what is also interesting about the liverpool game,if you recall last seasons game at anfield.utd went for a draw,parked the bus and battled it out.what will he do this year,the same or has he got more confidence in his team this time around and go toe to toe.What will be interesting is if, when they drop points in the next 4, they immediately regain their current form vs. the mid & lower table, or if they go into crisis mode.
It's not inconceivable at all that they come out of those 3 big games with 4 points or fewer, which means they'd be 5+ points behind us, probably not in 2nd anymore.
At that point, do they just put it behind them or do they go into a major wobble? That's what they did last season October where after losing to us they went L W D D L D W D D D - 2 wins in 10 - and basically ended their title chase by December.
If they do have a wobble, then Newcastle, Arsenal, maybe even Watford become potential banana skins and the Derby could be something they have to win to keep any hopes of a title challenge alive.
what is also interesting about the liverpool game,if you recall last seasons game at anfield.utd went for a draw,parked the bus and battled it out.what will he do this year,the same or has he got more confidence in his team this time around and go toe to toe.
i guess that will give us the biggest clue on how good they really are and what, mourninho actually thinks of his team.
PEG parked the bus at Southampton recently, no chance he does anything different at Anfield.
After the next 4 league games everyone will finally come to the conclusion that they are top 4 contenders at best.
I have the suspicion they'll "manage" to stay unbeaten till the Derby so it can be hyped up.
Either way we'll be "lucky" to beat them to the title this season. They certainly won't be "allowed" to implode.
Lpool are garbage. Utd will turn them over and the media frenzy will be unbearablePeronally I can see them beating Liverpool. I've not been impressed with them recently.
Lpool are garbage. Utd will turn them over and the media frenzy will be unbearable
I endorse this.To take the thread in a different direction;
As the rags haven't been really tested this season, I feel that when the more difficult games come up that they will start to drop points.
When this starts happening and Maureen starts to be quizzed about it, that's when I believe that he will lose it.
I am hoping that when we play the cnuts on December 9th, two things happen.
1.) We give them a footballing lesson resulting in a 4 or 5 goal victory for us.
2.) Our victory over them is so comprehensive, it knocks them out of the top 4 and Maureen resigns as a result.
My fingers are crossed!
oh yeah...totally forgot about s'ampton, if they lose,they won't get top four,that's my conclusion.PEG parked the bus at Southampton recently, no chance he does anything different at Anfield.
After the next 4 league games everyone will finally come to the conclusion that they are top 4 contenders at best.
Their matches until the derby are:
Liverpool (a)
Huddersfield (A)
Spurs (h)
Chelsea (a)
Newcastle (h)
Brighton (h)
Watford (a)
Arsenal (a)
City (h)
So 8 matches pre-derby, 15-18 pts i'd guess.
That Arsenal-CL-City week looks fun for them. Shame they're at home in that CL match, and the one between Spurs and Chelsea.