Thursday, May 14, 2009

Sign Him Up, Fergie

Wigan 1 - Manchester United 2
Scorers
Wigan: Rodallega (28)
Manchester United: Tevez (60), Carrick (86)

Team: Van der Sar, Vidic, Evans, O'Shea, Evra, Scholes (Giggs 75), Carrick, Anderson (Tevez 58), Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov (Park 89)


Wow! What an exciting finish. Tevez was once again the spark that we needed to get back into the game.

Under the torrid downpour, we kept slipping and sliding around the pitch. Even a change of footwear didn't help Vidic stay on his feet, and while he was sprawned on the ground challenging for the ball, Rodallega took advantage, scoring on Van der Sar's near post. The Colombian has really impressed me playing upfront alone.

We were pretty terrible in the first half, spurning a couple of good chances early in the game, before Vidic's slip. To be fair to him, no one could keep their feet under the wet and slippery conditions all night. Both sets of players were engaged in a comedy of errors on the ball, a comedy, we United fans didn't find very funny.

The beginning of the second half was more of the same. Fergie probably had seen enough and sent on Carlitos who made an immediate impact. He redirected Carrick's wayward shot into the Wigan net, drawing us level.

Rooney was too far left to do any damage and Berbatov was often tracking back into midfield to collect the ball. Meanwhile, Ronaldo was simply trying his best to imitate my godson's terrible tantrums, and doing a mightily good job outta it too. The game needed an injection of energy and enthusiasm, and Tevez's introduction provided that. Dodgy deal or not, Ferguson's has got to recognise what Tevez brings to this team.

The dramatics of the night was completed with Carrick scoring a late goal to pull us closer to the finishline.

All we need now is a single point in our last two home games. The title's virtually in the bag. But in order to complete the job, we need to really focus on the task at hand. We nearly didn't gather all 3 points today because some of the players were too busy dreaming of the Champions League finals, thinking that the job is already done. Ferguson needs to refocus the troops and get our priorities right.

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