united got the win they needed against a rather poor benfica team in a rather dour match...
carrick, i like carrick, i do, there was a time when i considered him to be a player with the potential to be a glen hoddle-esque player that can run a game... but no. the guy's just not cut out for it. if he can't cut it, then he has no business being in the team. and imo this is probably the weakest so-called full strength midfield at man utd in a long time...
ferguson's assertion that ronaldo is a victim, and isnt a cheat is complete bullsh*t... the guy is as bad as if not worse than drogba... i think ronaldo has some incredible talent, but he lacks the simple cop-on to use it without trying to cheat his way through matches...
if ferguson truly believes ronaldo isnt a cheat, then he is incredibly deluded imo...
barca was a poor match, the odd bit of ronaldinho brilliance pretty much the only highlight (and even he didnt play that well in the second half, in fact he was rather crap imo)
chelsea... i have to laugh at the commentator on itv who said it was a fine game of football... yeah, right... i wonder what match he was watching...
which leads me back to the point that the english media is so intent on kissing the ass of premiership clubs, that they'll talk and talk in a vain attempt to make people believe the spew that comes from their mouths...
i still have the memory of the world cup, when graeme souness came over to be a panelist on irish television, and the look of shock on his face when one of our most prominent panelists (a guy called eamonn dunphy, you may or may not have heard of him), quite rightly berated the english players after the paraguay match for their lack of talent and conviction, and souness himself went on to enjoy the freedom to be as honest as he pleased, praising players who performed and berating players who didnt...
itv (bbc and sky too) seriously need to stop acting like the yes-men that they are...