Great win that, should give us momentum going into the next game, who we got?
After the tenth international break of the season, must be great being Hibbert & Osman, we go into a run of games that are much harder than we've had prior this year. The gritty win over West Ham was much needed, not only so we remembered what it was like to win again but as we were getting perilously close to the bottom three.
As the dominant club of the past twenty years, we know what to expect with United - a gutsy performance and defeat by the odd goal? Maybe not this time as they will be smarting from the gap of five points opened up by Chelsea. They haven't looked much United like this season, but still remain the team in the league that are mostly likely to put together a twenty game winning streak - usually December onwards. Class players in all departments, and it seems Rooney now coming to the fore as we expected he would.
All doom and gloom then? Probably, but there are positives. A certain braided hair South African with the gruffest voice on one so wee is due to return, along with possibly Phil "Phil" Neville who's desperate to return and will be very much welcomed (what a difference a season makes) which in turn should allow Rodwell a bit of a breather and add some cohesion back to our midfield. Under-rated is Phil. Osman is also available and as expected should take over from Gosling. With Heitinga seemingly starting to find his feet in the middle it will be interesting to see team Moyes deploys, you can bet your bottom rupee on there being five in the middle for this though.
Lets be honest, there was much more fight from Everton against West Ham but United is going to be a very tough ask. Luckily we've got games against Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal lined up quickly afterwards. One area we did show improvement in last area was competing with the top four clubs, and I hate using that phrase but they were the benchmark. It may be a bit premature for the results revolution to start here but attaining that level of fight from the last game will at least give us a progression point for starters.
With the games coming thick and fast from this point onwards the pressure is on to rescue a season that's been a tad underwhelming so far.
After the tenth international break of the season, must be great being Hibbert & Osman, we go into a run of games that are much harder than we've had prior this year. The gritty win over West Ham was much needed, not only so we remembered what it was like to win again but as we were getting perilously close to the bottom three.
As the dominant club of the past twenty years, we know what to expect with United - a gutsy performance and defeat by the odd goal? Maybe not this time as they will be smarting from the gap of five points opened up by Chelsea. They haven't looked much United like this season, but still remain the team in the league that are mostly likely to put together a twenty game winning streak - usually December onwards. Class players in all departments, and it seems Rooney now coming to the fore as we expected he would.
All doom and gloom then? Probably, but there are positives. A certain braided hair South African with the gruffest voice on one so wee is due to return, along with possibly Phil "Phil" Neville who's desperate to return and will be very much welcomed (what a difference a season makes) which in turn should allow Rodwell a bit of a breather and add some cohesion back to our midfield. Under-rated is Phil. Osman is also available and as expected should take over from Gosling. With Heitinga seemingly starting to find his feet in the middle it will be interesting to see team Moyes deploys, you can bet your bottom rupee on there being five in the middle for this though.
Lets be honest, there was much more fight from Everton against West Ham but United is going to be a very tough ask. Luckily we've got games against Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal lined up quickly afterwards. One area we did show improvement in last area was competing with the top four clubs, and I hate using that phrase but they were the benchmark. It may be a bit premature for the results revolution to start here but attaining that level of fight from the last game will at least give us a progression point for starters.
With the games coming thick and fast from this point onwards the pressure is on to rescue a season that's been a tad underwhelming so far.
