Victory Garden

Haven't got time for a comprehensive round-up, so I'll just highlight a couple of articles. There's this in The Observer, which looks mainly at Liverpool, but is interesting in that it leads to the thought that perhaps it would be in Liverpool's interest to get beat by us today: rather than papering over their problems with a victory over us, a defeat could be the wake-up call they need. Consider that if we do happen to lose this afternoon - their victory would in the long run be a defeat...
Henry Winter has an article on the strength of our midfield:

try to list United's first-choice midfield. Antonio Valencia, Paul Scholes, Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs? Or Ji-Sung Park, Michael Carrick, Anderson and Nani?

Or Gabriel Obertan, Darron Gibson, Owen Hargreaves and the versatile John O'Shea, who can happily play in midfield, as shown on Champions League duty at CSKA Moscow last week.

If I had time I would look back to the start of the season and put in some quotes here from people who wrote that our midfield wasn't strong enough.

Finally, a few quotes from Sir Alex here:

"there’s more expectation for Wayne with England than there is with us.

“He is looked upon as the No.1 striker for his country.

But here, he has a partnership with Dimitar Berbatov which I’m happy with. He also has determination and enthusiasm to match his ability.”