Manchester United vs. Norwich: Red Devils Can't Afford to Overlook Canaries

They're young, they're brash and they're just dumb enough to be thinking upsets. 

Kids—you just can't teach them a good lesson in humility. They have to go out and learn it all by themselves. Sometimes, they teach us all a lesson in self-confidence in the process. 

The newly-promoted Canaries take on Manchester United on Saturday. It would be prudent to start the David and Goliath comparisons now. 

Norwich City is certainly as David as one could hope for. They have been promoted twice in as many years and find themselves among the big boys for the first time since 2005. 

The Canaries have approached this EPL season as they have any other promotion. They play like they belong, and that passion has rewarded their effort to a tune of two wins in the last couple of weeks against Bolton and Sunderland. 

The folks at Carrow Road are starting to believe. Meanwhile, at Old Trafford, they are slipping into complacency. 

The silent killer of all teams big and pompous is complacency. When results come as easily as they do for United, you start to create challenges for yourself. 

If that wasn't the case, the Red Devils may have picked up full points against Stoke City and FC Basel. The latter result, of course, could have been worse if not for the late heroics of Ashley Young. 

Sir Alex Ferguson can hardly afford another lackluster performance at Old Trafford, and I don't expect it. United have had enough of soft defense and attacking doldrums. 

Look for them to give the Canaries their best shot on Saturday. Splitting points in their last two fixtures is enough of a wake up call for the Manchester outfit. 

Norwich City will come out with confidence and fire. However, that won't nearly be enough to get a result at Old Trafford.