Manchester United 2 - 1 Wolves

Same old story. Late winner. Played well, got nothing. That's the story once again and it's beginning to become a very unwelcome habit.

First half, we played the ball around patiently and created chances. You could say we matched United that half. Nemanja Vidic deflected Nenad Milijas' shot just the wrong side of the post and Stephen Hunt failed to latch onto Matt Jarvis' telling inswinger and once again, we paid the price for near misses. Just before half time, a sublime pass from Darren Fletcher found Park Ji-Sung got away from Karl Henry with ease and slotted into the bottom corner.

But that harsh goal before the whistle didn't alter our mentality at the restart. But nothing much was happening in the game until the tale of two striking subsitiutions was told. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake instinctively took control of Nenad Milijas' tame shot and slotted the ball through Edwin Van Der Sar's legs to make it all all level and with ten minutes left, we squandered a chance. Steven Fletcher should've found the net when he was teed up by Michael Mancienne, some would feel that the latter should've took the chance himself. And Fletcher unoffically made himself scapegoat to some fans when he carelessly gave the ball away which saw Park cut inside Stephen Ward, who needlessly slid in in vain, and scuffed his shot into the bottom corner with a minute of stoppage time to spare. What's more annoying about the winner was that had he hit the shot full-on, maybe Marcus Hahnemann would've stood a chance of saving.

Another kick in the groin. Don't think I can be any more elborate than that.

'Grobs'

LINE-UPS

MAN UTD: Van der Sar; Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Obertan, Fletcher, Hargreaves (Bebe 10 (Macheda 74)), O'Shea (Scholes 74), Park; Hernandez.

WOLVES: Hahnemann; Foley, Stearman, Berra, Ward; Hunt (Ebanks-Blake 64). Edwards (Fletcher 65), Henry, Milijas (Mancienne 77), Jarvis; Doyle.

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Manchester United v Wolves

Today we return to the scene of perhaps our most controversial moment of last season as we visit Old Trafford and who'd have thought this time last month that we would fancy our chances?

United will be without Wayne Rooney (obviously), Darren Fletcher, Darron Gibson and Nani, who is arguably their player of the season thus far. But despite these players missing, 'Taggart' remains spoilt for choice for options with Ryan Giggs returning and that certain little Mexican that did us in the Carling Cup. What team will be put out is anyone's guess but they will seek a win to keep up with Chelsea.

　
Same again for us, same absentees, same line-up (no ten changes, sorry to disappoint you national newspapers), same kind of stall and who's to say it will get us our first victory at the theatre of dreams for 30 years?
　
Like the last two league games and the Carling Cup fixture, we'll put up a fight. Our chances of coming away with something hinges on the chances we take.

'Grobs'
　
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS

MAN UTD: Van Der Sar; Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Park, Carrick, Giggs, Obertan; Hernandez, Berbatov

WOLVES: Hahnemann; Foley, Stearman, Berra, Ward; Jarvis, Milijas, Henry, Edwards, Hunt; Doyle

ODDS (with William Hill)

WIN: Man Utd 1/4; Draw 4/1; Wolves 14/1

FIRST GOALSCORER: United - Hernandez 11/4, Berbatov 3/1, Macheda 9/2, Giggs 15/2, Park 8/1, Scholes 10/1, Vidic 16/1; Wolves - Steven Fletcher 12/1, Doyle 14/1, Ebanks-Blake 14/1, Jarvis 16/1, Hunt 20/1, Milijas 25/1, Stearman 40/1

KEY PLAYER: Javier Hernandez. Done us in the Carling ten days ago and is starting to look the real deal.

WEAKEST LINK: Central midfield. Will be missing Fletcher and will be made to look like paperweights, just like they were back in march.

NOTABLE MUTUAL ALUMNI: Denis Irwin, Paul Ince, Darren Ferguson, Darron Gibson, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

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Four Horsemen Of The (Premiership) Apocalypse

Eight games, six points and here come the Four Horsemen Of The Premiership Apocalypse and I'm not talking about Conquest, War, Famine and Death, but Ancelotti, Mancini, 'Taggart' and Wenger. To kept the results respectable or even withstand any chance of getting a measly point, we must set our stall out - 4-5-1, men behind the ball and get forward whenever possible - like we did in the latter half of last season. Let's take a quick close glance at what could be the top 4 come May.

Chelsea (a)

Even with the absense of Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba, they should win with no need to move to top gear. Way too much firepower with Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Kalou and Flourent Malouda still at large.

Manchester City (h)

Their away form has been rather unconvincing so far this season and should Carlos Tevez not be available for selection, then they could pay the price for their over-reliance on the Argentinian striker.

Manchester United (a)

They've not been the most convincing this season. However Old Trafford is quite a fortress and after West Brom grabbed a draw there, 'Taggart' will look to make sure more points aren't dropped at home to smaller sides.

Arsenal (h)

Like Manchester City, their away form hasn't been the best season. And with the absense of Robin van Persie and (potentially) Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal can be a ordinary side on a bad day. Play our cards right and test whichever keeper Arsene Wenger chooses to put out and we could get summat.

But all in all, points at this stage, points should be considered as a bonus as our priority is to finish these next four games with our pride and confidence intact, otherwise we might not turn up for the more winnable games after.

'Grobs'