Paul Scholes believes United are well equipped to cope with the
run-in…
There are going to be some tense moments and some tough games
coming up because we have quite a difficult run-in.
That said, we’ve had difficult finishes in the past and that has
seemed to spur us on. Hopefully it will be the same story again
this year.
May will be a nerve-wracking month, but this is what you want,
you want to be successful at the end of the season and you want to
win trophies. We’ve had a great season so far but, other than the
Carling Cup and Club World Cup, we’ve not achieved anything else.
We’ve put ourselves in a good position, but that’s all we’ve done.
We need to finish the job now.
I know I won’t be playing in all the games, I just have to be
ready when the games come along, and make sure that I’m prepared
properly. Then if the manager picks me, I’m ready.
It’s massively important that we keep everyone available. Touch
wood, but I don’t think we’re too far off now. There are a few
bumps and bruises here and there, but you’d expect that at this
stage of the season.
We do have a big squad, and as we’ve said throughout the season,
other players need to be able to step in and do the job. So far,
for the majority of the time, I think we’ve been able to do
that.
Once you get to the last few weeks it’s a case of ticking over.
I don’t think there’ll be too much physical work, it’s more about
keeping what you’ve got and saving most of your energy for the
games.
There are a few games that are very tough. City at home is a
difficult game, as we saw last year when we were poor and lost.
Arsenal, obviously… but Wigan’s not an easy place to go to and Hull
could be fighting for their lives on the last day of the
season.
I think it’s better that we know every game is going to be
tough. We’re not going into any game expecting a walkover, so that
should concentrate the minds in the right way.
I think every team that plays United battles for their lives,
really. They want the scalp of beating us. With regards to that,
every team that faces us is going to want to beat us. At Old
Trafford or wherever we go, we’re up against teams who want to get
one over on us to get themselves some credit.
I think we’re ready for that all year round anyway. Nothing
changes with this last few games, and hopefully we’re strong enough
to come through it all.