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SundayLeague => Football => Topic started by: jman on July 01, 2016, 01:32:58 PM
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New season.. new thread...
Giggs announced he's leaving United after 29 years today... sorry Harv but LOL!!!
Mourinho is doing what Mourinho does best at the moment... he's building a team, something FatHead would never of done...although personally I wouldn't be too happy with the signing of Twattan Imalittlebitch... but he'll bring goals and leadership
Falcao and Pato both left Chelsea today too.. good. Michy Batshuayi passed a medical.. don't know much about him apart from the goal he scored against Hungary the other week.. he looks like a bit of a wildcard.
Citeh bought Nolito today... he had a decent tournament I thought.
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A shame to see Giggsy go, he should have been the next manager instead of Maureen :(
The latest transfer rumour is that United will be signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan (who from now on I'm going to be calling Henry cos it's a lot easier to spell and type lmfao ;D ) at the weekend, so that means that Mata is probably on his way out, unless Maureen is going to keep him at the club as a backup.
Also more rumours that we're going to be making a bid for Pogba...Juve want £83m for him. Better off sticking with Timbo, he's better than Pogba was at the same age, can also play any position at the back and is more grounded. Can't see Mourinho doing this though given his reluctance to trust yoof players.
Not looking forward to next season, Maureen is going to be a disaster. :'(
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And the Henry deal has been done, £26.3m. Quite happy with the signings that Maureen has done so far, but have my doubts that we'll be playing attacking football under him despite the signings he's made. I'm expecting the usual parking of the bus playing 4-5-1 with two defensive midfielders unfortunately, although there are rumours that he's going to be playing 4-3-3 with a number 6.
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Might call him Miki instead of Henry, easier to type. Would also give us a great song to sing:
Oh Miki you're so fine,
You're so fine you blow my mind,
Hey Miki
*Claps*
Hey Miki
*Claps*
;D ;D ;D
Always loved that song and the bird in the cheerleader's outfit too :P
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A good press conference from Maureen. He's confirmed that a fourth signing is very close, in fact he had to ask United's press officer next to him whether it was officially done yet or not lol. So sounds like it's very close to being finalised. Could be Pogba but that's going to slow down Timbo's development. :-\
He also confirmed that he wants to play the Roonster as a number 9, number 10 or a number 9 and a half lol ;D
So unless he's playing as a number 10 that would put Rashford as third place for the number 9 position. He said that he didn't see the Roonster as a number 6 or number 8, personally I'd say that the number 8 position is his best position at the moment. :-\
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He looked like an absolutely miserable bastard though.
He shall now be known as "Better than the last One" lol.. cant get much worse to be fair.
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Well that's the Miki deal done. Just seen his stats from the Bundesliga last season, 32 assists and 20-odd goals in 52 games. :o
He won't have as much time on the ball in Premiership matches and games will be more physical so we'll see how he handles it.
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Ooops, my bad. It was 23 goals and 26 assists. Still bloomin impressive though 8)
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The latest rumour is that Sky Sports sauces are saying that Real Madras are pulling out of the race to sign Pogba. ;D
If we get Pogba we could see Pogba and Fosu-Mensah forming the best midfield partnership that the Premiership has ever seen once Carrick and Basti have both left United - better even than Keane and Scholes and Petit and Vieira, probably starting during the 2017-2018 season. And if we can keep them both happy then we could see them playing together for 10+ years. :o 8)
Talk of Blackett and Varela both being let go which is going to be a shame. :(
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Sky confirmed Leicester accepted Kante bid for 32m today... he had a great season... but then so did Matic 2 seasons ago....
Conte looked and sounded boss in his press conference the other day though, my feelings are positive so far..
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Team news for Wigan vs United:
Johnstone
Fosu-Mensah Bailly Blind Shaw
Herrera Carrick
Lingard Micki Memphis
Wilson
Timbo being played out of position again. :(
Good to see Shaw back. ;D
Good competition for places for the front four this season - Lingard, Memphis, the Roonster, Fellaini, Young, Micki, Martial, Herrera, Wilson, Zlatan and Rashford all vying for those four places.
I think people are going to be surprised by Memphis this season. 8)
Still not happy with playing 4-5-1 this season though.
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Just seen the 11 subs on the bench:
J Pereira, Blackett, Jones, Tuanzebe, Varela, Adnan, Mata, A Pereira, Valencia, Young and Keane.
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Bailly looking good so far, cool as a cucumber and comfortable on the ball. Micki is looking VERY frisky. :o ;D 8)
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Wigan parked the bus in the first half, 10 men behind the ball but we still managed to create a few decent chances.
7 subs coming on for the second half:
Jones, Mata, Adnan, A Pereira, Valencia, Keane, Young on for Shaw, Carrick, Wilson, Fosu-Mensah, Micki, Lingard and Memphis.
A daft mistake from Jaaskelainen gives the ball straight to Mata who sets up Keane for an easy finish. 0-1 to United. ;D
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Fuck me ragged. A cracking turn and shot from Pereira for United's second goal. :o ;D
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Powell comes on for Wigan. Don't know what happened with Powell at United. :-\
2 more changes for United. Varela on for Blind and Blackett on for Herrera.
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Tuanzebe on for Bailly and Joel Pereira on for Johnstone.
Tuanzebe is another fantastic yoof player. He's going to go far with United I think, only 18 too.
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A comfortable 0-2 win for United against a side that was playing with 10 men behind the ball. Created a good few chances but, again, not enough on target...just 2 I think. Good to see United playing the ball forwards rather than sideways though. I'm sure that someone will do a comparative diagram soon between this much and the average Van Gaal match.
Varela looked amazing as a defensive midfielder, will be interesting to see how he does playing there against better opposition if he gets a chance.
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Chelsea beat Woflsburger A.C. 3-0 last night.. going on harv logic, that must mean we are going to win the league this year. ;D ;D
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Team news for United Vs Dortmund:
Johnstone
Valencia Bailly Jones Shaw
Herrera Blind
Mata Micki Lingard
Memphis
The heat and humidity over there is supposed to be INSANE. :-\
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Bah, United a goal down. A double save from Johnstone but the third effort went in. A bit of a scrappy goal. :(
Both sides cancelling each other out for the most part though.
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2-0 at halftime, second goal from a penalty after a handball by Valencia. Both sides were cancelling each other out during the first 20 minutes or so but after the first goal Dortmund started to dominate. Probably 7 or 8 changes at halftime.
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Romero, Rojo, Young and Rashford on for Johnstone, Jones, Lingard and Memphis.
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Minutes after United go 3-0 down great play from Mata and Micki gives Micki his first goal for United. 3-1.
Dortmund are ahead of United in their preparations for the start of the season, this is United's second game and Dortmund's fifth and it shows. :(
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McNair and Adnan on for Blind and Micki.
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Ended up 4-1 at full-time. Not a good start to the tour, and there's talk of our match against Citeh being cancelled due to bad weather too. >:(
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Team news for United:
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Shaw
Schneiderlin Herrera
Roonster
Micki Martial
Zlatan
It's Zlatan Time!!! ;D ;D ;D
That match against Citeh being cancelled hasn't done our preseason any favours but it's only one match I guess. Extra training should compensate for fitness but we may be set back as far as sharpness goes. Although having the Community Shield match should do us a few favours.
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Oops! Force of habit, we'll be playing 4-5-1 not 4-3-3 with a number 10!
Should be:
Micki Roonster Martial
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Well that didn't take long. Zlatan, 1-0. A bit of a clumsy finish though but they all count lol
A decent build up though. ;D
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Galatasaray get an equaliser, awful defending >:(
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Great goal, United go 2-1 down just before halftime. Galatasaray have been the better side during this first half. Micki, Zlatan and Martial are looking a bit frisky and the Roonster has had an average game so far.
Bailly looking pretty solid again too.
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United 2-1 down at halftime. :'(
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Fellaini, Young, Carrick, Lingard and Rashford on for Herrera, Micki, Schneiderlin, Martial and Zlatan.
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2-2, nice goal from the Roonster. I think he may have been reading my posts at halftime because he's had a much better half this half. ;D
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3-2 to United now. Great play from Rashford has the keeper bringing him down, and the Roonster scores from the penalty. If this wasn't a friendly he would have seen red for that.
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4-2 now, Fellaini with a looping header. Nice finish. 8)
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Romero, Rojo, Jones, Darmian, Memphis and Mata on for De Gea, Shaw, Bailly, Valencia, Martial and the Roonster.
