United Thread - 2021/22

[ChicagoBlue]

Bit early to write off Chelsea, IMHO!

Two draws for us and there go 4pts!! That’s the difference between us…2 draws…and they could have scored 6 against Everton, and probably should have done!

The Leeds tonking has done us no favors with lower league clubs, because NO-ONE is coming at us now, esp not at the Etihad! 70-75 mins of 5-4-1 and the chance of a counter, regardless of whether we score 1!

The key to those games is the second goal, which we have often struggled to get in some games. That completely takes away the “hang around long enough to grab a goal and a point!” mentality of some teams.

The second goal opens up teams earlier and often leads to the 3rd and 4th late in games!

 

[Chak19]

So, without jinxing it it looks like it's gonna be us and the dippers fighting it out for the league again.
This made me think, how many title battles has there been between the rags/dippers & us/dippers?
If it's us should us/dippers be more of a rivalry than the rags/dippers?

2009 is the only year with a title battle between the rags and the dippers that I can think of.

 

[Protein Junkie]

Manchester United have identified Leeds United's Illan Meslier as the best young goalkeeper in England - but when they sent goalkeeping scout Tony Coton to watch the 21-year-old Frenchman, he conceded seven at Manchester City on Tuesday. (Mail)

sounds like the perfect fit then.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

SIIIIUUUU

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Manchester United have identified Leeds United's Illan Meslier as the best young goalkeeper in England - but when they sent goalkeeping scout Tony Coton to watch the 21-year-old Frenchman, he conceded seven at Manchester City on Tuesday. (Mail)

sounds like the perfect fit then.

Seems bizarre. They don’t need a keeper?

 

[KentBlue]

The second goal opens up teams earlier and often leads to the 3rd and 4th late in games!

Agreed. And this is why I get so pissed off with Raz's seemingly unfathomable ability to put the game to bed for us sometimes. When you look at the amount of times he's had fantastic opportunities to score but somehow or other manages to fuck it up it's small wonder I get so wound up with him.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Agreed. And this is why I get so pissed off with Raz's seemingly unfathomable ability to put the game to bed for us sometimes. When you look at the amount of times he's had fantastic opportunities to score but somehow or other manages to fuck it up it's small wonder I get so wound up with him.

Oh dear, now you’ve done it!
(Tiptoes around the comment, while neither agreeing nor disagreeing with the sentiment)

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

So, without jinxing it it looks like it's gonna be us and the dippers fighting it out for the league again.
This made me think, how many title battles has there been between the rags/dippers & us/dippers?
If it's us should us/dippers be more of a rivalry than the rags/dippers?

It's a good question. We have had title battles with LFC in 1972 (we both missed out by one point to Derby), 1977, 2014, 2019, 2020. There may be some other ones. We have also played a League Cup Final and plenty of semi-finals as well as a CL Quarter Final. Of course they will never accept us as rivals but they do seem to hate us more than Everton these days.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Wonder if any Rags would have thought they would be 20pts behind us by Xmas with the second coming of Fakeronaldo , they were all so excited that Baconface had stepped in and prevented his transfer to us.
Absolute mugs , screwed over by a clever football agent , and Fakeronaldo pocketing £500k a week after tax to play for a mid table team.
The good news the CR7 shirts , duvets and pencil sharpeners are in plentiful supply for the Xmas rush.

 

[Vicmeldrew666]

If their games keep getting postponed, the media will surely claim it is due to lack of match practice and players lacking minutes (totally self inflicted), when they hopefully go on a historic losing run!
I reckon raggy ralf must be tearing his hair out trying to erase several seasons of shite coaching and a complete lack of fitness out of that scruffy lot.
Only when he has done this will he see just how poor the majority of their squad are.