SAF decisions and De Gea hand Blackburn 3 points

Man Utd 2 Blackburn 3



First it was SAF, who rather arrogantly left Rooney and Giggs out of the squad, and after that an abysmal and amateurish performance by De Gea handed Blackburn an unexpected win. The tampering with line up and positions finally backfired spectacularly on SAF.

Having said that, a decent keeper could have changed the end result and spared SAF his blushes. The second goal by Yakubu went right through De Gea and after having done all the hard work and crawling back to 2-2, De Gea showed once again that he is not United quality when instead of punching the ball away using the advantage of his hands, he gifted a goal to Blackburn.

SAF must now admit that Lindegaard should be the United keeper for the rest of the season. His insistence with De Gea has cost United a Champions League qualification and now had handed Blackburn a win when it was crucial to get 3 points to keep level with City. Whilst it is somewhat true that we need to play Newcastle in 3 days and therefore players must be somewhat rotated, the keeper position is one that must be decided..NOW! And leaving Rooney and Giggs out of the squad was complete madness.

We also need to strengthen our midfield. A half fit Anderson showed that you need midfielders in midfield as he managed to spark a revival by driving the team forward when he came on. Nani was terribly frustrating today. Just when you need him to perform, he invariably lets his team down despite his talent. Today, he was more concerned with sporting his haircut and trying to do the impossible than with helping his team.

Valencia played well though. Pity that both his assists to Berba did not serve to anything at the end! He should have a quite word with De Gea tonight and suggest that he takes up golf or something else but not goalkeeping!!

2011 ends on a sour note and a clear message. We still need to replace VDS in goal and the answer may already be sitting on the bench. It is time for SAF to swallow his pride and admit that De Gea is not ready yet and hand Lindegaard his chance till the end of the season. We also need a class midfielder to come to OT to fill the gap left by Scholes.

A happy new year (duh!) to all!!