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5-2, Mata ;D
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5-2 final score. Fireworks are impressive :o
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Team news for United for Rooney's testimonial:
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Shaw
Carrick Herrera
Lingard Roonster Martial
Zlatan
Subs: Johnstone, Romero, Darmian, Jones, Rojo, Fellaini, Mata, Micki, Schneiderlin, Young, Memphis, Rashford.
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0-0 at halftime, United have been the better side in the first half but nowhere near enough chances created for either side.
Zlatan isn't quite there yet, but he should be properly settled in and scoring soon after the season starts I think. He's scored one for United already though so even a 'not quite there yet' Zlatan is a dangerous player to play against. 8)
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7 changes at halftime. De Gea, Blind, Rooney and Zlatan stay on and Rojo, Darmian, Jones, Fellaini, Schneiderlin, Micki and Young come on.
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Rashford comes on for the Roonster.
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Oops, Valencia stayed on. Only 6 changes before with Rashford being the seventh.
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A very pissed up Kevin just knocked on my door so have no idea who's on the pitch now lol ;D
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Well it ended up 0-0, and a bit of a boring match :(
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The latest Pogba rumour is that the Gazzetta dello Sport have reported that Pogba flew into Manchester for his medical this afternoon from New York. The Juventus manager has called for both Pogba and Evra to turn up for training on Monday. ;D
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They were a bit too early with that, latest is that he has now had permission to have his medical. He should be a United player again soon. ;D
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Team news for United for the Charity Shield:
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Shaw
Carrick Fellaini
Lingard Rooney Martial
Zlatan
;D
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United have been the better side so far but the Foxes have started to get into the game more around the 20 minute mark.
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A great run from Lingard and a cool finish from him and United go a goal ahead just when Leicester started to get a little dominance of the game. ;D
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United a goal ahead at halftime. United dominant for the first 15 minutes, Leicester dominant for the next 20-30 minutes and about even for the remaining 15 minutes of the first half. Lingard's goal was a real corker, Bailly continuing to impress and Rooney has been missing for most of the match so far.
6 changes for each manager for this game. We'll see De Gea playing 90 minutes I think but we have Romero, Rojo, Herrera, Schneiderlin, Micki, Mata and Rashford available on the bench. My guess is that we won't change anyone until the 60 minute mark.
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Vardy with the equaliser, awful defending from Fellaini >:(
Vardy with the goal, Fellaini with the assist lololol ;D
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Lingard off injured, Mata on to replace him.
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Rojo on for Shaw, Rashford on for Martial.
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Zlatan's second goal for United puts us 2-1 up. Great work from Valencia. ;D
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Schneiderlin on for Rooney who's had a poor game but he's always been a bit of a slow starter when the season starts.
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Micki on for Mata, he doesn't look injured :o
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A poor performance tbh but the first trophy for Mourinho's United. 8)
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Looks like Vardy is going to go back to his usual 5 or 6 goals a season this season. Shame arse didn't spend a fortune on him lololol ;D ;D ;D
Hull beat Leicester 2-1 and Vardy couldn't hit the proverbial barn door.
I was expecting Hull to get battered tbh, and I'm 99% sure that they'll end up getting relegated. :(
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My predicted starting lineup for United later this afternoon:
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Shaw
Carrick Herrera
Lingard Rooster Martial
Zlatan
I don't think I'm going to be too far off, the only small doubt I have is with Herrera. We may see Maureen choosing Fellaini to play instead.
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Well I got that wrong lol
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Shaw
Herrera Fellaini
Mata Roonster Martial
Zlatan
Lingard is injured and Mata gets the nod ahead of Micki which is a surprise. Our two midfielders in the middle aren't too strong defensively, I would have had Schneiderlin or Carrick in there in place of one of those two.
The players we have available on the bench is ridiculous lololol
Romero, Rojo, Memphis, Carrick, Rashford, Micki, Schneiderlin
And when Pogba is available we'll also have either Herrera or Fellaini to add to that list lol :o ;D
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Bournemouth the better side in the first 20 minutes. Valencia looking a threat down the right.
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Both sides defending well up until now, Mata gets a goal from the first defensive mistake made in the game. United go 0-1 up 5 minutes before halftime. This game has been as tight as a gnat's chuff so far. :o
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United go in a goal up at halftime. This game has been a defensive masterclass apart from that one mistake from Bournemouth. Not exciting to watch though, chances for either side have been few and far between.
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Nice goal from the Roonster. 0-2 8)
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And a corker from Zlatan makes it 0-3. Should be game over unless we do something daft. ;D
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Aw bugger. 1-3 now. If they get another one it would make things interesting lol :o
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Micki on for Mata.
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Schneiderlin on for Martial. Time to park that bus :P
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Memphis on for the Roonster.
Sky Sports have given the MOTM award to Bailly, and deservedly so.
The difference between Mourinho's United and Van Gaal's United are plain to see. United are taking more risks, there are more passes forward, more pace and penetration and what's made the REAL difference is that under Van Gaal we were creating plenty of chances but most of our chances were from distance and most of those were blocked.
I still think it's only a matter of time before Maureen loses the plot but hopefully we'll win a few trophies before he does lol :o ;D ;D ;D
And if Zlatan can stay fit we've got a great chance of winning the Premiership. 8)
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So no comments from anyone else regarding the first game of the Premiership..? I thought late would have said something after Boro got their first win..? And jman after Chelski got their lucky 3 points when Costa got his goal in the last minute..?
Is there anybody else out there..?!!?!? lol :o ;D ;D ;D
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Anyone..? :o :-\ :o
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Okay, here's my predicted lineup for United later on tonight:
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Shaw
Herrera Pogba
Mata Roonster Martial
Zlatan
I almost bunged Micki in there in place of Mata but changed my mind. Pogba will probably play for 60 minutes and then get subbed for any one of Carrick, Fellaini or Schneiderlin. 8)
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Only got one player wrong, Fellaini starts instead of Herrera.
Bench: Romero, Smalling, Young, Rashford, Herrera, Micki, Schneiderlin.
Happy with that, great to see Pogba back home. 8)
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A positive start from the Saints. Pogba having a decent game so far. United aren't playing with enough pace again and we're playing on the break. :-\
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United upped the pace since I posted that and were playing a more attacking game. The result? An assist from the Roonster and a headed goal from Zlatan. ;D
That's 4 goals from 5 games for him now. 8)
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1-0 at halftime. We were poor again for the first 20-25 minutes but stepped up our game after that. The Saints wasted a good few chances early on. We deserved to go in ahead just because of the way we played for that last 15 minutes or so imo 8)
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Luke Shaw wins a penalty and Zlatan puts a textbook penalty away with ease. That's 5 goals in 5 games now. ;D
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The dozy fuckers have completely relaxed now and we're starting to give some good chances away to Southampton. >:(
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Micki on for Mata. ;D
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Herrera on for Martial.
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Smalling came on for the Roonster and the game ends 2-0. 8)
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Chelsea were lucky. Costa should have had a second booking for that dive and gone off. :o
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Just seen that he should have got sent off last week too. Double lucky :o
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Huge fan of Costa. Don't know why. Probably because everyone else hates him and then he goes and scores the winner. DIEGO DIEGO DIEGO
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He is an absolute bully up top against defenders :)
Is he generally loved by you Chelsea fans Jman or are you guys fed up with his antics putting the team under unneccesary pressure?
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I'm not sure if you're going to get an answer, everyone apart from us two seems to have disappeared :o
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I've been on holiday for the past 2 weeks - only got back yesterday.. and I'm moving house this week.. so been a bit too hectic to post... I missed the game against Wet Spam last week, but saw the highlights, Costa was lucky to stay on the pitch I guess, but we were the better team overall and deserved the win - Conte's celebration was great lol.
Saw the game yesterday, we played poor in the first half, but Fabregas and Michy changed the game when they came on.. quite clear Fabregas should be starting. Costa is a right bastard - but I'm glad he's on our team rather than having to play against him lol - so yeah, we love him.
From what I've seen so far, we aren't going to be challenging for the league this season.. not unless Conte strengthens a few areas... I think it will be between City and United... I'd plump for City as long as they can keep Aguero injury-free.
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And I'll go for United if we can keep Zlatan injury free ;D
If we win the Premiership this would mean that our second transition period has also lasted 3 years, although we have only won one trophy during that time unlike the two we won between 2003 and 2006...but to be fair this is a MUCH bigger transition period compared to Fergie's all those years ago. 8)
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Here's my predicted lineup for United:
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Shaw
Fellaini Pogba
Micki Roonster Martial
Zlatan
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No Micki today, I thought that Maureen might have had him starting this evening but it's an unchanged side from the last game. ;D
Bench: Romero, Smalling, Herrera, Micki, Schneiderlin, Young, Rashford.
