At least that’s one song of ours that you lot won’t nick!

Dont you guys have chant something like “Redknapp’s mother is a whore” ?
And that is fine with you?

Carrick looks low on confidence, Valencia looks average when facing a full back with pace, Giggs couldn’t find a red shirt in the first half, Nani at least kept trying but was not much of a threat. Fletcher has been praised heavily here (and alongside Evra) was MOM, but don’t forget that it probably should have been a penalty when he challenged Arshavin and he gave the ball away which led to the goal too.

I think if Van Persie’s chance, which Foster saved brilliantly, just after half time had gone in we would have lost by two or three. It was not until the penalty went in that we suddenly became galvanised.

I’m not usually one for doom and gloom but today we were abysmal. Fergie’s tactics from the start showed that he has little confidence in the midfield being able to affect the game when there’s a man extra against them. So what did he do? He isolated our best player, whose key threat is having the ball at his feet in and around the box – but instead he was chasing hopeful long punts and challenging two defenders for headers where even if he had won the ball there was no one near enough to him to collect the flicks. Other than Arshavin, Arsenal’s midfield yesterday had little to worry United playing at home – Song, Diaby and Denilson – should not have necessitated a change of formation. Berbatov should have played.

But we won. Thank god. But I left OT yesterday very concerned and given how poor the creativity was in United’s midfield, I find it incredible that we sat back an watched Sneijder join Inter for a modest fee.