United Will Win the Next 10 games

Ok that’s not actually my opinion. That’s the opinion of Sir Ryan Giggs (just a matter of time, surely). Specifically, he said,”It was a tough start for us, but we know we didn’t play well at the beginning of the season… But this team is capable of going on a winning run of ten games, so hopefully that has started against Boro and we can carry it on against Bolton on Saturday.”

So what are the games he has in mind? They are…

1.  Manchester United   v   Bolton Wanderers
2.  Blackburn Rovers   v   Manchester United
3.  Manchester United   v   West Bromwich Albion
4.  Everton   v   Manchester United
5.  Manchester United   v   West Ham United
6.  Manchester United   v   Hull City
7.  Arsenal   v   Manchester United
8.  Manchester United   v   Stoke City
9.  Aston Villa   v   Manchester United
10. Manchester City   v   Manchester United

Well, of course, they’re all winnable (any game should be winnable for United) but 30 points out of 30 looks a tall order especially when you throw in a visit to the Emirates and a derby game at the City of Mcr.

Personally, I think we need a minimum 25 points from these 10 games to stay in contention for the title. I’m predicting that we’ll get 26 points in the following way:

Bolton (h) 3 points
Blackburn (a) 3 points
WBA (h) 3 points
Everton (a) 3 points
West Ham (h) 3 points
Hull City (h) 3 points
Arsenal (a) 1 point
Stoke (h) 3 points
Villa (a) 3 points
City (a) 1 point

Of course, we may slip up against any number of sides in there. Everton and Villa away should be challenging games. Our recent record against West Ham and city suggests that 4 points from these two fixtures might be a bit optimistic. However, there were signs against Chelsea last weekend and against Middlesbrough in the week that United are finally out of pre-season mode.

One last thought on Sir Ryan’s prediction. The games that follow that tenth game against City are Sunderland (h), Spurs (a), Wigan (h), Stoke (a) and Middlesbrough (a). Do you think it was fear of upsetting Royston Keane that stopped him from predicting a 15 match winning streak?

"United Will Win the Next 10 " was originally published at UnitedViews.co.uk.