I don't think our defense play too bad. Ferdinard and Vidic did OK, Evra did OK as well with understanding that he has been sick for the week. Even Brown did ok too (however, only on the defensive side). The problem is our midfield. O'Shea, sigh... what more can I say. He just cannot play in the Mid of the park. He has no control of the ball, no control of the game. There is no creativity. One scene that I hate the most is when O'shea told people to mark the guy which he should be the one who do the marking. Sigh... he was a very good young lad 8 years ago when he does not have a big ego in him. He does the simple job. Now, he thinks he is a "superstar" or "old ass" so he can bully other young teammates to do the marking instead of doing it himself. Fletcher is a super good player but he also lacks the creativity which Scholes can bring to our team. Fletcher needs a very good creativity midfielder to be side by side to bring the best of him. Soccer is a team game. Man utd is not known for individual talent (although of course we had SO MANY superstars in the past), we are a super UNITED team. I was very disappointed with the performance with Bebe. All of his crossing are very bad. As everyone can see, his technique is quite bad. Yes, I must admit he has the raw talent and gifted with a very physical body. However, his skills is not as good as I would love to see. His crossing is more or like a power drive. The problem is he did not wrap his fit around the ball to create the spin and soft touch to the cross. He really needs to learn quick in order to play as a winger. Hope he can really learn fast because he is a gifted player with a very good physical body and speed. The problem is, he is already 20 years old and I don't know if he can survive in a big club like Man utd. Obertan is a great talent also, his dribbling and skills is much better. He kind of reminds me of a bit old Nani. Very good skills but with bad decision and end product. I still believe he can be a very good player. Hope he can gain more confidence with playing more games during this busy period with most of our wingers are injured. I believe our team is only lack of two to three players. Of course we need to get a new GK to replace VDS. Actually we really need a world class Mid which can dictates the pace of the game. Players such as Schweinsteiger would be a great fit. I have doubted his class before, but he change my view after he moved into the C.Mid position. He dictates the pace well. He can do killer passes and also he can get into the box to score as well. He would be a great fit with Fletcher. I still believe we need to buy a striker, I really like Berbatov. He is one of my favourite, but his style does not suited with Man Utd. He lacks the pace. The best two strikers I have witness was Yorke and Van Nis. They both got very good good feet and control of the ball. but they are very fast as well to get into the box. I don't think we need a striker who are a great dribbler. All we need is one that a good in the box, great first touch and a good team player. It is more or like a stronger and more mature Hernandez. One last thing, I was so excited when I saw Hargreaves on the starting line-up. However, I really feel sorry for him after he injured again. He is a great player. Hope he can get well soon. O... one more thing, I really hope we can give Tom Cleverley a chance because he is a very good Midfielder. |