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Manchester United 3:1 Newcastle United

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    These injuries just ruin matches. It's hard to get excited by line-ups when players you want to see keep getting hurt. Hopefully we still get the win even with little pace in the team.
     
    There is something wrong with our training methods, there has to be
     
    Good to see Falcao again on the pitch, but what is LVG & co. doing in practise? You'd think Giggs could notice if LVG overtrain his players, he was with Sir Alex over 20 years.
     
    NessunDorma said:
    So this?

    ------------De Gea

    ------Jones----Mcnair-------Evans

    Valencia--------------------------Young

    -----------Rooney-----Carrick

    -----------------Mata

    ---------Falcao-----------Van Persie

    Even with the injuries, should be good enough to beat Newcastle at home. Plenty of goals in that side, and big Dave keeping them out at the other end.
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    We thought we would beat Newcastle last season, these games haven't been easy over the last couple of seasons. The fact they have a third string goalie might help, as long as we actually put him under pressure.
     
    Do people still think we'll be better when all the players are back from injury? If that's what we are waiting for, then we won't be better. I hate how the managers from Fergie, to Moyes and now LVG keep blaming these injuries on badluck. It's not fecking bad luck.
     
    It's so frustrating with all these injuries! We'll never get the whole team fit. And where is Herrera?
     
    Snafu17 said:
    Yes it was. The 2011/12 season was arguably worse.
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    Do you have precise stats for the same period ? Because honestly I have a hard time believing that, everyone is contaminated this season by this terrible luck, specially the new players who were fit in their previous clubs.
     
    tassu22 said:
    Good to see Falcao again on the pitch, but what is LVG & co. doing in practise? You'd think Giggs could notice if LVG overtrain his players, he was with Sir Alex over 20 years.
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    It would depend if Giggs actually has the balls to tell him that.
     
    Want to see a real performance by Mata today. It's about time.
     
    kouroux said:
    It's really impossible to say with any certainty but it cannot be a coincidence, it was not this bad in previous seasons. Now it's one player returns, two other get injured.
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    It was as bad, the difference is that, our main players weren't as injury prone, now we are relying on our historical, walking injuries.
     
    Di Maria injured of course..!
    Really wish i could watch a week of our training sessions and see what the hell is going on there.Something must be very wrong.

    Weak bench today but think we will win the match.
    3-1
     
    HampshireHarry said:
    50 Seperate injuries aren't bad luck. He is doing something very wrong for your players to be dropping like flies.
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    Don't know if it's him per se, as it was poor under Moyes and SAF in the last couple of years, but there is indeed something seriously wrong.
     
    Raoul said:
    I'm sure the club is deliberately trying to get its players injured.
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    So you think it's all down to pure luck? The whole freaking season and the ones before are all down to luck? Mourinho has had a pretty good injury records wherever he went. We have to change sth mate. I don't believe for a second this is all down to pure coincidence.
     
    Sam said:
    Because until LVG came our injury record was fantastic, while his injury record at previous clubs was terrible.

    Oh no, wait...thats bollocks.
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    This bad? I read somewhere United have had more injuries in the first 4 months of this season than chelsea have had in 2 years.
     
    It's odd how we have so many injuries and RVP remains completely uninjured. Not that I want him injured, mind.
     
    JPRouve said:
    It was as bad, the difference is that, our main players weren't as injury prone, now we are relying on our historical, walking injuries.
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    You meant to quote my other post right ? It is frustrating this season, the team doesn't have many exciting player and when the few ones get injured :( ..
     
    Godfather said:
    So you think it's all down to pure luck? The whole freaking season and the ones before are all down to luck? Mourinho has had a pretty good injury records wherever he went. We have to change sth mate. I don't believe for a second this is all down to pure coincidence.
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    Its been discussed in a thread in the Utd forum.
     
    DomesticTadpole said:
    We thought we would beat Newcastle last season, these games haven't been easy over the last couple of seasons. The fact they have a third string goalie might help, as long as we actually put him under pressure.
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    We hoped we'd win against a 10 man Villa.
     
    revel911 said:
    He had them at the beginning of Bayern ... but generally no.
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    Thanks. It also would be interesting to see how many injuries occurred in matches (club & international) vs. how many were suffered in training, new injuries vs. injuries during the rehab period. It's beyond the pale now.
     
    ZDwyr said:
    These injuries just ruin matches. It's hard to get excited by line-ups when players you want to see keep getting hurt. Hopefully we still get the win even with little pace in the team.
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    That and we'd benefit massively from playing something close to our strongest 11 every week.
     
    HampshireHarry said:
    This bad? I read somewhere United have had more injuries in the first 4 months of this season than chelsea have had in 2 years.
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    Not quite as bad, but pretty terrible. Its been going on for years now.
     
    Sam said:
    Not quite as bad, but pretty terrible. Its been going on for years now.
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    Not this bad and not to the quality of players missing. In past years it might have actually been a relief that some were injured. This season the quality is injured and the perceived back ups aren't.
     
    calodo2003 said:
    Thanks. It also would be interesting to see how many injuries occurred in matches (club & international) vs. how many were suffered in training, new injuries vs. injuries during the rehab period. It's beyond the pale now.
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    TRue, since we probably still have Blind if it wasn't for an unneeded injury during the international break.
     
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  • 19% Man Utd 2:0 Newcastle
  • 18% Man Utd 2:1 Newcastle
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  • 17% Man Utd 3:1 Newcastle
  • 6% Man Utd 4:0 Newcastle
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62% 38%
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9 8
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4 5
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