I think it has been cancelled 
Pre-season friendly Manchester City - Manchester United | Match cancelled
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Sky sports have it down as cancelled, not seen it confirmed anywhere else though.I think it has been cancelled
not a big fan of playing rivals in pre-season.
Class! Take it he was smashed?
It looked like he was drinking Vodka Red Bull but he looked fair sober to be fair
We got a picture with him anyway, he came across like a nice chap.move it indoors on hardwood floor, FIFA 97 style
Jones will fall apart
Jones will fall apart
Move it indoors and play five a side.
According to Sky's page of our game it says it's cancelled.
If the game happens, I think the team should look something like this:
Smalling and Rooney could have a bit appearance.
Due to their performance in the last game, Jones and Rojo should be nowhere near the first 11, nor Blind, Lingard or Depay.
Romero
De Gea
Valencia–Bailly–?–Shaw
–Tuanzebe–Smalling–Blind
Carrick–Herrera
McNair–Pereira
Mkhitaryan–Mata–Januzaj
Young,Lingard–Rooney–Depay
Rashford
Keane
Wonder if Shaw, Herrera and Mata are starting, after playing all 90 minutes against Dortmund.De Gea
Valencia–Bailly–?–Shaw
–Tuanzebe–Smalling–Blind
Carrick–Herrera
McNair–Pereira
Mkhitaryan–Mata–Januzaj
Young,Lingard–Rooney–Depay
Rashford
Keane
Smalling and Rooney could have a bit appearance.
Due to their performance in the last game, Jones and Rojo should be nowhere near the first 11, nor Blind, Lingard or Depay.
sometimes I wonder how can these jurnos be paid...Jesus, I know we travel there for marketing reasons but we would get ourselves ready better elsewhere... than in fecking asia...
Whats wrong with Asia?
There is no valid sporting reason to travel half way round the world for pre season. It's the marketing side of Utd doing it at the expense of the sporting side
Think the club wanted to do even longer out there. van Gaal put his foot down and said two games only thankfully.
It's stupid. I understand utd is a business, but the longer we spend being mediocre the less the brand is worth, and stupid Far East tours are not helping the team.
so is this on or off?
It's been raining all night and not stopping until 5 tomorrow evening reportedly. I would be shocked if it's on.
well thats fecking shit. Wonder if they will call it off all together or reschedule it?
It's shit for Jose and the team with already a short pre season. I can't imagine it will be rescheduled due to both clubs travelling plans.
I hope it's off.
Precisely would have been a complete waste for both sides. Im really upset, the boys need the minutes on the field.
The likes of Rooney and Smalling have only 5 days of training so it would be mad to play them more than 20 mins I guess.
I hope to see a better team, I mean I better shape than against Dortmund.
Preparation seems to be tough and the heat also so I hope to see some player running a bit more than last Friday
It's only 3 days since so I guess there will be a few changes too in order to rest players and not over play them
----------------------------------Romero---------------------------------
Mensah------------------Jones-------------Bailly--------------------Rojo
--------------------------Carrick-----------Pereira-----------------------
Young---------------------------Januzaj---------------------------Memphis
----------------------------------Rashford-----------------------------------
I hope to see a better team, I mean I better shape than against Dortmund.
Preparation seems to be tough and the heat also so I hope to see some player running a bit more than last Friday
It's only 3 days since so I guess there will be a few changes too in order to rest players and not over play them
----------------------------------Romero---------------------------------
Mensah------------------Jones-------------Bailly--------------------Rojo
--------------------------Carrick-----------Pereira-----------------------
Young---------------------------Januzaj---------------------------Memphis
----------------------------------Rashford-----------------------------------
Suprised so many oppose this friendly, as long as the pitch is in a playable condition it's in everyone's interest to play.
Seems like it's on.
Cancelled
Excellente
How is this good news? We'll be behind on game time having only played two games before returning to Manchester. We were well off the pace in the last game.
Obviously, that's better than getting the players injured.
Wonderful news.
They can do signing autographs sessions and things like Q&A stuff. JM can update them on transfer dealings (which will be much more of an interest to the press and public).
They can do signing autographs sessions and things like Q&A stuff. JM can update them on transfer dealings (which will be much more of an interest to the press and public).
This preseason was a train wreck. Not a good start for Jose era.
Do a closed door match with City at one of the China's indoor complex. They have many I would imagine.
Saw Jose's interview..........more or less said "china's a shithole, I want to go home"
Any chance we could get them home earlier than planned now?
Yeah, didn't look happy at all. Maybe the loss against Dortmund is still on his mind. Anyway, Zlatan will be back for the next game in Sweden. That is something to look forward to.
Hopefully looks like this was one wasted trip .. I'm sure we could pencil in a friendly closer to home before the end of the week.
Jose summed up his feelings on China when he said next season America .
3 more matches (including community shield) to prepare. The squad which was in China and the XI which would played today will differ significantly to the strongest XI for first league game. Plus risk of players getting injured avoided. So, not the best thing to have a pre-season game cancelled but given the conditions and situation it is preferable.
The teams wont have to stay and replay it, will they?
What a shame, I bet the players were desperate to play aswell. Nothing more boring than sitting around hotels and doing promotional work - get them on the pitch!
The pitch is clearly unusable though, it was bad yesterday, and with a whole night/morning of rain it must be a swamp.
The pitch is clearly unusable though, it was bad yesterday, and with a whole night/morning of rain it must be a swamp.