Saw the Charlton game over the weekend (ruined my saturday night though), and apart from the usual riffs about how good we’re looking this season, here are the key things I noticed:

Gabriel Heinze

Why aren’t Manchester United – or rather Alex Ferguson – playing Gabriel Heinze Don’t tell me he’s not fit – that he is. Does Gabby want out, privately at least Against Charlton, Evra was responsible for the first goal (albeit marginally, since Park would not have gotten there in such open space if the cross hadn’t been deflected so high), but is that it Evra is fast, goes forward more and compensates for Giggsy’s tendency to cut in

Against Charlton, at Old Trafford, we didn’t need the extra attacking threat. This would have been an excellent chance to give Heinze a game and get him back to match fitness. At 28, he still has 3-4 years of top performances in him.

I’d hate to think that Heinze is out of favour at Manchester United, but then again, SAF is paid to make the hard decisions, not us