Don’t we just love to make things difficult for ourselves? We had the perfect opportunity to qualify last nigh and we scuppered our chances. Shunsuke Nakamura scored a wonder free-kick in the 80th minute leaving United feeling desperate and needing a point with only 10 minutes left. A gift from God in the dying seconds gave United a penalty after Maloney hand-balled inside the box. Up stepped Saha who had missed a glorious chance minutes earlier, but all he could do was blast the penalty right at the Celtic keeper.
It was a match that United dominated for large periods and for most of the night it seemed as though United would take at least a point from the game. But as so often has been the case in Europe for us, a single goal/free-kick proved to be our undoing. Now we must face Benfica, the team that knocked us out of last years competition, needing at least a draw to qualify. Why do we always leave it until the last minute to qualify? Listen to Fergusons interview here:
In other news, it seems Neil Warnock is keen to lure Alan Smith to the blades in January. I’m sorry but I can’t see that one happening. There is word that Smith may move to Bayern Munich on loan however. See the story
here. I do feel that a striker will come in during the January transfer window, but who I am not sure about.
Of course if Smith were to move to Bayern Munich, then there may be a ramifications for the possible transfer of Hargreaves top Manchester United. I honestly can’t see how they can hang onto him for much longer, such is his desire to move to United. I am fairly sure that Ferguson will strengthen in the forthcoming window as we have a glaring lack of adequate cover.
Looking forward to Sunday and we have the big one against Chelsea. I have no doubt that the boys will really be up for this one. It’s such an important game, with victory taking us 6 points clear of the champions. Let’s bring the title home boys!
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yeah....very depressing. i had a feeling, about the 70min mark, that we wouldn't come out unscathed. it was also really obvious that saha was going to miss the penalty. i felt it all the way across the atlantic via ESPN2!!
oh well. we have to produce in two weeks time. simple as that. but i'm nervous about our ability to score away in europe...against...barcelona? madrid? ac?
january transfers will be crucial. the trouble is it sometimes takes players a few months at least to settle in to a squad. look at the other big clubs. they already have depth and even if they brought someone in their overall quality wouldn't really change.
call me pessimistic but squad depth could really hurt us this year.
that's all from me for now...moan moan!
looking forward to sunday!!!
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