A potentially Good Friday

It was barely 6 days ago that United played the Gooners at Old Trafford and displayed the best football United have played for the whole season. Rooney was instrumantal and his performances over the last 2 years have hopefully squenched my friend's perception that Rooney will end up as another Owen. He would have to keep up those standards and more if united are to overtake chelski in the premiership. However, even more important is Rooney's stance as a player that chelsea dont have. A semi God-like player (although not to the full Ronaldinho standards) but an unpredictable player sadly lacking in the English game.

As optimists go, I've had a feeling Chelski were catchable after they were toyed around by Barça in the Champions League and I think they havent felt the same since. Not only was that game the first time Chelsea have been made fools out of themselves (not to mention Jose's antics) but the public have turned against them and....wait for it....support United to overtake Chelsea in the Prem. Dont know if Jose and his rentboys can handle that, hope not.

Nevertheless this Friday is the start of the final putsch where we play Sunderland who are destined for relegation and Chelsea play Bolton the next day. As Fergie has pointed out, Chelski face a good hiding with a very technical and physical Bolton side. Coming from Gt. Manchester, I hope the Boltonians keep up their ambitions to finish in the UEFA cup zone and try and fold Chelski tomorrow. With Fergie concentrating all his mind games on Chelsea failing at Bolton, I hope United finish their part of the bargain today and wrap up the 3 points agains Pompey so I can start being nervous watching Chelsea's progress on soccernet.