well, i honestly thought Utd would be challenging this season, though Lord knows why after last season's debacle, it hasn't been much better this time round if any better...

we hit the ground runnin to a certain extent and notched up a few straight wins in the early stages, but it wasn't long before the mediocre performances crept back again, Chelsea have raised the bar in the Premiership there's no question about that so Utd can't afford to lose or draw as many games as we have in the past and still make a challenge for the title. i don't know, the team have shown promise this year so far but we can't forget their abject display in Europe and toothless performance against the Kopites in the FA Cup and ofcourse there's the two Premiership encounters with City and not to mention the hiding we took at the Riverside, ofcourse the Carling Cup is a small consolation but this team should be capable of more...

we now find ourselves second in the Prem only three points clear of the Kopites (with a game to play) after a hugely dissapointing performance against Sunderland at Old Trafford, i'm not even sure if we'll finish second now...

we have a serious problem in the centre of the park, Giggs has done well alongside O'Shea recently but when we come up against tough opposition such as Chelsea, Liverpool or any of the European heavy-weights that combination will struggle so we need to resolve this matter as soon as possible, word is we may be signing Mahamadou Diarra from Lyon who looks alright so fingers crossed for that...

then there's the whole Glazer US connection, which i'm not even gonna get into, it doesn't even bare thinkin about...

moaning aside, Rooney has come on really well, Gaz Nev continues to give 100% every game (he has to be one of the Premierships most consistant performers), it's good to see Saha playing well, Vidik looks a good buy, Van Der Sar is a temporary solution to the goal keeping problem, Heinze's almost back, Ronaldo is quality but still has so much to learn, and although Ruud has scored a lot of goals this season and is still Old Traffords number one striker, he looks out of sorts from time to time which is a worry...

that's my take on s**t...