Fit again wing back Fabio Aurelio is confident we will bounce back following our disappointing Champions League outing in Florence.
He said: “We would have hoped for a better result but we can’t think about that now and must think about the future.
“We have an important game in the Premier League against Chelsea on Sunday and we must try to make things right.
“Hopefully it will be a different game and we can go there and get a result.”
I’m backing us to get up by one against that Blue Scum.
Captain fantastic Steven Gerrard says the confidence is coming back into the team following our recent run of victories.
He said: “We got a really good win at West Ham last season, we were well organised and very dangerous on the counter-attack, and I am sure that will be the plan again at the weekend.
“The title race seems to be becoming a big six, and at the weekend we have the Manchester derby while Chelsea play Tottenham.
“So something will have to give.
“So hopefully we can get a good win at West Ham, concentrate on our own performance and pray the results will fall in our favour by the end of the weekend.
“We are slowly getting back to where we want to be with three wins on the spin and hopefully another at West Ham.”
He added: “The confidence is starting to come back into the squad now, losing those two early games close together was not good but we are building slowly back to the form we want.
“It takes a while to get back to your best, but we are happy with the reaction from everybody so now we aim to go and get a good win at West Ham on Saturday.
“It is still very early, but it was important that we recovered from that poor start. This is only the beginning for us.
“We have seen Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea start well, and some of the big teams without important players, so it is going to be an interesting fight this season.
Ok we know that the 1-0 midweek home Champions League win against European minnows Debrecen was not the most polished performance but hey, we got the points, avoided injuries and continued our recent winning momentum. Dutch workhorse Dirk Kuyt got on the sheet just before the break and that was enough. Lets hope we can get another couple of victories in the next few games so we can play some youngsters and focus on the league.
Ah what a night!!!! Watching the dirty Manc Scum trounced by a brilliant Barcelona team was the next best thing to us being there ourselves. The look on Ferguson’s face was priceless…It reminded me of a certain look he had the last time we visited Old Trafford 
Goals from Samuel Eto’o in the 10th minute and Lionel Messi in the 70th was enough to see the Catalan giants pick up their third trophy of the season and send the Mancs into disarray. I love it.
A distraught Cristiano Ronaldo blamed Alex Ferguson’s tactics following the defeat. He said: “This is the biggest disappointment of my career,” ”I’m always confident in my own ability and confident that we can win whenever we play, which makes it even more disappointing. We had 10 minutes and then we never found ourselves again,” ”The tactics were not good and everything went wrong.”
When asked if he would be at Old Trafford next season, he replied: “I don’t know”
Well it seems Ronaldo is finally off to Madrid and Tevez is joining a real club (Kop that Fergie hahaha) so things couldn’t look better for us going into next season.
One more thing for all the dirty mancs before I go. Ferguson did say he was desperate to win the CL this season so the club can be closer to the great sides of Europe. That’s right son!!! THE GREAT SIDES!!! Like us.. 5 TIMES FERGIE!!! DON’T YOU FORGET IT!!!
JOHNY JOHNY!!!!! Use your right foot, outside of the left, put it into THE KOP, anything…..just don’t do that…..
Never mind, what is done is done. Although seriously deflated at the present time I have complete faith in our lads to produce another memorable European away fixture and get us to the final where we belong.
Stamford Bridge has never been regarded as a fortress and although they have a good record there with Rafa in charge, we will rise again, just as we have done in other crucial away fixtures in Turin, Barcelona, Marseille etc.
Speaking straight after the disappointing 1-1 semi final first leg draw at Anfield, a shell shocked but still confident Stevie G said: “We haven’t played there (Stamford Bridge) with Fernando Torres, have we?”
He added: “Obviously we’re disappointed with the late goal but it’s done. We’ve got to pick ourselves up. We’ve got to get a result at the weekend then give it everything we can at Stamford Bridge. We know this tie is not over.
“It’s my job as captain to pick the boys up and make sure we’re ready for next week.
“Let people say Chelsea are favourites, let them. We’ve got to block that out and do what we’ve got to do. We are confident we can beat Chelsea on their patch.
“We’ve created the better chances against them here. I don’t think Pepe had anything to do besides pick the ball out late doors. Petr Cech has had to pull off two or three great saves. To be honest, we’d have been disappointed if this game had ended 1-0 when it could have been 2-0.”
