You’d think these players would do everything they can to stop Liverpool winning the league and matching us with titles. But that won’t be the case because as we know our players don’t care! We can’t even park the bus as we can’t defend to save our lives. Inter got a win there the other week though so it’s not impossible but we’re just a mess right now. Maguire will get pulled out of position left right and centre. If the full backs bomb forward then mane and Salah will have a field day. This one’s only going one way I think…
Can we get anything out of the Liverpool game?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Yes we absolutely can if all the players make the extra effort. But I do not think we will do that.
No chance. They'll batter us
I think it'll be as brutal as the game earlier in the season, they are so far head of us currently.
We might if the players actually put a shift in and chase balls. Oh who am I kidding, Rashford will stand there hand on hips after losing the ball on the counter for a 10th time, Pogba will moan at the ref when its clear as daylight he's committed a foul, and Maguire will feck up somewhere.
Maybe they’ll rest players because they’ve got actual important games upcoming
No way we get even a point. Just pray our GD doesn’t get a battering
More importantly, we have to get 3 points out of the Arsenal game. Try our best against Liverpool of course, but they are massive favourites for good reason. But we absolutely have to beat Arsenal.
Klopp will rest a few players and they will still beat us comfortably.
Yes, spanking
We are going to get battered 4-0
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We are going to get hammered.
They are in full title fight mode
so not a thing
so not a thing
They say that form goes out the window in the derby, but we're in such dire straits that it's hard to see us beating a Liverpool that must win in order to keep their title challenge alive. If they were ten points clear or far enough behind City that they couldn't catch up, I could see us getting lucky. With them in amazing form and needing the win, while we're one of the very worst teams in the league at the moment, I really can't see us getting a result. It would have to be some freak occurrence like Liverpool getting a player sent off early in the game.
We'll be facing a team that went 3-0 up against City in the first half today. We're more likely to lose 6-0 than get anything from the game. It would truly be a miracle if we won.
We'll be facing a team that went 3-0 up against City in the first half today. We're more likely to lose 6-0 than get anything from the game. It would truly be a miracle if we won.
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One thing they had when Fergie was here and they were infinitely worse than us, was passion. I’m not sure how much of that our current squad have to compete. If we play with heart and defend well, and Ronaldo does another….Ronaldo, then we can.
It’s not likely though.
It’s not likely though.
If we put in a monster performance we might only lose by two goals
This is not even a Derby game anymore as we have sunk that low, the scousers see City as a derby game and us as a training session. We will be lucky to get nil unless something bizarre happens such as eleven United players turning up and playing like a proper team.
yeah, the coach down the M62 with our tail firmly between our legs.
Sadly I think we are in for a hiding.
Sadly I think we are in for a hiding.
I did bet big on a Liverpool win.
Thus maybe that is enough to jinx the universe to give us a draw.
It may not be enough to get top 4 or stop Pool winning it all, but it will give me joy for one evening at least.
Either that or I earn some money at least.
Thus maybe that is enough to jinx the universe to give us a draw.
It may not be enough to get top 4 or stop Pool winning it all, but it will give me joy for one evening at least.
Either that or I earn some money at least.
I would usually say football tends to surprise you and doesn't always work this way, but there's nothing, absolutely nothing to cling to. We aren't even good enough to park the bus. We're going to get twatted again just like last time.
We let Norwich score against us twice. fecking Norwich.
We let Norwich score against us twice. fecking Norwich.
Only in the most recent times, Liverpool have only been consistently really good for the last 4/5 seasons for the 20 odd before we were generally top dogs.
But going back even further when Liverpool were the dominant force in the 80's we got loads of results against them even with some pretty average sides, against an at the time all conquering Liverpool.
I expect nothing less.
LFC should see this game as a way to work on their goal difference, just in case their league position is decided by GD.
...and without Ronaldo, we probably would've lost against Norwich (the worst team in the league). Imagine what the best team in the league will do to us.
Have low expectations! Anything else is a bonus!
Yeah predict a defeat and pray for miracle
You're kidding right? They're in a title race and need to win every game pretty much.
That makes sense when your defensive players press the shit out of their strikers, and midfielders actually know how to position themselves defensively.
However, our midfield is terrible, especially defensively, and you just need to watch today's first goal to see how much our defence is actually included in the game when they all need to defend together, they are just lost.
I actually think we would do better if we attacked them, even though I am sure in noth cases we would lose.
Might as well just go:
Firm instructions to Telles and AWB that they're only allowed 2 forays each into the opposition half the whole game!
Bruno should thank his stars that there are no more central defenders available. Fred would've been the next best thing but he's injured.
None of that playing out the back nonsense - anything we get our boots on in our half, hoof it towards Elanga to chase. When Elanga tires, bring on Rashford, and if he starts looking like he can't be bothered, replace with Garnacho.
The cherry on top: RR to bring on Dyche as a consultant to the consultant and we're golden.
Elanga
Bruno
Dalot - Matic - Bailly
Telles - Maguire - Lindelof - Jones - AWB
DDG
Bruno
Dalot - Matic - Bailly
Telles - Maguire - Lindelof - Jones - AWB
DDG
Firm instructions to Telles and AWB that they're only allowed 2 forays each into the opposition half the whole game!
Bruno should thank his stars that there are no more central defenders available. Fred would've been the next best thing but he's injured.
None of that playing out the back nonsense - anything we get our boots on in our half, hoof it towards Elanga to chase. When Elanga tires, bring on Rashford, and if he starts looking like he can't be bothered, replace with Garnacho.
The cherry on top: RR to bring on Dyche as a consultant to the consultant and we're golden.
VDS
Brown
Smalling
Vidic
Evra
Rafael
Gibson
O'Shea
Fabio
Wazza
Chicharito
Wait, we can't...
Anyway it's time we showed them that moments when Danny Murphy, Smitzer etc. score and beat us
Brown
Smalling
Vidic
Evra
Rafael
Gibson
O'Shea
Fabio
Wazza
Chicharito
Wait, we can't...
Anyway it's time we showed them that moments when Danny Murphy, Smitzer etc. score and beat us
Did 4 of their starting 11 get red cards today? I'd say then maybe we will just lose 1-0 if that was the case.
They’ll be making mugs and having scarves produced to celebrate the battering they are going to hand to us. And we absolutely fecking deserve it.
Pack the midfield and hope that varane is ready
Scott and Fred are out. We cannot start Pogba. Hopefully Matic will play from start and we set up deep and counter. We got serious problems in midfield and at the back. Maybe a 5-3-2 is the only option
The joke is we can really hurt them with some of our players on a good day. The issue is apart from Ronaldo who doesn’t give a shit about confidence, our players are to a man devoid of all confidence and the Liverpool team are individually and collectively at the peak of their powers.
As a side note, I wonder what price United will be to win? Imagine it will be astronomical.
As a side note, I wonder what price United will be to win? Imagine it will be astronomical.
Thing is, they can rotate 4-5 of their usual starting players and still win quite comfortably against us.
That all sounds beautiful but the difference is they are amazing right now and we are dog shit. So whichever team they put out they will win.
The biggest problem we will have is we are most likely to be going into this game with Pogba and Matic as the midfield with Bruno just in front. I can see us getting completely over run and hounded, constantly losing the ball and unable to retain any level of possession.
If Telles isn’t playing that means Dalot at left back against Salah!
3-5-2 with 7 defenders on the pitch, bruno, and 2 speed merchants. Then pull an atletico like performance with tons of playacting and violence, and hopefully we'll just lose by 2 goals.