Rightnr
Wants players fined for winning away.
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Meh, we won and that is all that was needed. We can save the pretty football and attacking stuff for Chelsea.
That grin before his «specialists» comment (which was clearly meant for the media, even though a bunch on here would have deserved it..)
Not yet though, but well right now it feels like we have won the group. Basel could potentially challenge our goaldifference though.couldn't give a donkeys how bad it may have looked. we are into the knockout stages!! get in
We won't lose. We have Mourinho. He is not going to lose. Draw maybe. Lose! No ways.Is it not goaldifference though? Also a big defeat against CSKA can feck us anyway.
And results elsewhere have what bearing exactly? That Europe is tough?Barcelona - Draw
Chelsea - Loss
Manchester United - Win
Some United fans - unhappy. Go figure.
Well we did talk hypothetical right. I don't feel any nerves about it. Think we will go through no doubt, but so far it is not done yet. I think we will probably play for 1 point against Basel and get it.We won't lose. We have Mourinho. He is not going to lose. Draw maybe. Lose! No ways.
Reminds me of the Liverpool fan who claimed if you took out the scoreline they won the game."they should have scored so it's a fake scoreline"
We could use a good dose of Ibra right about now.Lukaku is in shocking form... We are grinding out results.. Job done.
I'd like to think we can switch it on and off like that.Meh, we won and that is all that was needed. We can save the pretty football and attacking stuff for Chelsea.
Agree... Hope Martinez gives him a break for those friendlies.We could use a good dose of Ibra right about now.
While this was definitely the case for LvG, you feel with Mou's teams there's a lot more resilience in the team and they can keep doing this for much longer but you are right that we may struggle to overturn bad starts like against Huddersfield.I'd like to think we can switch it on and off like that.
Not sure in reality this team is able to switch through the gears lime that. More likely is these stodgy performances will stick and at some point we get caught out.
It's head-to-head goal difference, then H2H goals scored and away goals, so losing 4-1 in Basel would have us level on the first two but ahead on the third, meaning we'd finish ahead of Basel regardless of the CSKA result. As for CSKA, we can afford to lose 3-0 to them at home and still be guaranteed to finish ahead of them on the head-to-head. So a 4-1 defeat followed by a 3-0 defeat and we'd still win the group.Is it not goaldifference though? Also a big defeat against CSKA can feck us anyway.
Agree and to be fair we're doing that right now. A month or so of poor performances and only one bad result. Impressive in its own way.While this was definitely the case for LvG, you feel with Mou's teams there's a lot more resilience in the team and they can keep doing this for much longer but you are right that we may struggle to overturn bad starts like against Huddersfield.
We definitely lack depth in the attack as well as quality because our main #10 cannot pass the ball atm (he was OK today, to be fair but it was only Benfica).
The results wasn't the point, it was there to show that we won while other top teams didn't yet some fans are still not happy. Unbelievable. We won and we are on top.And results elsewhere have what bearing exactly? That Europe is tough?
The result was good, the performance left a lot to be desired - anyone who says otherwise is either lying to themselves or has very low standards.
No one is complaining about the win. We would however like to see some traces of the cut throat attack we displayed during the first few league fixtures this year.Good win and solid professional performance from the team. Not sure what else some of our fans on these threads want.
And that's if there's no draws whatsoever in the other games.So our Europa League hopes hangs on us failing to get 1 point form last 2 matches.
It's not that simple, to finish third we'd actually have to get thrashed twice! 3-0 and 4-0/5-2 at an absolute minimumSo our Europa League hopes hangs on us failing to get 1 point form last 2 matches.
Well not many people predicted we’d beat Spurs after losing to Huddersfield, so...Agree and to be fair we're doing that right now. A month or so of poor performances and only one bad result. Impressive in its own way.
It's not just us I doubt can switch performances on or off. Very few teams across the world have that ability. Teams generally need momentum, a set way of playing etc.
I'd be surprised if after a game like that we suddenly play brilliantly against Chelsea.
Have a strong feeling we'll get Bayern.So, if the groups ended right now, we could get one of Bayern Munich, Juventus, Leipzig and Shakhtar in the Round of 16. Although, Liverpool may top their group and Napoli should go through instead of Shakhtar as well.
And I see people predicting Chelsea will beat us.Well not many people predicted we’d beat Spurs after losing to Huddersfield, so...
We didn't suddenly switch from a poor performance to a brilliant one though. Which after all is the point I made.Well not many people predicted we’d beat Spurs after losing to Huddersfield, so...
That would be a huge, but not impossible test for us.Have a strong feeling we'll get Bayern.
They're strong team but definitely not the Bayern of some years ago as they declined a bit. It can be a proper test for us at this stage. Will take them above Juve of course.That would be a huge, but not impossible test for us.
I thought we were very good against Spurs, despite the histrionics from many of our fans. I also thought we were better tonight than we were against Huddersfield. So we’re clearly capable of upping our performance level for a big game, following a lacklustre game against weaker opponents.We didn' suddenly switch from a poor performance to a brilliant one though. Which after all is the point I made.
Well if we end up winning the PL or the ECL who's going to complain about how we did it?
Rightnr- meet Jose Mourinho...Meh, we won and that is all that was needed. We can save the pretty football and attacking stuff for Chelsea.
F A GD Points
United 7 1 +6 12
Basel 3 5 -2 6
CSKA 3 7 -4 6
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