Terrace Talk

In the build up to the greatly heralded match that pinned the Premiership’s two best teams, you would never have been able to tell from Arsenal’s performance that it was in that elite category. I have looked for reasons why Arsenal was so poor, and why United were so fantastic, and I can only throw my arms in the arm in defeat. Relative to last week’s devastating blow at Old Trafford to the Blues, I thought this season was beginning to slip form our grip due to inconsistency, mediocrity and the general misconception that we’re destined to win the league because of how easily we were able to run through teams in the previous campaign. I’ve been looking for tenacity from this side and yesterday, it was finally on display.

There were a number of subplots to what would be a great day for the Reds. I was surprised that I hadn’t heard more media hype about Dimitar Berbatov coming to Old Trafford. Usually The Sun would be completely consumed with catalyzing transfer gossip, however it seems that a new manager and the complete dismantling of Arsenal the previous week was enough to qualm any creative rumors. In the build up to the game, I heard more about Juan Ramos’ refusal to open a bottle of red wine if his side lost, than I did about the Bulgarian’s supposed transfer.

I have been a United fan for as long as I can remember, which in footballing terms stretches back to the evening of May 21, 1977 in Malaysia, when my father sat me down in front of a small black and white screen and told me about the team in the lighter jerseys, and how they were the underdogs and the team they were playing against were going for a historical treble. Read the rest of this entry »