No fear of Manchester United.
Posted on August 10th, 2010 | 96 Comments |
Particularly Joey Barton and Jonas Gutierrez who both reckon that this Newcastle squad are capable of getting a result at Old Trafford. Confidence – I like that!
I can see it from their angle, what is the point in playing football if you fear getting beat? It’s going to happen at some point, and lets be honest, our record at Manchester United was never exactly sparkling, even with our “superstar” players of the past, in fact we have been on the end of some proper thumpings at the hands of the Red Devils before!
The way I see it is that Manchester United should be a bonus game. By that we should probably expect to get beat, but it doesn’t mean we can’t try and get a result there does it? It may be a big ask, but it looks like the players believe they can pull off an upset on Monday evening.
“If you aren’t up for going to Old Trafford to play Man U, you shouldn’t be in the job. It’s what we get up for in the morning,” Barton told The Chronicle.
“Any lad should go to bed dreaming of pitting his wits against Man United – it’s as simple as that. Everyone else out there and any of us would give our right arm for it.”
The players have earned the right to be at Old Trafford on Monday night. An entire season full of hard work and graft gas enabled them the opportunity to test themselves against the best. If they come off second best then so what? They won’t be the only ones that come off second best at Manchester United season.
Do you remember the last time we played there? We were expected to get beat back then, but we didn’t and we returned home with a rather creditable 1-1 draw in the bag. If we can manage that again it would be an equally fanstastic result, but that is what the players are aiming for.
“I have good memories of that game, but all the games are different and this is going to be another game in which we can emerge from with a result,” Jonas Gutierrez said.
“I want to do the same now and play well, and if we can take a point it would be good. We have a very good team, and we have to believe in ourselves. We have to be prepared, because it is going to be a hard game.”
You would have to say that getting a result at Old Trafford would be an achievement, and a bit of a shock aswell to be honest. That isn’t me being negative, it’s being realistic. I’m pretty sure the case is the same for other teams that visit Manchester United season.
Can we get a result? Why not? Anything can happen, can’t it?
get in, 6-0 to us, heard it here first