The Red Devils.....

hello....everyone...first of all i would like to thank everybody who has provided me with feedback of the last blog...and also those who haven't but have gone through it..i finally managed to gather enough enthusiasm to publish another post!!...and
writing about my favourite club is motivation enough...

yes...Manchester United Football Club...is my favourite....i would like to point out that i am no petty supporter who is supporting the club just because its winning everything for the last two seasons...my sister used to study at Manchester Institute of Technology...so that is the sole reason i started supporting the club fanatically...and as i understood more about football...i loved the way they wen't about thier things...i got a little feedback from my sister as she wasn't a much of a football freak!!...but whatever...however i'm not going to do a copy paste from Wikipedia regarding the history of the club...anybody reading this post can log on to the much more reliable source for further details...what i intend talking about is the rather wobbly situation MUFC is in right now...
reliable sources have pointed out that manchester united is the club to be least affected by recession.....its got 60 million at its disposal...thanks to the much fancied departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez...yet Sir Alex Ferguson's decision of not signing any costly recruits and the obvious indifference of the illete family[American owners]...is seeeming to backfire....

i would like to start off with the goalkeeping....Edwin Van Der Sar is good but its time united starts looking for another one....Thomas Kuzscack is ordinary...and Ben Foster has commited far too many errors....he might be talented...but after so many years...he should now stop learning and start performing....his mistakes have been glaring and at this level they won't be tolerated...sorry ben...but you failed to grab your chance...!!

next comes the much vaunted defence...we need a right back...that too world class...like Sergio Ramos perhaps....Gary Neville is past his prime...a fact very well illustrated by Samir Nasri last season...during the 2-1 loss to Arsenal...Fabio is too inexperienced...as is johhny evans...and that is definately a gap.....many MuFc fans would shout about us having two world class central defenders...sorrry to dissapoint you but Rio Ferdinand is no more world class...stopping a Diouf doesn't require much but he has been outpaced far too often this season...craig bellamy and fernando torres being the notable ones....no complains about Nemanja Vidic...he is GOOD.....then we have Patrice Evra...he's solid no doubt....his strong runs...and terrific one twos down the left flank has troubled most defenses....but his defensive capabilities are suspect...but its ok...he gets a clean chit from me...conceding three goals to some CSKA Moscow...illustrates the inexperience of the bench...its not about the number of goals...its the way they conceded them that is painful!!

the midfield....no praise will be sufficient for Ryan giggs...sorry Sir Ryan Giggs...the way he has shouldered responsibility for the last decade is just amazing....he's the man....few know that ryan giggs was involved in 36 of the 42 goals scored by ronaldo....that should say it all....his work ethic is just incomparable...but we need a replacement...should he decide to retire...united will be left with the biggest void....anderson is ok...but he needs to mature...paul scholes is past his prime....Darren Fletcher is one player who has shown significant improvement this season...as is opposite to Michael Carrick...who is somehow not in his elements....now comes the Antonio Valencia....THE REPLACEMENT for ronaldo....he's not up there to be honest...he would flourish in bottom rung clubs...but he's just not in the league....his inside out apart i haven't seen a single piece of skill from this man...we need a winger...again world class....now comes the player who thinks he's ronaldo but isn't remotely close....Nani...he's got skills but fails to show them in matches...he needs a reassesment of himself...and should play to his strengths...as for Owen Hargreaves....i only hope he plays again for united before he's sold off for being a luggage...should he play....united should be relieved a lot in thr central midfield...

now we come to the strikers....Dimitar Berbatov....the ultimate scumbucket and possibly the worst buy united ever made...that he still trembles to be in a united shirt should say it all....he's got skills...and a rather accurate scissors kick....but he should shrug off his laziness...whenever the ball is in his feet it never looks like united will get remotely close to scoring....i would not speak more about him lest i become abusive.....Wayne Rooney has been the MAKEOVER...of the season....the way he has responded to ronaldo's departure is quite admirable...Michael Owen might be good...but when it comes to the gruesome Champions League or premiership derbies...i think he won't cause many furrowed brows....

.....this is the situation we are in now...despite negatives...its pretty amazing the way we have played this season...but that is Manchester United for you....we are a TEAM!!...good old fergie must've pulled a few strings....now we face chelsea on Sunday...our ultimate test....am not too optimistic...Stamford Bridge is tough.....always...but you never know....my head says no but my heart says yes.....as "we keep the Red flag flying high,coz' man utd. will never die!!!!"