In Fergie We Trust

i) Our main rival is Chelsea. They will lose points and concede defeats. Essien is a big part of Chelsea, and if he remains injury-prone till the end of the season, Chelsea will suffer defensively.

ii) Cech is not the same world class goalkeeper as he once was under Mourinho. He’ll concede more goals than any season before.

iii) Ancelotti has not won any league for more than 5 years. His main objective is to win the Champions League, not the league.

iv) Arsenal players are still young. Can they manage the burden of the expectations of their fans? No..

v) Rooney and Diouf can make a great pair. Diouf showed he has great heading ability, something Rooney lacks. Can they play together? Yes! Give them some time and we’ll soon see the same Cole-Yorke chemistry

vi) Berbatov wants to answer to his critics!!! He is at last using his out of common technique to do something useful. I hope his ‘injury’ does not bother him much…

vii) Our attack is performing better than last season!! Presently, our goal to match ratio in the league is 2.23 whereas last season it was only 1.79.

However our defense is underperforming. This season, clean sheets have been quite rare. Out of 22 matches played, we have 9 clean sheets; a ratio of 0.41 cs per match played. Last season though, we had a ratio of 0.63 cs per match played.

Therefore by fixing the defence and keep scoring goals, we can still win the league. Fortunately, Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra will soon play together and we can build some consistency at the back.

viii) Valencia is the new David Beckham, not the new Ronaldo. His crosses are world class but he needs a target in the box. Bingo! We’ve got Diouf!

ix) Nani wants to prove himself. I hope he does…

x) Hargreaves will soon be back! He will be like a new addition to the squad and his can give something different to the midfield.