Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea

Three points against one of our main rivals for the title, and yet i came away from the match feeling we had missed a trick. With them down to ten men and us scoring in first half injury time, i really thought , or should that be hoped, we would really go for the jugular in the second half and really rub it in. But in a bizarre second half we sat back and just passed it around, obviously quite content with the one goal, unfortunately it looked to me, that with everything that's happened to them recently they were quite content themselves to play the rest of the match out and settle for a one nil defeat. It didn't make for great viewing. If we had brought Saha on earlier, i would have brought him on at half time, there were goals there for the taking in the second half, look what happened in the short time he was on. I would love to know why he didn't start, if Ferguson has a problem with him, then what is the point of him being here. He does my head in also, with all his injuries but if he is fit, then he should be starting, because we are a miles better team going forward when he is the side.
I know Tevez scored yesterday, but for me that was his one meaningful contribution to the match. Rooney and Tevez up front just doesn't work, they are too similar, i think Tevez is a reasonable player but he is nowhere near the same level as Rooney. So when everybody is fit he would be on the bench for me, i don't mind him being rotated with Rooney as long as he doesn't play up front on his own, it's pretty obvious to me Tevez needs either a big forward in front of him or someone with speed. Saha obviously possessing both, maybe even Ronaldo playing in front of him would work, although he is another who still doesn't seemed to have recaptured his form of last season. It is getting monotonous, but i will say it again, we have won but we still are playing nowhere near as well as we can. We were spoilt rotten last season with the quality and quantity of the superb attacking football we saw, so far this season, it's got to be said we haven't seen anything approaching last seasons standards. Still, we are right up there without playing well, it would be nice to see some excitement though.
What can you say about Chelsea though, they are in trouble, even with eleven men they hardly posed a threat. Without Drogba up front, they are going to struggle against mid table teams never mind the rest of the big four. It has been said to death, but it's still got to be said £30 million for Schevchenko, that must be as good a bit of business as any transfer in the game. Let's hope Abramovitch really is going to be picking the side, because if he is going to be a more regular starter for them, they may end up struggling to come in the top four never mind, fighting for the championship. To state the obvious, there are some seriously unhappy campers there, the body language wasn't the best. I think we will really see how bad it is when they play the likes of Newcastle and Everton away, teams going for a UEFA cup place will definitely think they can beat them at the moment. They are still a good team, but they miss Drogba terribly, and you have got to wonder, after what's gone on, how keen he is to regain his fitness and get back in the team alongside Schevchenko.

Chelsea, not a big club, http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2007/09/the-debate-are-.html
correct.

An article in the Indie about the Rooney Tevez pairing yesterday
http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/comment/article2993370.ece

As Fabregas says his team mates feel liberated, now Henry is not there intimidating everybody, apparently Henry has had a stuttering start to his Barca career.
http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/european/article2993349.ece

Brilliant game, when Misbah hit that six in the last over i thought Pakistan were going to win.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7009035.stm