United (H) - Sun 15th Dec, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[MCFC1993]

Kick off time 16:30 (GMT).

If a derby is for anything, it's for turning up and working your arse off even when you're playing shite and we should know about that over the years.

Unfortunately, I think they're set up perfectly to exploit our weakness, they'll sit back and counter with pace and that'll cause us problems.

As for our starting XI, I'm not sure I could pick it at the moment. Good Luck!

----------------Ortega
Akanji---Dias---Gvardiol---????
-----------------??????
-------De Bruyne---Grealish
?????-------Haaland-------Doku

Hoping Akanji is fit.

If we could get Ake, Stones and Foden in those blank spots that'd be ideal. I know Ake is out long term though.

 

[skillman]

It’s a good job they’re shit too

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Can't wait...

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

It’s a good job they’re shit too

Surely they can’t be this shit! If we play a high line again with this defence we are fucked.

 

[nellyonthewing]

A team that cannot find the goal and is vulnerable to a breakaway. The rags will be rubbing their sweaty grubby paws.

 

[chris85mcfc]

They're shit, but I don't think they're shit enough for us to beat them on Sunday.

Thought after Palace that United would beat us, and tonight has just enhanced that.

They'll turn up on Sunday, and if they actually manage to put one foot in front of the other, they could walk through us.

 

[SCEtoAUX]

We're going to fucking smash them.

 

[citeh94]

This has another 2-0 loss written all over it.

 

[ShaunMCFC]

8 all, Walker at fault for 7 and a Casemiro bicycle kick

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Gonna be a top quality game...

 

[Bluemoonadam]

We are there for the taking, 2 shit teams going at it Could be fun for all the wrong reasons.

 

[hertsblue]

They are shit but fear a thumping off them as we are so easy to beat these days and their pace will kill us every time we give the ball away cheaply throughout the game

 

[skillman]

Annoyingly, this game will play into their hands.

We’ll be wide open and they’ve started playing certain passes (like the one that opened us up on their second tonight) which we don’t track.

And the high line. Christ, the high line.

Fun, fun, fun.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

They are shit, but they have pace.

AKA our kryptonite.

 

[citytill1die84]

Losing this all day long.

Rashford, Diallo & Garnacho will have a field day.

 

[the blue panther]

Can't wait...

They won't be shit on Sunday. Expect prime 1970 Brazil.

 

[youngbob]

Ortega
Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol
Kovacic, Grealish
De Bruyne, Foden
Savinho, Haaland, Doku

Doesn't matter. 2-0 United.

 

[BrianW]

Time for desperate measures.
Lump £50 on the Rags - that way we'll win.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

They are beating us, I’ll back most teams to do us. The team is dead.

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Rags currently 4/1 with Bet365. Time to lump the Christmas bonus on.