17 Games and Counting...!!

Steve Bruce is still waiting for his first victory over Sir Alex Ferguson in 17 games and the Sunderland manager admitted yesterday, following his side's 2-0 defeat, that he was "naïve" to pick such an open, attacking team at Old Trafford.

Bruce was without seven first-team players for the game against Manchester United and said that he had little choice but to pick a side with two wingers and two strikers. "Maybe I was a bit naïve to think we could do it but to be fair I didn't have much choice," he said.

"We were so open with two out-and-out wide players and two out-and-out attackers but with the sickness and injuries in the squad there was not much we could do about. When we beat Chelsea [at Stamford Bridge] we had a full team. That doesn't take away from the lads who were playing but we felt we were well beaten."

Bruce, whose team host Blackpool tomorrow, will have the United loan signing Danny Welbeck (ineligible yesterday) and Lee Cattermole back from suspension as well as Kieran Richardson and Titus Bramble in contention. Yesterday he was forced into playing Christian Riveros in midfield and Bolo Zenden and Steed Malbranque on the wing.

On United's title prospects, Bruce said that he expected Ferguson's team to get even better in the new year. "They have been first or second for the last six years," he said. "They have been there or thereabouts and usually they get better from now on in..(continue)

-story from independent.co.uk

Kesian Steve Bruce...ekeke!! Dah 17 kali nak kalahkan team MENTOR dia tapi tak berjaya gak...nak wat camane kan..Sir Alex memang POWER!! Takpelah Brucey..try next time yek!! Yang best semalam Man Utd stil the UNBEATEN team in the league and TOP of the table..hopefully it will maintain to be there till the end of the season! Rooney pun dah seperti dolu2 and BerbaTOP pulak berjaya menjaring kan 2 lagi gol utk mengumpul 13 gol EPL utk musim ni..bolehkan dia jadi TOP scorer utk EPL musim ni?? Sama2lah kita tunggu dan lihat..GGMU to all!! (full story click here..!!)