A LOT ABOUT THE WEEK!

No updates on this blog during the week because it was essentially a week off for Manchester United. We'd had a rough fortnight battling Man City over two legs and then had a crunch game against Arsenal at the Emirates. Thankfully, we came out on top in each of those ties and I thought that for the players it was well earned rest.
If you compare the fixture list last season to what we have now, you'll know what I mean by 'rest'.
Unfortunately, there are times when such rest can kill the momentum in the camp. United have upped their levels of performance these past few weeks so the fans will be disappointed if we revisits our early and mid season form.
We've got Pompey at home next and given the Arsenal-Chelsea clash on Sunday, it really is a must win for us---surely I can't be asking for too much!

Now this past week has been rather interesting and the picture at the top of this post goes a long way in justifying that. Apparently John Terry has, well, done it again! The Chelsea captain just can't zip it up! You've read the story and know the details.
What I only want to highlight is that we could well point to this saga if come May, Chelsea fail to win the league. One might argue that the two points dropped at Hull and the mediocre performance at Burnley were as a result of the dark cloud that JT brought upon his beloved club! More on that in May.

Owen Hargreaves seems to be done for. Sir Alex has left him out of the Champions League squad for the knock-out ties. It's a bit of a blow for us because a player like him returning could have only made us stronger for the title-run in. I really hope that he recovers for at least a couple of games this season. Having said that, Sky Sports reckon that he may not even make it for the World Cup. I'm willing to write off this season if he can start next season and stay fit for most of it.

Wayne Rooney is the player of the month of January and the PFA fan's choice as well. What more can one say other than he deserves those awards.

Ahead of the preview for the weekend, it's 2 points now between us and Chelsea so that means beating Pompey will take us top. It's now time for us to intensify that pressure on Chelsea so that we can stamp our authority on the league going into the last three months.