The Germans 2 - 1 Russian Linesman
There has been an a tendency amongst United fans to be optimistic over recent weeks. We should all know better. A wobble has been coming and a wobble has arrived. It would conflict with everything that is good and true in the universe if Chelsea were to snatch the title from here, but we must look at our cups of tea and know that it is a possibility now.
Horse-racing fanatic Alex Ferguson has gambled again, and considering the fixture list over the last week I do not blame him. Nonetheless it has backfired.
The trophies are still there to be won, the thing is we are going to have to win them, Chelsea will not hand them over. Perhaps this is the way it should be.
The bravery of Vidic and the heroism of Rooney are for discussion another day, as is the dubiousness of the penalty.
It is showtime now, and we have to stand up.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Never mind banana skins, I am now as nervous as hell. I am sure the crowd will be up for it for the Barca game, and of course on Saturday, but their nerves will quickly show if we don’t get an early goal. Then the players’ nerves will also show - and then we could see all our nightmares come true.
Call me the gloomy one now, but there is precedence for end of season collapses. And it is just too horrible to think about Chelsea getting the League and European double.
I watched the Chelsea game in an Edinburgh pub. The handball was marginal - could have been ball to hand and many refs would have seen it that way, but the result just underlines how wrong Fergie got his selection policies. Surely Ronnie can play 3 big games in a week??? What I really didn’t like to see was Chelsea looking fitter and stronger than us, just like last year’s cup final.