Darren Fletcher: A possible match winner for UnitedSaturday:
Arsenal vs Wigan, 10pm
TMC’s prediction: Home win
Super Sunday:
West Ham vs Liverpool, 12.30am
TMC’s prediction: Away win
Man United vs Man City, 8.30pm
TMC’s prediction: Home win
Chelsea vs Tottenham, 11pm
TMC’s prediction: Draw
It’s another week, and another testing game for Manchester United. If we earned our spurs at White Hart Lane last week, this week we would earn the highly-sought after bragging rights against City, should results flow our way. City is currently on scintillating form (winning all their games so far) and the climax of an in-form is none more evident than the ripping apart of Arsenal at the City of Manchester stadium.
The other finely-balanced tie will pit Carlo Ancelotti against Harry Redknapp where the winner will not only snatch all three points at stake but also bragging rights in London.
Should Chelsea lose (which is quite unlikely), Ancelloti’s men will be pegged from distancing themselves from the other big teams; should Spurs lose on the other hand, I’m afraid that would spark a losing streak that could possibly mean sowing seeds of doubts in their own capabilities. I can’t elaborate further on how important this game would be to Spurs since getting thumped by 10-men United last week.
On United:
No Adebayor, and most probably no Tevez (at this point in writing) – on paper, City would seem lightweight up front with Robinho and Roque Santa Cruz also missing this tie.
Man United vs Man City, 8.30pm
TMC’s prediction: Home win
Chelsea vs Tottenham, 11pm
TMC’s prediction: Draw
It’s another week, and another testing game for Manchester United. If we earned our spurs at White Hart Lane last week, this week we would earn the highly-sought after bragging rights against City, should results flow our way. City is currently on scintillating form (winning all their games so far) and the climax of an in-form is none more evident than the ripping apart of Arsenal at the City of Manchester stadium.
The other finely-balanced tie will pit Carlo Ancelotti against Harry Redknapp where the winner will not only snatch all three points at stake but also bragging rights in London.
Should Chelsea lose (which is quite unlikely), Ancelloti’s men will be pegged from distancing themselves from the other big teams; should Spurs lose on the other hand, I’m afraid that would spark a losing streak that could possibly mean sowing seeds of doubts in their own capabilities. I can’t elaborate further on how important this game would be to Spurs since getting thumped by 10-men United last week.
On United:
No Adebayor, and most probably no Tevez (at this point in writing) – on paper, City would seem lightweight up front with Robinho and Roque Santa Cruz also missing this tie.
Make no mistake, however, City will be buoyed by their winning momentum and will be tough to break down. In Gareth Barry, they have a formidable personnel and it would be interesting to see how he fares against our very own Darren Fletcher in midfield.
Again, we will depend on Fletcher to snuff out their attacking threat and disrupt play as he did so effectively against the Gunners; and again, we will pin our hopes on Rooney to lead the line.
We are getting over-dependent on Wazza for goals (in my opinion) in recent games but seeing him react in disgust on his substitution against Besiktas in UCL game, I can only be pleased with his passion and commitment to the team.
We would need a lot of passion and fire when City come calling.
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