Okay we got a win today against Birmingham and a much needed 3 points again but I am still not impressed of how we are winning to be honest.Lets look at a few of the points today, then maybe you will understand what I mean.
Why the fuck was Rooney defending half the game?
This man should be always up front, keeping their defenders from joining any attack and keeping them on edge, thats what he’s good at, not back defending, it makes us look desperate and we are better than that.
What was wrong with Patrice Evra? – Too many mistakes today, maybe just a bad day because the last few games, he has been so great for us.
What has happened to our flair and our counter attacking football? – Boring to watch right now.We used to be able to put together so many passes and keep possession for ages, it would wind teams up, trying to get the ball away from us, now they seem to be getting equal amounts of possession and forcing errors from us.
Have we become too predictable and teams now know and understand our play? – I think we have really, we need more options, different types of play, to keep the opposition always on their toes.
Giggsy Maybe too much responsiblity now lies on his shoulders because he is the most experienced player in the team, this doesn’t allow Ryan to be his usual free flowing self, this guy is the expert on wandering and he does that so well, he needs to get back to that and quickly.
Why are we constantly playing the long ball at the moment, when all we have are Rooney and Tevez up front, who are not the tallest to aim at?
Our game has always been won in the midfield, this is the area we are losing right now, allowing too much pressure to get through to our defence, this has to stop and we need to regain control of the midfield if we are to win more matches, yes we can say but we have Hargreaves to come back but hang on a minute and think, we still have Carrick and Scholes,they were there last season too and helped us win the title, as much as people might not like him, Fletcher really helps with his constant running and holding up the midfield and that helps us win that middle ground and helps stop the ball going back to defence all the time.
Please dont tell me Saha is possibly our saviour, yes he has his moments but he is just one option that we can play at times and remember last season we didn’t have him at all and we had goals aplenty, we need more options besides his ability.
There seems to be a fear in our camp right now, fear of losing, making mistakes, what has happened to our no fear, gung ho approach at United.
Now the positives from todays game, not that many but here goes.
Carlos Tevez is finally finding his form and the guy is actually starting to unnerve players, whenever he got the ball it showed what they thought of him because two or more would challenge him for the ball, thats good, he’s now drawing defenders onto him allowing others more freedom.Alot of play went through him today, so he’s starting to fit and other players are now relying on him, so thats a great sign.
Wes Brown Played a blinder again today, really held his own on the right and moved up to support Ronaldo really well.
Thomas Kuczsak came on for VDS and saved us from a possible own goal from Rio, did really well.
Ronaldo cracking goal from him, saved us yet another embarrassing day away at Birmingham, although he did seem very isolated today and should have been given more of the ball but he did really great for us again, as we come to expect from Cristiano and are seldom disappointed by his committment.
Nemanja Vidic, absolutely brilliant, is awareness is getting better and better as the games go on, really reading the play well.
The United fans that visited Birmingham today, you did yourselves proud, we couldnt hear the Birmingham fans, so well done guys.
Sir Alex Ferguson has reached the Champions League final just once in his time in charge
