Sheffield Utd (H) | Pre-Match Thread

[Tricky_Trev]

Tonight has just made Pep's team talk and planning easy. If anyone around the squad was complacent about this fixture, they won't be now.

Yeah I agree. Fantastic result tonight in more ways than one.

 

[mccity]

Honestly i just dont rate them.

I think Leicester,possibly Spurs are more realistic title challengers.

Rags just have a decent front 3,4,the rest of the side is Meh.

Pogba blows hot and cold quicker than a broken hair dryer.

Their defense is not good either.

United haven't been good at any stage this season. The concern was always that they kept shithousing their way to wins over weaker sides and that'd get them to the 80 point mark which could see them as contenders. There have been sides with a lot of luck before, why not again here?

Thankfully they've put us at ease a bit with tonight's masterclass. But I think we should still be wary as if we drop points anytime soon they could be right back again.


Leicester I'm hoping suffer without Vardy, but I think as long as we don't shit the bed they shouldn't be an issue.
Tottenham are the dark horses, but Mourinho sides that win the league tend to do so by leading the league all season. In fact I think every title he's won has been as full term league leader. So if he thinks they're out of it, he'll put his focuses elsewhere.
Liverpool are in a shit state atm but I won't rule them out until we've got a big lead over them.

 

[PhdWave]

---------------------------Ederson-----------------------------

-----Walker------Stones-----Diaz----------Cancelo------

----------Bernardo---------Rodri-----------Gundo---------

-------Sterling--------------Jesus---------Foden-----------

Mahrez for foden is also fine...We need to rest foden a bit for the upcoming matches.

 

[Horlocksleftpeg]

Tonight has just made Pep's team talk and planning easy. If anyone around the squad was complacent about this fixture, they won't be now.

A great point.

We’ll go out with purpose and without complacency.

That said, I can’t see anything but a win by at least 2 clear goals.

 

[MCFC1993]

Big game for us to send a message to the other title challengers, basically 'are you ready to go half a season without making a mistake?'.

Sheffield United will be buoyant early on but expect fatigue to kick in after that lung busting performance tonight, plus they'll definitely be thinking about their bigger game vs West Brom on Tuesday.

Not sure on our team, the following have to play though:

Ederson, Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Rodri, Gundogan, Bernardo, Foden.

The other 3 spots could be anyone else as long as those 8 play.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I predicted a 1-1 draw against the rags, I was wrong, well done Sheffield United! : )

They will come to ours with their tails up and we must be wary. However, they gave it their all tonight so if we keep it tight at the back and score early their heads might drop and fatigue set in from exertion of a non stop battle in beating the rags. We can punish them and put them sword but having watched them beat United you never know. They need at least a draw so will need to try and counter us and take any chances they get, and hopefully (touch wood) we can keep another clean sheet.

it is the strangest season in the history of the PL and anything can happen but I'm going 3-0.

Any Sheffield United fans reading I wish you good luck in avoiding the drop. Good luck and best wishes starting after the game on Saturday of course: )

 

[Blue Theatre]

Sounds daft given their league position, but actually most of Sheff Utd's games this season have been pretty close.

They've only conceded 6 more goals than Utd, for eg, and fewer than Leeds, Palace & Newcastle.

Still think we'll win, obviously - but it may be closer than we'd expect.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

They play West brom on Tuesday and although it will help their confidence tonight would have taken it out of them, so we have a huge advantage and I'd expect them to rest players. That said sometimes in situations like that it can be trickier than you'd hope, but I'd still expect a comfortable win

 

[Badensbluemoon]

Ok ladies and gentlemen... let's take it one game at a time.... No need to worry about the title race...

 

[TonyM]

---------------------------Ederson-----------------------------

--Cancelo------Stones-----Diaz--------Zinchenko----

----------Bernardo---------Rodri-----------Gundo---------

------Torres--------------Jesus-----------------Foden------

Please.