It was , as my son Jack said, depressingly predictable. None of us expected to get anything out of the match and we were euphoric at half-time to be winning 2-0. But even so, we didn't expect to win. Lee Mason was obviously wary of the Wrath of Ferg so decided not to send Vidic off for pulling down Ba when he was the last man, and then didn't give a second yellow when he took him out in the second half. Since he didn't even book Evra for handling to give away the first penalty, or Vidic for fouling Cole for the second he was obviously 'letting the game flow' as those old pros euphemistically put it.
Ten men and 2-0 up and we might have held on for a draw, but after Avram's usual inspirational half-time team talk and the Man U substitutions we were stuffed.
I can't work out if we decided to sit back or couldn't do anything else, cos the bit of the Man U team that wasn't working was the defence and we didn't go near it.
So we're back in the bottom three and the games that count aren't this one (or Chelsea or Man City) but Blackburn, Villa, Wigan and Sunderland. I've already written off Bolton cos Kevin Davies always, always, always scores against us (why wouldn't he, they cross the ball, he's good in the air so usually unmarked - we must work on it in training). I think we need at least ten more points, and I think that's about four too many for us.
But since I saw a poster in a special school this week that expounded their philosophy and began "Choose Your Attitude" and urged 'don't be grumpy and bad-tempered', I'll try to put tis into practice and be Pollyanna. The poster concluded "Have Fun", and I'll try to bear that in mind when we next give away a two goal lead.
As The Controller likes to remind me, it's only a game!
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