[mr_missile]

sir alex must have baffled many, me included, when i first saw the line up vs pool.

there was no rooney, no chicharito, no nani and no anderson. and he played 5 across the midfield with jones playing there for the 1st time in a united shirt.

i thought to myself, "what the? is sir alex playing for a draw? it is not the united way to play for a draw leh."

as we all know by now, nani, rooney and chicharito all went in as subs and salvaged a draw at anfield where united had lost 3 games straight.

is that master stroke from sir alex again or what? to contain pool and not let them overrun utd and then send in the more mobile trio as pool faded in the game?

or was it that sir alex has more "important" games coming up that he had opted to rest his big guns for?

the next 2 games certainly look that way. the mid-week champions league tie vs Otelul Galati has become a must win tie. then followed by the weekend top of the table clash against the noisy neighbours man city.

both seem to rank higher in importance to sir alex rather than the game vs pool and hence his team selection on sat.

come next week, we will know if sir alex has indeed delivered another master stroke in team rotation.