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

[MCFC1993]

Akanji, Ake, Stones and Rodri would all play if fit. We just can't replace them.

We're in trouble if it's this.
Walker---Dias---JSP---Gvardiol
------------------Gundogan

Dias, Akanji and Ake are our only defenders in any type of form.

 

[cyberblue]

United are absolutely shit, but I still don't have a great deal of confidence going into this. Suspect they'll pick us off quite easily on the counter, as many other teams have. Hopefully Akanji will be available, and Kovacic and Foden fit enough to start. Not sure what team we'll put out, but suspect it will be just more of the same in the blind hope that it suddenly clicks. It won't.

The writing has been on the wall all season ( even at the final) last season
We got out of jail a few times early in the season but not anymore sh*t happens all good runs come to an end .Doubt we will win anything this season.I would definitely start playing some of the academy players that are on the bench week and week out as they couldn't do much worse than those playing at the moment.Lets just hope we still got it in us for Sunday

 

[jacko74]

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

But we're not even "going at it" are we?

We're just playing shit pedestrian sideways/backwards football yet somehow also managing to be defensively shit and highly vulnerable to counter attacks.

 

[Bluemoonadam]

But we're not even "going at it" are we?

We're just playing shit pedestrian sideways/backwards football yet somehow also managing to be defensively shit and highly vulnerable to counter attacks.

True not sure what I was thinking when I said both teams going at it, it'll be far from that lol.

 

[oldius]

But we're not even "going at it" are we?

We're just playing shit pedestrian sideways/backwards football yet somehow also managing to be defensively shit and highly vulnerable to counter attacks.

And also still managing to create more chances than the opposition and have more shots on goal. It's amazing.

 

[Lavinda Past]

I don't think we should be replacing Pep at all just yet. He has earned the right to rebuild the squad. I think everyone accepts that a rebuild needs to take place as there isn't a manager on the planet who could get this squad to win things in its present state. Why would you not entrust the greatest manager the game has ever seen to oversee that rebuild? The manager who is the biggest magnet for top talent?

Is he the 'biggest magnet' though?

Although I personally wouldn't have wanted either at City, both Bellingham and Rice opted to go elsewhere, and I suspect that there are quite a few others who wouldn't fancy working within his obviously rigid / inflexible system.

The 'biggest magnet' is, was, and always will be money. When Pep leaves, the money will still be here, top players will still come, regardless of who is coach.

That's my biggest concern at the moment... I've said it for a while... Our situation since the FA Cup final (not just the last two months), reminds me of that at the swamp when Ferguson jumped ship... Ageing squad, poor signings, inadequate succession planning etc.

Despite winning the PL for the fourth successive season in 23/24, I honestly think that Pep should have left the club at the end of 22/23 after winning the Champions League.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

I dread this fixture when we’re firing on all cylinders, never mind when we’re doing our best Dad’s Army impersonation.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Who’s the underdog in this game hard to tell at the moment

The viewing public...?

 

[Father Paul]

Is he the 'biggest magnet' though?

Although I personally wouldn't have wanted either at City, both Bellingham and Rice opted to go elsewhere, and I suspect that there are quite a few others who wouldn't fancy working within his obviously rigid / inflexible system.

The 'biggest magnet' is, was, and always will be money. When Pep leaves, the money will still be here, top players will still come, regardless of who is coach.

That's my biggest concern at the moment... I've said it for a while... Our situation since the FA Cup final (not just the last two months), reminds me of that at the swamp when Ferguson jumped ship... Ageing squad, poor signings, inadequate succession planning etc.

Despite winning the PL for the fourth successive season in 23/24, I honestly think that Pep should have left the club at the end of 22/23 after winning the Champions League.

Sadly you might be right about that.

 

[pride in battle]

It's quite simple, we start Walker we lose this game. Any other scenario we win.

We have no defence, he has to play