Scholes Inspires Romp

West Ham 0 - Manchester United 4
Scorers
Manchester United: Scholes (45), Gibson (61), Valencia (70), Rooney (72)

Team: Kuszczak, Brown, Neville (Carrick 34), Evra, Fletcher, Anderson, Gibson (Berbatov 67), Scholes, Valencia, Giggs, Rooney (Owen 73)

This is the second week in a row that I've gotta say just how terrible we are. Don't let the scoreline fool you. Similar to last week, we practically slept-walked thru the game and some hope came away with an outstanding result.

The entire first half was a bore. We were terrible in so many areas it was unreal. Vidic was pulled out at the last minute and Neville replaced him in the centre. Fletcher played at rightback and Gibson was rewarded a starting place in the centre of the park for his two goals at midweek. The changes showed as everyone was reacting to their new teammates and positions.

The Hammers were by far the better team in the half but failed to take any of their chances. An opportunistic strike by Scholes at the end of the half give us an undeserved lead going into the break. By that time, I was almost asleep, bored to death by our misplaced passes and general piss poor approach to the game.

There was not much improvement in the second half until Gibson's incredible strike to put us two up. It was a fantastic long ranged missile that almost blew a hole in the West Ham net. The goal broke West Ham's spirit and we fired two quickfire goals via Valencia and Rooney to complete the route.

The rest was the same boring crap as both teams played out the game.

It's hard to criticize the team when the scoreline reads 4-0, but we're simply not clicking. The formation looked dodgy as well, with Rooney up on his own, while Valencia and Giggs giving as much support as humanly possible. We probably fluked out with the Scholes and Gibson long range efforts. Their goals forced West Ham forward, opening the game up for quick counters.

Let's hope we play less conservatively in the Champions League during the week.