Comments on: Are Manchester United’s Second-Tier Players the Key to Their Success?

By: kizza

kizza — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:13:53 +0000

i my self am a huge united fan, but i dont understand why there are so many people saying how great ji sung park is! i seem to be the only person to realise this, but i honestly dont believe he is worthy of playing at united. every match i watch, his first touch is aweful, as is his control. im almost waiting for him to lose possession. i know he scores goals, but so can any player in the right place at the rigt time…eg a rebounded ball, about 3 feet from an open goal. thats all his goals ever are. i just find it irritating how no body ever sees this. just watch him in are next game, and i bet you will see him lose posession atleast twice as much as another utd player. nani on the other hand, although un experienced, he is much better in all aspects of the ggame; speed control fitness finishing passing the list is endless. all park has is alot of luck, and for some reason i dont see, fergies backing

By: dioforce

dioforce — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:36:53 +0000

Some good points here. For me, besides stellar plug-in play from the players mentioned, United are elevated because of Nemanja Vidic. He is the difference between United and other top sides. The Serb is the best defender in the world, completely uncompromising. Evra too is quite unsung in his position.

By: ish

ish — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:50:42 +0000

mikel/deco/essien/lampard/ballack/belletti pick 3
j.cole/malouda/kalou pick 2
Drogba/anelka pick 1
Ferriera/belletti/bosingwa pick 1
Carvalho/terry/alex/ivanovic pick 2
A.cole pick 1.

till bridge was sold chelsea had first class choices for all their reserves, look at the midfield. As i admitted our weakness is depth in the attack, most of them know they will get games so no drive to win their spot.
No matter how much a hate c.ron(mainly cause he plays for manU) he is a professional when it comes to the drive to be better, he has improved every season since he started, works hard when needed and justifies his name on the team sheet every week. Same thing can be said of many united players, they have a drive that ferguson stokes and chelsea unfortunately have lost the drive, they are happy to coast by and alot of them need a kick in the arse. United win because they never stop trying to win not because their players are world class level, many of them are not but a world class team isnt always made up of world class players

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:41:54 +0000

This is a good article. Spot on IMO.

O'Shea, Fletcher, PJS, Wes Brown..all guys who can step in, and no doubt would start on pretty much 80% of EPL clubs.

By: ls7

ls7 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:13:30 +0000

I've been saying for the last few years to anyone that would listen that O'Shea is a valuable and underrated member of the Manchester United team simply because he plays wherever asked and gives a credible effort. He doesn't complain about not starting, though he could probably be a regular starter for one of the teams in the mid-lower part of the table. You can't underestimate how much a good sub is worth to your squad. Especially a time like now when United have some significant injuries at the back.