3 In 1 Post

Been a terribly busy couple of weeks and haven't really found the time to post my thoughts on the games that have been played. Hence I'll squeeze in the last 3 games into one post.

WBA 0 - Manchester United 2
Game of two halves. Water and oil, chalk and cheese. We probably play our best football in the first half, with plenty of pressure and missing loads of good opportunities, but somehow only managed to score one goal. And it was an own goal after good work from Young.

I missed about 20 minutes of the second half, but by the time I managed to get to a television set, what greeted me was some appalling football. We were absolutely getting murdered by WBA and there was nothing we could do about it. Total contrast from the football we played in the first half. The midfield was pushed back and the counter was never on with the midfield sinking so deep to protect an over-worked defence.

Only a brilliant individual goal from Van Persie brought sighs of relief.

Wigan 0 - Manchester United 4
This was probably the most controlled we've played all season. A very impressive display, especially from midfield, whom I've been very down on. We completely controlled the tempo of the game. It was a perfectly played game in the sense that we controlled every aspect. We threw people forward at the correct moments and held back when it looked like Wigan could counter. In short, it was almost a perfectly played game.

Of course doubles from Hernandez and Van Persie helped immensely to seal the victory.

West Ham 2 - Manchester United 2
I'm stating the obvious here, but Van Persie is god. We should have been sent packing from the FA Cup, but Van Persie single-handedly kept it alive.

We took the early lead but never really looked comfortable in the game. James Collins saw our goal and doubled it.

We struggled to make any impact after trailing. And as things looked pretty glum, Van Persie scored an incredible goal in injury time to make sure the teams meet again 10 days time.

As far as the season goes, it's increasingly looking likely that we're going to go as far as Van Persie is able to carry us. Ferguson pulled a rabbit out the hat with this transfer. We completely fleeced Arsenal.