3.45 am. Monday morning. Eyes closed. Woke up cos needed to pee. Walked to the toilet….eyes still closed….navigating in the dark. Switched on the lights … argghh …my eyes…my eyes. Walk slowly into the toilet….took out the weapon...open eyes a bit... looked at the aim….Ahhh……that feels good…what a relief. Walked back into the room and to my ever soft (I wish) and inviting mattress. Lied down on the mattress…Took the hand phone. Eyes now opened slightly. Menu….Connectivity…Maxis Easy Access….News& Sports….Sports News…Soccer…Send.
A few seconds later…. Click ….. sms received…..Read Now......reading the sms……eyes now wide opened….reading the sms again…and again. The sms reads…..End of Match Result: FUL 1 CHE 0. In the dark…pumped hands in the air….smiled….went to bed….still smiling.
Yeah…Chelsea lost to Fulham 1-0. With that lost, United is now only 12 points behind Chelsea with a game in hand and with only about 9 games before the season ends. If United win that game in hand, 9 points would be separating the two teams. With the match at Stamford Bridge looming and maybe a few more hiccups along the way for Chelsea before the match, maybe…maybe….it would be a title deciding match nobody would have thought could happen at the turn of the year.
United performances and luck of late have help pretty much securing the 2nd spot and easing the pressure from Liverpool. In the last three premiership games, United have to admit that they were lucky to secure the 3 points in two games. United especially Rooney were in pulsating mood against Newcastle and should have scored more than the 2 goals margin in that game but United were thanking their lucky stars in the game against Wigan, with a Chimbonda late own goal, two weeks ago and a string of beautiful and world class save from Van Der Saar in the game against WBA this weekend. The main thing, 3 points are in the bag and all of us, including Fergie, would be happy to take it.
And for the past 4 games, Van the Man has been warming the bench for United with Saha and Rooney leading the attack. They have scored 7 goals between them in the past 4 games and the gloomy looking Nistelrooy wondering if he would get a chance to start another game for United. Also something nobody expected at the turn of the year seeing United top scorer struggling to get into the first eleven. As per Des comment, maybe Saha give United a little bit of pace and unpredictable style of play gives United more option in the attack rather than Nistelrooy. And so far, Fergie’s gamble has produced the goals and the results United needed to keep alive their challenge for the title.
Can United overhaul Chelsea for the title? Would Nistelrooy get his starting place back or the rumors of him leaving at the end of the season to Real Madrid is true? 9 more games, 2 more months and by then, we would know who will the ONE to win the title. Don’t ask me who I want to be the number one in England comes this May. If anyone asked me the same question 3 months ago, my answer would be the same but I would be accuse of being a dreamer, unrealistic or getting people laughing at my face but I doubt that would happen now. I might get even a few nods of agreement. For the time being, let the Blues be blue for a bit more, maybe another 3-4 games, and The Red Devils would be red red hot…….Glory Glory United
2 comments:
aaah.. who would have thought? of all the teams.. fulham?
i still say chelski are going to win it this year though i would love to be proven wrong!
the next step should be to play van the man with saha together while resting rooney. van's still the man!
Des – well….i really hope u r United can prove u wrong dude…hahahaha… I think Fergie would not take that chance with both Rooney and Saha really changing the way United attacking play right now. Maybe…just maybe when Van got his chance to start again, he will be more clinical and more deadly that he is now
Kaiser – I think I said it before..if Fergie can read the future he wouldn’t had let P. Neville go, just look at the tremendous job he is doing for The Toffees now. But for now O’Shea and Giggs look good although not great. We just see what the summer bring for us. Vidic is settling slowly and maybe we can see another great pairing. IBrown is improving with his silent hard tackling game but yeah…Rio-Vidic does look good…
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