SAF has lambasted the team for what he termed as very careless errors,I could not believe the way Evra let their winger stroll nonchalantly and cross for a totally unmarked Frei for the 2nd goal - Rio Ferdinand's days are well and truly numbered after that performance.
We could have killed off the game in the 1st half with a 3rd and maybe even 4th goal but you could see Giggs and Anderson becoming very sloppy. Park's introduction did nothing after the 3 Basel goals, full of running and no end product. It had to take Nani's and Young's intervention for us to salvage a draw!At Old Trafford!!To Basel!!!
I will not even talk about our defence because if we play like that against Bayern after their display at Allianz we'll be whitewashed - only Joe Hart kept that scoreline respectable! We need Vidic and Smalling back, even Evans partnered better with Phil Jones!
Evra has a knack of becoming careless when we're ahead, he did that against Arsenal and yesterday, SAF should show him that his spot is not guaranteed - get Fabio to play in more matches against what would be considered "weak opposition" e.g. Norwich, Swansea, e.t.c. and bring in Evra when things are thick! No one should assume their position is safe, with the exception of maybe Rooney.
If there was ever any indication that we're goin nowhere in CL with our midfield it was yesterday. Cleverly and Anderson have been playing well together but Fletcher and Carrick will NOT take us to the promised land - we need a well established creative midfielder in Jan otherwise sioni vile we can hold our own against Barca, Real, Bayern or some of the other strong teams.
I hope the hairdryer treatment the team got will bring them back to their senses - this is the Champions League and not Carling cup - where mistakes are punished without mercy and when you don't take your chances you live to regret it - Basel could have scored 5 goals if they had taken their chances.
I was very disappointed by our performance but glad that we've gotten an early wake up call, we should be able to beat the Romanian team both home and away and with good form beat Benfica at OT and Basel in Switzerland
BEER IS LIVING PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY!