Roaring Forties

After their second stringers were thoroughly outplayed by Coventry in the Carling Cup and losing 2:0, the seniors continue to slog with hard fought 1:0 victories over Birmingham in the EPL and Roma in the Champions League with Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney scoring their first goals respectively for the campaigns.

It is turning out to be a difficult season and the games are keeping fans at the edge of their seats. Where is free scoring Devils of last season? Everyone is asking. With high expectations from the new signings, this season has so far proven to be a dissappointment. Now that Tervez, Ronaldo and Rooney has all got their first goals, maybe it is about time for them to show what they are really worth.

For the fans, we can take some comfort from the hope that the team will hit top form during the second half of the season. 

Manchester United won unconvincingly 2:0 in Old Trafford against Chelsea in a scappy match to extend their match winning streak to 5 games. Apart from the full points, the other positive outcome from the match is that Carlos Tevez finally got his goal and let’s hope that this goal will spur him on for more to come. Louis Saha took the easy way by reacting to a poor tackle and won a penalty. He would need to brush up his acting skills to avoid being red carded in future matches for diving as he was lucky to get his penalty in this one. Overall, it was a poor quality match and the Blues clearly missed Jose Mourinho.

Sir Alex Ferguson then field the second stringers for the Carling Cup where the only notable regulars included were John O’shea and Luis Nani. The second stringers flopped against Conventry which resulted the Red Devils losing 2:0 at home. SAF may not put much emphasis on the Carling Cup but nevertheless, the game was dissappointing especially for the 74,055 fans who came to see their team play. Unless the second stringers show much improvement especially Oliveira Anderson, there isn’t much hope for Manchester United to last out the long season.

It was a dissappointing week espcially for Man U to drop off at the very first hurdle in the Carling Cup.

The Red Devils slogged on with narrow 1:0 away victories over Everton and Sporting Lisbon as they continue their 2007/2008 compaign. Good news is that Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo are back but Manchester United has yet to show their fire power. So far, they have been shooting blanks.

The highlight of the month would be the dismissal of Jose Mourinho whose departure will not be felt only by Chelsea but also by the whole English Premier League as the Chosen One, which Mourinho called himself, was indeed one of the most outstanding and colourful managers in recent years.

Would be interesting to see if the Red Devils could capitalise on the Blues’ shortcoming this week end.