Man United (H) | Pre-Match Thread

[chaddblue]

I honestly can’t remember being so confident of a win going into a derby

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Yeah, but he claims to be an Altrincham fan. Shouldn't be any greater manchester refs in the PL full stop with the 2 clubs involved.

That's a disgraceful appointment by the FA

 

[Mike45]

I would really love to see us go for it from the off on Sunday eg like the last 15 mins against Wolves. However, I think Pep will be conscious of the Rags pace on the counter and will adopt a slightly more cautious approach.

I hope Pep will go with the energy and youth of Bernardo and Foden.

Ederson
Walker Stones Dias Cancelo
Gundogan Rodri Bernardo
Sterling Jesus Foden

After the last great(the latest was superb) performances from Mahrez i think it's difficult to let him out from this.
He s a constant threat.
Also i believe Fernandinho suits better in this game from Rodri.
And lastly i hope to see KDB(in order for him to be 100 % again) since i think right now he would probably almost have found his form.
So i would replace him for Gundogan too.

 

[BlueMoaner]

I would suggest we finish these tawts off as soon as poss....Score 3 in the first half, and carry on....
They offer nothing,Rat face falling over when things are desperate, apart from that zero...Fern should keep him quiet, as the game goes on they just create nothing, starve Cavani and he runs round in circles..To park the bus in a derby is embarrassing for them, so they must fear the worst, Crystal Palace neutralised them so we should pull them apart with Kdb,Marhrez, Sterling , Silva, Foden,......No excuses.......Let Do it....!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kippax77]

As long as we have the ball, they can't hurt us.
Couple that with a great speech prior kick off, we should be smashing these pretenders.
Its only the yank paid British media that tell us anything different

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

The Scum are a team that play on the break. When their opponents play the low block they literally have nothing. That’s why regardless of the result tomorrow they will not finish in the top 4. As long as we are not too gung ho tomorrow it’ll be similar to the West Ham game. Except they’re not as good as West Ham.

 

[Hoghead]

It's a Derby 1st v 2nd. All form out of the window, anything can happen.
I'm going to hide behind the settee as usual.

 

[Bluekiwi]

I'm going to hide behind the settee as usual.

My son used to do that when Sesame Street was on TV - Cookie Monster scared the shit out of him

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Like I mentioned earlier in the week Pep has been resting Fernandinho for Sunday. He schooled Fernandes in the semi and he'll snuff out the danger again. I really can't understand how so .any are ignoring Fernandinho's quality. He still has it, especially in the BIG games. I cannot see Rodri playing tbh.

 

[scousemanc]

I watched the Palace v United game and the United players didn't have the will to win. It was the will to draw. Same on Sunday, but City aren't Palace. City win.

 

[JGL07]

Unreal that Taylor is the ref
Isn't he a united fan?

He may be but his card is marked. Taylor has been fine wi City in recent matches.

I would certainly prefer Taylor to a number of others.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

My son used to do that when Sesame Street was on TV - Cookie Monster scared the shit out of him

Leave Shaw out of this.

 

[Bluekiwi]

Leave Shaw out of this.

Damn - I didn't think anyone would work out the rags player that I liked the Cookie to.

 

[BongoBlue]

Hoping that Pogba is still out. Believe it or not, he is the one that I fear the most. The ghosts of 2018 die hard...

 

[Blueknows]

I honestly can’t remember being so confident of a win going into a derby

Me an all not only do we owe them a hammering but Im quite confident we will do

 

[lancs blue]

Me an all not only do we owe them a hammering but Im quite confident we will do

Can't see it myself, if we score first they'll go into full on damage limitation. 2-0 at best.

 

[Groke]

Hoping that Pogba is still out. Believe it or not, he is the one that I fear the most. The ghosts of 2018 die hard...

That second half was stage managed for them by the officials - breaking up city's play, awarding them free kicks for nothing (especially in dangerous areas) plus the penalty not given against aguero. Saying that, Sterling should have put it beyond reach in the first half.

 

[117 M34]

I think that it is going to be very similar to the league game at the swamp.

They will be delighted with a boring point and will sit back and defend for their lives.
I think pep will be pragmatic and realise that a draw pretty much guarantees the title, especially if Leicester drop points tonight so won't go all out.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

That second half was stage managed for them by the officials - breaking up city's play, awarding them free kicks for nothing (especially in dangerous areas) plus the penalty not given against aguero. Saying that, Sterling should have put it beyond reach in the first half.

Nailed the game exactly.

The only good thing that came out of that result was there was no pitch invasion which would have no doubt led to a rag player being attacked/verbally abused and the club bring dragged through it in the press.

It certainly didn't make me feel better at the time, I was gutted, not felt as bad post game since Wigan made worse by missing being 4 up at HT. Even winning a big bet (for me) of over 1.5 City goals by HT didn't help.

Anyway not quite a league decider mathematically tomorrow but a chance to right that wrong.

 

[Blue Budgie]

He may be but his card is marked. Taylor has been fine wi City in recent matches.

I would certainly prefer Taylor to a number of others.

Sad but true. Alty is the very best of a very bad bunch.