The Old Trafford Stadium keeps expanding its current capacity is over 76,000 and the
demand for tickets shows no sign of slowing down, despite the economic
downturn.
Much has been made, quite rightly, of the influence over the club of the legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson. A blunt, at times irascible
Scotsman, Ferguson has been at The Theatre of Dreams since November, 1986 a
tenure almost unprecedented in any era of the game. He has managed to stay
hungry, determined and, most importantly, in total command during that time and
will, when he does eventually decide to stand down, undoubtedly be hard to
replace.
Ferguson s main attribute, for me, has been to keep United at the top whilst continually changing his team. There has been one spell between
2002 and 2005 when the club only had an FA Cup to display from the major
competitions; but even then they could hardly be said to have languished in
mediocrity.
The manager has had that priceless ability of being able to move players in and out of his squad, without it disrupting team spirit or
damaging the pattern of play. Additionally, he s shown a completely single
minded approach to moving out players he thought would be possibly past their
best or simply not up to standard. Yes, he s made a few mistakes Kleberson,
Veron, Taibi http://www.teamchargersstore.com/AUTHENTIC-JOSH-LAMBO-CHARGERS-JERSEY/ , Djemba Djemba, Jordi Cruyff but some of those could realistically have been
expected to have been successful. Kleberson was the midfield hub of a Brazilian
team that won the World Cup, for goodness sake.
However, I do happen to think that Sir Alex has a hard season in prospect. Not one where United are in
danger of plummeting down to fifth, or anything like that. But I do feel things
could be a little more problematic when it comes to running away with the league
title again.
Now, I m not just saying that because Ronaldo has flown away to his spiritual home I m sure they ll suit each other perfectly. Although a
player of his skill and the number of goals he scored will not easily be found,
it s certain the staff at Old Trafford will bring at least one player in to take
the winker s place.
My problems are elsewhere. I do think there are a number of players who are just about past their use by date. Ryan Giggs might
have been PFA Player of the Year but we all know that was a sentimental award
unless he really was exceptional in the 15 league games he started during the
season! Clearly, Giggs, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes cannot be expected to play
much next season.
Then there are others about whom you can t be really sure they re going to be quite good enough. Darren Fletcher has come on
enormously in the last two years but the same can t really be said for Nani,
Anderson, Ji Sung Park and one or two more. It was abundantly clear in the
Champions League Final that Barcelona s midfield was inordinately superior to
Manchester s. Owen Hargreaves, hopefully for United, will return to something
like his best form but Michael Carrick still looks a bit of a flat track bully
to me,
And, of course, there are the classic Berbatov and Rooney problems. I don t suppose I m alone in wondering what on earth Wayne Rooney was
doing spending half of last season stuck out on the left doing a job for the
team and looking a shadow of the player we all think he could be. And the
manager s faith in the expensive Berbatov was clearly demonstrated in the last
few vital matches of the season when the player barely got picked. Personally,
for all Tevez s enthusiasm and running around, the best pairing up front for
Manchester United has to be the intelligence of Berbatov who did have more
assists than any other United player last year with the brilliant Rooney playing
in his best position alongside him.
I am looking forward to the 20092010 season in the Premier League. Manchester United can be sure of playing their
fast, flowing football and will, of course http://www.teamchargersstore.com/AUTHENTIC-JOEY-BOSA-CHARGERS-JERSEY/ , be right there at the end. I do think, though, that, if they are going to
achieve the amazing feat of four titles in a row, the manager has got quite a
lot of hard work to do.
I am looking forward to the 20092010 season in the Premier League. Manchester United can be sure of playing their fast, flowing
football and will, of course, be right there at the end. I do think, though,
that, if they are going to achieve the amazing feat of four titles in a row, the
manager has got quite a lot of hard work to do.
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Trout Having Poor Defensive Season - RealGM Wiretap
Mike Trout, who was considered by many to be the best defensive player in baseball last year, is having a poor defensive season.
According to Baseball-Reference, Trout has a -12 Defensive Runs Saved. Only Michael Morse (-15) has a lower total.
There are three reasons why Trout's numbers are so poor:
1. He isn't making as many spectacular plays.
2. He hasn't robbed any home runs.
3. He has made a few mistakes on fly balls.
Regardless of the stats, no one seems too concerned about Trout's ability.
"Put it this way," a scout said, "I'd rather he be in position to get the 27th out of the game than anyone else."
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