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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT8| - Sunderland 0
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Vivalaraza
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He wasn't even that good in either game.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
I'm much more scared of Danny than Giroud. By which I mean not very much in either case.
Every person probably has his own favourite, but for me, if you take in account the limitations of his movement (ankle) and the fact he was forced to stop playing football well before he even reach his prime, it's hard to disagree with Sacchi.
FlutterPuffs
Member
I can't blame Rafael for being shit in the Chelsea match. He had to mark Hazard, who's fucking amazing at times.
Aye, I'd expect your rock solid defence to keep out a CF who has got 5 goals in 7 appearances this season.
TheLucifer
Member
Rightfully so. He was so good that his ankle couldn't keep up with him.
Although, according to some people, Llorente is even better. Morata as well.
And will dangle a leg.
TBH, considering Raf was booked so early, Hazard really didn't achieve much for the next 80 minutes.
If my opponent had been booked that early on I'd try and skin him every time I got the ball. Make him choose.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Actually it's 5 goals in 9 appearances.
And 3 of those goals were against Galatasaray. So I'm back to not being overly concerned.
Not saying your team won't score against us, but I'm inclined to think it'll come from other avenues.
Frustrated_me
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Vivalaraza
Member
Is our game against Arsenal before or after the international break?
This might be the year Arsenal actually beat us. Although they couldn't even beat us last year so maybe not.
This might be the year Arsenal actually beat us. Although they couldn't even beat us last year so maybe not.
Broder Salsa
Banned
another boy finally enjoying life again
He is bad Wooden, pls understand.
FlutterPuffs
Member
He should have. We did a good job marking the players that game. Most of the time.
It's a fucking shame that we're still off to bits against teams like fucking Burnley.
Vivalaraza
Member
I saw one of those Opta charts doing the rounds on Twitter. Listed the top 10 strikers with most goals + assists in the last 10 years or something.
Berbz was on it.
Such a shit buy. Waste of money the bottling twat was.
Really was a bit of a flop. Makes you wonder how much scouting actually went into the process. He was a player who completely went against the way we had played football over the 2/4 season before we'd signed him. Fergie blew that one badly.
We'll always have that Liverpool hattrick though.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
FlutterPuffs
Member
It's fucking bullshit. Away at City, with Aguero and Yaya Toure, and our defence still in shambles.
We'd be lucky to get a draw.
Apparently Silva isn't playing?
Hope Angel pulls his finger out. He was shite against Chelsea and it wasn't anything to do with Chelsea shutting him down. He just kept giving it away in stupid positions and wasting chances.
I'll accept a reasonable defeat at City. I'd be happy with a point. A win I don't think is even worth thinking about. Saying that, other teams have done it and they've conceded 2 goals in each of the last 3 games.
Hope Angel pulls his finger out. He was shite against Chelsea and it wasn't anything to do with Chelsea shutting him down. He just kept giving it away in stupid positions and wasting chances.
I'll accept a reasonable defeat at City. I'd be happy with a point. A win I don't think is even worth thinking about. Saying that, other teams have done it and they've conceded 2 goals in each of the last 3 games.
KidA Seven
Member
He wasn't bad against Chelsea. He only had that stupid foul in the beginning. He was good after that.
Burnley isn't comparable to the current team. United played a 3-5-2. The midfield consisted of Fletcher and Di Maria with Young and Valencia out wide. Di Maria likes to go forward and Fletcher doesn't have the legs to protect the back 3. The defense was a back 3 with Blackett. The team was still having trouble playing it out from the back and Blackett reverted to booting it up a lot that match. Not to mention United should have had 2 pens that match from Young, who actually didn't dive that match.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH_TWO2f-as
Vivalaraza
Member
It's Aguero against Smallings and Rojo man.
He's going to kill us.
I am ready.
He's going to kill us.
I am ready.
cartoon_soldier
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LabouredSubterfuge
Member
We just need to 'test his fitness' early doors.
Giroud being ahead of schedule fucking terrifies me. Granted, 1: he's proven to be, up until this injury, relatively durable and 2: he's awful, so what's there to worry about, but it just seems like Wenger's begging to reaggravate the injury, like he always does whenever his players are ahead of schedule.
TheAutomator
Banned
I miss Giroud. How beautiful majestic of a merman he is.
KidA Seven
Member
I think United need to be careful about playing Fellaini. He did well compared to a lot of his previous performances, but last season was made to look like an amateur at the Etihad. I would rather have a fit Herrera playing who could help the attack and is more mobile to help the back 4.
The_Hitcher89
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1 - I expect City to win comfortably, Silva being out and their poor form doesn't negate their home advantage, general superiority over Utd, and Utd's own poor form
2 - Utd fans have got to stop whinging about City turning it on when they play them. Of course they do, it's a fucking derby against a team of brilliant players who can turn it on any time, against any team.
2 - Utd fans have got to stop whinging about City turning it on when they play them. Of course they do, it's a fucking derby against a team of brilliant players who can turn it on any time, against any team.
LabouredSubterfuge
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RUMBO
yeah really mystifies me when I see wilbur complaining about it.
it's a derby, what do you expect.
Gareth Bale
Member
You should blame Ferguson. He was the one who ruined him.
Otherwise apply the same logic to Shinji, who would be majority shareholder of the Manchester United Bottling Corporation.
Vivalaraza
Member
Umm I think Wilbur was joking.
Vivalaraza
Member
I blame Ferguson also, absolutely, for spending so much money on a player we didn't need who was so desperately lacking in character.
But I blame Berbatov for being a pussy who shirks responsibility and behaves like a baby on the pitch. That's entirely his fault and only his.
The_Hitcher89
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Not the first time you'v mentioned it tbf, and it's a common argument made on, as far as I can tell, every single fan-forum
Shatner's Bassoon
Member
Leeds can actually fill their stadium.
FlutterPuffs
Member
He was fantastic in his 2nd last season with us though.
Then we got Chicha and Fergie just stopped playing him.
Didn't he cry during the last game of the match because Fergie didn't pick him despite scoring a hell lot of goals for us in the BPL?
KidA Seven
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To this day, I'll never understand why Nani didn't start vs Barca in the final. Nani was our best player that year.
He was better than usual but he wasn't "fantastic".
He scored a lot of goals but around 40% of them were scored in just two games. His all around play was a bit better, but he was mostly his ineffective self. He was perfect for Tottenham when he was the focal point of the team, but at Unted he was just a good player amongst many and tbh he was a coward. Hid when the going got tough.
Viva is right when he calls him a bottler too. Remember when City beat us in the FA cup semi-final? That never would've happened had Berbatov not missed two open goals.
KidA Seven
Member
I just remembered that match. Oh god.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Sigh.
Yeah you're right. Starting to remember. Was kinda happy we sold him off although Chicha himself started to get ineffective after his amazing first season.