Lucky Win (Manchester United 1 - Spurs 0)

I considered us lucky to get away with 3 points today. Our performance was patchy at best and certainly nothing to crow about, especially after Giggs had put us ahead early in the first half with what I thought was a fluke header from a parry from Robinson, after a superb Ronaldo freekick.

I've always considered Martin Jol a good manager, why he consistantly leaves Defoe on the bench is beyond me. For the entire match, both teams conspired to play some pretty awful football, until Defoe was introduced in the middle of the second half. He singlehandedly took the bulls by the horns and spurred Spurs (pardon the pun) to another level of play. We were honestly lucky not to have conceded an equaliser.

Frankly, I'm not impressed with Carrick at all. Sure we caught glimpses of his passing range here and there, but they were not consistant, nor frequent enough to put any pressure on the Spurs defence. I hope he does well in the long run, but so far he is drawing a blank on my scorecard.

This game also showed why Richardson is not a good enough player for us. He kept trying to get past his man, Chimbonda, who had the better of him the entire game. Overall, Richardson seems like a one trick pony, and when his trick is exposed, he's practically useless.

Thankfully Gary Neville and, particularly, Wes Brown had a superb game. Brown was everywhere, and probably was my man of the match by a far margin over everyone else wearing a red jersery.

Evra deserved special mention today. He was his usual useless self the first half, but in the second half, he got into a tangle with Ghaly. For some reason, it lit a bonfire up his nonchalant ass, and he started to play like it mattered. It was the first time I actually saw the flames of desire in his eyes. If he had that from the go-get, he could easily have been my man of the match! Now we just need someone to give him a good kick up that ass of his to light that fire before any game.

Everyone else had a normal game, probably not worth any mention. The good thing here is that some of the non performers will have to make way for Scholes and Rooney's return. It should make our next home game against Celtic in midweek all that more interesting.

And we're still top of the table with a perfect record, made sweeter with Liverfools getting their asses whipped by bitter rivals, Everton, with Phil Neville and Tim Howard leading the charge. And with Arsenal only managing a draw at their new stadium against Boro. The weekend would have been made perfect had Chelsea also squandered points against Chalton. But let's enjoy our short success while we can.