Man U needs to SPEND. Hear that Fergie?
「 conjuring magic at 2:26 AM 」

Ok.. had been wanting to say this for the whole week, but was busy fixing the blog.

if Alex Ferguson has 25 + 25 mil to spend per season, he should spend it. I don't really trust the Glazers but if there is any truth in the mid-week report, Ferguson should really start buying and sell, if there are any suitors for the second-tier players.

Right now, all seems pretty and good and man u fans must be getting all excited by the myth that we usually perform better during the second half of the season. but guess what, unless fergie starts making the Glazers open their cheque book, i don't think man u will win the championship ever again.

*60:00.. Wigan is performing WAY WAY WAY above my expectations... I hope they don't raise my hopes too much and then disappoint me by losing 1-5 or 1-6 later.*

Looking back to last Sunday. frankly i'm not really shocked by the loss at charlton. Yeah they had a new manager, and O'reo-Cookie... i mean Reo-Coker had many reasons to perform and players wanted to impress Curbishley, but guess what. it's the depth of the team that let the fans down.

Firstly, aside rooney, whose form is never consistent to be fair, we don't have a good striker. Saha is probably a good substitute and a decent rotation player, at best. As much as i like Solskjaer for his effort in 1999, mind you, 1999, i think he should probably be a good player in the Championship for Keano's Sunderland. Smith, is past his prime and should not have left Leeds in first place. Rossi is still an unpolished gem, from the few Newcastle matches that i've watched, he is probably somewhere near Saha's level, and also, as chance-wasting. With Ruud, I was confident that we have a 20-25 goal/session striker, but as usual, good old Fergie did it again, getting rid of Ruud for a way too low fee. Now, he is knocking in goals for fun in Madrid.

*75:00.. GOAL!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!! Go Heskey... I think Boulahrouz made the assist again. Was it a controversial goal? hmm... i was too busy typing just now. hahaha... good decision by the referee... *

Secondly, the squad is so thin that one injury to any of the first eleven and there goes the title. Look at Giggs, 33, Gary, 31, Scholes, 32, and any injury to them, we are destined for second-placed. Last Sunday, the match with West Ham exposed this weakness even to Stevie Wonder. Bring down giggs at 73min, and o'reo scored 2 mins later. And what options does fergie have?
while chelsea could easily splash in 30 mil (Sheva) and 20+mil (Wright-philips) and 12+mil ( Obi One Mikel a.k.a. betrayal at old trafford) and drown the opponents with their money, Fergie could only bring in O'Shea (84min) and half-fit Park (88 min). Did he really think that these 2 players can change the game? Maybe Park when in top form, and O'shea... maybe after reincarnation...

*90:00. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i refuse to say who won the game... but wigan just ... conceded... hahaha i know i'm blogging at snail pace, and it shouldn't be that way given the lousy end to the game.*

Ya. finally, the final whistle. From the chelsea game, you can see that moanrihno, again, throw in 30 mil benchwarmer and 12 mil obi one and win the game, again. Even though their squad had been trimmed last summer, they can still well-afford to get terry, lampard, drop-ba, ashley cole, and joe cole injured all at the same time and still win a mid-table team easily.

Fergie should spend his 25 mil to bring in some quality substitutes and the other 25 mil for another superstar striker. Of course i think Torres would be a quality buy. Considering Man U hits their opponents the hardest during counter attacks, and Torres would fit into the formation easily. Other options like bent, AJ, are pretty much good substitutes. I am silently hoping for Fergie to break his usual conservative style and try to bring in a big striker like Klose or Iaquinta who did well in World Cup and are currently doing well in their respective leagues.
Most probable solution: Bid for Torres and pray. If not, Rossi for first team together with Larsson and pray.

Another 2 attacking/defensive mid-fielders would probably be well received by the fans. Scholes is fantastic, especially his strike today. but in recent times, it has a been a rarity to see him score, especially when mau u is chasing the game. Carrick don't really look like a superstar in the making. Sure he is doing well now in the team with Scholes in the middle. But that has increased Scholes defensive burden, and the result: his lack of goals. Cristiano Ronaldo's form has been erratic ever since he came. He is performing well this season, especially his impt first goal today. but we cannot always rely on him and giggs and scholes in the midfield, esp when giggs and scholes are at the brink of retirement.
Hahaha... during June i was hoping that AC milan will be relegated so that Man U can go in for Kaka, easily the best player in Serie A. Maybe we should offer 50 mil for Kaka during Jan? but he is cup-tied and probably would not risk his status in Serie A for premiership unless we have some rich brat by the name of Roman A-something. No prizes for the next player in my wishlist. Yes.. Stevie Gerrard. in FM2007, i tabled 120 mil for Gerrard and was turned down by Capello, so i guess i can dream on.and in my dream, fabregas too has agreed to a man u deal..

Most probable Solution:
1. Buy Hargreaves and push scholes forward more often. Let's try to trick Bayern that O'shea is a fantastic defensive midfielder who can play everywhere in the field, maybe also goalkeeping? let's throw in fletcher as a free gift. might as well. But my gut feeling is that Hargreaves might turn into an expensive flop, like we so often see in recent times. veron-who?
2. Nolan, bolton. I'm a keen admirer of nolan. He delivers consistently for bolton. when he plays they win. simple. he kinda remind me of keane.
3. Go to man city and bid for barton and micah richards. Richards is outstanding. He can plays DM and also RB, which brings me to my next point.

Our defense has been good this season. But anyone gave gary neville's proness to injuries much thought? who is to step in? Are we going to cheat ourselves with o'shea again? or wes brown who plays well in his every alternate match. Richards should be a good understudy under neville both for man u and england. but man city should be a hard nut to crack considering our ever-friendly ties with them.

overall fergie needs to spend. and as a man u fan i'm getting frustrated. we lack chelsea's depth, we lack arsenal's talent youngsters, erm.. liverpool... we don't have gerrard, and finally we have an overall ageing starting eleven. and if man u don't move fast we are going to be the most unattractive, rich club in the world where young talents will refuse our offers and pray that chelsea buys them to put their expensive butts on their lousy bench.

OK.. getting late.. well continue on all my tips for Fergie after Christmas. Anyway for today, ronaldo gets my MOM award. But i almost fell asleep during first half. Someone mentioned about them hitting our posts and all we did was aim at their fans. saha couldn't hang to the ball for 5 secs to bring giggs and ronaldo in for the attack. Aston Villa just self-destruct after ronaldo's goal, so to all man u fan, let's not get too carried away and let's pressurize ferguson mentally to buy. i hope he reads my tips and follow accordingly. I have a sickening feeling for our Boxing Day match with Wigan. wigan looks hungry today, maybe hesky forgot his lunchbox, and the last minute goal does not fully justify their loss esp their second half performance. We will be without scholes, vidic (whom i think is a superb buy, a rarity by fergie's standard) and carrick. Let me guess... o'shea fletcher and the ever-reliable silvestre is coming in? Fergie will be moving giggs back to the centre with either fletcher or o'shea, and put park and ronaldo in the flanks. Hopefully everything goes well... *fingers crossed till boxing day.

Next up... my secret instructions to Eunice... christmas search....

posted by Jiehao @ 2:26 AM