Fergie's Tactics in Europe.

Johnny Giles, an Irish football pundit, summed the match up perfectly when he said,

Lyon had the ambition to win the match but not the class, United had the class but not the ambition.

United went out and sat on their arses, Hargreaves (we might aswell have had Ivan Campo playing), and asking Paul Scholes, one of the most talented and creative midfielders the world has ever seen to play in a team with those tactics was a joke and an embarrassment to him. No movement from our players, no passion, no sign of the desire that we saw from the lads against Arsenal on Saturday.

Fergie sent out a 4-5-1 formation with the intention of preventing Lyon from scoring and just waiting for us to nip a goal or for Ronaldo or Rooney to do something special. In my opinion, against a team of Lyon's calibre or in fact any team, that is an embarrassment to the club and the competition.

I believe that the football should come before the result, especially in the case of United, who always play their best football when closing teams down and playing attacking football that has been the trademark of our illustrious club for decades.

Why didn't Fergie send out his team with the kind of passion and attacking football they displayed against Arsenal at the weekend, why did the team sit back and play square passes and constantly give the ball away until Lyon deservedly scored, and only then show some ambition to win the game.

I honestly believe we could have finished off the tie in Lyon on Wednesday night had it not been for Fergie and his, all I can think of is, "Benitez-style" tactics.

Our football and desire was an embarrassment to the fans who travelled to the match, to our traditional way of playing football and to the CL.

Afterall, we don't have the divine right to win at OT, why the hell were we playing for a draw?? It just amazes me. Where was the passion, where was the willingness to show even some ambition of winning the game, where was the team that chased and harried a terrified Arsenal team on Saturday.

Attack Europe Fergie, because you'll regret it if you don't, and if we have any more performances or display any more tactics like those that we did against Lyon on Wednesday night, we will be in for a big shock when we come up against some real competition.