londonredmaniac
I suffer delusions of grandeur
Haha I suggest National Geographic about 8 o clock thenI would be overjoyed at a relaxing 2-0 victory. I just want a no nonsense stress free evening.
Feel a scrap coming on!
Haha I suggest National Geographic about 8 o clock thenI would be overjoyed at a relaxing 2-0 victory. I just want a no nonsense stress free evening.
Me, too. Nothing would be finer.I would be overjoyed at a relaxing 2-0 victory. I just want a no nonsense stress free evening.
I swear, if you jinx us, you've got blood on your hands....Right I've got good news and bad news.
The bad news is, I played this game four times on PES and every time it was 1-1.
The good news is, my PES predictors are never right!
Would be lovely,.but you know we'll concede a ridiculous goal of the sort that only United concede, inside the first 5 minutes. Then we'll huff and puff and may or may not snatch a win.I would be overjoyed at a relaxing 2-0 victory. I just want a no nonsense stress free evening.
We aren't 'that' good. So I fully expect a poor run of 4/5 games like Spurs/Chelsea have had at some point in the not to distant future.I suppose luckily football doesn't work like that, but it's ab interesting question the more you think about it.
Anything other than 3 points tonight in isolation is going to be hugely frustrating...but that's a pretty obvious statement
Set pieces, as always, worry me
I'd like to see this lineup and I think we probably will, bar McTominay.There's a few players that I think could really make this game more of a slog than it needs to be if we get our selection wrong tonight:
Dan James - Doesn't get his head up at the best of times, would be useless against Burnley's low block
McTominay - Generally feel he's much better in games where we have to do more running. Whether that's covering ground defensively when we sit a little deeper, or in frantic games where he has more room to break forward like the Leeds game.
Telles - Weird one... I like him but I feel like he tries to play the ball in to the forwards far too quickly in the buildup. That's fine when you're high up the pitch, but he seems to do it constantly from within our own half. We end up turning over possesion too quickly.
De Gea
Shaw
Lindelof/Bailly
Maguire
AWB
Fred
VdB (A man can dream...)
Bruno
Martial
Cavani
Rashford
Oh I do too, and you're right...we are not so good that anyone shouldn't expect that will happen at some point.We aren't 'that' good. So I fully expect a poor run of 4/5 games like Spurs/Chelsea have had at some point in the not to distant future.
I expect a top 4 fight with us hopefully within touching distance of the top into the spring (then who knows).
Let's hope the drop off is not this week with those bastards on Sunday,
Would love this team, but apparently Lindelof and Shaw are out. We should go Telles and Tuanzebe and have Bailly fit for Liverpool.There's a few players that I think could really make this game more of a slog than it needs to be if we get our selection wrong tonight:
Dan James - Doesn't get his head up at the best of times, would be useless against Burnley's low block
McTominay - Generally feel he's much better in games where we have to do more running. Whether that's covering ground defensively when we sit a little deeper, or in frantic games where he has more room to break forward like the Leeds game.
Telles - Weird one... I like him but I feel like he tries to play the ball in to the forwards far too quickly in the buildup. That's fine when you're high up the pitch, but he seems to do it constantly from within our own half. We end up turning over possesion too quickly.
De Gea
Shaw
Lindelof/Bailly
Maguire
AWB
Fred
VdB (A man can dream...)
Bruno
Martial
Cavani
Rashford
You wouldn't prefer being 2-0 down to the mighty Burnley at half-time, only to make a dramatic second-half comeback, grabbing a 94th-minute winner to send us 3 points clear at the top?I would be overjoyed at a relaxing 2-0 victory. I just want a no nonsense stress free evening.
Fair point, McTominay at least does at least have a fairly decent shot on him. Just hoping he gets into those positions more. Ideally in a game like this, I agree, why not play Van de Beek. They'll be sitting back.I'd agree with Matic only, not Fred/Matic. Doesnt offer anything FredMcT doesnt because Matic drops too deep, as does Fred often. Against a low block you need a player than will break into the box. Only McT does that out of the 3. Matic/McT is better. Id just go Matic only to be honest. Give VDB and Pogba a go just ahead.
