Manchester United vs Liverpool (Sat, 14th March @ 12.45)

whatawaster

Also it would almost certainly be Plessis, not Spearing who's next in line (though Plessis has been average for the ressies this season)

kryogen

grames_bond

really hope this is a full flowing game.....utd play for a draw and i can see them losing, pool have to win and as a result, i think utd need to aswell!

Sound isn't working on sky sports link on Iraqgoals.:(

Aquos76

Late team change for liverpool

besty

Alonso out is massive for United IMO. Lucas just isn't up to it.

Talk of a late change to the Liverpool side.

Edit: Hyppia in for Arbeloa

kryogen

i honstly cant come up with a prediction besides a 2-0 home win, but we have had a day less of rest and its an early (ridiculous) kick off......

ill just watch and enjoy!

apparently there may be a late withdrawel

it is, Hypia is in for Arbloa

grames_bond

arbeloa out?! :eek: last second!

whatawaster

Arbeloa out. Hyypia in.

Damn. Damn. Damn.

Please let it be Carra and not Skrtel at RB

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Deleted User wrote: »

Sound isn't working on sky sports link on Iraqgoals.:(

Headshot wrote: »

http://espns-live.com/

also download this http://www.veetle.com/viewChannel.php?cid=48cb03bd8ab18

and watch a very good stream

there ya go

mike65

Jebus, Rafa is getting his excuses in early!

Arby out Alonso out

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Not looking good for liverpool, losing Arbeloa now aswell

kryogen

its another counter attacking/attacking option gone too imo as Carra will now most likely play rb and he wont get forward as much or as quick in counter attacks......not exactly sure how good arbeloa is at that btw, just sure he must be better and quicker then Carra due to age!!

Hank Scorpio

veetle stream not working ??

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It also frees up Evra a bit.

PHB

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

And how many assists or goals does Anderson have?

About as many as Scholes and we all know how **** he is.


Arebeloa is a big loss, not least because we get to play against Hyypia now on the ground, with his lack of pace.
Then Ronaldo going up against Carragher at right back, always fun

Gona be a darn fun game

Just about to start.

Hopefully will be back on here later celebrating a Pool win

Cant handle watching match and typing at same time, especially during these matches. Anything breakable needs to be a safe distance away! :pac:

besty

The difference between the two benches really highlights the gulf in quality between the clubs tbh. Tyler just highlighted the fact United have 7 full internationals whereas Liverpool have the likes of N'gog. Could make the difference!

COME ON UNITED!

spockety

Speaking as someone with no tactical nous, i would go three five two with masch and aurelio as wing backs, pull gerrard back to mid and push kuyt up. But i'm an idiot.

m83

come on united! easy win!

LuckyLloyd

mike65 wrote: »

Jebus, Rafa is getting his excuses in early!

Arby out Alonso out

If they're injured, they're injured. Hyppia is a legend, a man who's done it in big games before. And Lucas is never a tick short of honest. The best of luck to them.

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the utd player im worried about is oshea

he can defend but he really needs to help out ronaldo on the attack

PHB

Gona throw it out there, I predict a United riot

Ruskie4Rent

spockety wrote: »

Speaking as someone with no tactical nous, i would go three five two with masch and aurelio as wing backs, pull gerrard back to mid and push kuyt up. But i'm an idiot.

Not a bad idea...bit too close to kick off to be changing your whole gameplan though

elshambo

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

And how many assists or goals does Anderson have?

fan of computer games are we?

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

Does every player have to be measured in assists or goals? He's a hard tackler and does alot of the ground work for united in midfield. He might not get the assist but I'm sure he's been involved in plenty of buildups.

+1

Football is fcuked
The lack of basic knowledge is shocking
assists? assists me hole!
It gets worse, players are talking about assists now!

MementoMori wrote: »

Yup Spearing who has played 30 minutes of senior football should have been picked for his first senior start at Old Trafford ahead of full Brazilian international Lucas who has played 60 times for Liverpool. That sounds like a very wise decision.

:obut his workrate is 17/20 and lucas is only 16/20:o

kryogen wrote: »

As a united fan i can quite honestly say i would love it if Rafa had put Spearing in there in the biggest game of the season for liverpool instead of Lucas, (a guy who actually has shown he can play at this level)

Some liverpool fans puzzle me

Some (and a growing number) liverpool fans me!

kryogen

bright start from Rooney, good intentions straight away

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Ronaldo should come and play on the right, let Park look after O'Shea

kryogen

good block from Carra

kryogen

i know its too early to make any judgement, but i get a feeling the Carrick will not be up to his best again

LuckyLloyd

That's hilarious. No free kick? :rolleyes:

m83

elshambo wrote: »

fan of computer games are we?


