You would never have guessed that they were going to net six times at half time but it's not the first time that piled it on once the opposition are out of the game. Will Keane showed nice flashes, though he ruined a great run in the first half by trying to beat one more man instead of passing to his left. He made up for that with his well taken first goal.
Paul Pogba actually showed the kind of form that had pundits raving about him last season. One drag back to beat his man on the bye line and cross to Lindgard in the first half, was worth the admission alone, just a pity Lindgard couldn't finish it off. It will take more than one impressive reserve outing before i change my mind about him though.
Michael Keane once again impressed especially the longer the game went on, it's amazing how much he has shot up since last years youth cup and looks like he is still growing. He makes some brillianr foward runs the longer the game goes on and the more stretched the game becomes. I'm not as sure as i was that we have future first teamers in this squad as i was but they are great to watch. Once the the game is there they go for the jugular, something i wish the first team would do more often. Though to be fair the first team have shown more signs of doing that this season when not decimated by injuries.
Welbeck has still not finished growing according to Fergie, i'm not sure whether that's good news or not. He seems strong enough as it is, he has certainly not been bullied by any centre halves this season. The worry would have to be, not fully grown means there are still more niggling injuries to come, when United have played well this season he has been a big part of the reason why.
Steve Bruce argues that his time at Sunderland was crucial to his improvement, time on the pitch enabled the boy to become a premier league man. I would dissent from that for one minute, i watched them a fair few times last season and they were always a far better team when he was in the side as the stats would suggest. I thought he was the man who made them tick, even alloing for the goalscoring of Darren Bent. We certainly need him fit for the run of fixtures that started at Arsenal and continues at Anfailed tomorrow.
Speaking of which Fergie has called for calm, telling the players to act responsibly. I don't really expect any fireworks on the pitch, though you can never be sure, but i can't really expect it to be very calm off it. I would take a one nil all day long, but it would be even nocer if we could actually put in a performance at Anfield for the first time for years. It's hard to see though, it's hard to see past the usual 100 miles an hour battle that it has become over recent years. If Jones is fit i would like to see him in central midfield as he was earlier in the season.
I thought Dalglish's decision to play Bellamy up front against City was a big part of the reason for their improved performance against City. The good news for United is that Bellamy doesn't generally play two games in four days, he looked fucked just before he came off on Wednesday. So there must be a fair chance that Carroll will come back into the team tomorrow. If Bellamy does start it will be interesting to see how long he lasts.
The bad news for us, is our injury list just never seems to come down. It looks like Park will come in for the injured Nani, it's hard to see Fergie bringing Young, if fit, straight back into this game, that obviously blunts our attack. I hope that Fergie is bluffing when he warned that Rooney was not certain to be fit. If he isn't and Rooney is missing we will be woefully short on creativity. I couldn't see Giggs starting this game but if Rooney is out i can see Giggs standing in for him just behind Welbeck. It would be nice to see Ferdinand fit for tomorrow, but i mean fit, not the half fit that was struggling through 90 minutes throughout January. If not it has to be Smalling and Evans in the centre of defence with Rafael and Evra at full back. There can surely be no thought of leaving Evra out.
Steve Richards warns the coalition to drop NHS reforms before it's too late. Lasnley doesn't seem to be going out of his way to take the medical professions with him as he carries on his detested reforms. I'm not too sure it's politcally a wise move to start slagging off the doctors.
Peter Oborne returns to his attack on the moral decay of the British establishment. I wouldn't argue with the two cases he brings up, but i can never see how his policy prescriptions would alter anything.
Apple are slammed over their attitude to the Chinese wokers who produce their massive profits and who pay the price. If that firm was a blue chip British outfit would Peter Oborne be slaughtering them?
Freddy Gray in the Spectator asks whether American conservatives have given up, looking from this side of the pond it would seem so, you can't believe that Obama could possibly lose to Romney or Gingrich.
Happy days from 85, more of the same tomorrow please, you can see me on the pitch at the end, what a night.
Paul Pogba actually showed the kind of form that had pundits raving about him last season. One drag back to beat his man on the bye line and cross to Lindgard in the first half, was worth the admission alone, just a pity Lindgard couldn't finish it off. It will take more than one impressive reserve outing before i change my mind about him though.
Michael Keane once again impressed especially the longer the game went on, it's amazing how much he has shot up since last years youth cup and looks like he is still growing. He makes some brillianr foward runs the longer the game goes on and the more stretched the game becomes. I'm not as sure as i was that we have future first teamers in this squad as i was but they are great to watch. Once the the game is there they go for the jugular, something i wish the first team would do more often. Though to be fair the first team have shown more signs of doing that this season when not decimated by injuries.
Welbeck has still not finished growing according to Fergie, i'm not sure whether that's good news or not. He seems strong enough as it is, he has certainly not been bullied by any centre halves this season. The worry would have to be, not fully grown means there are still more niggling injuries to come, when United have played well this season he has been a big part of the reason why.
Steve Bruce argues that his time at Sunderland was crucial to his improvement, time on the pitch enabled the boy to become a premier league man. I would dissent from that for one minute, i watched them a fair few times last season and they were always a far better team when he was in the side as the stats would suggest. I thought he was the man who made them tick, even alloing for the goalscoring of Darren Bent. We certainly need him fit for the run of fixtures that started at Arsenal and continues at Anfailed tomorrow.
Speaking of which Fergie has called for calm, telling the players to act responsibly. I don't really expect any fireworks on the pitch, though you can never be sure, but i can't really expect it to be very calm off it. I would take a one nil all day long, but it would be even nocer if we could actually put in a performance at Anfield for the first time for years. It's hard to see though, it's hard to see past the usual 100 miles an hour battle that it has become over recent years. If Jones is fit i would like to see him in central midfield as he was earlier in the season.
I thought Dalglish's decision to play Bellamy up front against City was a big part of the reason for their improved performance against City. The good news for United is that Bellamy doesn't generally play two games in four days, he looked fucked just before he came off on Wednesday. So there must be a fair chance that Carroll will come back into the team tomorrow. If Bellamy does start it will be interesting to see how long he lasts.
The bad news for us, is our injury list just never seems to come down. It looks like Park will come in for the injured Nani, it's hard to see Fergie bringing Young, if fit, straight back into this game, that obviously blunts our attack. I hope that Fergie is bluffing when he warned that Rooney was not certain to be fit. If he isn't and Rooney is missing we will be woefully short on creativity. I couldn't see Giggs starting this game but if Rooney is out i can see Giggs standing in for him just behind Welbeck. It would be nice to see Ferdinand fit for tomorrow, but i mean fit, not the half fit that was struggling through 90 minutes throughout January. If not it has to be Smalling and Evans in the centre of defence with Rafael and Evra at full back. There can surely be no thought of leaving Evra out.
Steve Richards warns the coalition to drop NHS reforms before it's too late. Lasnley doesn't seem to be going out of his way to take the medical professions with him as he carries on his detested reforms. I'm not too sure it's politcally a wise move to start slagging off the doctors.
Peter Oborne returns to his attack on the moral decay of the British establishment. I wouldn't argue with the two cases he brings up, but i can never see how his policy prescriptions would alter anything.
Apple are slammed over their attitude to the Chinese wokers who produce their massive profits and who pay the price. If that firm was a blue chip British outfit would Peter Oborne be slaughtering them?
Freddy Gray in the Spectator asks whether American conservatives have given up, looking from this side of the pond it would seem so, you can't believe that Obama could possibly lose to Romney or Gingrich.
Happy days from 85, more of the same tomorrow please, you can see me on the pitch at the end, what a night.
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