Go to work or don't go to work but you'll be annoyed if United lose even if you don't watch it and if we win you'll be happy even if you don't.I'm supposed to be working tonight, but I'm thinking about taking the night off to watch the game. If we win, we go top of the table and I would be ecstatic, but I don't trust United. If we lose after I've taken time off I'm going to be in the pits and suffering from PTSD
I thought you must have had the wrong stats and had to double check this, wow. That is hideous. Scored 9, conceded 20 in 15 games.They've only scored 9 goals this season. 9. That's appalling. If we're on form we should be winning well. Last 7 years have done a number of my confidence
NopeAny chance of Daillo being on the bench?
That is far more realistic and likely than my scenarioYou wouldn't prefer being 2-0 down to the mighty Burnley at half-time, only to make a dramatic second-half comeback, grabbing a 94th-minute winner to send us 3 points clear at the top?
You fear for your heart? Meh, heart's are overrated.
Has anyone else noticed how, as time has passed, that game has become more and more one sided in people's memory?I think the City game in the Cup was a timely reminder that there is a gap in quality. As you say, this week is not the week for that to happen hopefully.
It's a different kind of pain when you actually take time off to watch it and it ends up being a wreck. I feel the same when I go to OT and we lose. It hurts more than watching a loss on the TV. Your legs feel extra heavy on the way back home after a loss.Go to work or don't go to work but you'll be annoyed if United lose even if you don't watch it and if we win you'll be happy even if you don't.
I agree. Its a City thing. Lots of possession and pretty triangles give off an impression of dominance, but they didnt actually hurt us too often. We had a very poor evening offensively.Has anyone else noticed how, as time has passed, that game has become more and more one sided in people's memory?
I thought I watched a fairly even game which we lost because of two bits of rubbish set-piece defending. I definitely didn't see a game with a huge gulf between the sides.
Not that I'm saying I'm not bricking it about this game, the next game, and pretty much every game we play still.
Sorry for your loss. Hope you get cheered up with our boys winning. Take care.I'm a bit sad lately, a close friend and mentor of mine died of Covid and was buried on Sunday, the entire immediate family couldn't go as they all have Covid as well.
Need to get my mind of things and hope this game can do just that.
Sorry to hear it mate.I'm a bit sad lately, a close friend and mentor of mine died of Covid and was buried on Sunday, the entire immediate family couldn't go as they all have Covid as well.
Need to get my mind of things and hope this game can do just that.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Hope this game helps take your mind off things for awhile.I'm a bit sad lately, a close friend and mentor of mine died of Covid and was buried on Sunday, the entire immediate family couldn't go as they all have Covid as well.
Need to get my mind of things and hope this game can do just that.
One for the future definitely. But he may come through sooner than we expect. Depends how he performs in training.There's no way Diallo will feature in this game, in fact, I doubt he will even feature at all this season in the first team!
that run against them at home, it's Burnley FFSRecent record v Burnley:
19/20:
United 0-2 Burnley
Burnley 0-2 United (Martial, Rashford)
18/19:
United 2-2 Burnley (Pogba, Lindelof)
Burnley 0-2 United (Lukaku x2)
17/18:
Burnley 0-1 United (Martial)
United 2-2 Burnley (Lingard x2)
16/17:
Burnley 0-2 United (Martial, Rooney)
United 0-0 Burnley
14/15:
United 3-1 Burnley (Smalling x2, van Persie)
Burnley 0-0 United
09/10:
United 3-0 Burnley (Berbatov, Rooney, Diouf)
Burnley 1-0 United
Sorry for your loss mate hope United can cheer you up tonight even if it’s just a small amountI'm a bit sad lately, a close friend and mentor of mine died of Covid and was buried on Sunday, the entire immediate family couldn't go as they all have Covid as well.
Need to get my mind of things and hope this game can do just that.
I want a hug controversy, I want Klopp to lose it before our gameMe, too. Nothing would be finer.
Kevin Friend