Ending The Season With A Flourish

Manchester United 4 - Stoke City 0
Scorers
Manchester United: Fletcher (31), Giggs (38), Higginbotham (og 54), Park (84)

Team: Van der Sar, Rio, Vidic, Neville, Evra, Fletcher, Scholes (Gibson 62), Giggs, Nani, Berbatov (Macheda 62), Rooney (Park 77)

This entry took a while to materialize. Was out on Sunday trying to catch the game, but apparently every wateringhole was showing the Chelsea game instead, and we all knew how that one went. Eventually, I had to resort to downloading the game and from past experience, it takes a while to get done, hence the delay. The most tedious was avoiding all the news outlets and reports on the game the past few days. It was a news embargo at my place.

We were pretty damn good in the game. It helped that the pressure was practically over in the opening minutes when word of Chelsea taking an early lead filtered down to the players. We played a good flowing game of football and went 2-0 up at the half thru Fletcher and Giggs.

The second half was an exhibition by both sides. Stoke came out and tried to make a game of it, opening space at the back for us to exploit. An own goal by ex-United player, Higginbotham, gave us a 3 goal advantage, before Van der Sar made two incredible saves to deny Stoke a consolation.

Park's header completed the scoring and resulted in an emphatic 4-0 win to round up a season filled with highs and lows. Sadly on this occasion, it was bittersweet. But credit to Chelsea. Smashing 8 goals past Wigan to stamp their authority on the title.

I probably wouldn't be doing a report card this season. There's abit too much on my plate from now till the World Cup, so this might just be the last post until the season starts. Cheers.

It's Over, Right?

Sunderland 0 - Manchester United 1
Scorer
Manchester United: Nani (28)

Team: Van der Sar, Evans, Vidic, O'Shea, Evra, Scholes, Fletcher (Rio 87), Nani (Hargreaves 90), Giggs, Berbatov (Carrick 71), Rooney

Let's face it, the title chase should realistically be over. I can't see Chelsea fucking it up against Wigan. Of course it could all be so different is Liverpool even showed up today. There was a time there was actually pride at Anfield, but that no longer holds true. At least the only thing good that came out of the Liverpool-Chelsea game is that Liverpool is a has-been. Seriously go fuck yourselves, you bloody cunts.

I'm glad there's still plenty of alcohol in me. Something needs to numb my senses after that horrible performance. To be honest, we're rather terrible ourselves. Nani kept the dream alive for another week with a well taken goal. We weren't any good today, but at the same time, we weren't exactly terrible either.

The Choker missed a host of chances that even I could have put away. I just pray really hard that his days are numbered and the Milan rumours are true. At this point in time, I'll trade that worthless, whining cunt for a bag of chips, and that's actually demeaning to the bag of chips. Sometimes I swear he's a closet ABU (anything but united). Shameful. If anyone thinks otherwise, you can kiss my big, fat butt.

On another note, it's good to see Hargreaves get a run-out. We all know thru experience, that's it's just a matter of time he gets sidelined by some injury again. Still good to know that bodies are returning, albeit too little too late.

While hope springs eternal, we should be realistic that the title hunt is all but over. Let's hope for better reinforcements next season as we go on a tear. Here's looking forward to next season. May the bag of chips score a boatload.