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Post by Bestie on Oct 19, 2020 22:50:37 GMT
Re Bailey-I can remember, yonks ago mind, making a comment when José has recently signed him and he was crunching through people,and being crunched into himself,with nary a shrug,and that he “was made of Adamantium” or similar. Christ,what a difference a couple of years’ make! #WaterfordCrystal *Bailly
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Post by GeniusCantona on Oct 19, 2020 23:46:30 GMT
It looks like we might go with a 3-5-2 here. I'd prefer no Pogba or Matic in this but you have a feeling Ole will go that way. Ideally I'd go:
De Gea
Axel Lindelof Shaw
AWB VDB Fred (or McT) Bruno Telles
Rashford Martial
Fred or McT would provide decent protection for our back 4. Knowing Ole though he'll opt for Pogba and Matic over VDB and Fred/McT, which will be a damn shame.
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Post by kstandhand on Oct 20, 2020 5:54:49 GMT
We could get a proper ass whopping this evening!
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Post by Carbon on Oct 20, 2020 6:53:03 GMT
Ah shit. You sure you're not SET? he had a habit of finding old threads Without me sounding utterly foolish,and not up to speed-which I’m not really tbf ,has SET commited a completely horrendous and unforgivable act and been banned,or has he just fucked himself off for a while?
No idea on that one
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Post by caino on Oct 20, 2020 7:11:44 GMT
Ole trolling us saying its good to have Bailley back fit and playing so we don't need a new CB
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Post by Stew on Oct 20, 2020 7:37:24 GMT
We could get a proper ass whopping this evening! I don’t think so. Not because we’re any good, more they have a huge injury list.
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Post by Stew on Oct 20, 2020 7:42:05 GMT
Once Rashford accepts that a loan is the best thing for him, it sounds like that two bit outfit PSG might take him off our hands-
Mbappe on Rashford: “He’s one of the most dangerous forward players in England. Paul Pogba has spoken about how special he is and he doesn’t talk about players in such a way often.
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Post by Reduntildeath on Oct 20, 2020 9:29:43 GMT
Re Bailey-I can remember, yonks ago mind, making a comment when José has recently signed him and he was crunching through people,and being crunched into himself,with nary a shrug,and that he “was made of Adamantium” or similar. Christ,what a difference a couple of years’ make! #WaterfordCrystal *Bailly Bloody iPad spell check!
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Post by alt on Oct 20, 2020 9:59:36 GMT
Let's see if Ole's balls are still intact and Pogba is on the bench again. I suspect not, but we can only hope.
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Post by ratbag on Oct 20, 2020 10:21:22 GMT
I don't normally post on matchday threads ahead of the game but I think a few of us would nod in agreement to a lot of the sentiment in this article...
Parc de Princes remains the scene of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's most famous win as Manchester United manager and, in turn, the club's worst result of the post-Ferguson era
Finally free of the shackles of the Jose Mourinho experiment, the Norwegian's role as a caretaker manager lifted the spirits and made United dream again though it should have been obvious even back then that major surgery was required.
After all, this is a club who have strayed from major signing to major signing without all too much of a plan since Ferguson called it a day in 2013 so, with Mourinho out and some momentum built up, finally had the chance to start anew in the summer of 2019.
PSG, with all their flaws in continental competition, had other ideas.
Now, there was of course an element of luck to United’s 3-1 win in March 2019.
While the scenes of jubilation - even Rio Ferdinand’s infamous ‘United are BACK’ declaration - were perfectly reasonable within the prism of the evening, we must not forget that a controversial late penalty given against Presnel Kimpembe saw the Red Devils through.
Never has a result papered over the cracks so much.
United had luckily beaten a side who missed chance after chance in the first-leg to truly put them to the sword with a dubious late penalty, but, given the stature of the game, had to then give an under qualified manager the top job on a permanent basis.
There was simply no way they couldn’t.
From then, Ed Woodward’s reluctance to make a change despite the fact Mauricio Pochettino (who’s job at Tottenham followed a similar remit of developing a side to attack the upper echelons of the Premier League, only with far less resource) is out of work continues to cost United ground in the title race, all stemming from that night in Paris.
A run of two wins in eight Premier League games saw the excitement fade quickly amid a meek quarter-final exit to a Barcelona side famously beaten by Liverpool, as well as an FA Cup exit at the same stage to Wolves.
The 2019-20 campaign may have seen United finish third but it took a late season collapse from Leicester City for them to secure qualification for the Champions League during a season all of Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham were undergoing major transitions.
This year, they've already been soundly beaten at home by Crystal Palace and Tottenham (6-1 no less) and relied on a VAR-awarded penalty after the game had finished to edge past Brighton, who had utterly outplayed them on the South Coast.
Previous reports have claimed Woodward is not prepared to sack Solskjaer despite a number of poor results having made a number of poor appointments since 2013, only adding to the misery the Paris dream eventually caused.
There have been miserable days since Ferguson retired but none have had a longer-standing impact on United’s 3-1 win over PSG in March 2019.
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Post by keanosdog16 on Oct 20, 2020 10:30:37 GMT
I think we should be keeping it tight and hit on the break which Ole should have no problems instructing, even Fergie recognised the need to go defensive sometimes, coming away with a point should be seen as a good result, just go out and make it extremely difficult for them to break down, defend deep and allow no space in behind for Mbappe to exploit.
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Post by Tatty on Oct 20, 2020 10:44:06 GMT
Ole seemed a bit tetchy in the presser.
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Post by Karma on Oct 20, 2020 10:44:24 GMT
Ole trolling us saying its good to have Bailley back fit and playing so we don't need a new CB He sold out a long time ago.
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Post by Kojak on Oct 20, 2020 12:06:22 GMT
Ole trolling us saying its good to have Bailley back fit and playing so we don't need a new CB He sold out a long time ago. Did he? That’s funny, you’ve not mentioned it.
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Post by Karma on Oct 20, 2020 12:23:50 GMT
Bruno to captain the team.
Harry injured Cavani didn't travel??
Heads and shoulders above anyone else in the captain material stakes.
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