Pepe Reina, Jamie Carragher, Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel, Xabi Alonso, Mascherano!!!!!!????? ring any bells?

Like it or not, I know very well how shite we were on Sunday but if we beat United twice then it isn’t foolish to say Sven outwitted Fergie, whatever the circumstances.

In much the same way, Fergie recently claimed to have used wit to rouse Bolton for their trip to Chelsea suggesting they had been on the piss. Eriksson’s record against Ferguson has something like one loss and speaks for itself.

I agree the first game at Eastlands United dominated and couldn’t put the ball away and that was typical of them very early season. The way they came back even when we were on 9 points and they were on 2 while Arsenal and Chelsea made good starts was a credit.

As for the 2nd one, I hate people using the emotion of the day as an excuse. We talked and speculated enough about that in February but at the end of the day City were rarely in danger that day and swamped the midfield with quick counter attacks. Queiroz also blamed internationals, this guy really irks me at times. He wouldn’t have even mentioned them at all had United won that game, but in the same way he has castigated referees in interviews where Fergie has been absent.

Considering they were 7 points behind after 3 games, and 5 behind when Arsenal beat Blackburn on the 11th following the loss on the 10th Feb, what United did in coming back speaks volumes. I have no problem with that, but if I were a United fan making excuses about the derby matches I would allude to the fact that Rooney was absent from both this season, he has developed a habit of scoring against City and maybe Ronaldo missed him in the 2nd derby because for someone who has had such an unparalleled, fantastic season, he was hardly in the game that day.

To me, the Bundesliga is soooooo uninspiring, I don’t even know who won it, or who will win it…I’m not even inspired enough to do a google search… but, my prediction is that it will be Bayern. Why, I never hear of other teams winning it.

Ronaldo being linked to Spain and Italy, apparently doesn’t ring any bells to you does it?

And if Berbatov was really interested in staying with Spurs, you’d expect more heart shown on the field to prove that point. Especially after Ramos made it clear that players will be shipped out during the end of the season. Typically you’d expect the team’s players to come out trying to prove something to the manager.

Unless, of cours, you admit that your players read the newspapers as well and relapse on to their couch weeping about how many clubs they are linked to on a daily basis.

Bottomline: If a team plays well below it’s potential, you would blame either the manager or the players. Man up and admit it that your players showed little desire.

However, I do disagree with you in a few instances. Firstly, Villa’s final position was surprising. Notwithstanding the fact that they have the only quality English coach, they have a bunch of fairly average players and I am willing to go on record and say they will not be able to repeat this feat next season.

Secondly, the success of Roque is not at all surprising, remember he is of Bayern blood. And we have seen over the years that most player who leave the Bundesliga and go to the EPL generally go on to become huge successes for their new clubs even those like Roque who weren’t good enough to hold down their place. Just look at the hype surrounding a player as ordinary as Hleb. This reinforces Xavi point that the EPL is generally an easier league to play in.

What was not surprising was that Eriksson was able to do the double over Fergi because as we have seen time and time again, Ferguson tends to struggles against top quality coaches like the Mourinhos and Hitzfelds. Although, the Bayern coach is easily the greatest club coach in recent history so there is no great shame in struggling against him.