Manchester United: The Under-Dogs

Alex Fergusson appears to consider Manchester United as the under-dogs to both Arsenal and Chelsea in the current Premiership campaign.



Sir Alex said of his £27m capture of Wayne Rooney: "I can see Wayne having the same impact as Eric had on the team when I signed him."

"Eric came at a time when we hadn't won the title for 25 years and he was the man of a very important moment."

"Since then we have won a few titles but now we're trying to step up a few notches to a better level of play."

Such words were echoed by Gary Neville when he stated: "If we don't win the title this year, we could go three or four years without bringing it home."

I suspect these are mind games by Alex Fergusson set to shift the pressure away from his own team and on to his rivals.