+1

Football is fcuked
The lack of basic knowledge is shocking
assists? assists me hole!
It gets worse, players are talking about assists now!




:obut his workrate is 17/20 and lucas is only 16/20:o



Some (and a growing number) liverpool fans me!

WRONG. You can't argue with statistics. Almost all American sports are highly stat driven by some of the sharpest Ivy League analysts.

whatawaster

elshambo wrote: »

fan of computer games are we?


+1

Football is fcuked
The lack of basic knowledge is shocking
assists? assists me hole!
It gets worse, players are talking about assists now!




:obut his workrate is 17/20 and lucas is only 16/20:o



Some (and a growing number) liverpool fans me!

wtf are you on about. Assists are as valid a stat as any other.

kryogen

m83 wrote: »

WRONG. You can't argue with statistics. Almost all American sports are highly stat driven by some of the sharpest Ivy League analysts.

of course you can, assist stats can never and will never take into account the amount of times an individual puts a ball on a plate for someone only for them to mess it up or a shot taken that is saved miraculously by a wonder save

Stats are not everything and this is not American football

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people who use stats to back up arguments are imbeclies imo.

Paul Scholes was muck the other night, yet his "pass completion rate" was 86% :rolleyes:

LuckyLloyd

We've had elshambo's rubbish before. I seem to remember a match thread from the CL group stages vs Marseilles. Let's not derail the thread arguing about this stuff....

m83

kryogen wrote: »

of course you can, assist stats can never and will never take into account the amount of times an individual puts a ball on a plate for someone only for them to mess it up or a shot taken that is saved miraculously by a wonder save

Stats are not everything and this is not American football

I wasn't talking implicitly about assists but stats in general are good. In football they can be hard to interpret but are by no means a bad thing.

LuckyLloyd

Liverpool have managed to establish a foothold and slow things down following Utd's good first five minutes...

m83

Des wrote: »

people who use stats to back up arguments are imbeclies imo.

Paul Scholes was muck the other night, yet his "pass completion rate" was 86% :rolleyes:

LOL, what a moronic thing to say.

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Evra hasn't had the best time of it in the last few weeks.

kryogen

m83 wrote: »

I was talking implicitly about assists but stats in general are good. In football they can be hard to interpret but are by no means a bad thing.

this is the last thing im going to say so as not to keep derailing this thread

Stats have a use but they are not the be all and end all

As des said, Scholes had a bad game wednesday but his stats were decent

If you watch the game you can see who plays well, you can see who plays badly, you do not need stats to tell you that and stats dont hide what your eyes see

Now COME ON UNITED!!!!

grames_bond

john o shakey is worrying me!

MIN2511

So guys, how's United doing so far? Gonna pop into Sinnots now(lunch break).

LuckyLloyd

Hmm, mistake from Carragher. He looks uncomfortable on the right.

PHB

Liverpool have gotten back into this but they are having real trouble passign it out from the back, their midfielders seem to have to really drop deep every time. It's limiting them in terms of their attack.

kryogen

Yeah Evra's recent form has been a little worrying but im sure he can turn it around again by the end of the season!

Form is temporary class is permanent

look how many pool have back!!!

m83

kryogen wrote: »

this is the last thing im going to say so as not to keep derailing this thread

Stats have a use but they are not the be all and end all

As des said, Scholes had a bad game wednesday but his stats were decent

If you watch the game you can see who plays well, you can see who plays badly, you do not need stats to tell you that and stats dont hide what your eyes see

Now COME ON UNITED!!!!

Of course they're not the be all and end all. That's ridiculous. Jesus, who even thinks that?

FFS let's just go back to the game.

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grames_bond wrote: »

john o shakey is worrying me!

it's absolutely hilarious the way you call him that every single time you type his name. Hilarious altogether.

kryogen

Carrick not looking good again, im worried about our central midfield now, Carrick will have to play well or we will lose that battle, cant ask Anderson to do it all!

LuckyLloyd

Riera looks a couple of yards off the pace thus far.

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kryogen wrote: »

cant ask Anderson to do it all!

yes you can, he's a bleedin' legend