Quote Originally Posted by mistaram View Post
RA your right about Bird he improved when Rooney arrived , In fact towards the end of last season he was first name on the team sheet , He was our best player and fans talking about selling him to Chelsea for £20million . I'm not worried about him he's just a youngster going through a bad patch He's very skilfull with a great football brain . Just hope he doesn't become the boo boy our fans struggle for one when Evans isn't in the team
You’re right, mista, but he’s very young (just 20) and young players can find it difficult in struggling sides.
One of the worst mistakes Cocu has made, imo, was to make Bird captain. 19/20 year old leaders are (very) few and far between. I agree with you about his potential and the need for people not to get on his back, but he’s still at the stage, imo, where he’ll benefit from the praise and criticism from an ‘older head’.

Just watched some of United v Chelsea...God it was dull!