Re: Manchester United Supporters Thread.
thats right mate, a great result for us, we can go in to any fixture brimming with confidence now. speaking of which, its exeter city away in the FA Cup replay.
i was extremely worried when i saw that wes brown was to start in front of an injured ferdinand. neither him nor RVN passed the fitness test prior to kick off so it was troubling to start with. however when i saw fletcher, brown and p neville (three players who have just recently received starting positions) get stuck in, i was able to watch the rest of the game with a little more comfort. @beachryan, yea i thought carragher's shot was going to slip through as well, if anything carroll did well to just get in the way of it. at any rate, 3 points are 3 points and we ll take it knowing our stars will be returning soon...
my man of the match? mikael silvestre of course! he held morientes and baros well and was a big reason why we kept our three points. of course big ups to jerzy dudek, he's managed again to let the errors of the past (in the same fixture) continue to haunt him. lastly i would've willingly given MOTM to roomania, however i dont think his goal was enough (if that's possible, or perhaps thats just how much i felt silvestre did for us tonight)
there are also some minor points to make, ronaldo played decently well i thought, which made me wonder why it was he was subbed off so soon. i felt sheasy held up his end quite nicely, coming on as a result of a sending off is a big ask, nevermind having to defend the kop end up only 1-0. louis saha didn't play his best football, i felt some of his first touches seemed a little forced, but with injury recovery comes time, and time is what he needs to get back to the swing of things. scholesy and keano were instrumental in the middle and, well thats really all i can say. heinze once again proved his worth as he was in contention for MOTM imo, with several crunching tackles on luis garcia and morientes.
REALLY excited about this! this is quality and class... CMON UNITED!
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