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14th March 2012, 17:48
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Arrogant prick who is best ignored
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 'Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it's a better cow than the one you've got in your own field. It's a fact, right? And it never really works out that way. It’s probably the same cow and not as good as your own cow.'
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My line-up:
------------------- De Gea ------------------- --- Rafael --- Evans --- Ferdinand --- Evra --- ----- Cleverley ---- Carrick ------- Giggs ------ - Welbeck -------------------------- Young -- ------------------- Rooney ------------------- |
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14th March 2012, 18:54
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Birmingham + Londinium
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Sean's team
Starting XI  Bench: Amos, Smalling, Pogba, Giggs, Welbeck, Berbatov, Chicharito Not in the squad: Owen, Park, Fabio, Fryers, W.Keane Out: Vidic, Nani, Fletcher, Anderson, Jones, Lindegaard Some words to the team-selection - We're needing a stronger midfield as in the 1st leg because anything else would be suicide against that Bilbao team again. - Hopefully Valencia is fit enough to start because i don't like the other options like Park, Giggs or Welbeck. |
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14th March 2012, 23:21
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15th March 2012, 00:12
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15th March 2012, 00:38
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Perhaps Fergies "arrogance" has more to do with the fact our squad has had injuries and we need to rest our key players with the focus always being the title and not cup competitions.
We were thin in midfield due to inuries which required Scholes return. Smalling has still not recovered fully from a head wound and Vidic is out for the season. Add in Ferdinand needs to be managed that only leaves us Evans as our truly fit and in form defender to play most games. |
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15th March 2012, 00:45
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Worst scout ever
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15th March 2012, 00:53
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Match Stats
- Head-to-head total: 2-0-1 -.Head-to-head @San Mames: 1-0-0 - Athletic Bilbao's current form: WWDWWL ..Manchester United's current form: WLWWLW - Marcelo Bielsa’s team have found the net in their last 17 games in a row. - Fernando Amorebieta returns to Marcelo Bielsa’s side after being sent off in the previous round against Lokomotiv Moscow, it was already his third red card of ..the season. - Manchester United have only managed to win 3 of their 9 european fixtures so far this season. - Manchester United have beaten spanish opposition only 11 times in 42 matches (17 draws and 14 loses). - Manchester United have failed to score in only one of their last 48 games, a 3-0 defeat against Newcastle. - Wayne Rooney has scored 9 goals in his last 6 games, 15 goals in his last 14 games and 26 goals in the whole season. Match News Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | manutd.com Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | BBC Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | Sky-Sports Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | Setanta-Sports Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | goal.com Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | football365.co.za Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | sportingpreview.com Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | The Busby Babe* Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | Stretford End Arising* Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | Red Flag Flying High* Preview Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United | mufcinfo.com* Can Man Utd overturn Bielsa's Athletic? | BBC* David Sadler talking United | Manchester Evening News Athletic Bilbao Team News | goal.com We can repeat United heroics! Bielsa confident Bilbao can progress | Daily Mail* Bielsa plays down expectations | football365.co.za Herrera issues Europa League warning to Man United | Talksport Iraizoz: Bilbao up for United test | Sky-Sports De Marcos delivers United warning | givemefootball.com Manchester United Team News | manutd.com Fergie confirms Anderson blow | Sky-Sports Sir Alex Ferguson looks for feat of escapology to beat Athletic Bilbao | Guardian* Fergie on a mission: United boss hopes to haunt Bilbao after first-leg humbling at Old Trafford | Daily Mail Sir Alex Ferguson's keen to Basque in Manchester United's glory | Manchester Evening News* Rooney focused on team | manutd.com Chicha preaches patience | manutd.com Jonny Evans earns Sir Alex Ferguson praise | manutd.com Park eyes improvement | manutd.com Young fancies victory | manutd.com *Star article Likely line-ups (Daily Mail) 
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15th March 2012, 02:43
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Cannot see Untied going with anything other than a 4-3-3. Rooney up front with Wellbeck out wide with any of the wingers with them (Valencia if fit) Midfield of Carrick, Scholes and Cleverley so that we keep possession. We were overrun in the first leg, don't see SAF letting that happen again.
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15th March 2012, 11:19
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Agent something or other's friend or the like
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Though I'm not sure why, I woke up pretty confident that we can go through in this game. The odds are against us but I have a feeling we might defend very well and sneak through.
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15th March 2012, 11:31
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Hoping we win of course, but I would rather go out with no injuries tonight than go through with more players injured.
Premier League will always be number one priority. More than CL, and definitly more than Europa League. |
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15th March 2012, 11:51
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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15th March 2012, 11:59
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15th March 2012, 12:28
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I disagree with everything you said. I dont want us going into the game with a team full of reserves and getting hammered and we just shrug our shoulders and say ,its only the Europa League. I said this yesterday and will say it again , anything other than the strongest available side would be an insult to Bilbao. |
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15th March 2012, 12:31
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15th March 2012, 12:34
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If we still were in the CL we would also have to play midweek games so no excuses there. Let's try our best I say. |
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15th March 2012, 13:03
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Formerly MST3K
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Location: "Sometimes you're not sure about a player," Ferguson says. "Sometimes you doubt. Sometimes you have to guess. Sometimes..." he waves an arm in the direction of the 18-year-old Rafael, "you just know."
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15th March 2012, 13:07
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American
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15th March 2012, 13:18
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O'Fortuna
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Location: Praying for Carrick's ongoing fitness
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Do you people not remember how many players we used when we won the treble. Most of them were playing almost every game for the vast majority of the season Nowadays they cannot be expected to beat a struggling managerless team on a shit run, if they have not had a full weeks rest beforehand. The reason we have dropped cheap points already this season is more attributable to resting players too often, rather than playing the best team available for a run of games. I just don't get why it is all of a sudden too much to expect us to play our first team in 2 consecutive games. |
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15th March 2012, 13:26
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Role model
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I just don't get this bizarre acceptance of failure tonight.
There is no guarantee of winning the league if we throw this. I bet the same people saying we should ignore this & concentrate on the league will be saying we should have tried to win this if we end up not winning the league. Lets go for a double ffs! |
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15th March 2012, 13:32
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I can't see how our midfield will cope against theirs (since we will most likely play a 442 vs their 433)...so the only way I see us winning is if our forwards are clinical and take every chance they get. It could definitely happen, but personally i wouldn't be disappointed if we dropped out at this stage. The league is the main prize and Bilbao are going to be tough to beat away.
Don't really want us to play our first team either...give Pogba and some of the others a chance to see if they can do the job in what will be testing conditions. |
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15th March 2012, 13:37
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O'Fortuna
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I suppose i could understand the concern more if we were playing Liverpool away, or Chelsea next game. But we have got Wolves ffs! Some people need to get a fucking grip and remember who we are, and how we got there, and it was not by fucking failing to perform against team as like Bilbao and Wolves ! |
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