sorry i havent posted in a few weeks but i have been flat out recently and finding it dificult to get the time.
for starters our display against portsmouth was brilliant. we won the game in the first half but protected our lead well and continued to pose a threat going forward. portsmouth never really tested us but you can only beat what is in front of you and we did this emphatically.
then we had southend in the league cup. i only saw the last five minutes of the game and i wasnt impressed. we were beaten by a great goal and apparantly we had loads of chances but couldnt convert. the most disappointing about the performance was the fact that fringe players who were given a chance to shine failed to do so. richardson seems to be regressing at a rate of knots. silvestre seems to be a long way away from a first team place and wes brown,a player i believe has bags of potential, seems to be letting his standards slide. having said all that,if i was forced to choose a game for united to loose this would have been it.
finally to the blackburn game. although i didnt watch it i listened to the commentary on radio. this to me was a massive win given our recent record against them and our performance spoke volumes about our intent this season. roooney missed some great chances in the first half and it was beginning to look like it wasnt going to be our night. however we perservered and continued to create chances and eventually we converted one. we didnt sit on our laurels though and continued to probe and look for chances. on top of this we defended brilliantly and didnt give them a real sniff of goal. the goal was enough and we were confident that our defence could contain blackburn. a tough, gritty gutsy performance and the sort of game that wins and looses titles. make no mistake,i honestly believe this was a huge result for us.
i dont want to be overly bullish about our aspirations this year but having seen how greatly improved we are compared to this time last year you have to believe that there something special in the air around old trafford. there is a genuine belief, rightly or wrongly, that this is going to be our season and based on the evidence of what we have seen so far this season,you couldnt disagree. as long as we stay clear of injury ,particularly from our midfield and strike force i genuinely believe we can go all the way. and even if we dont some of the football we have played this season has been scintilating and a pleasure to watch and with a couple of new signings,we will have a serious squad of players for next year. its an exciting time to be a united fan.