Manchester United 5:1 Midtjylland

Antisocial · Feb 25, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
Maybe we need exorcising?

As a committed atheist, I would be willing to give this a try

SqueakyWeasel · Feb 25, 2016

It's Sunday I'm more worried about TTYTT :eek:

DomesticTadpole · Feb 25, 2016

Damien said:
Our injury problems go as far back as under Sir Alex. We famously had a defensive injury crisis around every Christmas.

We need to do something about it but no idea what. We brought in the Southampton physio Matt Radcliffe but sacked him after a season when things weren't getting better.

Jones could injure himself in a padded room.

LuisNaniencia · Feb 25, 2016

I've been hard on McNair at times but I'm gonna back him for a good game tonight. He must be a talented kid to be at United, he's just had some big stage nerves. Paddy power time.

Damien · Feb 25, 2016

Full bodied red said:
Sincerely hope it's Carrick at CB, McNair gives me the willies every time I've seen him....

When was the last time we played Carrick at CB? I remember it happening under Fergie and Moyes but can't remember last time it happened under Van Gaal. I think he might be saved for the game against Arsenal.

Rooney in Paris · Feb 25, 2016

Midget Land are up for it anyhow...

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Dans · Feb 25, 2016

"I think Midtjylland has a very good organisation, very detailed and the players want to perform that organisation.

"They play with diagonal pressing. I do that also with my team.

"Not many teams are doing that. And when I see the data of Midtjylland they have always won against English opponents."

Dans · Feb 25, 2016

So we're equals.

Lucky getting his excuses in early.

LeftyBlaster · Feb 25, 2016

Devil may care said:
Suits fan?

Damn right I am.

LeftyBlaster · Feb 25, 2016

peridigm said:
Where I'm from lit means the same thing as pissed or baked.

Litt? or Lit.

No offence intended mate.

Dobbs · Feb 25, 2016

Damien said:
Unlikely. He rotates even less than Van Gaal which is saying something.

I'd say the only difference is that Mourinho doesn't seem to tolerate injury prone players. I doubt Jones for instance would still be here had we appointed him instead of LvG.

Dobbs · Feb 25, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
Why are we getting these injuries? Maybe Jose would change our luck.

Under SAF I think we had injury prone defenders that we hung onto for too long. Brown, Neville, Rafael. Then in Vidic and Ferdinand two players who picked up the usual injuries you'd expect of guys their age.

Right now it's just bad luck and coincidence.

Jcrossley94 · Feb 25, 2016

Dobbs said:
I'd say the only difference is that Mourinho doesn't seem to tolerate injury prone players. I doubt Jones for instance would still be here had we appointed him instead of LvG.

For good reasons though... If SAF had the same policy we might not have a few of the players around the club now that seem to live in the physio room.. R.e Jones.

Dobbs · Feb 25, 2016

Jcrossley94 said:
For good reasons though... If SAF had the same policy we might not have a few of the players around the club now that seem to live in the physio room.. R.e Jones.

Yeah I agree. I meant it as a Mourinho positive. If SAF was still here Jones would have a job for life. Gary Neville almost had to fake his own death to get off the books.

Fortis Mente · Feb 25, 2016

Any of you know if CBJ is fit to play?

peridigm · Feb 25, 2016

LeftyBlaster said:
Litt? or Lit. No offence intended mate.

None taken, I only meant I don't want our players to be pissed or baked in front of goal.

pseudo_canadian · Feb 25, 2016

Fortis Mente said:
Any of you know if CBJ is fit to play?

Not in the squad, as with Smalling.

Earthquake · Feb 25, 2016

Rooney in Paris said:
Midget Land are up for it anyhow...

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Fair play to him. :lol:

Pexbo · Feb 25, 2016

Currently injured XI:

De Gea

Valencia - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw

Schweinsteiger - Fellaini
Lingard ------------------- Young
Januzaj ---------
Rooney

Bench: Borthwick-Jackson, Jones, Darmian , Keane

I think I'd be more confident with that team than anything I can put together tonight. I'd probably only swap Carrick for Fellaini and Martial for Januzaj

Sied · Feb 25, 2016

Pexbo said:
Currently injured XI:

De Gea

Valencia - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw

Schweinsteiger - Fellaini
Lingard ------------------- Young
Januzaj ---------
Rooney

Bench: Borthwick-Jackson, Jones, Darmian , Keane

I think I'd be more confident with that team than anything I can put together tonight. I'd probably only swap Carrick for Fellaini and Martial for Januzaj

Lingard is fit for tonight isn't he?

Vato · Feb 25, 2016

If Midgetland scores, does that mean you're fecked? When's the last time United scored 3 goals?

rpitchfo · Feb 25, 2016

Vato said:
If Midgetland scores, does that mean you're fecked? When's the last time United scored 3 goals?