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The Tigers playing with 10 men behind the ball and looking dangerous on the break. No decent chances to speak of from either side TBH.
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Fellaini booked early on, think he might come off at halftime. Hull playing with the bus parked and are looking dangerous on the break. Both sides defending well, Zlatan has come very close a couple of times, Pogba having a great game as are Valencia, Shaw and Blind. 0-0 at halftime, United have just about been the best side in the first half.
This game is going to be close I think, but we don't want to be dropping points this early in the season. :-\
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Snodgrass has come off injured, he was giving us all sorts of problems in the first half. :o
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Micki on for Martial who's been missing for most of the match.
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Rashford on for Mata.
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You've got to feel for the Hull back four, tiredness allows Rooney to nip inside and Rashford puts United a goal ahead. Smalling on for Rooney and it's full-time.
If Phelan doesn't get this job then that's going to be a MAJOR injustice. :o
Apart from that last mistake for the goal that was a defensive masterclass from both sides. ;D
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What with Louise going back to Chelski and Citeh signing Bravo I'm beginning to think that both clubs have decided not to try and win the Premiership this season. They're both liabilities at the back. Possibly the two most bizarre signings I've seen in a single transfer window. :-\ ??? :-\
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Least we can sing the David Luiz song again ;D ;D I'm actually really happy he's back - and along with Alonso it gives Conte the options we need at the back.
If at the start of the season we were offered Luiz for £32m or Stones for £50m - I'd pick Luiz everyday of the week.
We bought him for £21m - sold him for £50m and rebought for £32m.. he's cost us a total of £3m ;D ;D Cheers PSG!
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Interesting team news for United for this afternoon's derby:
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Shaw
Fellaini Pogba
Micki Rooney Lingard
Zlatan
I thought that Lingard would play but was expecting him to play in Mata's position rather than Martial's.
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Bollocks, City go a goal up after 15 minutes and deserve to be ahead. They've been the better side so far. :'(
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0-2 now. City have been fantastic this half, the better side by a mile. The way we're going we could end up losing by 4 or 5 goals >:(
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Bravo shows why I've been saying that Pep was insane to sign him. Zlatan scores. ;D
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1-2 at halftime and despite that great start City will be glad to see that break. De Bruyne was the standout player in that first half but United's problems are coming from neither of our full backs pushing forwards.
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Herrera and Rashford on for Micki and Lingard. United switching to 4-3-3 with a number 6 with Herrera as the number 6.
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Bravo should have seen red and we should have had a penalty. This is a much better half for United.
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Bollocks. 1-2 final score, I reckon we deserved a point out of that on our second half performance. Oh well, Bravo not getting sent off means that we'll get those 3 points back when he plays his next 3 games lol ;D
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Bravo should have seen Red? Rooney should have been off at least twice based on the sheer number of fouls he committed, not to mention constantly mouthing off at the ref. If that had been Costa today, we wouldn't have been hearing the end of it.
Still, good to see Jose has managed to keep his unbeaten home record intact at Utd as long as he did at Chelsea. ;)
Also, given a choice of Kante or Pogba, I'd take Kante every time.
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Looks like Leicester could be wiping our record out of worst title defence this season ;D ;D
Van Gaal would of beaten Citeh today ;D
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Bloody robbed yesterday, Leroy Fer might as well stabbed and murdered Cahill and we still wouldn't of got a free-kick.. amazing how that wasn't given... but it was good spirit to comeback and grab a draw, but we should of sewn that game up. Got to feel for Cahill after his interview, he's got to be fearing for his place now with Luiz waiting in the wings.
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I think Luiz should be playing every week lol :o ;D ;D ;D
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Team news for United:
De Dea
Valencia Bailly Smalling Shaw
Fellaini Pogba
Rashford Roonster Martial
Zlatan
Hopefully we're going to get 3 points today, Maureen might start to fall apart again like he did at Chelsea otherwise. :o
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1-0 down after 33 minutes. >:(
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Should have been a free kick for a foul on Martial too, who looks like he's going to come off injured. :(
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Watford 1-0 up at halftime and deserve to be ahead. We've been playing 4-3-3 again with Rooney playing in midfield again. Think we might switch to 4-5-1 for the second half and have Rooney playing as the number 10.
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Rashford gets an equaliser ;D
Mata is on for Valencia.
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2-1 down now. Great finish. We've been the better side in this half too :'(
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3-1 now after a daft penalty given away by Fellaini. United were the better side in the second half until the second goal went in and United went downhill. How long before Maureen starts to have a nervous breakdown again..? :-\
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Jeez.. even Van Gaal had 10 points after 5 games...
Now I see why Fergie got rid of Pogba.. he's feckin shit!!! Had more haircuts than goals and assists so far.
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The football press and pundits are hilarious, after 3 games United were going to win the Premiership and now after 6 games United are in crisis lol :o ;D ;D ;D
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Loving are form at the moment but need to keep it up.
Bournemouth away today should be a win but look what happened against Norwich. :-\
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Rooney has been dropped :o
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Shaw
Herrera Pogba
Lingard Mata Rashford
Zlatan
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Oops. Wasn't paying attention to the back four:
Valencia Smalling Bailly Blind
:-[ :P
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I REALLY like what United have done with the shirts and the mascots this afternoon. The mascots were wearing the players' names on their shirts and the players were wearing the mascots' names on their shirts with their real shirts underneath and they've taken off their shirts and given them to the mascots. Very cool idea, wonder who came up with it..?
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Smalling gets the first goal with a header from a corner ;D
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Fantastic second goal from United, goal from Mata.
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Rashford with number three. 8)
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Pogba, number four LMFAO :o ;D ;D ;D
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Second half has started and United appear to have taken their foot off the pedal so far. :-\
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Gray with the goal of the game so far, a real cracker :o
4-1.
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United taking the p**s lol
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It ended 4-1, a bit disappointed we didn't score more goals tbh :(
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Wtf has happened to Chelski this evening..? Haven't been watching the game, but 3-0 down at halftime..? :o
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Yeah not looking good for Chelsea today.
On the other hand we were woeful today against Bournemouth! >:(
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Anyone know how Chelsea are playing?
Obviously crap but did anyone watch it?
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Good win for Burnley tonight against a in form Watford!
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1-0 at half time was looking good till Benteke scored straight from the start near enough! >:(
COYB!!!!!
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Well a 1-1 draw with Palace.
Just not good enough!
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Roll on MOTD later, love it!
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Team news for United - same side that hammered the Foxes. ;D
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A double save from their keeper denies Zlatan and Pogba misses a sitter. United playing some great football in these first 20 minutes. :o ;D
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0-0 at halftime, their keeper has been the MOTM so far. Lingard in particular has been causing them all sorts of problems.
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Don't know how Herrera managed to stay on the pitch earlier lol. Rooney and Martial on for Mata and Lingard.
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Not a bad substitution. Martial scored and Rooney got the assist. 8)
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Oops. Wasn't Rooney with the assist it was a defender.
A rare mistake from De Gea gifts Stoke an equaliser. >:(
Memphis on for Herrera.
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1-1 final score. Their keeper won the Man Of The Match and our keeper who normally wins it made a rare mistake which gives Stoke a point. >:(
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Bad result for United eh ::)
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Bad result for United eh ::)
Yup, particularly when you consider how well we played. I don't agree with Maureen that often but on another day, with a keeper not playing the game of his life, we would have won that game by four or five goals. Could have been worse though, Herrera should have got a straight red so we were lucky with that.
Herrera and Pogba seem to play pretty well together, going to be interesting to see if Maureen carries on playing them together when we face the red scouse gits next match.
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Arsenal won last minute goal.
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I went to the Arsenal game away @ Burnley yesterday as a travelling gooner. I'm based down saff so got back at 3am this morning from it. Absolutely mental. That away end went bonkers. People flying about everywhere.
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I'm not too worried about arse, they'll probably do their usual and fall apart during the end of the season. ;D :P
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You know I got a sneaky feeling about Livershite lol.
Going to put some cash on for the league when payday (Saturday) arrives.
