Manchester United manager Sir Alex
Ferguson
"If you're going to lose it might as well be to something special
like that.
"It is a great reminder to everyone at the club that football can
smack you in the face and a few players will be a bit embarrassed
because it's disappointing.
"I am sure we will get slaughtered but there's no harm in defeat
providing it improves you and you learn from it."
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Southend: Flahavan, Hunt (Francis 14), Prior, Sodje, Hammell,
Campbell-Ryce, Clarke, Maher, Gower, Eastwood, Hooper (Lawson
67).
Subs Not Used: Wilson, Cole, Moussa.
Goals: Eastwood 27.
Man Utd: Kuszczak, O'Shea (Lee 75), Brown, Silvestre, Heinze,
Ronaldo, David Jones (Shawcross 90), Fletcher, Richardson, Smith
(Evra 60), Rooney.
Subs Not Used: Heaton, Rose.
Its not even the first team playing... only ronaldo and rooney are
first team members... so not too big a deal... 
