Many Are Called. Few Succeed. Manchester United: Beyond the Promised Land

Well, I suppose I'd have to say something on the midweek game. What I found more shocking than anything else was that we weren't really that unlucky to go out. It's not like we created chance after chance, save after save and Benfica were clinging desperately to their lead. I can't really remember the Benfica keeper making that many saves. I think it would be fair to say that VDS was the busier of the two keepers.

Part of the reason why people are gloating so much as not only was it a disastrous result, it was a humiliating performance. If we went out with all guns ablazing and were truly unlucky than at least we can go out with your heads held high, that we really did try, but did our players try today?

I cant pick out individuals after that performance coz nobody stood out except for the wrong reasons! There were a lot of crap players on that pitch. RVN's control was fucking terrible, way unlike his usual self. Rooney only started playing after 60 minutes. They had Rooney shackled throughout the game and he's amazing most of the time but sometimes his first touch can be horrible, to many passes go astray.

And Silvestre, Dear god, he's been a weak link in our defence for years now! Something needs to be done, In January we need an experienced center back and midfielder. I'd give anything for fergie to break the bank for Ballack or Gattuso, thats just the kind of player we need right now, I also think Rossi should be given more first team chances.

Oh well it means we can concentrate on the league now and wont have to worry about tired legs like the rest of the top three, and lets face it Arsenal wont win it, and I dont fancy the scousers or the scum beating Barecelona!

We'll be back, with or without fergie. Were at bottom at the moment in regards to europe, but in all honesty i am actually happy were not in that competition anymore. We couldnt win it this season regardless of how blinkered certain united fans can be. Its good to get the distraction out of the way and we can concentrate on the league and actually being in europe next season. We can have a comfortable run in the league now till next May whilst the other teams around us have to play extra games during the week.

We need another top class striker to go along with Rooney and Nistelrooy. I for one was wishing we bought Makaay years ago when he moved to Bayern. We need more competition upfront.

Also get Smith out of midfield as soon as possible. He is doing a good job for us but over a long period we will be shown up by much better teams (even got shown up by the likes of Lille). We need a no nonsense defender like Stam/Terry to play alongside Rio and let Silvestre/Heinze battle it out for LB.

We need to sort Ronaldo out. For a period last season he could out all the pointless tricks and played very good direct football. Now it seems he has gone back to the useless 10 step overs then a 5 yard backwards pass. We need a player like Scholes who can unlock defenses with a single ball. Veron was very good at it, shame he wasn't suited to the team cause some of his passing was out of this world.

Maybe we need to fall a little before we become a major force again. It will take another 2/3 seasons before the youth players we see today become contenders or regulars for the first team. The likes of Beckham won the youth cup in 92 but it took them until 95/95 to make an impact in the first team. We have to be patient, we cant expect the likes of Jones and Pique to become first team stars by this time next year.

I've said this countless times, every team needs good team players. People you can rely on if you have injuries. It seems we have too many of these. One day they can be great, but over the course of the season they have been average. We need to replace these players with ones of geniune class. Have 5/6 world class players through the team.

This season i think we should really try and acheive a cup double. And if we dont win the league, try to at least finish within 4/5 points of chelsea, push them all the way this time. We will get more satisfaction from that. This season could still become very successful, yet on our past standards it could turn out to be the worst yet.

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