Name on the Trophy

Well, where was the drama? After a season that has been more unpredictable than a certain roulette table at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas (not my finest hour), we all were waiting with baited breath for the footballing script writers to conjure up yet another twist in their best selling season to date. Sadly, it never arrived.

The closest thing we got to madness was Steven Gerrard supplying Didier Drogba with the simplest of goals, an act that hasn't exactly improved relations between himself and United fans worldwide. As the second goal went in, any hopes that followers of the Red Devils had that their dreaded enemy would do them favour vanished into the Meryside air. With Wigan at home for Chelsea next week, the title is theirs.

United went about their business later that afternoon as they put away Sunderland 1-0. It could have been four or five had Dimitar Berbatov not left his finishing touch in the locker at White Hart Lane when he moved to Old Trafford. I feel for the Bulgarian. He could be out of OT this summer. I, unlike many fans, would give him another season however if he performs the same way he has done this year it could ruin his footballing career, let alone his United one.

One thing that made me laugh when watching the Liverpool game was a banner held aloft in the Kop. It simply read 'Gary Neville or Chelsea.' It was not followed by a question mark as it was not a question. It was a statemen. A statement of how bad a situtaion Benitez's men were in. Lose and they all but lost their Champions League spot. Win and they lost their league record, which they currently hold with United.

There was a lot of talk this week, mainly from Liverpool fans, that Gerrard and his team were going to 'throw' the game to stop United from becoming England's greatest team. After the back pass, a few eyebrows were raised. But there was no way Liverpool threw this game. The talk of them throwing the game comes down the simple fact that the fans knew they were not good enough to win in the first place. Liverpool have had a dreadful season. They have had issues with beach balls, strikers and defenders. In fact they have pretty much played with 10 men all season when Insua plays. Insua is that rare gem in football, a defender who can't defend.

So it looks like there will be a party on Sunday at Stamford Bridge. Unless the script writers have saved the biggest shock of all for the season finale? Sadly, as Fergie said, United and their fans are now clutching at straws.