It is pretty tough to imagine how this week could get any better. Perhaps Angelina Jolie will call and tell me she has â..had enough of Brad and can I take her in for a couple of weeksâ.., or maybe I will open tomorrowâ..s newspaper and read the headline:
CURE FOR CANCER FOUND IN BEER!
Unfortunately, despite the longing glances I am casting at my phone, neither of those things will happen. Instead, when I read my copy of the Daily Hooray over breakfast I will see the follwing two things:
1. Cahill equalises
and
2. Kaka snubs Man City

Tim Cahill is no Tomb Raider but he will do for now.

So, where do things now lie? The reality is that only three points separate the top four teams so absolutely nothing can be taken for granted. Also, and this is critical, the greatest obstacle we now face may be overconfidence in our own team. Do not start gloating yet chaps.

As things stand, we have several players injured, an out of form Paul Scholes and an extremely tired team. If we take results from elsewhere in the country out of the picture and focus solely on our own form, then we would reach the following two conclusions.

Firstly, we have an enormous number of fixtures approaching, including a semi-final and two games against Mourinhoâ..s Inter Milan. And secondly, we are not scoring enough goals and Wayne Rooney is injured. Anybody watching the side wheeze to the last couple of victories, or losing to Derby, should be inclined to hold their horses.

Still, with everybody else in the league doing their best to take it easy on us we should be grateful that we are where we are. Any confidence we may feel right now is to be of the quiet kind, anything else would be silly. Mind you, if Angelina calls then the race is over. Iâ..ll let you know.

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