Kids Justify Ferguson Selection

By: Wayne Farry | May 25th, 2009

First off, apologies for the lull in activity during the weekend prior to the biggest game of the season but things have been busy. Real busy. Anyway, I’m here now and no time like the present to do some blogging.

As the title suggests, the team that Fergie put out (mostly youngsters but not exclusively) was more than good enough to beat Hull and therefore silence any possible critics on the matter. You may or may not remember that I said this in a post a while back, while I was talking about Ferguson’s selection quandary:

“But for all the people out there who think it shows a lack of respect, bear in mind that given their positions, and the lack of heart and pride they’ve shown recently, Hull, Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Sunderland will probably all lose come Sunday, and end up making this argument completely redundant.”

Don’t like to say I told you so but…ahem…Anyway, it was an absolutely stunning Darren Gibson goal that sealed it against what truly was an appalling poor Hull side. They honestly are barely even a shadow of their earlier season-selves. But we’re not complaining.

It was actually a strange game to be honest. The youngsters of United (including De Laet in his first game) didn’t exactly show the tenacity that was expected of them but such was Hull’s bluntness and generally direness that they rarely posed a problem. Rio Ferdinand, perhaps surprisingly didn’t feature, Fergie opting to give him a bit more time. Wes Brown, though, did start and played well in his first game in a long time.

I doubt that any players that weren’t in Fergie’s thoughts for the CL Final have forced themselves in from Sunday’s game but if nothing else, it was a nice opportunity to see some of the reserves/youngsters in action, especially Tosic, who hadn’t been seen alive in a long time.

Not much more to say other than congratulations to Hull City for staying up.