Soccer.....

"I think it's my best team of all time." This was what Fergie said after this morning's champion league win over Chelsea.

How can that be?!

It was disappointing, truth be told. In the first half, after we scored the goal, it was excellent. There was one superb moment where Rooney came way back to defend, won the ball and sent a beautiful long diagonal ball out wide to Ronaldo... Ronaldo then send the ball back across goal which was met by Tevez but miraculously saved by Czech and then onrushing Carrick shot such a tame shot which was again fisted away by Czech.... Come on! Had it been Scholes, it would have blasted through the net... Had it been Ballack, he would have blasted it high above to row Z! But yea, what carrick is lacking is big match temperament... What Carrick is lacking is confidence.. That was a shot that carried no conviction of its own... It's just shooting for the sake of shooting... Look at Ballack, at least every shot of his carry such power.... He oozes confidence.. even in the worst of circumstances....

It was disappointing, the 2nd half was totally dominated by Chelsea... Where was the midfield? Hagreaves should have been playing in the mc position.. Why was he placed on the wide right? It's true he can cross and run, but he is really a natural mc.... the ball winner is the most important position in soccer.... he prevents goals and starts goals.... It's like the rebounder in basketball..... HE is the one that actually makes the team tick.. Without the ball, without a ball winner... regardless how many superstars you have in your team, you can't win.. look at real madrid when they lost Makelele....

And ronaldo is once again disappointing... true there are flashes of brillance....... but his dribbling success rate is very much lower than messi.. or kaka..... they are much safer ball carriers .... I say we really could sell ronaldo since madrid is really willing to pay such a high price..

And i wouldn't mind Berbatov coming though he lacks a bit of steel and grit... but we have plenty of that in Man U...... We do need a sort of target man for it isn't easy playing with fast moving forwards all the time.. the balls would have to be very precise and the midfielders would have to read their runs very well... Man U needs a Messi or a Kaka.. or the teamwork that we had in 1999... that was a truly excellent team.. the passing was unbelievable.. Van de saar sometimes lack a bit of confidence...... the centre backs are good enough... at right back... we need to find a better person perhaps in the form of the brazillian Alves, I've heard a lot about him, but never really seen him play...

Left back Evra is too defensively weak..... but I can't think of any good left backs either....

At centre mid we need someone of stronger character than carrick... maybe a Xavi or a Deco or a Gerrard....

Right wing we could retain Ronaldo's services....

Oooops.. there is no one on the left wing... we need to find a left winger.... A robinho would be fun.... or a Quaresma... though that would add a lot of individual flair to the team which could be hard to accomodate.... striker of course would be rooney and berbatov. haha...... and we could have the super sub of tevez...

and we could alternate too....... not playing one wing... wif rooney playing behind berbatov and tevez.....