....Same Old Shit Again

Everton 1 - Manchester United 0
Scorer
Everton: Fellaini (57)

Team: De Gea, Vidic, Carrick, Valencia, Evra, Cleverley (Anderson 85), Scholes, Nani (Young 78), Kagawa, Welbeck (Van Persie 68), Rooney

Didn't take long to come undone. We thoroughly deserved this defeat. You would think after coming so close to the prize last season, facing the team that ultimately cost us the title, the team would come out with all guns firing. Instead we cowered like pussies, with our tails behind our backs.

Let's face it, on paper we may have the strikeforce everyone is wetting their pants over, but the story's the same. We just can't find the men upfront. The statistics tell the whole story. Everton had 7 shots on target (and another 2 hitting the posts), while we only troubled Howard a miserly 4 times. Yup, best strikeforce in the Premier League can't score if they have nothing to shoot at.

However it's still early days and it's not the end of the world...not till December anyway. Ferguson has time to work with this team. There is too little movement when we attack. Only Kagawa proved a willing runner, always moving and making spaces, while everyone continues to play the style we've been accustomed to the last couple of years. It gets predictable and stale. It's alot like watching Spain play. People will figure you out after some time.

On a side note, Fellaini was terrifying. Everytime he got to the ball, it looks like it was going in. I'm surprised why we never considered him before. He's big, tenacious and shows an incredible amount of hunger whenever he plays. And most importantly, he scares the shit outta defenders, just like how he terrorized Carrick today. You could see the fear in Carrick's eyes whenever Fellaini was near. Damn, had it not been for De Gea, Fellaini could have eaten our entire make-shift defense.

There should be huge improvements in our play by Saturday against Fulham. Ferguson will have a week of training with the lads, especially Van Persie, and hopefully we can put this woeful performance behind us and let the title chase start proper.