I apologise in advance, because I'm about to go on a bit of a football rant.
Now today, Man United drew 2-2 with West Brom, having been 2-0 up. So why, SIR ALEX FERGUSON, did this happen?
Fergie's been the boss since 1986, so knows what he's doing. He's the most successful manager in British history. So sacking him is out the question. But, by Man United standards, we've had a very poor start to the season. Even if we are 3rd in the table.
But it doesn't stop us playing some of the worst football I've ever seen United play - we're all over the place. Today's flapping around shows Edwin van der Sar needs replacing sooner rather than later. The central defence pairing keeps getting split up, which doesn't help. Paddy Evra has obviously been told to defend more, which means less overlapping. We have no decent right back, and don't get me started on Michael Carrick. Just sell him - we'll even pay you to take him.
But then we come to attacking. The obvious person to blame is Rooney - having allegedly played away from home in the summer, and come home to have a big argument with Fergie, and now it looks like we might sell him in January. It would prove why he has played so badly the last few months. Berbatov has been the best player of the season. Nani remains very selfish, but has bulked up, which helps. losing Valencia was a big loss, but we've got no replacement for him, so we've got to keep swapping the front line.
The key to our success in previous seasons has been consistency - very few long term injuries, and keeping the same starting XI week in, week out. But we can't do that if everyone is playing badly.
I still stand by my decision - Fergie should have retired at the end of last season, and we should have got Mourinho in. Now we're going to go home trophyless again this season.
Someone needs to shove a rocket up every player's arse, and get them playing for the shirt, not just the pay packet at the end of the week.
SIR ALEX FERGUSON, you are the Day Dedicatee for Saturday 16th October 2010.
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