Squeeky Brum Time

So with a weakened attack, an injury decimated defence and no star signings, United seem to have inexplicably improved, managing something they have struggled with in recent years, winning on the opening day of the season.

Above all else, having endured two seasons where we failed to beat relatively weak opposition at home in Reading and Newcastle, winning today felt even sweeter than usual.

The performance itself was far from footballing bliss though, a mainly frustrating affair that failed to excite for the most part. The main theme was once again our profligacy in front of goal.

I would love to see the statistic on how many chances we create compared to the number of goals we score. In this game, we had 17 shots on target, 9 off target, 7 saved shots and 10 shots blocked. 1 Goal.

Rooney scored it and was his all action best. Berbatov oozed class and actually broke sweat. If he adds consistency and goals to his link up play, he will be a legend. Evra was once again the left back blueprint of defending and attacking interplay.

My Man of the Match and special shout out goes to Fletcher, someone who is already on the way to being a terrace hero. He was outstanding today, doing all the things we know he is good at from running marathon distances on the pitch to doing a job in both penalty boxes.

Today also, I saw him step us as a real on-field leader, constantly shouting orders and organising the midfield. He paid special attention to Fabio and Valencia throughout the game, encouraging them throughout, and with that both their performances improved as they game went on.

So all in all a great 3 points and flashes of an exciting team for the season ahead.

Be warned though the papers with their uninspired pundits will lazily keep repeating the line: 'How will United cope without Ronaldo and Tevez".

The ABUs (Anyone But United) will repeat this after each game for at least another 14 seasons.

All we need to do is remind them that we had one of our worst scoring seasons last year with Ronaldo and Tevez in attack.

For now I am off to bask in the happiness we all feel on at the start of the new season, with the added knowledge that we are 3 points better off at this stage than both our previous successful seasons.

WTFAMU