Who Are We? We Are Manchester United!

Not five seconds into our win (yes, I maintain that we WON on the night) against Bayern Munich and I get a ping on Facebook from some annoying dude saying “Nyaahaaah!” And get this, he’s a Liverpool fan! I mean, they shouldn’t be allowed to comment on the Champions League right?

And thus, began the madly infuriating tirade of “Muahaha @ Manure” status messages which continue to appear as I write this, two nights after the game. Boy, do people hate us!

The next morning was even more ridiculous. People were speculating as to whether Sir Alex should hang up his boots (and chewing gum). I mean, come on people! Yes, I admit, playing Wayne Rooney was a BIG gamble, for club and country.

But do you think a man of Sir Alex’s acumen would play Rooney without the consent of the medical staff? Knowing Wayne, I’m sure he would have forced Sir Alex to play him, probably threatened him with a hair dryer, or maybe hid his pack of gum in Rafael’s hair.

Speaking of young Rafael..no wait..scratch young (he’s a year younger than I am for cryin’ out loud). Speaking of Rafael, people are calling for his head after being dismissed for a second bookable offence. I beg to differ. Sure, he was naïve and inexperienced, which reflected in his tackles, and he probably cost us the progression into the semis but my, was he good in the first half!

I think he has the potential to become our next Gary Neville, a more attacking one at that! I’m sure he would have learnt a lot from this disappointment and will emerge into a wonderful right-back in the years to come! BELIEVE!

That brings us to the question of who will partner Wayne Rooney, or who is his ideal replacement in times like these when he isn’t fit. The answer, unfortunately, is that Argentinean guy playing for the noisy (useless) neighbours. That particular case, I believe, was one that should have been dealt with better.

However, there’s no use crying over spilt leche! The fact remains that we need one world-class attacker/play-maker to lift some burden off Rooney. Dimi, I’m sorry, I love your laid-back Luke attitude and you’re a delight to watch when on song, but you've got to carry your iPod to every game mate (ok that was lame, I know).

The names of Kiko Macheda, Mame Diouf, and more recently, Chicharito come to mind but, as of today, they are just good enough to be in the “what to name your baby if you want to get him beaten up at school” book. They need some time to blossom. But you've got to trust Sir Alex! And BELIEVE!

My point being, everything’s not lost yet guys! We have five more games to show the world that we are Manchester effing United! And we are not the most hated team in England for nothing! We earned that title, because we are the best!

We are MANCHESTER UNITED! And if anyone comes up to you and talks crap about us and says that we are bad losers, then you tell them that, "YES, WE ARE BAD LOSERS! Because, WE ARE NOT USED TO LOSING! Got any tips?"

BELIEVE!