Well maybe that was abit harsh. Its not just the penalty in the shootout that was very (very) poor. Its just that he doesnt seem interested in playing most of the time – I know its his style! Hopefully next season he can step it up. Vidic and Evra didnt play too well in their first season and look at them now!
Back to the games … It was the FA Cup semi-final at the weekend with Arsenal playing Chelsea and United played Everton. Both games were played at Wembley which was different to normal. I didnt watch the Chelsea Arsenal game but Chelsea won. I wanted Arsenal to win – if you know me you will know I am not a fan of Chelsea.
The United v Everton game was on Sunday and Everton won. It was abit of a sport day for me after playing football earlier on, watching the Chinese Grand Prix and then the FA Cup Semi-final. The game was rather boring to be honest and ended 0-0 after extra time. United really should have had a penalty but it was not given. Even Moyes thought it was a penalty. Anyway, we didnt really play particularly well. Stand out performance – as he has been most of this season – was Vidic.
Anyway, it ended up going to penalties. Cahill missed the 1st one and United were in the driving seat. Berbatov was next and as I mentioned earlier, took a really poor penalty – the worst ever?? (see below). So lazy, so weak. It was as if he was kicking the ball back to the keeper!
Everton scored there next one and United’s 2nd was taken by Ferdinand. He also had his penalty saved but it was a better effort. Everyone else scored the penalties including Vidic and Anderson but the 2 missed United penalties meant Everton won. Everton now play Chelsea in the final and I hope they win! For a few different reason that include Everton have a top manager I like and also a few former United players in the squad.
There has been a lot of talk and comments online on various web sites and forums about Berbatov and his shocking penalty. People are also commenting on his lazy, slow style of play. Hes a talented footballer but just not a Manchester United player. United play with pace with players like Ronaldo and Rooney and Berbatov is just not like that. He gets the ball and it all slows down. He must be in the running for worst player of the year (considering his £30m price tag). Scored handful of goals and in some way has (possibly) forced Tevez out of United – who United fans love.
That means the quintuple dream is over and we can now “only” win 4. With Liverpool and Arsenal drawing tonight (in another 4-4 draw and from what I read an amazing game – I saw the last 15 minutes) it means United are level on points with Liverpool with 2 games in hand. Liverpool have 5 more games to play in the league so its moving more and more towards United. Its not over yet though – it could all change very quickly. Come on United!!
Here is that Berbatov penalty:
The last day of the transfer window was properly one of the most eventful EVER!!
Right, now to the biggest shock of the deal and the one everyone is talking about. Manchester City signed Robinho, Yep, thats right. The Brazillian “superstar” and the “next Pele” has signed for Manchester City. This all came about because City were bought by consortium 
The Abu Dhabi United Group “bought” City in the morning and they were really quick with they “bidding”. Apparently they even bid for Berbatov trying to ruin United’s deal!! They also tried to sign David Villa. It has also come out today that they want to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, Torres and Fabregas in the January transfer window. Football will never be the same again!! Not sure if its going to be a good thing for British football and the smaller clubs. Its going to be even more about the money….. 
They will 
There was also talk of Barton going to Portsmouth from Newcastle. Thankfully that was just a stupid rumour – Harry Redknapp has more sense I hope! However that was just a small “story” relating to Newcastle compared to what happened today (and may happen????). According to some reports Kevin Keegan has left Newcastle after only 8 months. There are various reports on why he was involved including lack of money to sign players, the players Newcastle signed not being players he choose and also something to do with Barton and playing him in the last game (even though he is still to be charged by the FA etc). The latest is that 
