Manchester United 2-0 West Ham United

The first half was as good as we seen so far this season and i was really looking forward to the second half but it seemed it was job done and save themselves for the weekend. Still a win is a win and the second goal contained the best piece of skill i have seen so far this season, a sublime moment by Berbatov that was worthy of Eric himself. That was what we bought him for and he is really starting to look the part now.
I wasn't expecting much from West ham and they didn't disappoint me, Bellamy tried hard but there wasn't much else coming from the men in claret and blue. As everybody seemed to expect Tevez came back into the team to face his old club, Nani came in for Park and Anderson returned to central midfield. Fair play to Nani i am not his biggest fan but his first half performance last night was excellent as good as we have seen from him. For once he seemed to know the right ball and as importantly the right time to play it. And it was from his pull back that Ronaldo slotted home the first goal after quater of an hours play. Once more Fletcher was having an outstanding game, how he is coming on after getting an extended run in the side.
Nani and Anderson both had pretty good chances to get the second, Anderson inparticular should have done better, that first goal just won't happen for him. But then the moment of the seaon so far for me as Anderson put Berbatov through on the flank. As he hit the touchline, he beat his marker with a sublime diguised pass to himself with the outside of his foot and hugging the touchline then made sure he didn't waste the chance and rolled it across for Ronaldo to bundle it home, magnificent.
It was just a pity the second half turned into such a damp squib. West Ham did seem to put in more effort but United definitely hit the comfort zone. It took the introduction of Rooney to liven things up as almost immediately he made the goalie bring off a reasonable save. But it was a false dawn as United eased off again and settled for the 2-0 scoreline. It could have cost us because West Ham did have a pretty good chance in the last ten minutes but i think they could have played another 90 minutes and not scored. It was nice to see Carrick back when he came on as a sub with Rooney but he looked rusty, unsurprisingly, and it will obviously take some time for hime to approach the form we know he is capable of. It's a good job that Fletcher is playing so well.The one change in the team i and a few others i talked to couldn't understand was the choice of Kuszczak in golas as replacement for Van Der sar instead of Foster. We all know the Pole is never going to be a United goalie but Foster looks like he could be. Foster seems to be impatient to get first team football and last night would have been a good opportunity. I wasn't surprised to see Chelski easily roll over Hull and despite their good start i am hoping to see us improve our goal difference on Saturday. Famous last words, hopefully not.

Tevez still has a future at old trafford says Fergie
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7698990.stm
I am not the only one wondering if that is really the case.

Ferguson says he is glad Fletcher stayed, i think we all are.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/keeping-fletcher-right-move-says-ferguson-976742.html

Johann Hari on the unlucky country that is the Congo and the wests part in the on off war.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-how-we-fuel-africas-bloodiest-war-978461.html

John Walsh on the Led zeppelin reunion minus Robert Plant
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-walsh/john-walsh-thats-not-very-rocknroll-robert-978467.html
I don't really think it's a good idea either

Anatole Kaletsky on the US presidential elections and what happens in the next three months
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/anatole_kaletsky/article5041780.ece

Larry Elliot on the real economic position of this country
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/29/economy-labour-recession-gordon-brown
So much for the economic miracle that the Thatcherites were supposed to have brought about. I don't know which party will do it but i suspect it is only a matter of time before something or other gets re nationalised or some variant of taking it out of the private sector.