United Have 2 Points - That's Life.

No United fan can be happy right now. Ferguson seems to be blind to the fact that they need to get another striker, and quick, before the transfer window closes. Ronaldo just will not keep quiet about how "unfair" his red card was, and although no one can claim that the EPL refs have been on the top of their game in the last couple weeks (hello Ref. Styles), there is literally nothing that can be done to reverse it and Ronaldo has two more games to whine through before he can come back. Rooney's injury is no one's fault (but true fans will begrudge Reading for Rooney's fracture) but no one is happy when Rooney is not being fielded.

Tevez and Nani tried to score those goals that the Rooney-Ronaldo team scored last season during the Manchester derby, but they just couldn't net the ball and Man City gets bragging rights for the next year, which they rightfully deserve - United just couldn't close the deal. Nevermind that Nani probably wasn't bought with the anticipation that he'd be played so soon, but Tevez was a bit of a disappointment - this player is familiar with the Premier league and had a good summer, but probably not a burn out amount, during the Copa America and yet...nothing netted.

Its aggravating that United is flailing. They have bought heavily over the transfer period and lets not forget they won the Premier league last year.

But something is off with the team, outside of just the lack of goals and points - a certain amount of...whining and blame shifting which is not classy. Now its to be expected that when teams win, why would they complain? United, however, is a team that typically has more...breadth than to whine and moan about whose fault it is that they're losing - the fault is no one else's but their own and its high time they start taking responsibility for how foolish they are (under) performing.

This week, SAF came out and admitted that United has certainly created an "uphill" battle for themselves, but its not over yet. All of the Big Four are under performing, and except for some standout individual performances (Torres' premier EPL goal, Gerrard's "Beckham-esq" free kick (awarded after...diving but still a great shot), Martin's bicycle kick goal), the smaller teams are really playing the better football...while many don't mind that the domination of the Big Four, at least this early on, is being diminished, one can't help but wonder just what has happened over the last two months that the club's usual remedy of big bucks and new, bigtime ballers can't cure. Maybe its a sense of entitlement (SAF did ask for a "zone of protection" around CR7, which to everyone but SAF sounds ludicrous), or just fatigue, or maybe they don't want it as much (sans Liverpool whose drive to take the Premier title is quite clear)...but is the old guard making way for a new generation? Its still early and anything can happen...but when Man City is #1 and Man U is 16, you just can't help but wonder...and if so, what that type of Premier league would look like.