Thursday, April 3, 2008

United's Future Midfield Terrors

Brilliant, simply brilliant! Finally Manchester United has the answer for three of their most difficult questions. Who could ever replace :
1) David Beckam
2) Paul Scholes
3) Ryan Giggs

I’m sure Sir Alex Ferguson was thinking about this once a while whenever he chews on those gums during match day. But thanks to Carlos Queiroz, we own three of the brightests prospects modern football has to offer!

1) Cristiano Ronaldo. This boy, in my humble opinion has already cemented himself to win this year’s FIFA Player of the Year award. As a winger, he has scored an astonishing 36 goals in all competition this season. This level of performance would certainly put the likes of celebrated strikers to shame! He’s brilliant in his freekicks, he plays very well in both foot, his heading would certainly put a smile on Teddy Sheringham’s face, excellent dribbling and tricks for our entertainment, and most importantly.. massive hunger for goals. Funny thing is .. he is still 23 years young! Beckham who?

2) Very few brazillians managed to make a mark in the Premiership. United had one before, but you know how that ended up. When news came up that United had signed a brazilian teenager from the Portuguese league, many were skeptical on what they feel, a huge risk. However, Anderson surprised everyone by adapting quickly in United’s way of playing the game. For some reason, he reminds me of Paul Scholes, minus the long powerful freekick which the ginger haired lad is good at. Maybe Anderson is practicing on that, you’d never know!


3) Nani has always given me the impression that he will end up as big as Ronaldo, if he is given more first team action. With Ryan Giggs still playing, he has to be our supersub from the bench. But we all saw how brilliant this kid is since the season’s preseason game itself. Almost all of Nani’s goals so far were brilliant, and to add some cream on the cake, he ends the goal with his trademark double flip summersault. The funny thing is, the more the gaffer tells him not to do that flip, he seems to be doing it. LOL!!
With these guys on pitch, along with the likes of Rooney, Tevez, Vidic, Evra, Ferdinand … wow, the world domination is within our reach!