Manchester United vs. Stoke

If England play Spain in a tournament..and DDG is in goal, and it goes to penalties, I hope he saves every one of those feckers to shut the press up.

Also, it'll keep with the tradition of blaming a United players for England FCs shitness.

Yep. It really is mad the criticism he gets. But its what happens when you're a goalkeeper I guess. He's at the right club to help deal with this if he is having a hard time, and in a way, I'd rather him deal with this now than when he's 24/25 and then people start jumping saying "He's lost it already"
 
Why do Stoke have three strikers on (Jones, Walters and Crouch) with Etherington on the bench?

Does Walters play out wide left?
 
Why do Stoke have three strikers on (Jones, Walters and Crouch) with Etherington on the bench?

Does Walters play out wide left?

They've played Walters on the right before, I think. Etherington was a doubt for this game, so maybe he's only just fit enough to come on late.
 
Why do Stoke have three strikers on (Jones, Walters and Crouch) with Etherington on the bench?

Does Walters play out wide left?

It's almost as if Stoke have intentionally gone for three physical imposing (generous in Crouch's case). Wonder what sort of game they will be playing..
 
Stoke team:

Sorensen, Wilkinson, Huth, Shawcross, Wilson, Pennant, Palacios, Whitehead, Walters, Jones, Crouch.

I predict a lot of nice one-touch football from Stoke involving Wilkinson, Shawcross and Palacios - they will probably try to keep the ball on the ground a lot and try to out-play United
 
Actually, I think Amos will have a good game tonight and won't be worse than de Gea and Lindegaard were in some matches, but it's Stoke at home and it just doesn't sound well - Amos United's no. 1. Poor ginger.
 
Predictions:

Amos will have nothing to do except collect one uncontested long throw, postmatch caftards will declare him 'better than DDG'

Palacios will get booked

Valencia will provide an assist with his left foot, causing the caf to crash

Berbatov will score, postmatch caftards will be split between 'showing his worth' and 'doesn't do it in big games'

Matchday thread will declare Park useless and 'not United class'

Park will score
 
I reckon we'll concede a goal and we will then spend the entire night deciding whether or not Amos should have done better.
 
Predictions:

Amos will have nothing to do except collect one uncontested long throw, postmatch caftards will declare him 'better than DDG'

Palacios will get booked

Valencia will provide an assist with his left foot, causing the caf to crash

Berbatov will score, postmatch caftards will be split between 'showing his worth' and 'doesn't do it in big games'

Matchday thread will declare Park useless and 'not United class'

Park will score

If that happens I'll eat my shit live on webcam.
 
Predictions:

Amos will have nothing to do except collect one uncontested long throw, postmatch caftards will declare him 'better than DDG'

Palacios will get booked

Valencia will provide an assist with his left foot, causing the caf to crash

Berbatov will score, postmatch caftards will be split between 'showing his worth' and 'doesn't do it in big games'

Matchday thread will declare Park useless and 'not United class'

Park will score

If that happens I'll eat my shit live on webcam.

quoted just in case
 

Do you know that Joe Hart finds his team mates with 25% of his kicked clearances whilst De Gea finds his team mates with 75% of his. That is what I mean by depressingly English distribution, just pumping it up field in to a crowd of heads, a tactic that is in its dying days.
 
Anyone have any links or anything for a stream for iPhone or iPad? I'm at my mums and the usual streams won't work due to being flash.

Long shot I know but thought you people would know better than most!
 
Do you know that Joe Hart finds his team mates with 25% of his kicked clearances whilst De Gea finds his team mates with 75% of his. That is what I mean by depressingly English distribution, just pumping it up field in to a crowd of heads, a tactic that is in its dying days.

Hart is a huge improvement to what we have had recently.

heck...we used to have the best goalies in the world.....
 
Predictions:

Amos will have nothing to do except collect one uncontested long throw, postmatch caftards will declare him 'better than DDG'

Palacios will get booked

Valencia will provide an assist with his left foot, causing the caf to crash

Berbatov will score, postmatch caftards will be split between 'showing his worth' and 'doesn't do it in big games'

Matchday thread will declare Park useless and 'not United class'

Park will score

He did it last year. Not his usual assist as it wasn't a cross. He passed to someone on the edge of the area with his left, and that someone scored.