MAN UTD Need To Buy 2 Good Defenders In Summer Transfer Window And Atleast One Midfielder And Kick Smalling
Nothing wrong with the defence. Smalling is young - he made a mistake yes, but he's also had many fantastic games for us - and for England. Jones' situation is similar to Smalling's - maybe he'd be better as a defensive midfielder. Vidic - we all know about Vidic. City can bleat all they like about how if they'd had Tevez they'd be clear, but we can say the same about Vidic - and as I said before, Vidic was missing because he was injured, not because he was acting like a child for four months. Then there's Evans, who's come on in leaps and bounds, and Ferdinand isn't quite finished yet either. Evra's still got some left, and the Brazilian twins (at least one of them) will improve with experience. You can't place the entire blame for the defeat on Smalling's head - the entire team was to blame. Not one of them was on it, and against a team like City, that's not going to get you anywhere.
No - it's in the midfield where we need some work. All we need is some midfield steel (we've never replaced Keano) and a world class playmaker (Scholsey can't go on forever). The wings are looking in great shape - Valencia, Young, Rooney can play wide, Giggs - who knows how long he'll be around for(!) and even Park can do a job there - but not when he's barely kicked a football in months; Mr Ferguson, Sir, with all respect, you got that one spectacularly wrong. Another thing, you know the team were sent for a relaxation trip to a spa or something? I think it relaxed them too bloody much! They looked completely unfocused - I think that trip might well have been a mistake as well.
To coin a rather ironic phrase, given City's next opponents: 'They've still got to go to Newcastle and get something and...and... I'll tell you what.... I'll love it if we beat them, love it!!' Cue the Fergie mind games to get Newcastle all riled up.
Indeed, Newcastle are due to unveil a statue of the late, great Sir Bobby Robson before the City game - if that doesn't inspire them, nothing will. It'll do our cause some good if they can get a result from the Chelsea game, so they'll go into the City game feeling as though the CL is within reach.
I am confident that Newcastle will get something out of the game. Sure, City are back on form, especially at home, but away, apart from the Norwich game, I think they're vulnerable. They will need to bring their A game to St James' Park - not the performance they provided against Wolves who, if they didn't give the ball away so much and so easily, could easily have got something from the game.
That sodding 4-4 against Everton... God.
Edit: Oh - and De Jong? Thanks for crocking one of the best young English strikers who will probably now miss the Euros, not to mention the rest of the season. Sir Alex, it's time for Dimitar Berbatov. Hernandez doesn't play well when he starts. Rooney and Berbatov up front for the rest of the season for me.
