buckooo1978
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i have a bad feeling we will get stiffed by the referee.....its a regular Stamford Bridge occurance
Rubbish, a few games ago you were struggling to beat Cambridge and playing terrible whilst losing to Arsenal in the FA cup. Im all for admitting United have massively improved in the last month and are currently playing better than we are, but this United team is still way below Liverpool and City of last season. 4 or 5 games great games does not eradicate the whole season.. they scored 101/102 goals respectively ffs!
i have a bad feeling we will get stiffed by the referee.....its a regular Stamford Bridge occurance
We're playing better than Chelsea right now, honestly don't see us losing at the moment. I was confident we'd beat City and that confidence has remained, it's great.
True, Macheda's goal was a clear handball. Could say we could have nicked a draw if Drogba's goal had been ruled out, and then actually go to Blackburn with something to play for*, but too many ifs and buts.
*I say this because whilst in hindsight you can point to the Blackburn game, it was clear as a day that the whole team looked really dejected in that game. None of the players seemed to think we had a chance at the title after that Chelsea match. I honestly believe we would have won vs Blackburn if we had gotten something from the Chelsea match, but again, all ifs and buts.
I yes United gifted welbeck the second goal. Liverpool has a tactical team last season were rubbish, could not defend for shit, and relied on a attack that was bailing out their faltering back line, city much like 2012 relied on a collapse to win the league, so the standards of those 2 teams was not very high. And both teams were nothing special if we talking about getting to a level, it's not 2008 standards by those 2 teams
On current form United are going to be tough, much like the other teams, if a few of your players are below the standards it's going to be tough, and how is it rubbish? If you do not block out the supply line of Carrick and Herrera, and target united's fullbacks enough, I can see United given Chelsea a tough game.
That is the scary part, if United had beat Swansea home and away, we would be in the title race on 71 points, that is how thin the line has been. United are not that far off, and many said back in 2006 United are well behind, look what would happen next ?
We're playing better than Chelsea right now, honestly don't see us losing at the moment. I was confident we'd beat City and that confidence has remained, it's great.
Tomorrow dinnertime I think.Is there a press conference sometime today?
You've misread his post. He said "aren't".I'm not sure how you came to this conclusion.
Mourinho, along with Guardiola, is arguably the most tactically aware football manager in the World. He knows how to beat/stop teams, even if it means using negative tactics (as we saw against LFC last year).
We finished 05/06 strongly whilst Chelsea lost 3 of their last 10 matches. Much like this season, the damage had already been done earlier on.
True, Macheda's goal was a clear handball. Could say we could have nicked a draw if Drogba's goal had been ruled out, and then actually go to Blackburn with something to play for*, but too many ifs and buts.
*I say this because whilst in hindsight you can point to the Blackburn game, it was clear as a day that the whole team looked really dejected in that game. None of the players seemed to think we had a chance at the title after that Chelsea match. I honestly believe we would have won vs Blackburn if we had gotten something from the Chelsea match, but again, all ifs and buts.
They'll probably just stick Matic on him all game.
Just fecking realised this is a Saturday match. I'm away with no internet (that's good enough to stream) or TV. Caf's going to have to keep me updated throughout the match
Getting up at 2:30am for a match I can't even watch... *sighs*
I'm not quite sure about RVP.
Notice how our fortunes changed quite suddenly once Falcao and RVP were no longer playing for us.
RVP is technically one of our best players - no doubt, but perhaps defenders find it easy to mark him, so our midfielders prefer not to pass to him.
Id stick to the same strategy as our previous 6 games - start with our usual XI, then bring on Di Maria after 60-70 minutes. Maybe RVP to come on in the last 10 minutes.
Has the ref been announced?i have a bad feeling we will get stiffed by the referee.....its a regular Stamford Bridge occurance
Boring 0-0 draw.
Thank you very much..
Mike Dean