You've managed to miss two games there, quite impressively.
The other, if you wondering:
The other, if you wondering:
Manchester United v Manchester City
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Scholes is a member of the Sky panel tonight!
Looking forward to this.
Scholesy doesn't tend to talk to the press much, when he does he gives his honest view. Win or lose we'll get honest feedback on United tonight.
Scholes is a member of the Sky panel tonight!
Don't worry there will be 10 former Liverpool players to make up for it.
Have a good feeling about this. I reckon we'll pop two or three past them.
Scholesy on the Sky panel?
Scholesy on the Sky panel?
Glad others have a good feeling about this, I certainly don't. Can't see us playing positive football here, Moyes has been smashed in too many times in these big matches for that. We'll probably start with energy, fail to score early on and then retreat under pressure the rest of the match.
I'm not sure what team I want to see but I know I want to see something different. Some sign that Moyes knows what our failings are and is prepared to do something about them. Maybe dropping Carrick or Valencia, maybe showing faith in Kagawa or Fletcher. Just something.
2-1 United.Head and heart talking here.
It's grand approaching a game of this magnitude with no nerves, isn't it? The result means very little to us and the onus is on City to win, we can just kick back and try enjoy the game tonight.
Bit off topic but didn't want too start a thread for this. Where's good too watch this in town which will be full on Reds? Bierkeller is for City fans tonight, Mulligans will be too full by the time I get in town and Norweigan Blue has a strict dress code I've been told.
Have a good feeling about this. I reckon we'll pop two or three past them.
Scholesy on the Sky panel?
No doubt he'll be flanked by 5 Scousers though to maintain the balance Sky appear to need in the studio.
More sad than grand. We shouldn't just be spectators in the run in.
It is sad, and far from ideal, but every cloud... The season is a write off, and has been since January.
Ah yes indeed...How could I forget that...Still unsure about including the community shield though
I watched the 'Michael Owen' last minute winner game at the local to where my parents live (The High Grove near Gatley) and there was a fight in the car park afterwards. Not in town, obviously, but is that the sort of atmosphere you were after?
No doubt he'll be flanked by 5 Scousers though to maintain the balance Sky appear to need in the studio.
Have a good feeling about this. I reckon we'll pop two or three past them.
Scholesy on the Sky panel?
Scousers??...Oh no, Sky will have Summerbee twerking in his face, while Sky will do the impossible and reunite the Gallagher brothers to give their expert opinions..."Arrrrr' ye maaad fo' it Scholesy?!?!?"
Yep, no real pressure tonight just pride to play for. I do think we will lose as it is what we've done all season. i.e. we put a few good results together and everyone thinks we've turned the corner only to be brought crashing back down to earth with a defeat. I see it happening again, I can smell the fecker in the air approaching. City need this, it's massive and I just think they've got too much for us.
Not so much, I'll be going home straight after the match, just meeting a few old faces who haven't been in Manchester for a while. It kicks off enough in my local boozers!
I'd be inclined to agree. I see City winning, and maybe even comfortably, tonight. Then again, I gave us no chance against the Greeks, so we shall see... I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised.
Once Sky don't give it this Manchester tides are turning bollocks I can enjoy tonight relatively pressure free.
Not sure why but I think we'll win this 2-1. Aguero being out will be a big blow for them, he always seems to do particularly well against us.
Hopefully Smalling and/or Evans are fit. Carrick did well at CB against West Ham but it'd be a recipe for disaster if he started there again today.
Hopefully Smalling and/or Evans are fit. Carrick did well at CB against West Ham but it'd be a recipe for disaster if he started there again today.
I'm quite relaxed...mainly because I expect us to lose purely because of our record against the top sides this season and also because City are really going for the title now and have a great chance. It's so difficult. I want us to beat them and be wonderfully surprised, but there again......liverpool.....just no...no way can they be allowed to win that bloody title. It's like the choice of equally two hot women...what to do...what to think...
I'm also not ashamed to admit that I won't be too adverse to a defeat. Anything that makes the Scousers chances less is good news.
I was half-listening to the TV an hour or so, and they were talking about the players on each team... one of them - I think his name is Kilbane - said that Rooney was the only United player who would start at Manchester City. Then he started talking about a "power shift", comparing the teams from five years ago (2008-09).
He said that Kompany in 2008-09 would have started at United, he didn't specify whether he would start over Ferdinand or Vidic though. He also thought that Nigel De Jong could have started in midfield, with or ahead of Scholes and Carrick.
I just found it pretty odd, because Kompany had just moved to Manchester City in 2008, so he was pretty much an unknown quantity.
He said that Kompany in 2008-09 would have started at United, he didn't specify whether he would start over Ferdinand or Vidic though. He also thought that Nigel De Jong could have started in midfield, with or ahead of Scholes and Carrick.
I just found it pretty odd, because Kompany had just moved to Manchester City in 2008, so he was pretty much an unknown quantity.
I've turned into a bit of a pessimist in terms of results lately; felt we'd go out to Olympiakos and drop points at West Ham, look how that turned out. With that in mind, 0-2 City.
I don't think that's the situation we're in right now to be honest.
I read something this morning, linked from Twitter, where some blogger reckons NO United players would start for City.
I find it weird there are still people rating Hart above De Gea.
yeah..fair enough...
That is certainly the most baffling, for me.
even more so about the rumours that Real Madrid are after Hart!
I actually laughed out loud when I read that, don't believe a word of it. But if it keeps their dirty paws off de Gea I'm all for it.
Does that f**ker in the Ford garage ever sell any cars???
EDIT: Oh yeah obilgetry half and half scarf wanker
It's weird, De Gea has been by far the best keeper in the league the last 2 seasons, and most fans who watch him recognize this. Most Chelsea fans admit he's passed Cech, who is the only one near him really. It's like the only people left who still rate Hart are English journo's
In fairness, I'm just reading through the BBC live thread and the vast majority of people are putting De Gea in the side, which is good to see.
I think it probably is. Hart is obviously a good 'keeper, he was probably the best in the league when they won the championship. But he's made an array of mistakes, he's even lost his place this season! In the meantime de Gea has genuinely blossomed into one of the top young player's in the world, let alone goalkeeper's.It's weird, De Gea has been by far the best keeper in the league the last 2 seasons, and most fans who watch him recognize this. Most Chelsea fans admit he's passed Cech, who is the only one near him really. It's like the only people left who still rate Hart are English journo's
Predictions guys?
3-1 City.
I heard Old Trafford is a good place to watch matches and is usually full of reds.
Have a hunch we'll scrape a 2-1 win.
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