Sublime

It's a great feeling watching United in action these days. You just know that you're watching one of the great sides in football history, YOUR team, as they set records and win trophies. Don't let these moments just pass you by!

Remember days like today. Yes, it wasn't Juventus or Barcelona in a European Cup Final, it was Roy Hodgson's Fulham, a mid-table Premiership side. However, they are a team who've forged a reputation this year as a solid, hard-to-beat side, particularly at Craven Cottage. Frankly, they may as well have been the local pub team from 'The Fox and Hound'...

United, without the talismanic figure of the World Player of the Year (Ronny was left at home in Manchester, not even making the journey down to West London), simply blew Fulham away. Despite having a few nervy moments early on, when Rio's casual manner almost cost us dearly, referee Mike Dean could have saved Fulham a lot of heartache by blowing up after Carlos Tevez had embarrassed Paul Konchesky by beating the defender to a Rooney flick-on to open the scoring on 20 minutes. By the time Park was placing no. 4 past the hapless Mark Schwarzer, Fulham had been reduced to little more than schoolboys asked to take part in a World Cup training session.

Once again, young players like Evans, Welbeck and Eckersley stepped into the side and showed they have the ability and temperament required to become top-class players for the Club in years to come- it's little wonder than Sir Alex is openly admitting that he'll find it almost impossible to retire from his post when the time comes to hand the reins to someone else!

One of the drawbacks of competing for so many prizes is the sheer number of games and the lack of time to catch breath between them. So, this week we welcome Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan to Old Trafford for the decisive tie in the European Cup last 16 fixture, quickly followed by another huge game against Liverpool, one in which defeat for the Merseysiders would surely spell the end for their fading hopes of winning the Premiership title.

It must be a great comfort for Sir Alex to know that he has virtually two great players for every position on the park, though fit right-backs are 'short on the ground' just now. His ability to constantly rotate the squad, with little effect on team performance, has been a key component of our current run of form in all competitions.

Mourinho will have been bemused to learn that the likes of Ronaldo, Berbatov, Giggs and Scholes played no part whatsoever this evening and will be fresh and raring to go against the Italian champions. It should be another memorable European night at Old Trafford and though you discount the threat of an outfit like Inter at your cost, I will be gutted if we don't win the game with some degree of comfort. It would be a terrible slight on this team to finish this season with out making it all the way to Rome in May.