poxy liverpool win with an offside goal, mourinho gets physical with official and media make nothing of it,united handed their easiest game of the run in and fail. it was a horrid weekend for me as everything began to fall apart. we tried hard against a resilliant sunderland but it wasnt to be im afraid and any aspirations we had of winning the title evaporated with the final whistle.
as i eluded to in my last post,this game was a potential banana skin for us and so it proved to be. every side,no matter how poor they are,have at least one big performance in them and friday was sunderlands. they rose to the occasion in fairness and were well worth the point to be fair. i thought fergie would have brought on saha but in hindsight maybe he had his eye on monday versus spurs and given the fact that we were playing the whipping boys of the premiership you couldnt really blame him. one thing that did bother me about friday night was the fact that some of our supporters began leaving five minutes from the finish and when the chips were down during the game they struggled to find their voice. ihave only once had the privelage of visiting old trafford and i noticed how quiet our fans could be then too. we have the biggest ground capacity in england and we have more to cheer about then most teams and old trafford should be an intimidating fortress for any side to come to.
as for the rest of the season we need to beat spurs tomorrow and chelsea in stamford bridge to round off our year. in fairness, we have one more trophy than 05 and played some great attacking football after christmas. if we can continue winning we can carry on next season where we left off and with a more solid midfield we can really push for the title next season. speaking of new midfielders, i saw stephen reid play the first 45 for blackburn. when i heard of fergies interest in him, i like manyothers was sceptical. however looking at him today i was impressed with his ability to read the game, his tackling and his use of the ball. he is young, wouldnt cost the earth and although i wouldnt judge him on 45 minutes, he had no problem containing sissoko or alonso today which is no mean feat.
as for mourinho and chelsea i believe they are on the highway to football hell. money cant buy love or the champions league and the fact that they have absolutly no class or grace will ensure that they will remain under constant scrutiny as the most hated team in eurpoe. not only that but roman obramovich has not got where he is today by hemmeoraging money on overpriced average players who cant do the buisness in europe. everyone at chelsea, including mourinho is dispensible if the owner thinks so and all their days are numbered. it couldnt be the most pleasent club to play nfor and its only a matter of time before this begins to manifest itself through the side, if it hasnt already. once this rot sets in not even micheal ballack can save them.
anyway we ned to focus on ourselves and next season and unite behind our team, the greatest club in europe, and pray for a fruitful season in 06/07.keep the faith. d.