Old Trafford, Manchester
Sunday 06th May 2012
KO - 16:00 GMT
Manchester United vs. Swansea City
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Old Trafford, Manchester
Sunday 06th May 2012
KO - 16:00 GMT
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Where were you to make our thread for the city game 
Might as well just batter the feck out of them and hope for the best, you never know we might get 7 or 8 and close the gap on goal difference
Might as well just batter the feck out of them and hope for the best, you never know we might get 7 or 8 and close the gap on goal difference
for them
Swansea might be taking us too lightly in this game
This but with Berba CB and Fabio LB.
If City beat Newacastle we'll probably mess this one up or sneak a win.
10-0 and it'll be ON
City will beat Newcastle and we'll slump to a 1-1 draw.
We can bribe Swansea by signing Gylfi and loaning him back to Swansea for next season.
We need someone dropping into midfield against Swansea because they're VERY good at keeping the ball.
de Gea
Rafael
Ferdinand
Evans
Evra
Valencia
Carrick
Scholes
Nani
Rooney
Welbeck
SUBS: Amos, Jones, Smalling, Young, Giggs, Berbatov, Hernandez.
All out, we have to score five or six at least regardless of the City result.
Rafael
Ferdinand
Evans
Evra
Valencia
Carrick
Scholes
Nani
Rooney
Welbeck
SUBS: Amos, Jones, Smalling, Young, Giggs, Berbatov, Hernandez.
All out, we have to score five or six at least regardless of the City result.
De Gea
Smalling
Evans
Rio
Evra
Scholes
Carrick
Valencia
Rooney
Welbeck
Hernandez
10-0 United
Smalling
Evans
Rio
Evra
Scholes
Carrick
Valencia
Rooney
Welbeck
Hernandez
10-0 United
It'll be a pretty pointless match if City win at Newcastle. If they don't do though, this is crucial.
City are going to be playing with renewed confidence. There is no way they will lose to Newcastle. But we must do what we can and win. We should win big!
If we don't win this game the team really deserves some lashing. No reason why we shouldn't play well and destroy them.
Just have to wait and see the Newcastle-City outcome.
Anyway, just win and try to finish the season on a strong point.
Anyway, just win and try to finish the season on a strong point.
if city beat Newcastle we need to try and thrash Swansea. Its highly unlikely but its the only option. Hopefully city would only win buy the odd goal. If thats the case wed need to win by 7 or 8 to have a chance on the final day.
As i wrote all of the above I realized how unlikely it is.
City beat Newcastle and its over
As i wrote all of the above I realized how unlikely it is.
City beat Newcastle and its over
14-0, new Premier League record. Phelan with 2 assists.
Team should be...
GK: De Gea
RB: Rafael
CB: Evans
CB: Ferdinand
LB: Evra
RM: Valencia
CM: Carrick
CM: Scholes
LM: Nani
CF: Rooney
CF: Welbeck
Subs: Amos, Jones, Giggs, Cleverley, Young, Hernandez, Berbatov
They'll be goals but ultimately not enough after City beat Newcastle, I'll go 4-2 to United
GK: De Gea
RB: Rafael
CB: Evans
CB: Ferdinand
LB: Evra
RM: Valencia
CM: Carrick
CM: Scholes
LM: Nani
CF: Rooney
CF: Welbeck
Subs: Amos, Jones, Giggs, Cleverley, Young, Hernandez, Berbatov
They'll be goals but ultimately not enough after City beat Newcastle, I'll go 4-2 to United
DDG
Carrick
Scholes
Young
Valencia
Nani
Berbatov
Rooney
Welbeck
Hernandez
Owen
Balls-out: Eleventy-Nil
Carrick
Scholes
Young
Valencia
Nani
Berbatov
Rooney
Welbeck
Hernandez
Owen
Balls-out: Eleventy-Nil
Assuming Newcastle prove themselves useless:
... and feck them as hard as possible. The title is gone for absolute definite if Newcastle fail us (as they most likely will) so risk dropped points chasing a landslide win - at least this would have the potential to be entertaining
But if City drop points then go with the usual line-up and try to get to 2-0 up before going uber-defensive and seeing the game out
EDIT: Seems Welbeck is injured, so Berba comes in (Will Keane replaces him on the bench?)
