From the beginning of the season, apart from Europe, and a few scattered performances, the worst thing was watching a Manchester United team that was disjointed, missing chances, and though pretty good defensively, making the odd error which resulted in the loss of two points, in some cases three.
The first thought was that we aren't going to win anything this year - and then that became irrelevant to me and all I wanted was to see them playing the type of football we associate with the club.
After the City game there were two schools of thought - that the shock to their systems would spur them into some kind of action resembling football, or that their confidence would have taken such a battering that those players would never again function as a team.
A few weeks later and we have an almost surreal situation.
BARTHEZ is making Schmeichel type saves and must have inspired confidence in his defenders
O'SHEA is some kind of superhuman player who seems to be playing his way successfully through every position.
SILVESTRE has finally got his wish and is playing as a centre-back, and is probably biting his tongue whilst longing to say "Told you so....."
BROWN has come back from injury with a confidence that seemed to have deserted him, and is now inspiring confidence in not just the rest of the team, but in us as well.
GARY NEVILLE has banished the demons from the City game and took on Liverpool like a man possessed
PHIL NEVILLE did the same to Arsenal
DIEGO FORLAN who couldn't apparently couldn't score in a brothel, suddenly scores against Villa and Southampton - and then two against Liverpool!
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER is showing David Beckham how to be a right winger
PAUL SCHOLES is just doing what Paul Scholes does best, and has decided he'll do it from deep or behind Ruud, he doesn't much care which.
SEBA VERON has decided to play the English style and is getting stuck in and moving twice as fast as he ever has before
RUUD has recovered from injury and a slowish (by his standards) start, and looks like he's enjoying playing football again.
GIGGSY tried taking on defenders and crossing the ball last night and looked a whole lot better for it.
FORTUNE plays in central midfield and becomes more of a hero in a few games than in the rest of his time here.
And KEANO says he's coming back wiser.
On top of that, in the past three weeks we've beaten Newcastle, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Deportivo.
If this was Dream Team or Roy of the Rovers, you'd say it was unrealistic.
The first thought was that we aren't going to win anything this year - and then that became irrelevant to me and all I wanted was to see them playing the type of football we associate with the club.
After the City game there were two schools of thought - that the shock to their systems would spur them into some kind of action resembling football, or that their confidence would have taken such a battering that those players would never again function as a team.
A few weeks later and we have an almost surreal situation.
BARTHEZ is making Schmeichel type saves and must have inspired confidence in his defenders
O'SHEA is some kind of superhuman player who seems to be playing his way successfully through every position.
SILVESTRE has finally got his wish and is playing as a centre-back, and is probably biting his tongue whilst longing to say "Told you so....."
BROWN has come back from injury with a confidence that seemed to have deserted him, and is now inspiring confidence in not just the rest of the team, but in us as well.
GARY NEVILLE has banished the demons from the City game and took on Liverpool like a man possessed
PHIL NEVILLE did the same to Arsenal
DIEGO FORLAN who couldn't apparently couldn't score in a brothel, suddenly scores against Villa and Southampton - and then two against Liverpool!
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER is showing David Beckham how to be a right winger
PAUL SCHOLES is just doing what Paul Scholes does best, and has decided he'll do it from deep or behind Ruud, he doesn't much care which.
SEBA VERON has decided to play the English style and is getting stuck in and moving twice as fast as he ever has before
RUUD has recovered from injury and a slowish (by his standards) start, and looks like he's enjoying playing football again.
GIGGSY tried taking on defenders and crossing the ball last night and looked a whole lot better for it.
FORTUNE plays in central midfield and becomes more of a hero in a few games than in the rest of his time here.
And KEANO says he's coming back wiser.
On top of that, in the past three weeks we've beaten Newcastle, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Deportivo.
If this was Dream Team or Roy of the Rovers, you'd say it was unrealistic.