Please... Not 9 Points Gap..

Man Utd Versus Chelsea... Sept 20th 2008

Hmm... first time blogging on the week of man utd will be facing chelsea. The first game right after the two met in an epic ( so called... ) finale of champions league last season ( 2007 / 2008 ). So.. there is nothing else i can talk about other than about this upcoming match.

First thing on my mind... will Sir Alex layout the Awesome Foursome ? to be honest i hope not...
Personally i would prefer Dimi to come in as a substitute replacing either rooney or tevez. This match is too big for him as he needs some time to suite in the Man Utd style of play because frankly speaking he did not do really well in his first match against Liverpool expcept for the beautifull back pass for tevez to score his first goal of the season.

Second thing is... i`m wondering will Rio be performing like what he did last season. As in last season he did really great partnering Nemanja in the backfour although he did missed a few lapses by fast pace striker like Torres , Owen... but all and all he is awesome. But for this season although it is only 4 games plus 1 in champions league.. there is still doubt in my mind whether his partnership with Nemanja will still excel because we got to admit our backfour is one of the main reason for the back to back title and for the champions league trophy. The communication between him and the Goal keeper seems to be quite worrying. As you can see how Man Utd let in the first goal against Liverpool... although it is clearly a misjudgement by Van Der Sar but as a senior and some one who Sir Alex can rely on as a Club Cpt... i think he should be able to clear out the ball from the line at first by not allowing Xabi to take a shot. Well that is only what i think... but i really hope that Man Utd`s back four can again produced a title winning defense performance one more time..

Lastly... i am a die hard Man utd fans since the era of Steve Bruce , Dennis Irwin , Mark Hughes , Andrei Kanchelskis. There is a feeling in me saying that Man Utd will end this season trophyless just like what Barca had when they win the back to back title and the champions league.. and guess what!!.. the season after they won the champions league they bought Thierry Henry to complete their own version of FANTASTIC FOUR... hmm..