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31st March 2011, 23:02
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Reserve Team Player
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At least we don't have the league game sandwiched in between it as things are always trickier then and I'll doubt we beat them three times. It's weird because the PL is the one I want us to win most yet when the advert for the away CL game on Itv came up I had just a small flicker of that nervous feeling we get, like Milan, Barcelona and Arse ties. This is a massive game. Papers will build this up as Moscow revenge, predictably and I hate that.
Hoping for a score draw and believe we can get one but just can't see us winning based on the recent past/luck at that ground. Do they still have a fully fit squad? They almost have nothing left to play for so will be mega geared up for this one. |
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6th May 2011, 17:08
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Quick bump before the game Sunday and the updated head to head following the champions league ties that we won home and away
 03/04 (Ranieri) Away - Lost 1-0 (Lampard/pen) Home - Drew 1-1 (Van Nistelrooy; Gronkjaer) 04/05 (Mourinho) Away - Lost 1-0 (Gudjohnsen) Away (Carling Cup) - Drew 0-0 Home (Carling Cup) - Lost 1-2 (Giggs; Lampard, Duff) Home - Lost 1-3 (Van Nistelrooy; Tiago, Gudjohnsen, J.Cole/off-side goal) 05/06 (Mourinho) Home - Won 1-0 (Fletcher) Away - Lost 3-0 (Gallas, J.Cole, Carvalho) 06/07 (Mourinho) Home - Drew 1-1 (Saha, Carvalho) Away - Drew 0-0 (reserve teams played) FA Cup Final - Lost 1-0 (Drogba) 07/08 (Grant) Community Shield - Drew 1-1 United win on penalties (Giggs; Malouda) Home - Won 2-0 (Tevez, Saha/pen) Away - Lost 2-1 (Rooney; Ballack x2/1 pen) Champions League Final - Drew 1-1 United win on penalties (Ronaldo; Lampard) 08/09 (Scolari) Away - Drew 1-1 (Park; Kalou) Home - Won 3-0 (Vidic, Rooney, Berbatov) 09-10 (Ancelotti) Community Shield - Drew 2-2 Chelsea win on penalties - (Nani, Rooney; Carvalho, Lampard) Away - Lost 1-0 (Terry) Home - Lost 1-2 (Macheda; J.Cole, Drogba/off-side goal) 10-11 (Ancelotti) Community Shield - Won 1-3 (Valencia, Hernandez, Berbatov; Kalou) Away - Lost 1-2 (Rooney; Luiz, Lampard pen) Away (Champions League Quarter Final) - Won 0-1 (Rooney) Home (Champions League Quarter Final) - Won 2-1 (Hernandez, Park; Drogba) |
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6th May 2011, 23:55
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Scarlett woman ( Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn )
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Why are Chelsea our bogey team? Not just in the days of Roman, but since the PL began (they did the double over us in 93/94)
They are the only team with a better head to head against us in the PL years and have beaten us more times than any other at Old Trafford in the same era.   
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7th May 2011, 02:16
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Scarlett woman ( Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn )
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Its sad isnt it? and my missus is the same. She has no interest in football. But desperate for Utd to win purely down to how it affects my mood.
If we lose 12.45pm on a sat. She knows the weekend is fecked |
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7th May 2011, 06:41
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Has excellent taste in women
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Chelsea are probably the most overrated team ever. No matter how many titles we win people always seem to put them as favorites for some reason or you get brainless threads lile these wondering whether they were better at the time than a united team that won the league three years running.
It's a weird thing with chelsea. Not sure what the reason for it is. I reckon people get fooled by their performances when they physically impose themselves. But football isn't just about that. |
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7th May 2011, 10:05
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On the other hand I'm sure some will deride him for being in charge of a team that lost such a huge league. Two sides to every coin. |
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7th May 2011, 10:43
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I hate everything
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I guess it's just personal preference at this stage, win the league and get number 19, or beat that Barca team as massive underdogs to win the CL. |
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7th May 2011, 10:43
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1st wr8_muppetry
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It really would be a spectacular bottle job to let Chelsea win the league after being 15 points ahead with 2.5 months of the season to go. And it would really affect our confidence to go into the CL final having thrown away the league.
Not losing tomorrow is more important than whatever we do in the final imo. And we're good enough to reach the final next year and win it anyway
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9th May 2011, 12:17
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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We've beaten them four times this season, and hammered them (even if the scoreline didnt reflect it) in three of those wins. Christ, we were even the better team in their ref-assisted victory. Chelsea's gifted title last year was the fluke, not the four other years of Mancunian dominance.
Hmm, might go bump a couple of the threads from the start of the season where about three of us were slagging off Chelsea's weak squad against a tidal wave of "they're the best in the league!" |
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11th September 2011, 00:26
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Think it'd be pretty shattering to his confidence if they now dropped Anderson. Were both different teams now, don't use what worked last year, think Fletcher will play against Benfica though, so I dunno what he'll do against Chelsea.
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11th September 2011, 00:34
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Author of gayest thread 07/08
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Have to say though, I've rarely felt as confident going into a match against Chelsea. We should be miles better than them. Our rock solid defence and awesome attack should compliment our so-far solid midfield enough to smash them.
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11th September 2011, 08:11
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He's the man!
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11th September 2011, 08:36
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Poster originally known as Michel04
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