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Hope Liverpool will do me a favour with my title bet and beat United a week Monday. :P
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United team news:
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Smalling Blind
Fellaini Herrera Pogba
Young Zlatan Rashford
;D
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Pogba in the number 10 position by the looks of things. Could be interesting. :o
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A comfortable first half for United. Not many chances for either side. 0-0 at halftime.
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0-0 final score, I reckon the red scouse gits deserved to scrape that by a goal for their second half performance but I'll happily take a point :P
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Well United came and got the 0-0 draw they wanted haha.
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Well given the games we've got coming up it was certainly one that we couldn't afford to lose, I would have preferred a win of course but getting a point away at Anfield is a decent result. ;D
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Manu, playing dull as dishwater football since 2013. I can't believe that was Mourinho's gameplan.. Liverpool were missing a few players, they looked dogshit in the first 30 minutes and yet united pretty much played a 6-3-1 for most of the 2nd half.
Lucky to get a point, 1 shot on target all game - definitely didn't deserve anything. Lose against Chelsea on Sunday and United will have their work cut out to win the league. The Chelsea players will have a point to prove against Mourinho too.. obviously Mou won't want to lose, but I'm expecting carnage either way ;D
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Well given the games we've got coming up it was certainly one that we couldn't afford to lose, I would have preferred a win of course but getting a point away at Anfield is a decent result. ;D
Yeah I think both teams played as they were scared to lose.
Boring game I must say.
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Team news for United:
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Smalling Blind
Herrera Fellaini
Lingard Pogba Rashford
Zlatan
Bench: Romero, Mata, Rojo, Carrick, Young, Martial, Darmian
Good luck this afternoon jman and drags! ;D
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Well that was a good start. We're 1-0 down after 30 seconds lmfao. :o ;D
Both Blind and De Gea were equally to blame for that one. >:(
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United look so shit. Getting run ragged by a better team here.
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We're going to get hammered if we keep on defending like this. :o
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Wow. Nearly 3. What the fuck is blind doing...
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Jman did say carnage
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Blind needs to come off at halftime. He has been woeful. >:(
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2-0 at halftime, United have had a few decent chances but haven't taken advantage of them, our defending has been piss poor and we could be more goals down. Not over yet though, still another 45 minutes to go and if we score early on in the second half the game could get interesting. But if we concede a third without reply then it's going to be game over I think. :o
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Mata on for Fellaini and we've switched to 4-4-2.
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Well that's it. Game over. >:(
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And that's 4. Disaster. :'(
Well done jman and drags, the best side has won. :(
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I won't gloat, but I'm glad we got Kante and not Pogba.
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Lol, Pogba will come good. Although I feel that may be under a different manager. I said that Maureen was going to be a disaster. He'll leave by mutual consent at the end of the season assuming that he doesn't get sacked before that. Simeone next, perhaps..?
Or maybe Fergie will come out of retirement lol :P
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That performance definitely puts us in contention for the title.. in fact, since we changed to a 3-5-2 we have looked like a different and much stronger side.. Costa is playing fantastic at the moment, Kante is definitely the signing of the season, Hazard looks back to his best now that he doesn't always have to keep tracking back and although Luiz probably should of seen red.. our defence played extremely well yesterday.
United were shite.. utter shite lol.. £160m spent this year and looking worse than when you were under Looney's reign. I'm not surprised we played so well as I expected the players to be pumped.. but I wasn't expecting United to be so bad, they deserved to be humiliated. Couple more losses and there could be talk of the sack lolol.
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I'd love Maureen to get the sack. I've said right from the start that he's a disaster waiting to happen. I did have hopes that he was going to win us a trophy or two because of his record but as I've mentioned previously he can't handle the pressure of a bad run of results. Another couple of defeats before Christmas and he'll start having another nervous breakdown like he did at Chelsea last season. :-\
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Team news for United:
De Gea
Darmian Blind Rojo Shaw
Pogba Herrera
Lingard Mata Rashford
Zlatan
Valencia bust his arm against City the other day and is having an operation on it today so that leaves United with just half of their first choice defenders playing. Rooney is on the bench.
A tough derby game for us this afternoon.
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0-0 at halftime and if it wasn't for Heaton we'd be 2 or 3 goals ahead. >:(
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Whoops! Maureen sent to the stands during halftime lol. We should have had a penalty towards the end of the first half so he probably gave the ref a load of grief during the break :o
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And Herrera gets a red card over a second booking - and he slipped. Never should have been a second yellow card. >:(
Rooney and Fellaini on for Mata and Lingard.
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Memphis on for Rashford.
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0-0 final score. Heaton was amazing. 37shots on goal, 11 on target and 19 corners...I don't think I've ever seen such a one-sided game in all of my life. :o
We need to sack Maureen and give the job to Giggsy, although to be fair Maureen didn't do much wrong for this match. Still, I want him out.
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Aww what happened to the harv of a few years ago which believed in giving all managers a few seasons minimum term and the harv that said playing Burnley was one of uniteds toughest fixtures... lol, you couldn't make it up.. I'll be a very happy bunny if mou gets the sack, United and their fans don't deserve him ;D
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I said right from the start that Maureen was going to be a disaster. I guess it's a bit too early to be calling for his head, we'll see where we are after the Christmas and New Year fixtures have come and gone.
We're not being helped by having serious injury problems at the back in particular for the last 3 seasons. I can't believe we've been this unlucky with injuries for so long tbh.
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It's not down to luck that we've got Jones, harv. As long as he is in our squad we will always have injury problems at the back.
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Now that's what you call a pummelling.. top of the league to boot ;D ;D United and Liverpool not to win tomorrow to cap off a decent weekend 8)
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Team news for United:
De Gea
Young Jones Rojo Darmian
Carrick Fellaini
Mata Pogba Rooney
Zlatan
Shaw injured, Blind is only fit enough to warm the bench. For some strange reason known only to himself Maureen has Lingard, Rashford and Martial on the bench. :-\
With that back four I can't see United keeping a clean sheet. Jones hasn't played first team football for 10 months :o
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A cracking strike from Pogba puts United a goal ahead. Fantastic goal. 8)
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Zlatan with number 2 8).
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Zlatan shows his strength and gets the third goal ;D
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0-3 at halftime, not sure if De Gea is going to bother coming out for the second half, he must have been getting bored during that first half lol :o ;D
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Swansea get one back, 1-3. :(
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Lingard on for Mata.
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1-3 final score and a well deserved win. ;D
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Liverpool top 8).
Glad I took 9/2 a few weeks ago 8).
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Much did you put on Danny if u don't mind me asking mate
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Liverpool wont win the league.. too much of a liability at the back.. Watford should of had 2 or 3 against them in all honesty but they were shockingly bad.
I still think Citeh will win it
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Much did you put on Danny if u don't mind me asking mate
Keeping it quiet atm mate lol.
I back them every pay day ;).
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Team news for United:
De Gea
Valencia Jones Rojo Darmian
Carrick Herrera
Mata Pogba Martial
Rashford
;D
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United have had the better chances forcing 2 decent saves during the first half. United could have had a (soft) penalty. We've been the better side during this first half and De Gea hasn't had a save to make, but it's 0-0 at halftime. Darmian should have gone off in the first half for 2 bookings but managed to escape that second booking somehow.
I can't see there being more than a goal in it if either side wins but if the second half is anything like the first it's probably going to end 0-0 :(
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Rooney on for Martial.
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Blind on for Darmian.
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Good work from Poba and Herrera gives Mata United's first goal. The goal came after a good run of sustained pressure from United. They've done enough to deserve that goal I think.
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1-1 now. Giroud with a free header. Awful defending. arse deserve bugger all from this game. >:(
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6 games won in a row, zero goals conceded, top of the league 8)
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Two real tests coming up though.
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Meh, last time we lost a league game at the Bridge to Spurs was back in 1990.. and we've only lost 6 games against them in all competitions since.
I don't want to get ahead of myself here.. but I'd be disappointed if we don't come away with all 3 points ;D 8)
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Know what I'm getting harv for xmas : ;D ;D
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:'(
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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The season isn't anywhere near over yet though chaps, and these last four or five games we've actually started to play some decent football. We haven't been helped by a few keepers having the game of their lives (although Heaton regularly plays that well, that's why I was so pissed off that we let him go at the time!).
