Ferguson feeling foolish

If anything, football is unpredictable. When Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was playing his typical mind games throughout the week he (and me) didn’t exactly expect his side would draw 0-0 against Sunderland, but that is exactly what happened.

How United didn’t put at least 3 past Sunderland is beyond me. They dominated the game completely. Sunderland managed a couple of chances but they were few and far between. A lucky break could have even given Sunderland the win.

Mind games and motivational tactics are fine until they make you look like a blowhard. Yes, United have had a great run recently with something like 9 wins which had reeled in Chelsea’s lead significantly, but it was just never going to happen.

Sunderland’s keeper Kelvin Davis saved certain goals over and over which is really the only thing that kept Sunderland alive. Other than that sparkling performance in goal, Sunderland, like they have been all season long, are a team to forget.

They are awful. No kidding. They couldn’t string 3 passes together for most of the game and their boys punted the ball to nowhereland the first time they came under pressure. Poor Gary Breen, never looked capable, and a team captain at that. I recall a few years back for West Ham United he looked like a pair of rubber legs when run at, now back in the Premiership and despite a better showing this season he was never going to be the player to keep a back 4 together or keep a team up.

For old Sir Alex, the mind games are looking more and more see-thru. His comments implying that United would be in the thick of it come the last day of the season look as hollow as Old Trafford’s soul under the Glazer regime.