United thread 2017/18

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They can rack up late goals against fodder to pad stats but expect another nil to their record against top six away games after Saturday.
 
The rags are still winning games due to the myth and aura from the Ferguson years and probably prior. They lost a bit of that with Moyes and Van Gaal but a few good results, the media hype and Mourinho have clawed it back a bit. Teams will watch them and think, " Yeah we have a chance here" then go out and freeze a bit.

The truth of where they are lies somewhere in the middle. They are not as bad as a lot of out fans portray them and not as good as the media hypes them.

The derby is a one off and anything could happen. Both teams have the ability to turn the other over given a slice of luck and the decision's. We could batter them but,I know this will be scoffed at, equally they could do the same to us.
 
paulchapo said:
The rags are still winning games due to the myth and aura from the Ferguson years and probably prior. They lost a bit of that with Moyes and Van Gaal but a few good results, the media hype and Mourinho have clawed it back a bit. Teams will watch them and think, " Yeah we have a chance here" then go out and freeze a bit.

The truth of where they are lies somewhere in the middle. They are not as bad as a lot of out fans portray them and not as good as the media hypes them.

The derby is a one off and anything could happen. Both teams have the ability to turn the other over given a slice of luck and the decision's. We could batter them but,I know this will be scoffed at, equally they could do the same to us.
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They certainly could win, but there is no way they can or will batter us. For the simple reason that Mourinho will not play to win. He will park the bus, hope to nick one on the break, and then put 10 behind the ball. It's a virtual metaphysical impossibility for them to win by more than 1 goal
 
Thekinkygoat said:
It's a league, if you at one point have a lot of easier fixtures in a row then at another you are going to have a nightmare run of fixtures. Maybe they just want to play the teams in the bottom 7 all season? It's probably their best option to finish in the top 4.
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I prefer matches against the Top 6 separated by 3-4 games than playing them consecutively like we had last season. This season we played Liverpool in 4th game, Chelsea in 7th game, Arsenal in 11th and United 16th game. That's a good fixture schedule so far. Tottenham coming just a week after the Derby is not ideal though.
 
If we both win the games prior to the Derby then Maureen has no choice but to attack, anything less than a win and the gap will remain huge.

I doubt that **** has the balls though
 
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The derby is a one off and anything could happen. Both teams have the ability to turn the other over given a slice of luck and the decision's. We could batter them but,I know this will be scoffed at, equally they could do the same to us.
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I can't agree with that bit... there's only ONE team needing to rely on (their usual) fluky luck and dodgy decisions in order to get anything at all out of the game
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Disappointing that teams crumble against them, Watford had a decent 10 mins, I turned off when Ashley Daley scored so can't comment on the rest of the game but it looks like a top 4 finish for them as Spurs seem to have imploded.
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Seems to me they put away their chances.
Hopefully they will try to attack us but then we have to regain our chance conversion game.
 
Matic seems to have picked a muscle injury. Don't think they have much cover in that department as Herrera has been poor for some time now.
 
kiam06 said:
I agree but Jose has won things doing this with shit teams before.

It will be an injustice if they do anything but we shouldnt kid ourselves or it might bite us on our area.

City's football is light years ahead but sometimes doing the dirty things gets you through.
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100% spot on
 
Fair play to them that was a good result and puts a little pressure on us for tonight. They are having a good season. We need to keep focussed. Arsenal will be tough for them though so lets just do our job.
 
He definitely won't attack us, no matter how many points behind they are. He'd rather lose 2-0 than be humiliated by setting up to try and win.

He's a bizarre bloke.. it's all about him and his pride, nothing to do with what's better for his team.

That said, don't write them off. They were very poor again last night, but it happens all to often with them, play shit and win. I for one, will be very nervous on derby day, especially if we miss a couple of early chances. And i expect one of our players to be banned for the game....

Get an early goal against them, then it could be very entertaining afternoon....
 
Could have been a different conclusion to this game if Rojo had been given the second yellow for giving the penalty away ... All pissing in the wind I know but he should have gone, refs are protecting them just like the whitewash FA panel did..
It's ours to lose the league, City just got to keep believing and doing what Pep tells em....
 
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I don't think a simple foul in the box makes it a yellow card though there's no argument it was a penalty. I heard Silva talking about it but he was massively clutching there.
 
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