Funny to hear the Wolfsburg manager refer to their opponents as "Manchester City". Had to chuckle.

I live in Catalonia chuck

Spot on Dan.

So, you're a Premier League manager who is under a bit of pressure after an indifferent start to this season, and a woeful end to the last. To turn the tide, you decide to appoint a new captain. Do you appoint:-

a) The long established goalkeeper, who hasn't missed many games since signing 6 years ago
b) The left-back, who has surpassed all expectations and performed admirably at this level, despite being constantly written off as 'lower-league at best'
c) The new right-back, who likes a bit of a shout and bawl and gets stuck in
or
d) The 35 year old faded ex-England 'star' who can barely complete 90 minutes even when he does play, which isn't all that often

Yes, you guessed it, Phil Brown has gone for option d!
As much as i hate to say it, he's lost the plot. Big time.

some of us knew he lost the plot in january

He's never had a plot to lose.

Likewise with Nani, guess they both just need time.

Indeed.

Only the very special players (e.g. Rooney and Fabregas) at that age have such great decision-making abilities.

Why have you got him as your avator?

Totally agree.

Valencia actually has a very good final ball, when he decides to use it. Sometimes he takes too many touches, or doesn't give the forwards enough time to get into position. Still over time, this will improve I'm sure.

If the media like ITV and Sky stopped comparing him to Ronaldo, it might go some way to helping the lad's confidence.

"If Ronaldo had the ball he'd run here then here, then shoot." Valencia and indeed no other player in world football is like Ronaldo, he's one of those geniouses which come along once in a while. They should just forget Ronaldo and let Valencia get on with his own game, same with Nani IMO.

I thought Carrick had his best game for a long time last night, his distribution was excellent, and his goal was awesome. Once again Ryan Giggs had a fantastic game, as did Berbatov when he came on, some of his touches and passing is quite unreal, a joy to watch at times.

Rooney gave away a lot of ball, which he has done in the past few games, quite uncharacteristically. Ferdinand and Vidic looked very shaky, especially with a new keeper behing them, seemed to be a real lack of communication.

Wolfsburg played really well, and I'm glad to have two wins from two difficult opening games. Hopefully, we can get a win in Moscow, then we can think about resting players in the last couple of group games.

The problem of been in the shadow of a "massive" club I guess.

Mark Pougatch (sp?) on 5live last night stated that they were unable to bring commentary from Old Trafford last night due to contractual issues. Does anybody know what this was all about? I would have thought it was a dispute between United and the BBC rather than BBC and UEFA as 5live had commentary from the Apoel/Chelsea game

You have seen the light