Lots of you have been very complimentary to Evra, who had a good game even if it was his wayward header that set up Robbie Blake’s volley, but for me the best UTD player was once again old, old Ryan Giggs. The only blemish on his performance was his unnecessary, additional touch on the terrific through=ball from Rooney.

I’d disagree with KVN about Scholes’ play – while he does slow play down and is a weak shadow of his former self, he doesn’t often get caught in possession. But no one in his right mind can defend the GingerNinja’s defending – it’s not getting any better.

Anderson was lousy last night; Carrick was his usual passive self; and ThreeLungPark was just diabolical on the ball. How can Park be such a dominant attacking midfielder for his national team and offer nothing but energy for UTD ?

About the forwards – it’s now got to be KikoTime. The 4-4-2 has to be scrapped and some version of a 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 needs to be tried out.

It’s really apparent that for all his bleating about “playing his best position”, Wayne Rooney doesn’t actually play a position ! He’s a terrific footballer but incredibly undisciplined.

In this post-CR era, Wayne’s going to have to become a better team-player and do the job he has been given of playing centrally AND forward.

Berbatov is like the old Churchillian pearl about Russia – “a riddle wrapped in mystery, inside an enigma”.

Otherwise, it’s early days and like the statistics Scott presented make clear, it’s not as if this kind of stuttering start hasn’t been commonplace.

TheLads stumbled out of the gate last year, too.

The RentBoyz have looked awesome against Sunderland on Tuesday – but they looked awesome against Portsmouth early last year, too.

TheArse have looked really well-coached and ready-for-prime-time but they did last year, too.

LiverPoo have looked inconsistent – and they were last year, too.

I really think we should have gone for Defoe (look at him now!) he’s the type of goalscorer we needed. as good as Owen is, he’s on the way DOWN. Look at the chance he had against Brum? one-on-one with the goalkeeper and misses the opportunity, but only a few minutes b4 he takes the ball around the keeper and scores! even though he was offside. last night, he really didn’t do much. he’s not dangerous anymore in the way Defoe is.

so the bottom line is SAF has a lot of work to do. for me Only Evra and Fletcher and Rooney have shown anything expected of a United player.
the rest have been average or worse rubbish.

true mate. Wigan are going to come out all guns blazing..taking confidence from our defeat..and i think they even lost to wolves..so the pressure is on us..we just need two or three players to stand up and get counted..this will probably spur on the other players and we can get going..crucial game on saturday..

i m fortunate though i dont have any much dippers or rentboys friends to contend with unlike you.most of my friends are United fans.i m getting scared of Saturday nw.Wigan are a good passing side.

true mate.

MAN SHITTY BEATING A BARCA TEAM WID MESSI AND IBRAHIMOVIC

the day just got worse!!

good morning mate.

heres my view of yesterday.

We cant look back at what we did in the past seasons and hope we will do the same again.had we lost playing well i would not have bothered much just like we lost to shitty in 2007.but this performance was devoid of any spark or inspiration.players trying to shoot every time they are outside the box,defence aimlessly launching longballs when we dont have any ariel presence in the box.ryan giggs corners being crap.wayne rooney going missing as usual when the team needs him and not getting a deserved red.anderson failing again(getting used to it now).

if we play like this next Sunday the gooners will kick our arse upside down.they are the form team.wigan away looks a daunting game now.Burnley was the easiest game away from home we will get all season.

Stevie me grinning after the result was announced at anfield and worst of all MAN SHITTY BEATING A BARCA TEAM WID MESSI AND IBRAHIMOVIC.

your thoughts mate?

Yesterday’s match is a bitter pill to swallow! should’ve scored on many occasions..feeling pretty sick..feeling like a bad hangover!!..getting stick from dipper fans here at work!!! Bad day to be in office