Squaddies

The ever-ready battery in the Manchester United machine - that was the almost felicitous description of Park Ji-Sung last night by a decently over-excited commentator after his fine goal. Notice it could apply to a number of United regulars, Darren Fletcher being undoubtedly, yet again, the man of the match. The pundits who describe United as a one-man team (at one time that one man being Ronaldo, now the mighty Rooon) clearly know next to nothing about the game. Success over the last twenty years has been delivered above all else by the depth of strength of the squad and the manager's ability to turn good players into very good, almost great, footballers.

So Torres's 'demand' that Liverpool buy five quality players to show they're serious, seriously misses the point. You need to win with what you've got to be winners.