Manchester United vs Liverpool - 1:30pm Sunday 19th Sept

citytillidie

Only thing I am not looking forward to is the 8:30am kick off for me

d22ontour

Frisbee wrote: »

Maybe, but hopefully it will stop people getting into petty name calling and responding to trolls. All you have to do is report posts you don't like as opposed to responding to them. Simple.

Having been called a troll many times here, i look forward to trying to get around this rule somewhat.

JohnnyRyan99

SlickRic wrote: »

this thread has actually gone fine, and has been pretty tame, and by and large respectful.

Pfft... Hope ur happy Pool and United fans................ Pussy's :pac:

Just heard who the ref is for tomorrow :mad:

http://bigfourza.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/howard_webb.jpg


I wish this game was today though, can't go on a session tomorrow

d22ontour

Think Webb is the best in England tbh.

And he likes Fergietime.

LuckyLloyd

Anthony16 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IMpnQCGJ0

Anthony16 wrote: »

ferdinand had a serious back injury that day and was nowhere near match fitness.

Anthony16 wrote: »

If he is so strong then why was he muscled onto the ground here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IMpnQCGJ0

All torres did was lean on someone who realistically should have been using a walking stick that day.
Rio has 4 league titles,and a european cup to his name.Torres has nothing:p

Anthony16 wrote: »

For his country fair enough,even though he couldnt get his ass off the bench in the world cup but shur we wont mention that.Hasnt won a thing for the mid table club that is liverpool yet.
Rio was badly injured that day.Shur rooney plyed against bayern and limped through most of the game.Wenger played gallas against barca last season and he had to be replaced early on as he clearly wasnt fit.
I think the only manager that should be ashamed is benitez for failing to win a league title


http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/21/rio-ferdinand-hid-injury

That shows how bad off ferdinand was.Nice to prove people wrong

Anthony16 wrote: »

He always put champions league as a priority despite the pool fans being so anxious at losing their 18 title record,which in the end they did.2-0 down against reading a few seasons back and he threw in the towel to rest players for the CL

Anthony16 wrote: »

no need for me to concentrate hard seeing as i got 580 points in my leaving first time round.Add to that the fact im a college student. Another ignorant statement is proved wrong

Anthony16 wrote: »

I think we all know how liverpool will play.They will be well organised and functional and try to put scholes under pressure as much as possible.Mascherano will be a big loss to them though for this type of game.he was immense at anfiled last year(well in a defensive manner).Fletch wasnt available that day though,so i can see united winning 2-1

lol, wow:

Handsome Bob

1.30pm kick off, sweet. Always hate going to Old Trafford, the game always drags by, by far one of the longest 90 minutes you'll come across as an away fan. I'll take a point tomorrow.

rarnes1

rarnes1 wrote: »

Just heard who the ref is for tomorrow :mad:

http://bigfourza.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/howard_webb.jpg


I wish this game was today though, can't go on a session tomorrow

Same

Only in a new job a month and I know if I go out for this game I will wake up on a pavement somewhere.

tok9

So whens the Liverpool team due to be announced?

doc_17

Howard bloody Webb. That's a disaster for Liverpool. But I'm not in the business of blaming refs. United should win tomorrow, but there's always hope!

adox

doc_17 wrote: »

Howard bloody Webb. That's a disaster for Liverpool. But I'm not in the business of blaming refs.

MementoMori

My guess at the team and subs

---

Reina

---

--Johnson--Carra--Skrtel--Konchesky--

---

Gerrard

---

Poulsen

---

--Maxi

---

Cole

---

Jovanovic--

---

Torres

---

Subs : Jones, Agger, Kelly, Miereles, Lucas, Babel, N'gog

Possibly one of Lucas or Babel might lose out to Pacheco but would be slightly surprised.

Dont be at yourself

I hope for:

---

Reina
Johnson-Carra-Agger-Konchesky

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Meireles-Lucas
Maxi

---

Gerrard

---

Cole

---

Torres

Mr Alan

Fingers crossed.



