United (H) - Sun 6th March, 16:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I'd have Cavanni, that's it.

Yes, good call. The man's got balls. He's got a cussedness to him that I like.
His best days are past him, but De Gea has certainly single-handedly earned more points for the rags in matches in which they were being completely battered than any other keeper in any other team in the league.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Just going back to the History forum, and I see to my dismay that during the entire decade of the 90s we did not beat them once in any competition. I had forgotten that. Fuckers.
In the second decade of their hegemony, though, we beat them several times when strictly speaking we had no right to be doing so. In fact, this last decade has sort of reversed that. They've beaten us several times, when they are a markedly inferior team.
Derby day, form goes out the window. Who's most up for it, that's the question.
Reckon Pep's bluffing, when he says he's going to change his tactics. Pep never, ever says in advance what he's doing. He follows Don Vito Corleone's maxim: never let anybody outside the family know what you're thinking.

He will drop rodri and go all out attack no doubt!:))

 

[simon23]

Seems some posters have forgotten the complete domination we inflicted on the rags at old scaffold

Its irrelevant thwts why.....they are s different team to then ....as are we as well....Pep himself has said as much intent he treats every game as an individual game. Ge slightly said he has only watched the last few matches ghat utd gave played under Ragnik as there performances under Ole were different.

 

[citytill1die84]

Ederson

Walker Stones Laporte Cancelo

B.Silva Rodri Gundogan

Mahrez KDB Foden

1 win @ the Etihad since 2014 isn't good enough come on blue boys.

 

[blueparrot]

I'd have Cavanni, that's it.

A younger cavani maybe, not this one.

 

[Mattyc55]

Ronaldo not starting for them

sancho Bruno elanga

that’s their front 3 but we all knew they’d try and emulate spurs and stick 11 men behind the ball

 

[salford blue 62]

Its irrelevant thwts why.....they are s different team to then ....as are we as well....Pep himself has said as much intent he treats every game as an individual game. Ge slightly said he has only watched the last few matches ghat utd gave played under Ragnik as there performances under Ole were different.

You on it already mate ?

 

[stonerblue]

Its irrelevant thwts why.....they are s different team to then ....as are we as well....Pep himself has said as much intent he treats every game as an individual game. Ge slightly said he has only watched the last few matches ghat utd gave played under Ragnik as there performances under Ole were different.

It's as relevant as other posters views, fearing the worst because of our home record.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

They’ve pulled our pants down so often at the Etihad under Pep it’s getting to be the most frustrating fixture we play. We always do everything wrong against these cunts. Namely exceptionally poor finishing and stupidly giving the ball away allowing them to counter attack us.

We will win this game if we play our players who give the ball away the least.

Id say Sterling, de Bruyne and Foden are the ones who give it away the most (happy to be proved wrong)… so I’d go with Gundo and Bernardo behind Grealish Jesus and Mahrez.

I don’t think Pep will pick that team though but I do think that team would definitely win even if people think those left out are better players than those chosen.

The back six pick themselves with Dias out.

 

[kaz7]

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That's a shitty record in the last six years, specially when you consider just how far behind us they are now. It's time we started putting it right.

Bobby and particularly pellers did a better job than pep somehow