Better Late Than Never

Manchester United 4 - Stoke City 2
Scorers
Manchester United: Rooney (27, 65), Van Persie (44), Welbeck (46)
Stoke: Rooney (og 11), Kightly (58)

Team: De Gea, Rio, Evans, Rafael, Evra, Carrick, Scholes (Anderson 70), Valencia (Nani 75), Rooney, Welback (Hernandez 78), Van Persie

This was a busy weekend and I've been unable to update the blog. It's probably going to be the same for the next couple of months. Thankfully, I'm still able to catch the game and belatedly share my thoughts. Although I caught the game over at Kentona's place, I spent much of the time playing with his baby daughter and only caught the important moments. With time at a premium, I'm going to do this point form.

- Damn, our three-pronged attack of Rooney, Welbeck and Van Persie was just awesome to watch. Everytime we go forward, we looked really threatening. We scored 4 on the day and really looked like punishing Shawcross and his merry men.

- Damn, as good as our attack looks, our defence looks like it could concede everytime Stoke attacked. Rooney scored an own goal and Kightly sliced through our midfield like a hot knife thru butter. Carrick was left flailing his arms in defeat as Kightly ran past him like he didn't exist.

- Everytime Scholes and Carrick lineup as our midfield pairing, it sends shivers down my spine. Scholes can no longer track back and Carrick is just worthless. Rooney did more at both ends of the pitch than the two combined. I suspect Scholes so hates playing with Carrick that he was on a one-man mission to get himself sent off just to send a message to Ferguson.

- Welbeck has to be our Heskey. He's great at everything, except putting the ball in the net. The majority of chances fell his way, and he only converted one. He's beginning to look like our version of Suarez or Giroud. That said, he does every other thing so well that it's easy to overlook his one major flaw. At least for him, youth is on his side.

- Rooney looks like a new player playing in a deep position. So good that he scored a unique hattrick. Ok, aside from the tongue in cheek comment, Rooney really seems to be thriving on his new role. He covers back well and links up even better with the frontmen.

- Winning this one was huge. Chelsea had beaten Spurs and Shitty kept up the pressure with a last gasp winner. We still look terrible in certain areas of the pitch, but the decision to play Rooney deep seems to be working. Hopefully once the injuries clear up, things would look better and brighter.

- On a separate note, I'm going with Rio on his decision not to wear the Kick it Out t-shirt. Although I may not entire agree with it, I'm going to defend his freedom to choose. Let's just hope he has chosen wisely.