Come on Roy, show em what you're made of

Peyton Manning

Mr Alan wrote: »

Fingers crossed.



Come on Roy, show em what you're made of

That game means nothing Al. If you have to resort to wearing a strip a colour you know fine rightly that Manchester United cannot see, you know you're the opposite of a class act. Despicable behaviour taking advantage of a disability to gain one up over the rival. :mad:

timetogetfit

United will win this easily tomorrow, 3-0 I expect

super_furry

What's the over/under on the number of bannings on this thead?

d22ontour

Been all flowers and bunnies thus far.All we need is a controversial decision Uniteds way and boom this thread will be fun...

Jax Teller

timetogetfit wrote: »

United will win this easily tomorrow, 3-0 I expect

hope it something like that but i cant see it . expect it to be a tight game . it will be interesting to see who liverpool play in midfield

Peyton Manning

d22ontour wrote: »

Been all flowers and bunnies thus far.All we need is a controversial decision Uniteds way and boom this thread will be fun...

Dont worry, the fun doesn't start until someone breaks out the "Steven Gerrard The Hypocrite" video!

Le King

Archimedes wrote: »

Dont worry, the fun doesn't start until someone breaks out the "Steven Gerrard The Hypocrite" video!

Did somebody say....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVb2gbMtN3I

RasTa

Ughh locked and up in 4 hours to head to this. Stupid early flights

Havermeyer

d22ontour wrote: »

Been all flowers and bunnies thus far.All we need is a controversial decision Uniteds way and boom this thread will be fun...

No controversy needed, tbh. All we need is kick off. There's bound to be a throw in/corner kick that will prove to be a catalyst for this thread to go boom.

Xavi6

Hopefully this is all done and dusted after 70 mins so I can flick over the some real action at 3pm

stumpypeeps

Xavi6 wrote: »

Hopefully this is all done and dusted after 70 mins so I can flick over the some real action at 3pm

Clueless on E4? Yeah been looking forward to it all week. Great film.

ilovelamp2000

Team for today:

Reina
Johnson
Skrtel
Carragher
Konchesky

Poulsen
Meireles

Gerrard
Maxi
Cole

Torres


Not bad at all.

Handsome Bob

As good as we could of hoped for excluding Maxi really, glad to see Roy's not afraid to throw Meireles in there.

ilovelamp2000

LZ5by5 wrote: »

As good as we could of hoped for excluding Maxi really, glad to see Roy's not afraid to throw Meireles in there.

I'm no Maxi fan either. *




* he'll probably score today because I don't rate him.

stumpypeeps

Rosco1982 wrote: »

Team for today:

Reina
Johnson
Skrtel
Carragher
Konchesky

Poulsen
Meireles

Gerrard
Maxi
Cole

Torres


Not bad at all.

I think thats the best team we could have put out. Maxi included. A lot of creativity in there.

Handsome Bob

I'll take it all back if he does. :pac:

stumpypeeps

LZ5by5 wrote: »

I'll take it all back if he does. :pac:

Maxi has a 1 in 4 record as a footballer. It shouldn't be a surprise. He should be getting goals.

Handsome Bob

stumpypeeps wrote: »

Maxi has a 1 in 4 record as a footballer. It shouldn't be a surprise. He should be getting goals.

I'm judging him in the now stumpy, judging him in the now. Christ knows he's had enough opportunites to put it in the back of the net already.

stumpypeeps

LZ5by5 wrote: »

I'm judging him in the now stumpy, judging him in the now. Christ knows he's had enough opportunites to put it in the back of the net already.

He's only had 18 appearances for Liverpool. If he gets a run of 4 or 5 games in the team...:D

ilovelamp2000

Now there's a whisper that Roy hasn't decided on whether he's playing Meireles or Lucas today.

If we're treated to Pucas again this weekend we can forget about winning today

Mister men

Rosco1982 wrote: »

Now there's a whisper that Roy hasn't decided on whether he's playing Meireles or Lucas today.

