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| Manchester United lifting their 19th PL title in 2011 |
Manchester United - we are the record
holders for English League titles – with 19 to our name. We famously dethroned
Liverpool two seasons back, who now have 18 titles. United have dominated the
Premier League era and this season is no different.
Current Status (4/2)
The Premier League is way past the half way
point with 25 matches already played. Manchester United are on 62 points, City
are 9 points behind and Chelsea a further 7 points adrift. With only 13 matches
being left, we can safely say that now, Manchester United and Manchester City
are the only teams left in the title race. I think this season, it will be the
Red side of Manchester celebrating Premier League success – and here’s why:
- Four excellent forwards
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| van Persie, Welbeck, Rooney, Hernandez |
This season United have scored 60 goals in
the PL so far – 9 more than the 2nd highest goalscorers, Chelsea. It
is fair to say, that its only because of our attack that we have won some of
the games this season. The defence has been shaky and has been leaking goals.
But with world class forwards like Robin
van Persie and Wayne Rooney, we also have an excellent poacher in Chicharito as
well as a young Danny Welbeck to lead the lines. Apart from the four forwards,
the whole United squad has shown affinity for scoring goals with a total of 16
different goal scorers in the squad. Defenders Patrice Evra and Johnny Evans
have scored 4 and 3 goals in the PL respectively.
So, we can hardly be surprised with the
fact that Sir Alex’s side have come out firing on all cylinders and are leading
the ‘Goals Scored’ column of the league table!
- 2. Return of Vidic and an injury free defence
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| Nemanja Vidic has back |
As said above, our defence has been
shambolic so far. We’ve conceded too many goals – 31 so far, only West Brom
have conceded more from the Top 10 teams – and this has been a constant source
of worry. Everytime the opposing team attacked, it looked like they would
score.
But, we have to consider that we did have a
few injury problems at the beginning of the season when Phil Jones, Chris
Smalling and Nemanja Vidic were all sidelined with various injuries. Rafael
also had a brief spell out but he, along with Jones, Smalling & Vidic are
fully fit now.
The return of Vidic, will especially be a
major relief to the team. He is the captain and a world class defender. His
influence on the team as a leader was missed and its great to see him back.
Jones and Smalling – along with Evans - are the future of United’s defence.
They all have great potential and will no doubt, be great for the team.
In addition, the return to form of Evra has
been good for the club, and so has the coming of age of Rafael. He has been
marvellous this season, and has made the RB slot his own. The maturity and
promise that he and Evans are showing, indicate great things for United for
years to come.
- 3. History
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| SAF's famous Class of '92 They've won anything |
History has shown that Manchester United
normally have a strong end to the season. We have a slow start to the season
but gain momentum towards the end of the season – during the title run-in. From
what we’ve seen thus far from Sir Alex’s previous sides, its safe to assume
that Manchester United, who have had a strong season thus far, are on course
for an even stronger finish to the season.
Also, United has quite a few (many!)
experienced players like Giggs, Scholes, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Rooney etc.
who’ve all been in such position before. Also, with Sir Alex’s experience, our
team has plenty of experience of being in winning positions. We also have the
mentality and expertise to go with the experience to take us through the title
run-in successfully.
- 4. Improved Wingers (Hopefully!)
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| Young and Valencia |
This season, United wingers, especially
last season’s hero, Valencia, has been out of form. Nani has been uninspiring
thus far while Young although a lil better, is now injured. Nani, since his
return has looked lively. Especially in the last match, he created all sorts of
problems for the Fulham defence. Also, as an CAM, Kagawa after a good few games
at the start of the season, hasn’t really impressed. They are sure to improve.
This will only help United’s attack even more by providing RvP, Rooney and
Chicha with great crosses to finish off.
Based on the above factors, I think ManUtd
look poised to win the title again this term to make this our 20th
English League title winning season!
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