We'll see where we all are at the end of the season. Anyone within 12 points of the leaders after the Christmas and New Year fixtures have come and gone are capable of winning the Premiership. I'm still not happy that Maureen is our manager but there have been some good signs these last few weeks so we'll see how things go. ;)
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Basti is on the bench :o
Here's the United side:
De Gea
Valencia Jones Rojo Darmian
Herrera Pogba
Lingard Mata Rashford
Zlatan
Bench: Romero, Blind, Young, Fellaini, Micki, Fellaini, Basti
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Maureen sent to the stands ;D
Pogba booked for diving (although it could be argued that he avoided a bad challenge) and Maureen booted a water bottle lol
United went a goal down after 2 minutes but it's been all United so far, Zlatan got the equaliser.
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1-1 final score and yet ANOTHER keeper has won the Man Of The Match award against United. >:(
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Courtois didn't win MotM against Utd. ;D
Mourinho continues to display the mental behaviour that started last season, but then it seems to come out when things aren't going well.
Have to say I tend to agree that the Pogba card was harsh, the attempted challenge on him was late.
Also, why aren't there yellow cards for managers. They only get straight reds. Was kicking a water bottle worse than throwing a ball away as a show of dissent, for which a player would only get a yellow card. Find it very strange, but then maybe the F.A place a higher expectancy on managers to set an example.
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I was thinking the exact same thing on the yellow cards for managers.. seems a bit stupid.. but Jon Moss is a pillock so perhaps it was to be expected.
1-1 final score and yet ANOTHER keeper has won the Man Of The Match award against United. >:(
Yes I forgot, other teams/players aren't allowed to play well at Old Trafford - 11 points adrift already.. think its safe to say United are already out of the title challenge. Might not even get top 4 lol.
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Meh, last time we lost a league game at the Bridge to Spurs was back in 1990.. and we've only lost 6 games against them in all competitions since.
I don't want to get ahead of myself here.. but I'd be disappointed if we don't come away with all 3 points ;D 8)
Told ya so ;)
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Not out of the title challenge yet, there's only been 13 games played so far. We'll all get a better sense of how our teams are doing after the Christmas and New Year fixtures have come and gone. Anyone within 12 points of the leaders will have a chance of winning the Premiership. There's still along way to go before the season ends.
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Well you're within 12 points from bottom place.. so hope you're not ruling that out either ;) ;) ;D ;D ;D
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Our performances lately have been excellent. We've only been denied wins by outstanding performances from opposition goalkeepers. We're actually playing decent attacking football for the first time in years. To paraphrase Ray Wilkins on MUTV it's only a matter of time before United really hammer someone.
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Bit of a let off today, both defences were absolutely shite.. Costa is the fucking bomb at the moment though and probably the difference. Can't believe KDB missed that sitter though. Fernandinho deserves a lengthy spell out, what a sore loser
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And that's why Liverpool won't win the league, dodgy defence and a dodgy keeper. Great game for the neutral though. Stuck a tenner on United to win today although I won't be too disappointed if they don't :P
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Team news for United:
De Gea
Valencia Jones Rojo Darmian
Carrick Herrera
Micki Pogba Martial
Zlatan
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Rojo VERY lucky not to see red there. Disgraceful challenge :o
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Their keeper has gone insane lol
He came out for no reason and Zlatan puts United a goal ahead with a sublime finish.
Until then neither keeper had a thing to do, what a bizarre decision lol ;D
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That's United 0-1 up at halftime.
It's been a shit match so far too. Both sides are playing with bugger all pace and the passing has been awful.
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Rashford on for Martial.
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Fellaini on for Micki.
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Shit. Penalty for Everton, fucking Fellaini. >:(
1-1.
Well we didn't deserve 3 points from that game, but they've got their tails up now. :o
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1-1 final score. We REALLY needed 3 points from that after all of these draws. We're going to need to go on an impressive winning run if we've got any hope of winning the Premiership now :(
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Pahaha, always count on Fellaini to be utter shit. 13 points off the top, closer to the bottom than top ;D ;D ;D
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Good old Paddy Power lol
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Thank fuck we didn't buy Stones ;D ;D
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Same side for United that played against Everton. ;D
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Micki gets the first goal, a cracking finish.
United have surrendered a bit of possession but have had the better chances so far. 8)
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Halftime, 1-0 to United and they deserve to go in ahead during the break. ;D
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Bah! Had a hypo so I missed the last half hour of the match!
Have just read that Micki got stretchered off during the last 5 minutes. Bollocks. >:(
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United 0-1 up at halftime, they've completely dominated the game and deserve to go in ahead on balance of play but the goal from Pogba was not only offside but also had a handball from Zlatan for the assist by the looks of it. Rojo is VERY lucky (again!) to not get sent off for yet another two footed challenge.
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1-1 now, nice build up from Palace. :'( :(
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Game ended 1-2 to United. United had a valid goal ruled out for offside (which makes up for the first goal lol) and should have had a penalty but United got the win they deserved. ;D
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Twas a drab match though harv.. and if you look past the possession stats, you were fairly lucky to come away with a win.. even though the referees didn't really help either team. I had a double on Chels + Utd to win at 5/2 so that last goal did me a favour as I was cursing not cashing out just before Palace scored.
10 (TEN!) wins in a row for Chelsea now.. wonder if we can go on and beat Arsenals record of 14.. Palace away, Bournemouth home, Stoke home, Spurs away and Leicester away - its certainly do-able! We already hold Most goals scored in a season, Fewest goals conceded in a season and Most points gained in a season - so this would be a nice one to add.
6 points clear now.. and top at Xmas.. Chelsea have always gone on to win the title when top at Xmas.. so they might as well give us the trophy now ;D ;D
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Fairly lucky..? Hardly. We were all over them like a rash and dominated the game from start to finish.
We're actually starting to play some great football these last 7 or 8 games and were only denied wins by ridiculous Man Of The Match performances by a few keepers. We've had a bit of luck by Rojo not getting sent off twice but were due a bit of luck after at least half of our first choice back four being out injured for a while.
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40 points at Christmas! Forget the title, being old school Chelsea, I'm just glad we're safe from relegation. ;D ;D ;D
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Another 3 points for United today, 3-1 with goals from Blind, Zlatan and a spectacular goal from Micki. He was offside but it was given anyway. If he was onside that would probably be the goal of the season, an amazing finish. :o
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United and Boro 0 - 0 at halftime. It's been pretty much all United so far but Traore is causing us a few problems here and there. Pogba and Martial have hit the woodwork and Zlatan had a perfectly good goal disallowed for dangerous play. >:( :o >:(
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And now Boro have sneaked a goal. Bollocks >:(
We deserve 3 points from this game too :'(
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And now we should have had a penalty which wasn't given. Has late paid this referee off or something..?!!?!? :o ;D
And now a second penalty denied :o
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Martial with a good finish and an assist from Zlatan gets the equaliser.
And now Pogba puts United 2-1 up.
Should be an extra 6 or 7 minutes injury time thanks to loads of time wasting from Boro so it's far from over yet.
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Only 4 minutes injury time. This referee has been a complete joke. :o
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2-1 final score, United should have had 2 penalties and Boro could have had one soft one. United had a good goal disallowed but managed to get the 3 points. Christ on a fucking bike, that ref made Battenberg look good lmfao :o
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Doesn't really matter to be honest, by your own statement, United are already out of the title race, Chelsea 13 not out!
Anyone within 12 points of the leaders after the Christmas and New Year fixtures have come and gone are capable of winning the Premiership.
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The New Year fixtures aren't over yet. 1 more match for everyone to go. ;)
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I may be in the minority but the ref didn't do anything wrong disallowing the Ibrahimovic goal. ANYWHERE else on the pitch and a free kick would be given for dangerous play. Just like a two footed studs up challenge results in a red card even if contact isn't made. As much as we like to see goals scored, and good ones, the height of his foot and the fact it was studs first made it dangerous play.
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When Zlatan started to leap for the ball the keeper was nowhere near the ball. It was only 'dangerous' because Valdes threw himself at the ball and Zlatan. Should have been a penalty for United in that case (although we were denied 2 penalties without that incident on top!).
Still, it doesn't matter because we got 3 points anyway.
United have been playing some REALLY nice football these last couple of months, I MAY have been calling for Maureen's head a bit too soon. :o
Mind you it's only a matter of time before he goes mental and upsets a few players/the fans/the board [delete as applicable] and gets sacked/forced to resign like he's done at every single club he's worked at throughout his entire career :-\
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How dare a keeper throw himself at the ball in the area.
So forwards should just get out of the way of a lunging two footed tackle then.
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Plenty of changes for United:
De Gea
Valencia Jones Rojo Darmian
Herrera Carrick Pogba
Micki Zlatan Lingard
Hopefully Randolf isn't going to have another outstanding performance like he did in their last league match against us. :o
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Another ridiculous decision. Feghouli gets an undeserved straight red for a 50/50 challenge on Jones. It was just a yellow. Ridiculous. That's probably ruined the game now.
