Man Utd 4-0 Aston Villa

Today showed the raw talent of a great Manchester United side.

Cristiano Ronaldo started the onslaught with a very cheeky goal in the 16th minute, back heeling the ball through a Larrson’s legs and into the goal, the goal keeper had no chance, this sent Ronaldo to 35 goals scored in one season, still chasing Denis Law’s record of 42 in any one season, with a few matches yet to play, its still possible to beat that long term record.

Ronaldo then went on to cross a great ball into the penalty area, where Carlos Tevez was waiting and managed to head it,straight into the Villa net in the 32nd minute.

United went in at half time, 2 goals to the good.

After the break it took only 7 minutes, before Wayne Rooney,scoring his first goal in ages, when he fired the ball in the back of the net, in the 52nd minute,giving United a great 3 goal cushion.

It was not long before Wayne went on to get a second goal in the 69th minute, there was no way back for Aston Villa, in truth this game was over at 2-0.

The scoreline could well have been a lot more like 7-0 rather than what it was.

For those who went to Old Trafford today, saw a true exhibition of how a team plays together as a unit, today it rained all through the match but did it dampen the spirit of the Old Trafford faithful,with over 75.000 fans at the match, not a chance, the support for this club is sometimes just too hard to put into words, it just knows no bounds and is totally umatched by any other club of its kind.

France 1-0 England

Never been so bored watching a match since I last sat and watched a Liverpool – Arsenal game.

Not really sure what Capello is trying to work out by playing who is he has so far.

Just as well England are not going to the Euro’s this summer, they wouldn’t stand a chance playing like the bunch of spastics they are tonight.

Watching this farce doesn’t make me very patriotic, I guess I expect more from our national side, yeah I know we have to give Capello time to try things but come on guys, we are a great football nation but always fail on the International stage.

Okay its officially a friendly, who cares right?

All the England fans of course who travelled to Paris, in the hope of seeing a new revitalised England, only to yet witness the same old crap they saw last time again.

Some of the players who have been called up this time, wouldn’t get a look in on a sunday afternoon in the local park, never mind playing for England.

There seems to be no sense of togetherness, maybe they need more time to actually play as a team but the trouble with that is, who is the team?

 Oh yeah David Beckham gets his 100th cap, something to celebrate I guess.

Fergie makes Scholes pledge

Sir Alex Ferguson admits sentiment will influence his team selection, if Manchester United reach the final of the UEFA Champions League.

United meet Lyon in the second leg of their last 16 encounter at Old Trafford on Tuesday, with the tie finely poised after a 1-1 draw in France.

Ferguson is not taking progression for granted, but concedes Paul Scholes has already been pencilled in for a starting role should the Red Devils make it to the final in Moscow in May.

Scholes missed the club’s Champions League success over Bayern Munich in 1999 through suspension and Ferguson believes the veteran midfielder would deserve to play in the Russian capital.

“Hopefully we can get to the final again and this time Paul will get his opportunity,” said Ferguson in the Sunday Mirror.

Sentimental

“I’m not a sentimentalist by any means. My one aim has always been to manage the club in the right way.

“But if we got to the Champions League final again then I’m telling you that I would have to be sentimental when it came to choosing my team for that one. I’d have to pick Paul to play because he deserves it.

“Paul doesn’t say much about missing out in 1999, but it must have hurt him. He will still feel it because players like that always do.

“Players with his calibre and with his record of being a winner will have felt bad about missing out. It would have hurt Paul just as much as it hurt Roy Keane.

“To miss the biggest club game in the world must have an impact.

“Paul won’t talk about things like that because he is not the kind of man to let disappointment destroy him. You only have to see what he has won in the game to realise that.”