Monday

DomesticTadpole · Feb 25, 2016

Pexbo said:
Currently injured XI:

De Gea

Valencia - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw

Schweinsteiger - Fellaini
Lingard ------------------- Young
Januzaj ---------
Rooney

Bench: Borthwick-Jackson, Jones, Darmian , Keane

I think I'd be more confident with that team than anything I can put together tonight. I'd probably only swap Carrick for Fellaini and Martial for Januzaj

Januzaj wouldn't be playing even if he had Messi like skills.

Pexbo · Feb 25, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
Januzaj wouldn't be playing even if he had Messi like skills.

True, I guess it does not matter how good you are if you don't have the right mentality to succeed.

Vato · Feb 25, 2016

rpitchfo said:
Monday

Oh, you did actually. You also scored 3 against Derby and Stoke not long ago.

What are people on here complaining about? You're like Barcelona and Bayern combined.

DomesticTadpole · Feb 25, 2016

Pexbo said:
True, I guess it does not matter how good you are if you don't have the right mentality to succeed.

I meant he is cup tied not injured. :lol:

Pexbo · Feb 25, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
I meant he is cup tied not injured.

I thought it was one of those "omg vangle hates him" posts :lol:

Aporkalypse · Feb 25, 2016

Vato said:
Oh, you did actually. You also scored 3 against Derby and Stoke not long ago.

What are people on here complaining about? You're like Barcelona and Bayern combined.

Combined like Jeff Goldblum and a fly maybe.

JTW95 · Feb 25, 2016

Couple of hours till kick off. LVG is probably making all the players lightly stroke their penis at this moment.

LeftyBlaster · Feb 25, 2016

JTW95 said:
Couple of hours till kick off. LVG is probably making all the players lightly stroke their penis at this moment.

Good grief man :lol:

Vato · Feb 25, 2016

JTW95 said:
Couple of hours till kick off. LVG is probably making all the players lightly stroke their penis at this moment.

Yep. United players shower before games.

Brightonian · Feb 25, 2016

Antisocial said:
We're Manchester United - regardless of who the manager is, we'll always get a fecking ridiculous injury list every single damn season, and almost always focused on the same position or area of the squad. We're just cursed, we have to accept it and plan accordingly.

We need to approach every transfer window from now on as a challenge to sign as many defenders as we can in a single window, and then try to break that record in the next window when all the previous window's signings are out injured. Even so, we'll likely see Carrick playing centre-back at some stage during the season alongside a kid from the under-16s.

I disagree. I reckon the injury rate is linked to the number of players on our books. We should sell all but four defenders and they'll sail through the season with only a single one-match lay-off for one player, requiring Carrick to play one game at CB. If we sign ten CBs, at some point we'll have ten all injured at the same time and Carrick will be in there for his traditional stint anyway.

Basically, Carrick has some kind of fairytale curse on him.

skidmark · Feb 25, 2016

Dans said:
"I think Midtjylland has a very good organisation, very detailed and the players want to perform that organisation.

"They play with diagonal pressing. I do that also with my team.

"Not many teams are doing that. And when I see the data of Midtjylland they have always won against English opponents."

What is diagonal pressing? I searched on google, but am still none the wiser.

Fortis Mente · Feb 25, 2016

Damien said:
Our injury problems go as far back as under Sir Alex. We famously had a defensive injury crisis around every Christmas.

We need to do something about it but no idea what. We brought in the Southampton physio Matt Radcliffe but sacked him after a season when things weren't getting better.

I think only a winter break will solve the problem.

Empire · Feb 25, 2016

To be fair if this squad is horny tonight we should be in for a good game, that's probably what's been missing this season, the manager says he wants desire and passion but players like Rooney have mostly shown impotence, if Giggs has coached the young lads to penetrate well, they'll ravage the midgets, that I'm sure of.

Pexbo · Feb 25, 2016

skidmark said:
What is diagonal pressing? I searched on google, but am still none the wiser.

It means the whole team closes in towards the ball rather than spreading out and closing space or following specific players. It's a shape/use of space thing designed to close angles the opposition can pass through rather than close space they can exploit.

Crumpsall Red · Feb 25, 2016

JTW95 said:
Couple of hours till kick off. LVG is probably making all the players lightly stroke their penis at this moment.

Release the horn!

sticky · Feb 25, 2016

Looks like the attendance will be below 50 thousand tonight. When was the last time this happened?

Raw · Feb 25, 2016

sticky said:
Looks like the attendance will be below 50 thousand tonight. When was the last time this happened?

Not sure but maybe that League Cup game against Newcastle? I remember there being a slight uproar about the pricey tickets and Old Trafford was visibly empty.

Martial'sgaze · Feb 25, 2016

I can definitely see this being a struggle. Too close to call against the mighty mytdjelland,such is the state of our current predicament.

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