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0-0 at halftime, United have been pretty poor during that first half. Not enough width, not enough crosses and not enough shots on goal. Buildup has been pretty slow too. West Ham undeservedly down to 10 men and after that red card he's completely lost the plot regarding bookings. Wouldn't surprise me if we see a United player sent off for a second yellow card during the second half.
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Ended up with United winning 0-2. First goal from Mata after some good work from Rashford and the second goal from Zlatan after 3 players including himself were offside lol.
Mike Dean completely ruined what could have been a good match, but I'm not complaining too much. If I was a West Ham fan I'd be going completely ape at the moment.
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I said there was one more to go ;)
Anyone in the top 6 is capable of winning the Premiership now 8)
Hopefully arse, Spurs and the red scouse gits will do their usual and fall apart during the second half of the season and leave it a 3 horse race. ;D
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I think this is the first time me and Souness have agreed on ANYTHING!!! (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4089320/Graeme-Souness-insists-six-horse-race-Premier-League-title-following-Chelsea-s-loss-Tottenham.html) :o
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Maureen's press conference was funny today, he answered one of the journalist's mobile when it rang lmfao ;D ;D ;D
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Pogba is off his game today. Gave away a STUPID penalty. United 0-1 down. >:(
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A MUCH better second half from United, Zlatan getting the equaliser. That was certainly a great last 10 minutes, great entertainment. A draw was a fair result I think. ;D
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You ever get the feeling you're talking to yourself Harv ;D ;D ;D
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No because I hear voices all the time lol :o ;D
Doesn't matter, I have it on very good authority that the Great Lord Muf only keeps these forums open for the sole purpose of being my personal blog 8)
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Blimey, there's a name from the past.
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;D ;D ;D
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Chelsea win tomorrow and that's Liverpool out of the race I'd say. United only drew today, but they were already out of it. ;D
If spurs win tonight, you'd have to take them seriously as genuine contenders. Cmon city!!
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We're still in it even if you lot win tomorrow. You should never write United off! ;)
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Even if we lose you're not in it. There's no way you are going to win 4 more games than us from the remaining 16. Top 4 is your best shout
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Well we did win it, albeit not as easy as expected.. good weekend for us though, shame arse rode a bit of luck and won their game
14pts clear of united in 6th and harv still thinks they have a chance ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Whenever it's mathematically possible for United to win a trophy I believe they can do it. I wouldn't be much of a fan otherwise, would I..? And we've seen two major upsets so far. Once when Amber was giving it the biggun years and years ago and once when my good self was giving it the biggun a few years ago. There's plenty of time to go yet. If the Premier League handed out the trophy this early arse and the red scouse gits in particular would have a load of those trophies in their trophy cabinets. :P
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I'm not saying we are definitely going to win it.
I'm saying you're definitely not going to win it ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Nice set of results tonight. Chelsea, the red scouse gits, arse and Spurs all dropping points. Hopefully we'll be able to take advantage of that with a win tomorrow.
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38 minutes gone and it's all United so far but we haven't created anywhere near enough chances. Hull should be down to 10 men though. Rashford is causing them a few problems with his pace though.
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0-0 at halftime, I can see us dropping points here if we're not careful. Only 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Not good enough. >:(
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Yet again we've failed to capitalise on points dropped by other teams and we've been denied a win by yet another keeper having the game of his life lol :o ;D
0-0 final score, and I'm pretty sure that one of the saves their keeper made in the second half defied the laws of physics lmfao :o ;D
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Don't worry, its still mathematically possible to win the title.. despite not beating bottom place.. and not scoring.. at home.. lolololol
Be thankful you only dropped points to city... if you don't hit top 4 this season it will be nothing short of a major disaster ;D ;D
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Don't worry, its still mathematically possible to win the title.. despite not beating bottom place.. and not scoring.. at home.. lolololol
Be thankful you only dropped points to city... if you don't hit top 4 this season it will be nothing short of a major disaster ;D ;D
We've been REALLY unlucky with some of these draws though. We're playing some decent football, completely dominating matches, creating plenty of chances but haven't scored in those matches due to ridiculous goalkeeper performances.
And the Premiership title is still on for United too despite what you may think ;)
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;D ;D ;D
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Fantastic performance by us yesterday if I do say so myself and cracking goal from hazard.
As soon as we go 10 clear of 2nd, it's all over ;D
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United 0-2 up at halftime, thanks to Maureen switching to 4-4-2 after 20 minutes. We really need to be playing 4-4-2 more often imo, that formation has been a part of United's DNA for donkey's years. Plenty of width, plenty of pace and plenty of penetration. I really don't like the way that managers have been playing 4-5-1 with two defensive midfielders almost as a standard these days, you can understand doing that away from home but playing at home like that is too negative imo.
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Blind on for Rojo. Not sure why he's done that. :-\ Injury, perhaps..?
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And Mata makes it 3. Nice goal too, although he COULD have got sent off during the first half. If you look at the replay in slow motion though you can see that he tried pulling his legs back when he realised that it was dangerous play, probably saved him from going off I think.
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0-3 final score, disappointed that we didn't score more tbh. ;D
5 points from second place now, and we've got Spurs, arse and Chelsea to play before the season is over I think.
In the final of the League Cup, still in the FA Cup and still in the Europa League too. ;D
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5 points from second place now, and we've got Spurs, arse and Chelsea to play before the season is over I think.
5 points from seventh place, and you've got Spurs, arse and Chelesa and City and Everton to play before the season is over. ;)
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I'm not worried, we've got two chances of getting Champion's League football next season, a top four place and winning the Europa League. Who knows, maybe we'll get both (and that will mean that we'll give arse Champion's League football when they finish in fifth place which will REALLY piss me off).
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I think you could be wrong. If you win Europa and finish outside top 4, we don't lose a place. If you win it and finish in the top 4, we don't get a 5th team in the CL. Finishing 5th will never get you a CL place.
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2215121.html
– The club that won the UEFA Champions League will go straight into the group stage
– The UEFA Europa League winners will go into the UEFA Champions League play-offs
– The club that had qualified for a UEFA Champions League play-off spot via their domestic league competition (i.e. finished fourth) will transfer into the UEFA Europa League.
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Well that's a relief. That means that arse will end up in the Europa League next season then (assuming that they don't end up mid-table going by current form lol :P ;D
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An outstanding first half from United so far, Mata gets the first goal to put United 1-0 up. We should be 3 or 4 up with the chances we've had. We're all over them. ;D
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1-0 at halftime and United are having an excellent game so far with Mata and Herrera being the best two players on the pitch. ;D
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Martial makes it 2-0 with a very cool finish. ;D
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2-0 final score, several players up for Man Of The Match but I think Mata just edged it. 8)
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Bournemouth down to 10 men but Zlatan should have gone off too. That stamp on Zlatan's head was NASTY but the following elbow from him was pretty disgraceful too tbh.
1-1 at halftime but United have wasted loads of good chances and should be two or three goals ahead.
Both players should get a 5 match ban for their behaviour this afternoon imo. :o
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Oops, just realised that the player that stamped on Zlatan's head didn't get sent off because he was on the deck after the elbow lol. So United should have had one player sent off and Bournemouth should have had two sent off lol :o ;D
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That's three players they should have had sent off now lol :o ;D
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So the "best squad" in the premier league can't beat a 10 man Bournemouth at home... and super zlatan the best striker in the league who never gets sent off, should of been sent off and misses a penalty, lololool, you couldn't make it up. Don't tell me... the opposition keeper had the game of his life... LOL
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What a crazy game lol
Ended 1-1 and should have ended with 18 men on the pitch, three reds for Bournemouth and one red for United. That's an opportunity for fourth place wasted and yet another draw at home >:(
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Boruc did win the Man Of The Match imo ;)
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Well it certainly wasn't going to be a United player ;D
Just the 14pts off top and still in 6th place. £150m this season well spent I'd say ;D
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The season isn't over yet, although I do think the title is slipping through our fingers now lol ;D ;D ;D
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Have to say after seeing it more, I think it's pretty obvious that Mings didn't mean to stamp on zlatans head. It's only one angle that it looks bad in. Zlatan definitely elbowed Mings on purpose though.. And to come out and say that Mings jumped into his elbow just shows what a prick he is... I can see some retrospective action being taken there ;D
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Please tell me you're joking lmfao ;D ;D ;D
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If you watch it again in slow motion, it appears that Zlatan tried to stamp on Mings.. missed and then fell over Rooney and held his leg... Mings was unbalanced getting up from tackling Rooney (and Rooney was still in the way), he looked down to see where Zlatan was play-acting and then tried to jump past Rooney and over Zlatan but unfortunately his boot hit Zlatan's head. People have their own opinions and I can see on one camera angle it did look bad.. but going on the character of the player and the fact he came out straight away and denied it.. combined with the fact that it would be very contentious... I think the FA will find it hard to ban him.
