read this comment and felt it does make sense ->
Carrick was poor - he's a weak character and when the going is
tough for Utd he rearely stands up to be counted. Good when
everythings working fine. Anderson is a bit of a worry. He did some
good things and some stupid things. He has no consistency, and is
obviously not playing aswell as last yr. Fletch put in a decent
shift.
My worry this season is that without Hargreaves we have no one in
central midfield who will offer any leadership when we're
struggling. Some people dont like Hargeaves as a player, i do, but
his attitude and application cant be questioned. As it is, no-one
will say "hey, give me the ball, i'll make something happen, i'll
be the man". What we have is players who will just get it and get
rid as quickly as they can, they dont want to take on the
responsibility. Thats why i think in tight games we see so much
sideways and backways passing. A lack of balls from our central
men. And creativity. Some of the more blindly biased fans waffle on
about Carricks wonderful passing - rubbish. Its good when he has
time and space and everything is rosey. When pressured, as against
Bolton today and Wigan during the week, he struggles and just
passes the buck. And when faced with these teams, and the likes of
Sunderland who came to defend he hasnt got the guile either. But
he's not alone. No one has shown this season that they do either.
Too many players are just hoping Ron or Rooney will win it for us,
and they're content to coast along until that happens
