip to Anfield. it's been a good ride of 15 points collected after the shock at Turf Moor and it's not too early to start building a lead at the top--let's make more hay while the sun still shines!
The German Champions Wolfsburg jet into town on Monday for our clash in the Champions League on Tuesday. It should be a good watch!
Oh and by the way, we got Barnsley in the Carling Cup--should mean another outing for the fringe players!
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