CMON LADS DO IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely gutted.
We arrived in Athens full of confidence and over powered a strong Milan side but I guess it just wasn’t to be our day in Athens.
Rafa and the lads can hold their heads high knowing that Milan were fortunate to come away with this match as the victors.
The first goal was undoubtedly a hand ball but was too quick for anyone to realise.
Milan then successfully slowed the play down with their time wasting tactics and came away with the Cup. I’m absolutely gutted but am sure we come back better than ever next season and challenge for all four competitions.
What some of the lads said after the match.
Skipper Stevie G: “It’s difficult to take but that’s football for you, you’ve got to take it on the chin and move on and try and pick yourself up but at the moment it’s heartbreaking.”
“I thought we started the game really well,” he said.
“We were controlling it how we’d like to but I think when you are on top you’ve got to score.
“Their first goal was a bit of luck and that was a big, big lift for them and it was difficult from then on.
“We’ve got the confidence in our team that if we’re getting beat we can still turn it around.
“We gave it everything we’ve got but it wasn’t to be tonight but credit to our players we worked so hard.”
Dirk Kuyt: “(At half-time) we were in control,”
“We had a few little chances and you have be lucky to score a goal.
“They were really lucky (to score) one minute before half-time, one of their players touched the ball in the area.
“We tried it for 90 minutes but unfortunately it didn’t happen.”
Rafa: “The rules talk about substitutions, yellow card, and players’ injuries - but anyway that is not a reason we lost against a very good team with top-class players,”
“And the difference sometimes is that you can work hard, but you cannot close the space or the pass, or the penetrative pass from Kaka, or a Seedorf or Inzaghi.”
“The first half we did really well, we played really, really well and then we conceded a deflection at the end of the first half,”
“Second half we were pushing, pushing, but then you leave space and then they have quality and it made the difference.
“We tried to keep the ball and press high, but you need to take your chances - we did have a lot and went close, but the quality they have if you lose the ball you will be in trouble.
“I think the team in the first half was really good.”
QUADRUPLE NEXT SEASON LADS…
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
FLASHBACK TO THAT GREAT DAY IN ISTANBUL
I WILL BE PUTTING UP A NEW VIDEO AFTER WE WIN No 6 TONIGHT…. IM PUMPED!!!!
Crouchy has expressed his excitement to be part of the upcoming Champions League final in Athens.
Crouch told The Independent: “I remember thinking what a fantastic stage it was to play on, so to actually have a chance of repeating that is the best part of it,”
“People may have thought after 2005 that wouldn’t happen again for a good few years but once the boys had a taste of success it made them hungry. And we seem to do it in this competition.
“I have enjoyed this season, we have played well and when I have played in the Champions League I seem to have scored.
“Having got to the final and having the chance of winning it I am proud of the goals I have scored to help get us there.”
He added: “Beating Barcelona in the Nou Camp was a fantastic achievement that all the lads can be proud of,”
“Against Chelsea, there was so much to lose and thankfully we came out on top. I don’t think anyone cared what kind of game it was as long as we got to the final.”
When asked if there was any possibility of him leaving the club this summer, he said: “I don’t want to go anywhere, I’m happy,”
“I have had a fantastic two years, I won the FA Cup in the first year and I hope I can add the Champions League.”
Bolo Zenden is desperate to be picked in the run-out side that will face AC Milan in the Champions League final this week.
“I hope my performances against Chelsea in the semi-final will mean I will be given a start,” said Zenden.
“I played in most of the Champions League games this year. I think I have been involved in maybe 80 or 90 per cent of the games so I am really looking forward to the final again. ”
He added: “We have a mentality we can deal with anything that can be thrown at us,”
“They are a fantastic team and have a lot of experience. They are a team that have played a lot of big games and finals and some of them have won the Champions League several times.
“And although we have players who are in the final for the first time, the occasion will be an extra motivation to bring the cup back home.”
On his own future, he added: “I do not want to talk about my future at the moment,”
“For anyone to be playing in a final would be fantastic, but I will let people know about my future after the game. A Champions League medal on my CV would be quite nice, though.”
Harry or Bolo?
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