Valencia v Manchester United Match Thread

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KO: 7:45
Venue: Mestalla
Channel: RTÉ.


United team:


van der Sar

Rafael
Ferdinand
Vidic
Evra

Fletcher
Carrick
Anderson

Nani
Park
Berbatov

Substitutes:Kuszczak, O'Shea, Smalling, Gibson, Macheda, Hernandez, Owen.

cson

Reckon Valencia will get a result here.

1-1

Liam O

Berba up front on his own makes for a boring time. If Nani and Fletcher take some attacking responsibility well enough United could win but I'm not optimistic. 1-1 draw

mike65

Just watching Eamo give his expert opinion on Valecnia "they don't score many goals Bill"
cue 0-4 win away in Turkey. They have scored as many as Barca this season. I'll go for a 1-1 draw that said.

United almost 2/1 for this, big price.

Valencia going well though and should score at least once against united's shakey defence.

Going for 2-2.

eZe^

If Utd defense doesn't cop on, they'll lose at the Mestalla, otherwise I reckon they'll win.

smokedeels

Best starting 11 from the players available imo. I'm confident.

adox

I'd take a draw now, as a United fan.

Not very confident at all.

Mitch Connor

adox wrote: »

I'd take a draw now, as a United fan.

Not very confident at all.

feel the same.

Two midfielders that can't be fully match fit, a right back who has barely featured this season, a winger who is fairly poor on the wing and a lone striker that doesn't suit the role.

Not enough of a goal threat from midfield to support Berbatov enough - massive responsibility on Nani tonight imo.

Really weird bench - 3 strikers when we are only starting with one up top.

OPENROAD

Valencia win imo

CR 7

eZe^ wrote: »

If Utd defense doesn't cop on, they'll lose at the Mestalla, otherwise I reckon they'll win.

:pac:

That team should be enough to win the game. Hopefully we see some of chicharito and macheda.

Mars Bar

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

:pac:

That team should be enough to win the game. Hopefully we see some of chicharito and macheda.

We heard the "that team should be enough to win the game" against Rangers and look what happened there. Valencia are streets ahead of Rangers.

MagicMarker

Not confident, I can see Utd losing this 1-0.

So, 0-3 united!!

Insect Overlord

Looking forward to watching this


(I'm blissfully ignoring that awful sense of foreboding that's been building since the Rangers game )

Bodhisopha

Valencia will pump United.

Esse85

I have Nani backed to score first.

Also backed both teams to score.

CR 7

mars bar wrote: »

We heard the "that team should be enough to win the game" against Rangers and look what happened there. Valencia are streets ahead of Rangers.

Well this time we have arguably our strongest back 5, and the rest of our strongest available players. We usually seem to perform better against better teams in the champions league, and the fear of chicharito on the bench, should be enough.

KevIRL

Valencia a snip at 13/8 imo

Vanbis

I'm surprised to see Carrick starting tonight, injured and lack of football against a Valencia team who are playing well and with confidence.

I was looking forward to seeing Banega play tonight, does anyone know if he is injured or just left out?

super_furry

Hahaha, Nani is such an embarassment.

mike65

Utd 1 win in 18 ties in Spain.

jesus_thats_gre

Nani is a toe rag it seems.. haha

Liam O

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Nani is a toe rag it seems.. haha

wouldn't give you 15 quid for him

Handsome Bob

LOL, Dunphy pulled no punches there.

"I wouldn't give you 15 quid for him."

:pac:

super_furry

A 0-0 at 7/1 has tempted me.

CR 7

That was hilarious. Nani is a diving cheating toerag who sometimes produces the goods. Whereas at least ronaldo sometimes did some good things when he wasn't diving and cheating.

super_furry

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

That was hilarious. Nani is a diving cheating toerag who sometimes produces the goods. Whereas at least ronaldo sometimes did some good things when he wasn't diving and cheating.

Bit harsh on Ronaldo but an apt summary.

smokedeels

Halloween just around the corner as Bela Lugosi and the zombie Michael Jackson line up for united

Vidic has the armband with Rio on the pitch, that clears that up (for me)

ShaneU

People seem to forget how bad ronaldo was in his first two seasons

Quandary

I hope Carrick doesnt get lost in the game - worried a bit about raph too

super_furry

Raphael will need a lot of help. I can see Valencia putting him under pressure early.

me-skywalker

Ferdiands 1st pass to Rafael was verrry slack!!

Commentator on RTE talking about Emery like this is his first season at Valencia.

Have a draw on this.

Mr.Nice Guy

I think Edwin will have a tough evening tonight. Might need to produce some top saves to get out with a draw. Not confident.

me-skywalker

Vanbis wrote: »

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I was looking forward to seeing Banega play tonight, does anyone know if he is injured or just left out?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=68147831&postcount=250

me-skywalker

Very slow passing by United. Should be firign the ball to each other with pace. Look bit edgy.

super_furry

There's a hell of a lot of empty seats there.

daithijjj

super_furry wrote: »

There's a hell of a lot of empty seats there.

There was a general strike in spain today. An estimated 10million workers. Transport got hit.

goddevil

Carrick:mad:

Eirebear

super_furry wrote: »

There's a hell of a lot of empty seats there.

General Strike in Spain today probably has something to do with it.

goddevil

Lucky escape there.. Soldano must've scored

Le King

Some rubbish passes and first touches today.

Nailz

Those Kappa jersey's aren't the best for playing in by the looks of it. They're lovely kits and all, but by about ten minutes in they seem to be all drenched in sweat. I remember the same thing happening at Fulham and them complaining about it.

me-skywalker

Parks tactical role in this game is very interesting so far. He's doing his usual work-rate up and down the line but he seems to be very central.

Anderson and Fletcher dove-tailig well so far, one forward one back, switching roles. Can see one of them scoring.

starbelgrade

Nailz wrote: »

Those Kappa jersey's aren't the best for playing in by the looks of it. They're lovely kits and all, but by about ten minutes in they seem to be all drenched in sweat. I remember the same thing happening at Fulham and them complaining about it.

I wouldn't mind seeing a ladies football game in those shirts.

tony1kenobi

Valencia manager is the spit of Christopher Lee in the hammer films...if him and Berbatov lock eyes there'll be f*cking carnage.

Professey Chin

me-skywalker wrote: »

Parks tactical role in this game is very interesting so far. He's doing his usual work-rate up and down the line but he seems to be very central.

Anderson and Fletcher dove-tailig well so far, one forward one back, switching roles. Can see one of them scoring.

:eek::eek::pac:

ReacherCreature

United not good at all imo. Dreadful play. Hopefully it picks up.

jesus_thats_gre

The Valencia left back has to have relations in Dundalk.

super_furry

Valencia are a team made for Peter Crouch. They're putting great cross after great cross into the box and there's no-one there.

me-skywalker

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

:eek::eek::pac:

heh

Evra isnt getting far up the pitch enough.

Liam O

Nani and Park should switch wings imo