Manchester United vs. Liverpool

CentreForward said:
I have a feeling. After this match, we'll be talking about Rooney's newfound role of an attacking midfielder.

When his finishing is off and till he solve his personal problems, he may be deployed thorough the middle and in the midfield, behind Berba. He's got the energy and vision. It is simply a matter of getting over his own ego, of not being the main man.
There's a slight chance for him to play left, but giving him freedom would be wiser
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Eh? I don't think Rooney's ego is an issue. I don't remember him needing to be tha main man when he was working his bollocks off up and down the left hand side to support the team with Ronaldo in it.
 
redman5 said:
I'm just calling it as I see it - I've not seen anything from my team under Hodgson, to suggest our play, or tactics, are any different from last season. Obviously, I'd love to be proved wrong. But I don't expect a classic tomorrow. I believe the best way to beat United is to take the game to them. Sadly, I don't believe Roy's management style lends itself to this bold approach. We'll see lots of neat passing & possession from Liverpool, with very little end-product.
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Nah, you'll play like your lives depend on it. Tis your cup final. Then you'll go and meekly surrender 2-0 at home to Sunderland next week.

You're the new old Man City.
 
Have to say I agree with redman here (about the Liverpool approach to the game). I just can't see them going for it; the fans will want them to but the manager won't and unless Torres has a brilliant game, they won't be a threat going forward.
 
Again, agreeing with redmen. If Lucas starts then the tactics will be easy, make sure he gets the ball - all of the time. If a manutd player is next to him, his job will be simple: run away, give Lucas as much space and time as possible. We won't be getting into your penalty area much that's guaranteed unless Torres decides to have one of his world class games.

But on the optimistic side, the hanging back game MAY just work if we play Babel and Miereles. We'll have six options that allow us to shoot from distance: Gerrard, Torres, Miereles, Babel, Agger and maybe even Cole. We may just give up going forwards and take pot shots where we can.
 
Paul Scholes says beating Liverpool is “always nice” but admits victory this Sunday would be even sweeter given the Reds’ stuttering start to the season.

United have already dropped points from winning positions at both Craven Cottage and Goodison Park; now Scholes says Sir Alex’s men are looking for “the right result” when Liverpool come to Old Trafford.

“Whenever you play Liverpool it’s a massive game,” he said. “Both teams want to win and I don’t think that will ever change. There’s a great rivalry between the two clubs and it’s always nice to beat them.

“But this game matters even more after the disappointment of last week [Everton] and, before that, at Fulham. That’s four points we’ve dropped. We’re looking forward to Sunday. Hopefully we can get the right result.”

Scholes, named Barclays Player of the Month for August, has been in a rich vein of form this term. Asked if an extended summer break - with no international commitments - has helped his performances, the 36-year-old admitted it may have been a factor.

“I don't know whether I have hit the ground running because I have had some time off,” he said. “But obviously it’s nice to have a break because you feel fresh when you come back. I also managed to stay fit throughout pre-season, which helps. Just having a run of games is a major factor.”
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:devil:
 
cw1984 said:
Eh? I don't think Rooney's ego is an issue. I don't remember him needing to be tha main man when he was working his bollocks off up and down the left hand side to support the team with Ronaldo in it.
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I remember him making faces when subbed last year. Much like Ronaldo, the year before. Wayne was never the main man then, as he is/was till now
My point is, we have to make best use of everyone, regardless of what they think they are best at.
That said, I think Rooney will play next to Berba in a classic 4-4-2
 
MJLD said:
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Imagine a Bebe/Owen link up to score the winner! The Caf wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry.
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That'd be one of the funniest and greatest things. Bebe does some beautiful 45 yard pin-point pass to Owen and he belts one in from 15 yards. The thought alone is enough to make me slightly wet haha.

Scholesy said:
VDS
Brown Rio Vidic Evra
Nani Fletcher Scholes Giggs
Rooney Berbatov

CC Team
PIG
Rafael Smalling Evans Fabio
Obertan Gibson Anderson Bebe
Hernandez Owen
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I'd like to see that, both teams seems fitting for the matches, but I don't know about a whole new starting line-up for the CC game. Can see a couple remaining from tomorrows game.

I've been pumped up for tomorrows match all day. KO couldn't come sooner.
 
Apparently Howard Webb is the ref. They've got a big bollocks thread going in RAWK on how this is beyond taking the piss.

I know a Liverpool supporting friend who always blames the ref's decisions when he loses against me while playing football..... in PS3 (Fifa 10)
 
Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool

Owen x2
G. Neville

:D
 
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Brown---------Rio--------------Vida---------Evra

Nani----------Fletcher---------Scholes------Giggs

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-----------------------Berba---------------------
 
Not sure I want to see us go out with 2 strikers. 3 of the last 4 times we have gone with 2/3 strikers against them we've lost :nervous:
 
I'm sensing a Martin Tyler Rooooooooooooooooooooooney moment..............
 
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wr8_utd said:
Not sure I want to see us go out with 2 strikers. 3 of the last 4 times we have gone with 2/3 strikers against them we've lost :nervous:
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I don't think we've had Fletcher in those matches which allowed Liverpool to gain control in the midfield. Berba won't be dropped and Rooney won't be dropped either. Something like a 4-2-3-1 with Berbatov or Rooney in the hole just behind the striker would be good or we could use the formation we used in the Community Shield Match in which Park drifted the middle to help the midfield.
 
So glad this isn't 4pm, the wait is killing me.

Season starts properly today with a resounding 3-1 win over the Dippers!
 
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has warned his players to cut out the errors as they prepare for Sunday's clash with Liverpool.

With United dropping points conceding late goals to Fulham and Everton, Ferguson said: "To lose two points in added time once is bad luck.

"But twice this early in the season is downright careless and it has to stop."

Meanwhile, Roy Hodgson is relishing the prospect of facing United for the first time as Liverpool manager.

Both teams have had a stuttering start to the season, with United's dropped points leaving them four points behind leaders Chelsea, prompting Ferguson to demand more of a ruthless streak from his players.

"I think back to that great quartet of strikers - Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - who all had a ruthlessness and concentration that saw them determined to finish off games," the Old Trafford boss added.

"It's a quality our present team must acquire and I want the players, both up front and at the back, to reflect on their powers of concentration - or lack of - and work on that aspect of their game."

United may be third in the Premier League, 13 places above Sunday's visitors Liverpool, but it has been a patchy start to the campaign for the 2009 league champions.

Ferguson's side have already blown leads against Fulham and more spectacularly Everton. The latter match at Goodison Park saw the Toffees hit back to draw 3-3 with two goals in injury time.

The credentials of Ferguson's team will be tested even further when they come up against Hodgson's Liverpool who have also had an indifferent opening month in the Premier League with just one win in four.
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BBC Sport - Football - Sir Alex Ferguson warns Man Utd ahead of Liverpool game
 
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