http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/04/21/in-the-red-corner-we-almost-had-a-title-race-there/ Football News, Views, Articles and Discussion Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:55:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/04/21/in-the-red-corner-we-almost-had-a-title-race-there/#comment-940 Tooth&Claw Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:17:08 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/04/21/in-the-red-corner-we-almost-had-a-title-race-there/#comment-940 You say "?and yet, against the better sides in the Premiership we?ll end up falling short because we?ll lose the vital midfield battle. " But that's just not supported by the facts. We've taken 4 points out of 6 against Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool and 3 points out of three so far against Chelsea. It's the smaller teams that we have struggled against, like City, Blackburn and Boro. Obviously, we need strengthening in midfield; everyone at Old Trafford has said that but it's the players that you deride that brought us close to Chelsea and put us on our best run of Premiership results in years. You say “?and yet, against the better sides in the Premiership we?ll end up falling short because we?ll lose the vital midfield battle. ” But that’s just not supported by the facts. We’ve taken 4 points out of 6 against Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool and 3 points out of three so far against Chelsea. It’s the smaller teams that we have struggled against, like City, Blackburn and Boro. Obviously, we need strengthening in midfield; everyone at Old Trafford has said that but it’s the players that you deride that brought us close to Chelsea and put us on our best run of Premiership results in years.

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