Roy Keane would have been livid if he had played in this game. Where was the indignation? We have now registered six billion shots without scoring a goal and somebody needs a kick up the backside. Redknapp is still the same wily old git but we should have had way too much for them in this game. Despite playing at home their plan was to defend and hit on the break. It nearly worked too, Lennon is wedding night quick and Bentley can shoot from distance very competently. Fortunately, this was a good day for Edwin, he made several good saves and looked considerably sharper than he did at the start of the season.
We are a different team without Rooney, for all of our worries about his temperament he unsettles our opponents brilliantly and we have no one else who does that job right now. I thought we were greatly improved after Giggs came on, his passing is flawless at the moment and his six corners were considerably more menacing than Park’s seven, if only we hadn’t taken of Tevez to make room for him I am sure we would have scored.
Heroes of the day were O’Shea and Rafael, we had a makeshift defence too, but those guys put in performances of such quality that you wouldn’t have known it. This bodes well for the future but we are a wafer-thin third and the year is about to turn. 18, lest we forget.
We should definitely have done more damage to Spurs after Woodgate went off but for some reason heir makeshift defence managed to withstand us. United are playing far from well at the moment but take heed of this fact. Last year Real Madrid won La Liga despite playing badly all season by virtue of no decent rivals being present. Looking around the table at the moment you would have to say that we are still in with a chance. Unfortunately, somebody is going to have play Barcelona in Europe, and whoever does that is going to be killed.
Yes but remember last year when we drew at Portstmouth, and lost at Bolton and West Ham and city. It’s not so bad. And look at the others, dropping points right left and centre. We should be Ok. By the time we’ve played Stoke on Boxing Day we’ll have played three more aways than homes. Don’t panic!