Breaking away from my usual weekly round-up of the Premier League’s Big Four (Five), I will give a personal and dedicated insight to Manchester United’s game against Bolton Wanderers this time around. I’m in the mood to write; and the inspiration to verbalize my thoughts give me a sudden surge of confidence. Premiership football returns with much anticipation this week after last week’s football deprivation (due to World Cup qualifiers).
Well, United versus Bolton games have historically been ‘interesting’. OK, my euphemism for 'difficult'. Bolton has always been resolute and I see them like a pesky dog that can’t stop gnawing at your foot. They nibble, like a teething pup, but seldom bite. And even if they do, they do not hurt much. And I don’t hope that they have the bite to hurt this Saturday.
Thankfully, United do not have serious injuries to the players (at this point in writing), except for some purported psychological ‘issues’ with Rio Ferdinand. I think the media has been on Rio’s back ever since his not-so-convincing performances of late, going back to the game against Manchester City. Will Sir Alex give him a rest and opt for Jonny Evans instead alongside Vidic?
While Berbatov has been in scorching form (with his scissor-kick against Sunderland and scoring a hattrick against Georgia for Bulgaria), I believe Rooney would want to rediscover his purple patch. It is indeed heartening to see your striking colleague in fine fettle, but with Wazza as we know, nothing would satisfy him most than banging in his share of goals and earning the plaudits. This game against The Trotters would be the perfect situation for Wazza to cement this belief.
On another note, look out for Bolton’s latest Korean sensation – Lee Chung Yong. His first few games for the boys in white have been outstanding and like Berba, made the difference for their countries respectively recently. This guy is a handful and would we employ our own Park Ji Sung to give him specific attention this Saturday? If I may say, Sir Alex is not too fond of placing a personnel to mark an opponent but it would be logical if the gaffer gives specific instructions to Fletcher to keep this Korean in check.
It is a tough game in all aspects and from which ever angle you look at; anyway, we can take to heart that at least, it is not being played at the Reebok Stadium.
A trot in the park for United then this weekend? I'd rather be a realist and welcome a 2-1 win for United.
Well, United versus Bolton games have historically been ‘interesting’. OK, my euphemism for 'difficult'. Bolton has always been resolute and I see them like a pesky dog that can’t stop gnawing at your foot. They nibble, like a teething pup, but seldom bite. And even if they do, they do not hurt much. And I don’t hope that they have the bite to hurt this Saturday.
Thankfully, United do not have serious injuries to the players (at this point in writing), except for some purported psychological ‘issues’ with Rio Ferdinand. I think the media has been on Rio’s back ever since his not-so-convincing performances of late, going back to the game against Manchester City. Will Sir Alex give him a rest and opt for Jonny Evans instead alongside Vidic?
While Berbatov has been in scorching form (with his scissor-kick against Sunderland and scoring a hattrick against Georgia for Bulgaria), I believe Rooney would want to rediscover his purple patch. It is indeed heartening to see your striking colleague in fine fettle, but with Wazza as we know, nothing would satisfy him most than banging in his share of goals and earning the plaudits. This game against The Trotters would be the perfect situation for Wazza to cement this belief.
On another note, look out for Bolton’s latest Korean sensation – Lee Chung Yong. His first few games for the boys in white have been outstanding and like Berba, made the difference for their countries respectively recently. This guy is a handful and would we employ our own Park Ji Sung to give him specific attention this Saturday? If I may say, Sir Alex is not too fond of placing a personnel to mark an opponent but it would be logical if the gaffer gives specific instructions to Fletcher to keep this Korean in check.
It is a tough game in all aspects and from which ever angle you look at; anyway, we can take to heart that at least, it is not being played at the Reebok Stadium.
A trot in the park for United then this weekend? I'd rather be a realist and welcome a 2-1 win for United.
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