Butterflies Drowned In W[h]ine

Not much around today. First off a story that I can't even be bothered to give credence to by linking to it: Arsene Wenger whines on about the Wolves' team selection as if it is any of his business, sure he'd be happy about other managers picking his team, and concludes that it has somehow given us an advantage like we wouldn't have in all probability beaten their first team three-nil...
Elsewhere the words of Sir Alex on our goals tally are reported:

“In recent weeks we have upped the scoring rate.

“This is good, especially when you add in the goals we’ve scored lately in the other competitions.

“A few weeks ago I asked the players to start being more decisive with their chances, especially in the early part of a match, instead of appearing to take the relaxed view that like buses there will be another along in a minute.

“It seems they took my plea on board because we’ve been finishing a lot better.

“Our scoring rate is well up on last season, when we only managed 68 goals.

“Normally we are in the high 70s and I was surprised last season when we dropped so low, especially when you consider one player, Cristiano Ronaldo, scored more than a quarter of them with 18.”

While Evra reckons we should have scored more against Wolves:
"I was not happy to only score three," said Evra. "We respect Wolves but should have done better. The goal difference is important and, in a game like that, we should have won by five or six."
And Valencia is praised by Sir Alex and promises there is more to come:

"That's six goals for Antonio," said the United boss. "We're happy with that. We've always thought that's one area he can improve on.

"He is improving and his improvement is tremendous and this is an example of that. From the day he came he was a quiet young man, but he is expressing himself well. We like to see the young players come here and develop."

Valencia, 24, is slowly bedding in at Old Trafford and the champions have a 76 per cent win rate with him, compared to 60 per cent when he hasn't started.

He is pleased with his start to his United career and has promised fans he can keep improving.

"I only scored seven times at Wigan - and that probably included all the training sessions!" he joked.

"I'm happy with my form, sure. But I'm definitely not settling for what I've done so far. I want to improve, keep learning and achieve a lot more. Fans will see a lot more from me as we progress through the season."