De Gea
Rafael---Smalling---Ferdinand---Evra
Carrick---Scholes
Berbatov
Nani---Chicharito---Rooney
Rafael---Smalling---Ferdinand---Evra
Carrick---Scholes
Berbatov
Nani---Chicharito---Rooney
... and feck them as hard as possible. The title is gone for absolute definite if Newcastle fail us (as they most likely will) so risk dropped points chasing a landslide win - at least this would have the potential to be entertaining
But if City drop points then go with the usual line-up and try to get to 2-0 up before going uber-defensive and seeing the game out
EDIT: Seems Welbeck is injured, so Berba comes in (Will Keane replaces him on the bench?)
Will they bother to show up to this match? Maybe they stayed in Wales so getting to Swansea wouldn't be such a long trip.
Yeah lets just go for it, put on all our strikers and shit and just have fun if Newcastle lose. Get as many goals as possible, fix a few matches.
We're at home here..
Anyways, how funny would it be if Newcastle lose 1-0 but we end up setting a record and win 10-0, giving us a superior goal difference
Won't happen I know, but apart from city dropping points that is the only chance we have. An early red card for them and an early goal, giving us complete domination and we just need to keep going like our lives depend on it. I'd hate to lose out on the title on goal difference, looking back at all those 1 or 2-0 wins at home where we scored early then let off, or the game away to wolves where we were 5-0 up at around the 50th minute. We could have scored so much more in certain games but we let off, let's just give it a go and hope for the best.
Also instruct the players to start diving in the penalty area in the last 10 minutes regardless of the score - the individual players should only stop diving if they receive a yellow for a particularly bad effort
Score as many goals as we can, but don't concede the same amount.
Hatricks all round.
The passage of brown envelopes is to be encouraged.
Hatricks all round.
The passage of brown envelopes is to be encouraged.
If by some chance Newcastle do get something against City, then we know a win for us would take us back top with one match remaining.
Berbatov should start. He does well at OT against teams like this. I could see him scoring a few goals.
As I said earlier though, it all rests on the City match before we kick off. If Newcastle get something, then a win for us is all that matters. If City win, just go for broke against Swansea.
Just thrash them.
Berbatov should start. He does well at OT against teams like this. I could see him scoring a few goals.
As I said earlier though, it all rests on the City match before we kick off. If Newcastle get something, then a win for us is all that matters. If City win, just go for broke against Swansea.
Just thrash them.
Can see a 1-0 win, similar to our game against Sunderland in 2010 with a subdued performance and crowd due to an earlier result essentially ending our title hopes. Not expecting any mysterious back passes though.
Play the kids
If Newcastle lose we need to win this like... 7-0 to have any hope.
Berba should get the chance to score one last hat-trick at OT and bid farewell to the supporters. If Welbeck is really injured, I would go for Berbs to start.
If (when) City beat Newcastle... I don't see what we have to lose by properly going all out, guns blazing, in this game... Swansea looked shocking defensively against Wolves at the weekend, and, according to our last game against them, we're approximately 5 goals better then Wolves are, thus, based on this incredibly sound logic, we should be able to beat Swansea 9-0.
2 6-0 wins should do it..even if city win there last 2 ( by the odd goal)_
May as well play Berbatov and give him a proper send off. He's also very good at keeping hold of the ball and we'll need as much possession as possible in this game as Swansea are ruddy good at keeping the ball.
Swansea keep the ball very well, so we'll need to press them in their half like animals for us to win by the kind of scores that are being mentioned.
Can you imagine? RAWK and Blue Moon would implode. 10-0 after an early sending off for Swansea and about 5 dubious penalties would be just the ticket.
With Sunderland v United next week and six Brown's own goals, five O'Shea's and three Richardson's.
Can you imagine? RAWK and Blue Moon would implode. 10-0 after an early sending off for Swansea and about 5 dubious penalties would be just the ticket.
Interested to see how we approach this game, the players know that absolutely thumping Swansea will see them go top. I'd love to see us just go all out and honestly try and win 13-0 or some shit.