EXCUSES, EXCUSES

Last updated : 17 May 2006 By Editor
From the Evening News:

"We've got to ask Chelsea more questions next season, for our own pride. Manchester United have been the dominant force in the Premier League since it started, no question about that. Eight championships is a phenomenal record and something we want to maintain and we want to get back into the winning circle again.

"Chelsea dropped two points at home and you look back at all the teams that have won the championship and that's exceptional. We did lose at home to Blackburn and we drew five games so we have to make sure this is a place where we get points. That's the starting point.

"The start of the season was a nightmare. It stops your momentum and therefore that consistency you need early season to get a run and get confidence in the camp was denied us.

"This season started with Louis Saha getting injured in training, and that was him out until November. Quinton Fortune was injured in training a week before the season started and he was out for the season, but we handled that well.

"Then Roy Keane got his metatarsal injury and Gabriel Heinze got his knee injury, Gary Neville missed the start of the season with his groin, so there you've got five players, half a team, missing before the end of September."