If we're treated to Pucas again this weekend we can forget about winning today

I'd rather see Lucas in than Poulson myself.

stumpypeeps

Rosco1982 wrote: »

Now there's a whisper that Roy hasn't decided on whether he's playing Meireles or Lucas today.

If we're treated to Pucas again this weekend we can forget about winning today

I'd rather Gerreiles in midfield.

machiavellianme

Rosco1982 wrote: »

Team for today:

Reina
Johnson
Skrtel
Carragher
Konchesky

Poulsen
Meireles

Gerrard
Maxi
Cole

Torres


Not bad at all.

Bar Kuyt being injured thats nearly our best 11 (the Kuyt who whips in crosses for Holland, not the one togging out in red most weeks). I'd have Agger over either of the 2 CBs though. Very positive statement from Roy today if that is the team.

Handsome Bob

Rosco1982 wrote: »

Now there's a whisper that Roy hasn't decided on whether he's playing Meireles or Lucas today.

If we're treated to Pucas again this weekend we can forget about winning today

Jesus tap dancing christ.

adox

I cancelled sky sports last month and wasn't sure if it came into effect today or tomorrow. Turn on this morning and it's gone.

Options are:

A) Go to the pub for the game

Go to the folks to watch it, 40 minutes drive each way.

C) Find a half decent stream and watch it that way.

C is the front runner at the moment, with A the outsider.

Anthony16

Ferguson has said berbatov will start today,so that means either rooney is dropped or he is going 4-4-2..Would not like playing 4-4-2 aginst the scousers after what happened at anfield last year.We need legs in there to help scholes this time.

ilovelamp2000

Anthony16 wrote: »

Ferguson has said berbatov will start today,so that means either rooney is dropped or he is going 4-4-2..Would not like playing 4-4-2 aginst the scousers after what happened at anfield last year.We need legs in there to help scholes this time.

Rooney can play on the right or left of a 4-3-3.

There's no way he's not starting today

adox

Of course there's also 4 4 1 1.

I'd be gobsmacked if both Rooney and Berbatov didn't start today.

Mitch Connor

just for people who may be interested; I won't be around for the game today (you won't care about that part!) so i will sort the Man of the Match scoring out either tonight or tomorrow morning - it is under control!

SlickRic

Rosco1982 wrote: »

Team for today:

Reina
Johnson
Skrtel
Carragher
Konchesky

Poulsen
Meireles

Gerrard
Maxi
Cole

Torres


Not bad at all.

that is exactly the team i wanted; with maybe Maxi as the only one i may have changed.

Lucas, our new impact sub.

mike65

No Agger? Cole on the left then?

stumpypeeps

mike65 wrote: »

No Agger? Cole on the left then?

Cole, Gerrard and Maxi can all play in each others position. Meireles can probably play behind Torres as well as Cole and Gerrard. Total football?

mike65

It is a flexible forward line alright, Torres greatest use today could be to drag defenders out of position rather than score.

Anthony16

adox wrote: »

Of course there's also 4 4 1 1.

I'd be gobsmacked if both Rooney and Berbatov didn't start today.

Berba rarely starts these games but due to his form this season he is worth an inclusion.Rooney on the left may be the way to go as we need that extra man in midfield

SlickRic

mike65 wrote: »

Torres greatest use today could be to drag defenders out of position rather than score.

100%.

and it's the part of his game that gets ignored so often.

let's hope we stay nice and solid, and the likes of Meireles, Cole and Stevie can get on the ball and stop us from being wasteful in possession.

stumpypeeps

SlickRic wrote: »

100%.

and it's the part of his game that gets ignored so often.

let's hope we stay nice and solid, and the likes of Meireles, Cole and Stevie can get on the ball and stop us from being wasteful in possession.

I think of all the things we need today is much more urgency. We'e been so pedestrian so far. You'd almost think we weren't fit!