Zlatan unequivocally elbowed Mings in the head.. there's no getting away from that.. it was a pre-meditated act and the fact that Zlatan came out and said that Mings jumped into his elbow.. I think he will rightfully get a 3 match ban by the FA. Next thing you know Jose will come out and say there's an agenda against United (to hide from the fact he's spent £150m this season and is still only 6th) ;) ;D
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He looked down TWICE. And you can see that in EVERY angled scene. It was a deliberate stamp and a very nasty one at that.
Personally I think that BOTH players should get a 5 match ban. You can understand why Zlatan did what he did but two wrongs don't make a right.
The player that pushed Zlatan over should also have got a straight red. He raised his hands, pushing other players over is part of what that rule covered. There was also another Bournemouth player that should have seen red with a double booking but somehow only ended up with one yellow.
It was a very poor performance from the ref tbh, there should have only been 18 players on the pitch by the time the final whistle went.
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Well they've both been charged...shame ;D ;D ;D
I think United can kiss 2nd/3rd place in the league goodbye ;)
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Even if he gets banned for 5 matches we can cope without him ;)
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He's scored nearly 1/2 of all your goals this season ;D ;D Good luck with that!
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I'm not worried, we have Rashford, Rooney, Martial, Mata and Micki to pick up the slack. ;)
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Oh yeah.. they've done so well so far haven't they.. 17 goals between the lot of them.. same amount that Costa has on his own ;D
Even Alonso has scored more goals than Rashford, Rooney, Martial and Mkhitaryan in the premier league so far ;D ;D
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I'm not too worried.
I see that Minger is appealing his 3 match ban which means he'll get the 5 match ban that he should have got anyway. Zlatan isn't appealing his so we'll only lose him for 3 matches. Both players should have got a 5 match ban right from the start, disgraceful behavious from both of them (although you can understand why Zlatan did it).
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Of course he's appealing the ban, it was an accident ;)
Thanks to Stoke last night (who won me a bit of wonga too by drawing) - Chelsea only have to win 8 games out of this 11 to win the league:
Stoke (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Man City (H)
Bournemouth (A)
Man Utd (A)
Southampton (H)
Everton (A)
Middlesborough (H)
West Brom (A)
Sunderland (H)
Watford (H)
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I personally do think Mings deliberately tried to stamp on Zlatan. The way his foot was coming down wasn't a natural movement to me.
That said, I'd want to stamp on the big nosed twats head as well, so can't really blame him.
I also think we'd have been better off against Zlatan. Good though he is, his lack of pace makes him less of a threat. I think a combination of Rashford/Martial might cause us more problems.
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Well Rashford, Rooney and Martial are also out for tonights game ;D ;D .. but don't worry, you've got that lethal finisher Fellaini up front and it'll be long ball all the way.
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Personally I think that Micki is more of a key player than Zlatan is and he's playing tonight and Rashford is also starting:
De Gea
Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Rojo Darmian
Herrera, Pogba, Young
Mkhitaryan, Rashford
Bench: Romero, Bailly, Blind, Carrick, Fellaini, Lingard, Mata
Looking like 5-3-2 going by that line-up. ;D
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Good luck to you and drags by the way, hopefully it's going to be a decent match 8)
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Good win today, although going on commentary, it was a very soft penalty Stoke got and they didn't really do anything else all game.
7 to go ;D
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And arse lost again too ;D ;D ;D
Wenger has since stated that he's made a decision about his future and will announce it 'very soon'. Sounds like he's going to quit which would be a shame because I think he's doing a great job for these last 10 or 11 years or so lmfao :P
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Good luck late! ;D
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Valdes is coming back to haunt us, he's playing a blinder so far >:(
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Awful defending by Boro and Fellaini puts United a goal ahead.
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0-1 to United and could have had another couple if it wasn't for some great goalkeeping from Valdes. 8)
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Fucking hell, Lingard scores a screamer :o ;D
Amazing finish. 0-2. ;D
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1-2, Boro get one back :o
This last 15 minutes could get interesting :o
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Wow! An unfortunate slip by Valdes and Valencia makes it 1-3. ;D
And that's the final whistle. 8)
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The Bitters and red scouse gits drew which is handy, could have done without a Spuds win though tbh.
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Bloody drew with West Brom just now :'(
And Rooney should have been sent off too. :-[
Mike Dean was useless, as usual. We should have had an extra 4 minutes to play across both halves due to West Brom's time wasting throughout the game.
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Missed the first half due to the clock in Elite Dangerous being an hour slow, bloody annoying because I just assumed that it was the same time as the system clock. Going to have a look in the settings and set it to DST.
It was a great second half, heroic defending at times from The Toffees and some questionable decisions by the ref. Zlatan should have had his 'offside' goal allowed but you can understand the linesman getting that wrong because it was a VERY close call. Zlata got us a point by scoring a penalty in the last minute.
Not a good result for us though, we need 3 points from EVERY game at the moment. Bloody frustrating. >:(
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Only 4 points between 1st and 2nd place now :o
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Larsson unlucky to get sent off there. United a goal up from a goal from Zlatan and Sunderland unreservedly down to 10 men.
United 0-1 up at halftime.
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And Micki makes it 0-2. 8)
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And Rashford made it a 0-3 final score. ;D
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Only 4 points between 1st and 2nd place now :o
Can't remember what I was watching when they said that but they got it wrong. I thought it surprised me lol
7 points difference!
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Still off your rocker then Harv mate :)
Good to see you still about.
I believe we will pinch 4th place this season. Just need to pick up a few more wins rather than draws. Interested to see who he lets go and who he brings in when the season is done.
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Well Lingard has signed a new 4 year deal and Carrick has got another 1 year extension so that's two players we know are staying at least. ;D
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true, need more quality in mid going forward and another class striker imo.
rooney is done, herrera, mata, fellaini, not good enough going forward.
Rashford needs more time before anyone can judge really and im not a big fan of martial, maybe as a striker but wasted out wide.
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I love it when keepers start playing up front lol ;D
Good luck to drags and jman for later on!
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Rashford puts us 1-0 up, should have been handball lol
About time we had a bit of luck :P
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1-0 at halftime, United the best side by far. We were lucky with that handball not being given but we deserve to go in ahead.
Rashford and Lingard have been tearing them to pieces :o
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I can see the milk cartons tomorrow:
MISSING
Eden Hazard
(Aged 26 1/4)
Last Seen In Herrera's Pocket
An easy win for United and it's starting to look like Chelsea are starting to lose their bottle towards the end of the season :o
David De Gea is going to probably pick up a 5 match suspension and a big fine from the FA though which is a bit of a bugger :(
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Well it's quiet on the Chelsea front here tonight, isn't it..? 8)
With De Gea I was obviously talking about De Gea sneaking off the pitch during the first half to get himself a cup of tea and a Balti Pie. This is the third time he's done it during these last few years and he's already had two strict warnings from the FA. That's his third strike and I think he's out now :'(
;D ;D ;D
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haha, Never expected that result tbf. United were quality. Pressing all the time and man marking hazard was a good shout.
Herrera had a very good game just wish he had more games like this.
We done Spurs a big favor there.
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8 changes for United for a tough game at Turf Moor:
De Gea
Darmian Bailly Blind Young
Herrera Fellaini
Lingard Pogba Martial
Rooster
So Rashford rested and the Roonster starts up front. Am surprised that Rashford is being rested, but he did play 120 minutes on Thursday.
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Nice goal from Martial put United ahead. We'll need another one though I think.
And just as I typed that the Roonster gets number 2.
The first two United players to score at Turf Moor since Lou Macari in 77 I think it was. Told you these matches were tough!
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0-2 to United at halftime and they deserve the lead. ;D
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Oops, it was 76 not 77 :-[
A comfortable win for United who won 0-2.
