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Post by iain8wallace on Sept 23, 2006 18:35:05 GMT
Anyone else going whats ur plans i am going tmorrow and back on wednesday hope to see u in portugal ;D
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Post by Tatty on Sept 24, 2006 17:39:19 GMT
I will be happy with a draw for this game.
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Post by dobisskill on Sept 24, 2006 18:46:43 GMT
id like us to teach them a lesson after last season, 2 or 3 goals would be nice
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Post by redom on Sept 24, 2006 21:13:14 GMT
DOUBLE BLOW FOR BENFICA
By Francisco Acedo - Created on 24 Sep 2006Rui Costa and Nuno Assis have been ruled out of Benfica's UEFA Champions League match with Manchester United on Tuesday. The clubs go head-to-head in the second match of Group F with United anxious to avenge last season's exit from the competition at the hands of the same opponents. The Estadio da Luz side have been boosted by the recovery of centre back Ricardo Rocha, but will be without their experienced pair of attacking midfielders. Coach Fernando Santos has Kostas Katsouranis, Georgios Karagounis and Armando Petit (pictured) at his disposal as replacements, but could also opt to change his system. FC Copenhagen held the Portuguese outfit to a disappointing 0-0 draw in their opening match, so the fixture has taken on added importance. ----------------------------- Nice to see we're not the only ones with injuries. After a shocking display there last season I would hope we can only play better and as others have said get a bit of revenge. I think it will be tight but I'll go 2-1 united.
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Post by Dizzy on Sept 25, 2006 0:39:13 GMT
I'm hoping for something like 4-0 to United. It'd be nice to show that we're a changed team from the dissapointing United of CL last year.
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Post by 7even on Sept 25, 2006 0:53:27 GMT
1 - 0 against Tottenham
3 - 2 against Celtic
0 - 1 against Arsenal
1 - 1 against Reading…..
I and RY and Redom have touched on the fact that we’ve gradually gotten worse as the fixtures have gone on. I don’t think away to Benfica will be easy. I’m hopeful of revenge.
What channel is it on, does anybody know, probably ITV, right?
I’d of liked to have seen Ronaldo and Giggs on the wings with Scholes and Carrick in the middle, Gabby at left back and Vidic partnering Rio going in to the game. I’d feel a lot more confident.
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Post by Red Yank on Sept 25, 2006 0:54:49 GMT
I'm hoping for something like 4-0 to United. It'd be nice to show that we're a changed team from the disappointing United of CL last year. Our form as of late wouldn't support a 4-0 win over Benfica though I'd sure like us to do that well. What I find disappointing is that our first match it looked like whatever issues there were in the midfield and defense were sorted and flowing football was going to be seen more often, but the past couple of matches we looked shaky defensively and the creativity isn't as sharp as we saw early on. I really hope that these are just minor issues that won't be recurring throughout the rest of the campaign. |
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Post by redom on Sept 25, 2006 1:30:47 GMT
I and RY and Redom have touched on the fact that we’ve gradually gotten worse as the fixtures have gone on. I don’t think away to Benfica will be easy. I’m hopeful of revenge. What channel is it on, does anybody know, probably ITV, right? They must know they've been getting worse and hopefully they'll go out and change all that against Benfica otherwise they'll be in for a long night and yeah it's on ITV1 on tuesday |
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Post by Scott on Sept 25, 2006 13:08:53 GMT
We need to get an early goal again, but this time, capitalise on it. Just keep attacking them, keep taking chances. Ronaldo likes to be seen on the world stage, so he'll show up...and both Saha and Rooney are going to want to leave their mark on this competition. Already we've scored as many goals as we did throughout the entire competition last year, we just need to keep it up.
2-1 United.
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Post by Sky Sports 1 on Sept 25, 2006 14:42:02 GMT
For this kind of game form isn't really a factor, especially with the motivation carried from last season. They too have motivation with hating Ronaldo as he came from Sporting..
They also miss Rui Costa which is a huge loss, i think Saha will come back into the side with a good game & Ronaldo will show his maturiy after he gave it the finger last season...
3-1 to United.
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Post by Red Yank on Sept 25, 2006 14:55:04 GMT
For this kind of game form isn't really a factor, especially with the motivation carried from last season. They too have motivation with hating Ronaldo as he came from Sporting.. They also miss Rui Costa which is a huge loss, i think Saha will come back into the side with a good game & Ronaldo will show his maturiy after he gave it the finger last season... 3-1 to United. Well we'll agree to disagree.  I think it will be about form because we need to come at them with solid attacking and not that desperate kind of attack which eventually runs out of steam. It's certainly great to be motivated and all concerned will be I'm sure, but so long as that motivation is focused on making good use of possesion to create chances then we can keep Benfica on their heels and get the win. |
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Post by moxdevil on Sept 25, 2006 14:55:14 GMT
The players are yapping so i'm predicting a disappointing 1-0 to Benfica.  |
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Post by JoshReddevilz on Sept 25, 2006 16:02:22 GMT
i think we will show a solid performance, but benfica are dangerous as they knocked out liverpool and united last season, but i think we will get 3 with VDS getting a clean sheet.
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Post by Busby Boy on Sept 25, 2006 17:04:47 GMT
This will be the most difficult away fixture of the group stages so to come away from it without defeat will be satisfying although all three points is possible and I would love to get some revenge over Benfica.
I'd love Rooney to get on the scoresheet just to get going again and I wouldn't put it past Ronnie putting in a top performance. They are giving 50/1 on United winning 2-1 and Ronaldo being first scorer with BetFred, that's very possible and I may have a poach at that.
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Post by Dizzy on Sept 25, 2006 17:09:49 GMT
Benfica have been doing really bad so far in the start of their season, after 3 or 4 games they're in the bottom half of the table. Without Rui Costa, I really think our lads will bounce back very well.
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