True, I don't think crisis point has been reached for them by any means. However, I think it's been pretty obvious for a while now, that their central midfield just doesn't cut it at the top level. It's been punching above its weight for a while now, and a lot of results (particularly last season) came from Hernandez, Berbatov, Giggs or Rooney digging them out of a hole when they really hadn't played well. I'm not sure any of their midfield would get into Arsenal's, Spurs', Chelsea's or Liverpool's team at the moment to be honest (and clearly not into City's either), unless Ferguson really believes the likes of Anderson, Carrick, Cleverly and Fletcher are all hiding something and about ready to suddenly transform into magisterial talents it's really strange that he seemingly hasn't made any attempt to address the problem.
Having said that, their run throughout the rest of the year is pretty straightforward, despite the crap midfield I can't see them dropping many points against Wolves, QPR, Fulham and Wigan, and they always seem to pick up wins even when they're playing poorly, so they'll be near the top of the table come the turn of the year no doubt. Surely then new players will be brought in, will laugh if this doesn't happen though.