The Bitters on Thursday for a must win game for both sides, a tough match even without the ridiculous injuries we have at the moment. :(
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Chelsea title now imo
which is ok for me as i dont want the yids winning it
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I'll be more confident if we beat Everton or spuds slip up, they've got a much harder run in than us but it's not over yet.
Great performance tonight, good to see JT come on at the end too. Costas 2nd goal was fucking amazing, I love that front three of hazard, pedro and costa.
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More changes for United.
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Blind Darmian
Herrera Carrick Fellaini
Micki Rashford Martial
Am expecting the pace of Rashford and Martial in particular to cause the Bitters problems on the break.
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0-0 at halftime, the first half of the first half was pretty even but Citeh started to get a grip of the game during the last 20 minutes or so.
Maureen has been playing Micki in the middle with Martial and Rashford out wide, I reckon we'll see Lingard on for Micki sometime during the second half and Rashford in the middle.
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And Fellaini is sent off, a stupid booking followed by an even stupiderer head but. Straight red. Fucking twat >:(
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0-0 final score and we deserved fuck all from that game. Fellaini should get a 5 match ban for that stupidity which isn't going to do us any favours. :'(
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Fell asleep twice during that game.. it was absolute wank.. I knew it would be, Jose couldn't afford to lose so parked the bus. Only highlight was the 20 seconds of fucking madness from that clown Fellaini.. hilarious :D
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Just like to point out to harv that it's now mathematically impossible for United to win the league ;D ;D
Lucky to get a draw out of Swansea, nice dive from Rashford though. Chelsea were outstanding today, few nervy moments but once we were in front we really dominated. Arsenal played like a shower of shit and deservedly lost.
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And another two injuries to add to the list too. :'(
arse and Spurs next, away, with two matches against Celta Vigo too. Still, only 7 matches to play next month if we make it to the Europa League Final lol :o ;D ;D ;D
Not so sure that we're going to go through though, the squad is looking REALLY knackered these last few games. Makes me wish that Van Gaal had 'done a Ryan Giggs' last season and thrown a few matches to make sure we weren't in the competition. Maureen probably would have won the Premiership by now if we didn't have all of those extra matches to play. Still, can't complain too much because I REALLY want us to win this competition considering it's the only one we haven't won. :-\
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West Brom away is a potential banana skin. They are 8th and while we should win, I reckon it will be a tougher game than Everton.
Arsenal. the ultimate surrender monkeys, couldn't do us any favours today. Hope they play like that in the cup final. They were all over the place in the second half.
Boro' are still fighting and showed today they have something left in them.
Always wary of clubs at the bottom who are already down. Nothing to play for and often go out with a bang, look at Spurs losing to Newcastle last day of the season last year to finish 3rd.
Hoping Leicester return the favour to us from last season.
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But the good news is that if we win the 3 remaining home games we are champions no matter what - and if we win all 4 games, we'll beat our own record of most wins in a season too 8)
Besides, I can't see Spurs winning all their remaining games anyway, I'd be surprised if they beat united - united like to bore everyone to death with draws - they've already equalled the most home draws in a season record.. sure you must be super proud of that record harv.. especially when you consider you have the most expensive squad in the world.
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And it'll get more expensive in the Summer too!
Like I've said before, we've been seriously hampered by injuries for the last 3 seasons. Probably just as well that we've got arguably the strongest squad in the Premiership because any other side in the Premiership would probably be mid-table for each of those seasons if they had the injuries we've had and certainly wouldn't have won 2 trophies.
One concern I have for next season is that arse aren't looking like getting 5th place so will be without European football next season. That combined with Wenger being shown the door at the end of this season could mean that arse might win the Premiership last season. :(
Heard yesterday that Zlatan's operation on his knee was a success, going to be interesting to see if he signs a new deal or not.
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Bollocks, just read that Shaw has done his ankle ligaments. >:( :'( >:(
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8 changes from the side that played Celta Vigo but still a strong side. Tuanzebe makes his first senior start, probably at right back, and Mata is back. Going to be interesting to see how the front four players line up as all of their positions are interchangeable:
De Gea
Tuanzebe Smalling Jones Darmian
Carrick Herrera
Micki Mata Martial
Roonster
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0-0 at halftime. The first half an hour was pretty even with both sides creating chances but the last 15 minutes arse started to dominate and were more of a threat.
United are playing a bit too defensively for my liking. >:(
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Shite. A cruel deflection puts arse 1-0 up. Bollocks. >:(
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And now Welbeck makes it game over :'(
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Aw well, that's not a complete disaster because that could mean that Wenger is staying now lololol :P
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United were shite, best chance of the game came from an arsenal mistake. Best hope you win the Europa League cos you ain't finishing top 4 lol.
Told you drags that spurs wouldn't win all their games, we could be champions by next Sunday :P
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Still plenty of time to go before the top 4 is decided. It could still go down to the wire.
And the match could have gone either way if it wasn't down to that first goal coming from a lucky deflection.
I said right from the start of Maureen getting the job that I wasn't looking forward to him parking the proverbial bus too by the way. ;)
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1 win to go.. ;D ;D Absolutely trashed boro last night - they were so bad its not surprising they are going down.
Champions on Friday hopefully, then rest the team for the cup final - if it happens, this will be the best double we've ever won.
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I want us to win all of our final three games, break our own record for most wins in a season. Main reason for winning on Friday is that JT will be guaranteed to get games against Watford and Sunderland I reckon.
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Oh definitely... but also wiping out Mourinho records is a nice bonus too :P
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Two more wins and a new record would be nice. JT already won more PL titles as captain than anyone else. Now have a ticket for Watford on Monday too. Party time.
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Yep, we deserved to be champions, most consistent throughout the season and that winning run we had was just epic. Fair play to spurs who pushed us most of the way, can't believe how bad citeh and United have been this season! Jose and Pep will be getting their marching orders next season if they has a similar showing I'm sure
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If we're not hamstrung by the Europa League and injuries are even only half as bad we'll win the Premiership.
I've never seen anything like the last 3 seasons in all of my years watching football.
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Team news for United:
De Gea
Bailly Jones Smalling
Tuanzebe Carrick Roonster Blind
Mata Lingard
Martial
Looking like 3 at the back unless Maureen opts to put Jones next to Carrick playing 4-5-1 with 2 defensive midfielders.
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Well that was a good start lmfao ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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1-0 down at halftime and Maureen is parking that bus AGAIN.
These last 4 or 5 Premiership matches have been awful. I'm convinced that he's dropping points on purpose the same way that Giggsy did when he took over from Moyes years ago to avoid 5th place.
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Fucking hell, Chas 'n' Dave are still alive!!! :o
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And that's 2. Game over if we carry on playing like this. Great goal too.
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Why would mourinho purposely avoid 5th place, you'll be shoved into the Europa league regardless of league position because you won the league cup. You'll only get champions league if you beat ajax now.. And on another dreadful performance I wouldn't back them to do that, even if it is just ajax
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Oops! Forgot about the League Cup! :-[
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That 0-0 was that drab from United Harv hasn't even bothered commentating on it.
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These last half a dozen or so Premiership matches have been woeful. It's like watching Chelsea from years ago.
No idea what's happened to our attacking, exciting football that Maureen's United were playing when we got all of those draws (yes, I know how that sounds but it was only down to 3 or 4 Man Of The Match performances from opposition keepers having the games of their lives that prevented us from getting 3 points from each match!).
The only thing I can think of is that Maureen is using these matches as extended training sessions parking that bus during competitive matches in preparation for the Final next week :-\
Not the way I like to see sides playing football though, but if it manages to win us the trophy I won't complain too much I guess. :-\ >:(
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Well its not really like watching Chelsea a few seasons back is it - we won the title back in 2014-15 and broke shit loads of records that season too. The only record you are likely to break is the amount of home draws in a season. 15 draws in total now, that's nearly half your games and United are only 2 points better off than what Moyes achieved lololol. Don't forget its all the injuries you've had ;)
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Good to see Gomes getting an appearance for the first team today. Remember how I was saying that Rashford was going to be the dog's bollocks..? Gomes is better. Of course the press are making a big deal out of Nani being his godfather and of course there are going to be Ronaldo comparisons but this kid really is something special. I'm hoping that he isn't going to go out on loan because there's no guarantee whether it'#s going to be a good loan or a bad one, annoyingly these things seem to be 50/50. They either get decent first team action or they don't.
I'd much rather that he stays training with the first team and getting the odd appearance in League Cup or maybe even FA Cup matches here and there.
Also good to see Josh Harrop getting a chance too.
All the kids did well this afternoon. 8)