I Puked My Christmas Dinner

Stoke City 0 - Manchester United 1
Scorer
Manchester United: Tevez (83)

Red Card: Wilkinson (72)

Team: Van der Sar, Vidic, Evans, Neville, O'Shea (Berbatov 64), Scholes (Carrick 90), Fletcher, Giggs, Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez

Had I known we would churn out such a putrid perfomance, I would've eaten alot less the day before. We were so god awful for such long periods in the game that I was wondering what the hell happened in Tokyo. It didn't help that we looked as blue as our away jerseys.

It was so bad that I thought Stoke could've nicked it, had they not been reduced to ten men. They were easily the better side for good portions of the game.

We even had to endure the ugly sides of both Rooney (wild elbow swing) and Ronaldo (stamping) when things were not going their way. Just disgraceful from both of them.

Eventually we did score late from Tevez, with a little big of work from Berbatov, who came on as a substitute. Berbatov, to date, hasn't impressed me. In fact, I'm feeling terribly underwhelmed by him. He's not turned up for so many games that I'm beginning to wonder if he's ever going to repay the price we paid for him.

Teve'z future hangs in the balance as well. He's been out of sorts lately, and not getting a consistant run in the team. Hopefully he gets a regular showing during this festive period.

The problem with United this season is that no one is exactly on fire. Unlike in previous seasons, our strikers have been taking turns to light it up at different periods. Rooney, Saha, Tevez and Ronaldo have all taken turns to contribute to our last two titles.

So far this season, only Rooney has had a small spell of scoring. Ronaldo has been inconsistent and Tevez has been largely woeful. The least said about Berbatov the better. Barring a couple of magical touches, he's been doing a Carrick on us.

If we are to retain the title, our frontmen have to find the net more consistantly.