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Letter Of The Week: Time for United to start dropping points
Edwin Van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Louis Saha, Darren Fletcher, Ole
Gunnar Solskjaer, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic are injuried.
Henrik Larsson is going back to Helsingborg and Paul Scholes is
suspended for three games.
I expect a lot of defensive and offensive problems for Manchester
United as Wayne Rooney is the only fit striker left.
Alan Smith has just returned from long-term injury, so I don't
expect him to be as sharp as before.
The FA Cup match against Middlesborough on Saturday again showed
the Red Devils's weakness in defence, and Premiership teams will
surely fancy their chances to grab at least a point United, just
like they did when Chelsea's John Terry was injuried.
With a congested list of fixtures till the end of the season I
expect their injury list to lengthen as they have such a heavy
schedule in such a short period of time.
Despite their excellent form earlier in the season, I expect Man U
will start to drop points because of these major factors.
Chelsea have no major injuries with Terry back. Only Joe Coe is
currently injuried.
Also, Chelsea's form has been good since Petr Cech's return. I
reckon that Chelsea will continue to shine.
-- Chelsea fan Ng Ghim Pheng, 17, student (he wins an ESPN Star
Sports prize package comprising a cap, a polo t-shirt, sling bag,
foldable chair and backpack trolley bag, all worth $170)
--- TNP, Tuesday, 13/3/2007
