Football Orphan: Drunken Man-chester United.

Manchester United’s season continues to stumble on like a drunken punter making his way home from the pub. United progressed past Marseille into the Champions League quarter finals in another unconvincing display at Old Trafford last night.

There were no positives to take from the performance with the exception of another scoring appearance from Javier Hernandez. United were unlucky to suffer not one, but two hamstring injuries and were indeed forced into making substitutions.

Much of the after match analysis leaned towards how Fergie‘s men shouldn’t fear anyone left in the draw except for maybe Barcelona. On the contrary, I can’t see in a million years how anyone could fear the worst Manchester United team since Alex Ferguson took over. Granted they may have individual talent, and that fused with the lack of a serious challenger domestically and in Europe has seen them labour through competitions.

It’s plain to see that the management are well aware of the shortcomings of the team, and have protected the group through every stage of all criticism received so far this season. There is tension bubbling under the surface with the Rooney situation, and with a number of senior players either injured or closing in on retirement any strong challenge could prove to be a fatal blow in United’s season.

It remains to be seen if the Old Trafford outfit can move up through the gears as we’re used to seeing at this stage of the season, but there’s nothing to suggest from the performances of the previous eight months that this will be the case. As the drunken punter finally makes his way down the garden path, we shall anticipate if he can find his house key or even for that matter, find the keyhole.