Man, is he on fire or what? After the somewhat lukewarm season last year, it had to come. Rooney is the hardest working of the lot and it can't be more pleasing to see him get on the score-sheet. May it long continue.
Fergie thought this was the best we've played so far but I've got to disagree - the Blackburn game was the best we've played and to be honest the first half was quite mediocre. Rooney was robbed by the ref in the first half by disallowing a genuinely scored goal. However, there was no doubt about his next effort, fired in low on the near side. This was the sort of game where West Brom were being baked , and you always thought the first one will open the floodgates - and it did. Rooney, Ronaldo, Berbatov and Nani - my favorite scoresheet. Both Ronaldo and Berbatov hardly celebrated their goals - people have started reading into that. Ronaldo does seem to be muted and his body language is not too assuring - but who cares as long as he keeps scoring them. With muttering from the Bernabeu refusing to stop, we'll have to live with these speculations even with the transfer window slammed shut.
NOTW (how reliable) has a story about how Fergie is losing his patience with Owen Hargreaves and wants him sold in January. I think its total bollocks.It is frustrating to see him on the table almost every few months, but he got us through the crucial phase last year and that's precisely the kind of squad quality we need. It's Celtic on Tuesday and it's bound to be a cracker. Fergie's team selection is going to be interesting and I'm not making any guesses.
