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Stadium: Old Trafford
Date: Saturday 8th November 2014
Kick-off: 15:00pm GMT
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McNair and Carrick probably then. Don't know if Jones may be back but I hope Paddy gets a chance to play. Impressed me so far.Mcnair
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No, he cannot.Mcnair
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Valencia played very well against City so not a massive problem. Don't think we should change formation, but I would switch van Persie. Our lack of goals is unacceptable considering the supposed attacking brilliance we have. For all the talk of our defence it's our attack that's letting us down.Is Rafael out for this game? Hope not. Hope we can get Falcao fit also, if he's not fit for this game you have to raise questions if you haven't already. We played well in the last two outings so I think we can deliver a strong win here before the break, we have a lot of momentum and it'd be good to keep the train going with the Arsenal match in 3 weeks.
I think we'll be a lot better off with Rafael rather than Valencia. Rafael is a natural fullback and just plays the position better, he's better going forward and going back and a good defender despite some stupid mistakes sometimes. Valencia wasn't good in my opinion but to each their own.Valencia played very well against City so not a massive problem. Don't think we should change formation, but I would switch van Persie. Our lack of goals is unacceptable considering the supposed attacking brilliance we have. For all the talk of our defence it's our attack that's letting us down.
Not counting the Leicester debacle we have a 1 goal a game average in conceding. Again not counting the Leicester debacle we score 1.4 goals a game. The stats do not support the "United have a great attack and poor defence."Not confident with our defense. We'll probably snatch a nervy 3-2 win.
3-1 is only a goal away from a 3-2, and we've conceded 2 goals couple times this season so I don't think it's that much of a wild prediction.Not counting the Leicester debacle we have a 1 goal a game average in conceding. Again not counting the Leicester debacle we score 1.4 goals a game. The stats do not support the "United have a great attack and poor defence."
I'd think 2-0 or 2-1/3-1. Depends on who plays and who doesn't. We dominate ball possession so it'll be tough to score on us if we cut out the giving the ball away (both the attacking and defending players are prone to these mistakes) so it's more a characteristic of the entire team that needs to be sorted out in training.
Never said it was a wild prediction. I just think the probability of it being such a high scoring game is low because every game we think "It'll be 4-3, 3-2, we'll get thrashed by Chelsea 3-0, Man City 3-1, 4-2." and the results end up turning out 2-1, 2-1, 2-2, 1-1, 1-0.3-1 is only a goal away from a 3-2, and we've conceded 2 goals couple times this season so I don't think it's that much of a wild prediction.
Again, I don't think 3-1 or 2-2 is that far away from a 3-2 (well, except the latter points wise). It's such a trivial thing point out.Never said it was a wild prediction. I just think the probability of it being such a high scoring game is low because every game we think "It'll be 4-3, 3-2, we'll get thrashed by Chelsea 3-0, Man City 3-1, 4-2." and the results end up turning out 2-1, 2-1, 2-2, 1-1, 1-0.
Not saying you specifically, but in general the stigma on this forum is that we have a great attack that can put 3 or 4 past the opposition but a horrible defence that will concede 3 or 4, and the results prove it isn't the case.
Looks like a daunting fixture list to me.People were making a big deal out of the last 5 matches, we played better each game. The matches until the window are where we will really prove if we're serious and if we can challenge for 4th without too many reinforcements needed.
Palace - H
Arsenal
Hull - H
Stoke - H
Southampton
Liverpool - H
Villa
Newcastle - H
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Half the games at home, 30 points, we should be picking up most of them.
Come on, lol.If not then that would be a disaster and could maybe get Van Gaal fired if we loose to Arsenal too..
Chris Foy