That Was The Week Then Was it?

The teams who fail to get past the second Champions League faze won’t get a UEFA spot. However, we’ll take any gifts right now. Well, we’ll try. Vitessee gave us several chances to win comfortably and in the end it should have finished 1-1. Still a bit of work to be done. Special mention for Baros though, he looked great, therefore Houllier will probably drop him on Sunday in favour of Heskey.

I’ve always said there’s no such thing as luck in football, sometimes the ball and the referee are on your side and sometimes they’re not. It just depends on confidence. We’ve had a lot of timely penalties awarded this season (Owen’s 86th minute winner against Spurs) and our competitors have been generous in front of goal (Kewell’s late miss in the 0-1 victory at Leeds).

Lately however, it’s gone the other way. Dudek’s saves are going straight to opposition strikers, Traore’s headed clearances are going straight to opposition strikers and players like Sava are volleying in unstoppable shots from 25 yards. It’s important the team believe they will win games. Henchoz’s fitness and Gerrard’s return to form should help.

This is not a great time to be playing Man Utd. but anything other than a win will be just unbearable.