Slim pickings hard to swallow following feast

IF we were in any doubt as to where United’s priorities lie during the excruciating boredom of Saturday’s game, then Fergie settled it in his post-match interviews.

Growling his satisfaction that we had once again reduced the pre-October chances-conceded tally by two-thirds, he might as well have added — to rework an infamous old outburst — that if we want entertainment, we should ‘go watch City’.

All right, that’s a tad OTT; Swansea wasn’t completely without incident or tension but after the various feasts we enjoyed in August and September, it’s been quite a come-down since you-know-what.