I have to admit i couldn't wait for yesterday, i couldn't see us not taking care of Q.P.R and i couldn't see City coming away with the three points they needed if we did the business. So safe to say yesterday turned into some Sunday, when that goal went in at the Emirates the Tollgate fucking exploded.
As for the games themselves they didn't really go the way i thought they would, i didn't expect us to make such heavy weather of a team who are probably destined to go back down to the championship after the briefest of stays in the premier league. And even though Arsenal took the three points they made harder work of it than i thought they would, especially given City's abject performance. I suppose i shouldn't have been suprised at United's laboured performance, i mean when was the last time we really did play well. I know that this is the stage of the season when it's results that matter not performances but yesterday showed why the Champions league isn't on the agenda in May.
The opening goal set the tone for the match with away team giving away a penalty and going down to ten men. Needless to say TV pictures showed that Young was actually offside and shall we say made the most of Derry' challenge. Things don't go for you when you're at the bottom as Wigan would no doubt testify after Saturday's daylight robbery at Stamford bridge.
The sending off may well have set the tone for the rest of the match, Q.P.R's match tactics had been to get everybody behind the ball anyway, after going down to ten men, nothing really changed except they became even more determined to keep the scoreline down. It may well have affected United as with the comfort of the one goal lead and the man extra United didn't exactly bust a gut to try breaking down the defensive wall the visitors had set up. There were a lot of moans in the crowd about United trying to walk the ball into the net, but that is what we should be good enough to do. If we want to be competitive in Europe we have to be quicker and more imaginative than we were yesterday.
We were a little better in the second half and were probably unlucky to only come away with only the two goals. Rafael was unlucky with his effort and Carrick even more so, that would have been one of the goals of the season but for the woodwork. It was left to that man, Paul Scholes to settle the game with a superb shot from outside the box. Desperate or not, his decision to come out of retirment was absolutely crucial to what looks like a 20th title. One little bonus from the day was Cleverley's introduction late on, for the first time since his second lenghty lay off he looked like the man who got us so excited earlier in the season. I know it was only against ten men, but even so it was a encouraging.
To be honest the most exciting part of the day was getting back to the Tollgate to watch City throw the towel in. Arsenal started as i expected throwing everything at City but when the goal didn't come i thought City would start to get back into the game, a decent side would have. Of course City are a decent side but they don't seem to have any bottle or any togetherness either. I would have settled for a draw, but that late goal was just dream time really. I still have to pinch myself thinking that we are going to collect that 20th league title, our football has been very mundane after that first month of false promise, but beating them to the title, especially after that disastrous derby mauling at our place has made it oh so special.
Gary Neville talks about the changing mentality surrounding diving and gamesmanship. Fergie heaped the praise on Scholes after the game emphasising his importance to our improved form since he returned to the squad, I didn't know we had taken 34 out of 36 points since his return, that's some record. Giggs takes the piss, i presume the massive is a dig at our noisy neighbours.
William Keegan tells Osborne that he must learn from history and admit his mistakes. I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that he would gladly take being a one term chancellor if the tory can make the changes to the NHS, keeping the City happy and ruthlessly cutting the size of public sector workforce that Labour would probably be too craven to reverse.
Larry Elliott warns that preventing the next housing bubble must be a priority for the Bank of England.
As for the games themselves they didn't really go the way i thought they would, i didn't expect us to make such heavy weather of a team who are probably destined to go back down to the championship after the briefest of stays in the premier league. And even though Arsenal took the three points they made harder work of it than i thought they would, especially given City's abject performance. I suppose i shouldn't have been suprised at United's laboured performance, i mean when was the last time we really did play well. I know that this is the stage of the season when it's results that matter not performances but yesterday showed why the Champions league isn't on the agenda in May.
The opening goal set the tone for the match with away team giving away a penalty and going down to ten men. Needless to say TV pictures showed that Young was actually offside and shall we say made the most of Derry' challenge. Things don't go for you when you're at the bottom as Wigan would no doubt testify after Saturday's daylight robbery at Stamford bridge.
The sending off may well have set the tone for the rest of the match, Q.P.R's match tactics had been to get everybody behind the ball anyway, after going down to ten men, nothing really changed except they became even more determined to keep the scoreline down. It may well have affected United as with the comfort of the one goal lead and the man extra United didn't exactly bust a gut to try breaking down the defensive wall the visitors had set up. There were a lot of moans in the crowd about United trying to walk the ball into the net, but that is what we should be good enough to do. If we want to be competitive in Europe we have to be quicker and more imaginative than we were yesterday.
We were a little better in the second half and were probably unlucky to only come away with only the two goals. Rafael was unlucky with his effort and Carrick even more so, that would have been one of the goals of the season but for the woodwork. It was left to that man, Paul Scholes to settle the game with a superb shot from outside the box. Desperate or not, his decision to come out of retirment was absolutely crucial to what looks like a 20th title. One little bonus from the day was Cleverley's introduction late on, for the first time since his second lenghty lay off he looked like the man who got us so excited earlier in the season. I know it was only against ten men, but even so it was a encouraging.
To be honest the most exciting part of the day was getting back to the Tollgate to watch City throw the towel in. Arsenal started as i expected throwing everything at City but when the goal didn't come i thought City would start to get back into the game, a decent side would have. Of course City are a decent side but they don't seem to have any bottle or any togetherness either. I would have settled for a draw, but that late goal was just dream time really. I still have to pinch myself thinking that we are going to collect that 20th league title, our football has been very mundane after that first month of false promise, but beating them to the title, especially after that disastrous derby mauling at our place has made it oh so special.
Gary Neville talks about the changing mentality surrounding diving and gamesmanship. Fergie heaped the praise on Scholes after the game emphasising his importance to our improved form since he returned to the squad, I didn't know we had taken 34 out of 36 points since his return, that's some record. Giggs takes the piss, i presume the massive is a dig at our noisy neighbours.
William Keegan tells Osborne that he must learn from history and admit his mistakes. I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that he would gladly take being a one term chancellor if the tory can make the changes to the NHS, keeping the City happy and ruthlessly cutting the size of public sector workforce that Labour would probably be too craven to reverse.
Larry Elliott warns that preventing the next housing bubble must be a priority for the Bank of England.
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