Fletch the brave Scot

Darren Fletcher wheels away in celebration after scoring his goal

Manchester United obtained their first victory of the 08/09 season with a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth at Fratton Park. It's a messy goal but a win is a win. United controlled most of the game with 60%++ possession by the first half. It's nice to see Tevez back leading at the front line and to see him twisting and turning while dribbling the ball. The kind of through passes which Man Utd did in slicing through the defence were awesome, but there was still a general feeling that there was no one player to pull the trigger. For both games consecutive, you see one man who wants to take the job, it's Darren Fletcher! Haha, of all people and I guess that playing in Ronaldo's position certainly rub some scoring aura on him and now he's scored 2 goals out of 2 games..lol. He's on his way to become an Old Trafford "legend"..haha. Jokes aside, it's really good work ethics from Fletcher in working hard and covering up the empty spaces in counterattacking cos many a times, Rooney and Tevez were more content in passing the balls around. It's not a bad thing on unselfish play but to put the ball into the net, there needs to be the killer instinct. And the person who had that instinct was Ronaldo, because he stepped up to be the marksman while the entire United squad is geared to provide him with the assist. His adoration from fans may be reduced in Old Trafford but his absence is certainly felt. Kudos to Anderson in returning to play despite a hectic Olympic schedule but he needs to improve on his targetting..haha.

The Berbatov transfer saga is stretching to the last days and hours of the transfer window. Spurs want to sell but remain adamant in the price tag of 30 million. They wanna rip Man Utd off like how they rip the price on Carrick. We'll see if Ferguson would bow down to such demands or whether he'll finally lose his patience and looks elsewhere. Everyone is still speculating on who else is on Fergie's mind.