well you cant say fergie hasnt taken a great team and made it mediocre.
its not that we lost ti liverpool, nor that we drew with moscow, or that we also lost to chelsea.
its that at no point did we ever look like winning any of the above matches.
Well thats a crock of **** if you ask me
The only game where we didnt look like winning was the CSKA game - the two EPL games were pretty even and if anything we tested Cech much more than VDS was tested
Yesterday's game was so marginal , a different ref / assistants and Utd could easily have been up 2-0 at half time, the performance itself was right up there
People forget very quickly that we havent won at SB for a good number of years (admittedly a couple of them have been end of season where they wont alter anything)
We have also recently had West Ham, Liverpool, Man City all do the double over us (the last two both last season I think), and thats not including the individual losses here and there
Arsenal have got a gigantic chance without a doubt and while AW has won the league many times , and I guess Gallas and Silvestre have with other clubs - are there any players left in Arsenal's squad that won it with AW? Thats a significant factor if you ask me either way.
It also depends who gets bought by which Manager in Jan (I really dont expect SAF to buy significantly unless there are more significant /long term injuries, I suspect Chelsea will buy due to ACoN)
After every draw or loss? Nope.
As for them taking action, what he receives is no more than a slap on the wrist for adding pressure onto refs.
So the fact that what SAF said was correct is irrelevant yeah? (They arent GOD but if an independant panel of judges (MOTD) agreed that Rooney was onside, Valencia should have won a penalty and the freekick wasnt one in the first place - surely its only right that SAF highlights mistakes made by officials)
this is after he has deteriorated our centre midfield quite badly, using people like carrick and scholes, when yes 5 years ago maybe scholes was good.. and carrick.. well...he's no keano. hell i dont even know what he is.
i like berbatov but really fergie blew 30 million on a player we didnt really need him that much. i cant help but feel that Torres, or eve Tevez would have been better overall, especially considering age, effort, and sell on ability..
1stly There arent any well known wingers that where available during the summer apart from Ribery who was daylight robbery and is injured now anyway - who hasnt proved himself like Ronaldo yet BM want majority if not more of Ronaldo fee, which is just ridiculous (even if Ribery wanted to come to Utd which is open to question itself)
2ndly Nani isnt Utd quality , I agree but its unfair to berate Valencia I think he has done well and could well be a really good player for Utd and same for Obertan
No club (unless you have a Billionaire owner - not indebt by a billion either lol - or funded by Royalty , can afford to buy every member of the squad/ team at £20m + it just doesnt work (and usually they dont always work as a team either)
Carrick has won 3 EPL titles in a row with us, and most significantly arrived in a summer where he was the only purchase after we lost the league mainly due to our terrible midfield......I think that proves how good he really is. He hasnt hit top form yet this season by being in and out of the team like most other players but he is a very decent player . Also someone who plays 150 games before this season for the club CANT be bad even in these lean times!!!
Tevez was a waste of space (and a real waste of money at the kind of price being asked), his first season was great no question - 2nd season was spent whinging more about when he would get a proper contract rather than actually doing anything remarkable on the field. Berba hasnt worked I totally agree, he should have but it plainly isnt working and we would be lucy to get £20m back for him at this rate, but thats the only optioon I can see, Torres would have been excellent but he blatantly didnt want to come to Utd for whatever reason - and whatever happens at Liverpool there is no chance at all he would ever come now.
