Saturday was the most I had looked forward to a game, all season, for obvious reasons of course, but the way the season had gone, maybe that was a bit presumptious. Giggs picked a recognisably Ferguson team, Roney and Welbeck up top, Carrick and Cleverley in the engine room, and Ferdinand and Vidic at the back. But the difference was clear from the start, the plodding no risk football that we had suffered under Moyes was at an end.
United started reasonably well, not exactly on fire, but more conviction in their movement. Norwich were fighting for their lives, so it wasn't as if we should have expected United to just roll them over . Having said that, once the first goal went in, the result did seem a bit of a foregone conclusion, I wouldn't put money on them staying up.
The first goal came at a good time for us, a bit of a killer for them. It was typical of Welbeck's day, that he should be taken out out when it seemed he must score. He hit a couple of lovely sweet strikes, that their keeper made a couple of good saves from. Rooney made no mistake from the spot and from that moment on United's new regime went from strength to strength. When Rooney hit the second with a long range strike not long into the second half, it was just a case of how many.
After Moyes baffling use of substitutes, it was good to see Giggs be decisive, using his squad as it should be used, bringing Mata and Hernandez on, in plenty of time to affect the game. Mata looked excellent, and not just for the two goals and even Hernandez, who'd really suffered under Moyes looked sharper and should have at least hit the target when put clean through in the last minute.
It was good to see United really going for the kill at the end, even if Norwich were poor, we haven't seen enough of that over the last few years, under Fergie as well as Moyes. More of the same over the last four games and the gimps will be hard pressed to overlook the fans determination to see Giggs take the top job, or at the very least staying on the coaching staff. It was strange seeing Giggs suited on the touchline at first, but once you got used to it, he looked right in a way that Moyes just never did.
United started reasonably well, not exactly on fire, but more conviction in their movement. Norwich were fighting for their lives, so it wasn't as if we should have expected United to just roll them over . Having said that, once the first goal went in, the result did seem a bit of a foregone conclusion, I wouldn't put money on them staying up.
The first goal came at a good time for us, a bit of a killer for them. It was typical of Welbeck's day, that he should be taken out out when it seemed he must score. He hit a couple of lovely sweet strikes, that their keeper made a couple of good saves from. Rooney made no mistake from the spot and from that moment on United's new regime went from strength to strength. When Rooney hit the second with a long range strike not long into the second half, it was just a case of how many.
After Moyes baffling use of substitutes, it was good to see Giggs be decisive, using his squad as it should be used, bringing Mata and Hernandez on, in plenty of time to affect the game. Mata looked excellent, and not just for the two goals and even Hernandez, who'd really suffered under Moyes looked sharper and should have at least hit the target when put clean through in the last minute.
It was good to see United really going for the kill at the end, even if Norwich were poor, we haven't seen enough of that over the last few years, under Fergie as well as Moyes. More of the same over the last four games and the gimps will be hard pressed to overlook the fans determination to see Giggs take the top job, or at the very least staying on the coaching staff. It was strange seeing Giggs suited on the touchline at first, but once you got used to it, he looked right in a way that Moyes just never did.
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