FA Cup 2006-2007: Manchester United Vs Reading, Feb 17, 2007

Michael Carrick 45 Brynjar Gunnarsson 67 __________________________________________ A second-string Reading side came back from a goal down to force Manchester United into a replay in their FA Cup fifth round tie. The Royals had Brynjar Gunnarsson to thank for grabbing the equaliser after Michael Carrick had slammed the Premiership leaders ahead, and will now look forward to a replay at the Madejski later in the month. __________________________________________ Nothing really to complain about yesterdays performance i thought. It was dis-jointed, but that is to be expected when you replace the entire spine of the team. Other than that i thought we were good enough to win. Fair play to Reading though, who i have alot of time for. I'm sure that Fletcher, Silvestre and Park will come under fire but i dont think they would deserve it. I though Fletcher kept the ball well and seems much more determined to push forward nowadays. Although he faded in the second half, something that could be levelled at the rest of them, i thought Park looked one of our more threatening players. Good passing, seemed happy to run with the ball and got in good positions. He even seems to be quite good at winning the ball back. Shame he cant shoot. Brown impressed me in the first half especially, although he was probably at fault for the goal. Ronaldo was below his best i thought, although there were still moments of magic. I thought Saha looked rusty although his running was impressive, and Ole doesn't seem comfortable unless he is playing with Rooney. I still see him as a substitute than a starter. Still he has exceeded my expectations of him this year. Anyway, a unwanted extra game and i expect Fergie to field a similar team, maybe Rooney coming in. Giggs, Scholes, Rooney, Ferdinand, Neville and Evra were missing from the start and i think anyone would struggle to adapt without them, no matter who the opposition. FA cup is the least important, but i expect us to sneak past Reading in the replay. One thing i thought was obvious though, is that we desperately need a new attacking creative midfielder.-Adagio, Man Utd Fan.