It is possible there is intelligent life on other planets, there is a chance Angelina Jolie is merely waiting for me, that super-volcano in Yellowstone National Park could erupt at any minute and destroy the entire planet. If these things can happen then United can still win the league. Whilst there is still hope I will cling to it. Undeniably though, we screwed the pooch a bit at the weekend.
In the week Old Trafford remembered a 100yrs of history, our defence had a couple of games to forget. Everton started the match expecting to lose, went behind and we let them back into it. This has happened too often this season. Our defence has been wobblier than that bridge in The temple of Doom this week and five goals conceded is the price to pay.
United’s backline Virginmedia
No season in which we get our first win in Milan and produce those performances against Arsenal and City can be seen as a failure. Nobody has won the league four times in a row and, whilst I am not throwing in the towel, we would be lucky to pull it off from here. The next slip up is surely fatal.
We look to be in a strong position in Europe but United being United I would not be surprised if we were made to suffer more heart palpitations before the tie is over. Our obligatory gift of an early goal was evident midweek and one in the return leg would bring the jitters immediately.
All the signs seem to point to last season’s imperious defence slowly disintegrating. Is Rio an ex-player? I hope he proves me wrong in the coming weeks. Johnny Evans seriously lacked composure against Milan and my fingers are crossed that he does not follow the Ben Foster route of confidence decay. At least Evra has been in superb form .
Saha’s teammates refuse to celebrate with him because of his ridiculous hair colour Empics
The coming week sees us clock up a league match and a cup final. We seemed to be hitting our stride ten days ago but the pendulum has swung back. It sure ain’t dull but it’s at times like these I realize I suffer from football rather than enjoy it.
Allez les rouges
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gr8 article as always ….i fear lack of depth and experience at the back could cost us the league
aston villa appeared frightening in their game against burnely ..with that kind of defence ..they could inflict real damage and deprive us from our first trophy this season.
seedorf’s goal could turn out to be costly ..but there’s time before the milan game …hopefully vidic and ferdinand will be back ..and in form