United fortress turning into bouncy castle
Posted in News on Sunday October 23rd, 2005 9:52pm
Roy Collins in The Telegraph:
It says much for Tottenham’s progress under manager Martin Jol that this game was seen not only as a measure of their own improvement but the health of Manchester United’s title challenge. And while Tottenham passed with flying colours, United’s title bid looks in tatters, strange as it may seem to say that after nine games.
Undoubtedly, there are now big questions to be asked of United and manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who is rumoured to be making this his last season at Old Trafford. If he cannot right a ship that looks on a permanent list, the club’s new owners might believe that they need a new man on the bridge.
United are not used to crucial games in October or finding themselves under the whip before Christmas. But Chelsea have raised the bar so high that they know they cannot afford to fall off the pace, even for a second, certainly not in this match, in which their early lead never looked enough.
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