Swansea City vs. Manchester United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
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I have a good feeling about you Damien....
We'll win this 2-1
We'll win this 2-1
Will be pleasantly surprised if we win this.
Swansea have been playing competitive football for over a week and are very difficult to beat at home.
Swansea have been playing competitive football for over a week and are very difficult to beat at home.
Nailed on draw.
I've got a pretty good record with match threads (some from newbies).
Otelul Galati 0 - 2 Manchester United
Aldershot Town 0 - 3 Manchester United
Manchester United 2 - 0 Otelul Galati
Manchester United 3 - 2 Braga
Chelsea 2 - 3 Manchester United
Chelsea 5 - 4 Manchester United
Manchester United 2 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Granted, the majority weren't exactly against the Barcelona and Real Madrid's of the world, but they still count.
Game is free to air on the freeview(not freesat) platform if you are in the UK. Its being shown on PICK TV.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...season-as-battle-with-BT-Sport-escalates.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...season-as-battle-with-BT-Sport-escalates.html
A win is a win and we were really unlucky against Chelsea
I hope RVP will wear a helmet for this one.
We will struggle
This is no time to be a pussy.
We will win the match.
We will win the match.
A draw wouldn't usually be a bad start to Swansea, but considering we have Chelsea, City and Liverpool coming up in the first few weeks of the season - it would be ideal to get off to a quick start.
Winning start for me. We really need it when you look at the next few fixtures.
Will be tough but a win would be very important here, considering our first 5 games.
De gea
Fabio Ferdinand vidic Evra
Carrick Cleverley Anderson
Valencia van persie nani
If nani isn't fit, then either Kagawa or zaha I think. Moyes seems to like the 4-3-3 judging by today and the friendlies we've played, think nani would be great in this system too.
De gea
Fabio Ferdinand vidic Evra
Carrick Cleverley Anderson
Valencia van persie nani
If nani isn't fit, then either Kagawa or zaha I think. Moyes seems to like the 4-3-3 judging by today and the friendlies we've played, think nani would be great in this system too.
A win would be great but a lot would depend on how the important players progress in terms of their fitness. As things stand, a draw looks likeliest.
Mostly we played 4231. Which is also the formation he played at Everton. I think today he went for 433 because he didn't want to start Kagawa, and with Rooney also out there was no obvious candidate to play in the hole. 433 suited the available players best, but I think the signs are that 4231 will be his go-to formation.
DDG
Rafa Evans Vidic Evra
Carrick Cleverley
Nani Kagawa Rooney*
RVP
*or Welbeck, or Zaha (swapping the wings), or Januzaj
No Giggs, for me. I've not been hugely impressed with him in pre-season. He still does the good stuff beautifully, but he doesn't do enough of the hard work and you can constantly see other players having to cover for him as a result. Plus we want to keep him fresh, use him wisely.
Nice one kouroux! Hope Rooney plays, but I can only realistically see him getting a little cameo towards the end.
Draw seems the likely result, United were ok against Wigan, but that performance against Swansea wont make for a likewise scoreline. Going for 2-2.
I'd probably take a draw to be honest, Swansea away isn't easy at the best of times but for the first game of the season it will be even tougher. Point here then 3 against Chelsea would be a great start.
That would be a good enough team. Hopefully Nani will be back. Don't think Rooney will play though. I'd have Welbeck instead of him.
I think we will win 5-0
Going to be a tough game, hoping for one of those scrappy 1-0 wins that we have had a good knack of getting over the years.
Lets get our defence off to a winning start
We'll win. I'm sure of it. RVP to grab another one.
What an annoying time to have an international break.
I just hope that our lads all come back fit.
I just hope that our lads all come back fit.
It'd be great to pick up three points here and go into the Chelsea game with some extra confidence. A draw wouldn't be too bad either though, as The Liberty Stadium is no easy place to visit.
I'd be happy with a loss tbh.
Do Swansea have many internationals too?.
I can see our players coming back tired for this - sucks really against a energetic team who love to pass and move.
They have given us quite a bit of trouble in recent games, and if our passing is not up to it I think we will struggle.
I can see our players coming back tired for this - sucks really against a energetic team who love to pass and move.
They have given us quite a bit of trouble in recent games, and if our passing is not up to it I think we will struggle.
It's difficult to pick the side with internationals yet to be played but with those in mind I'd go with:
de Gea
Fabio Ferdinand Vidic Evra
Carrick Cleverley
Nani Anderson Welbeck
Van Persie
de Gea
Fábio Ferdinand Evans Evra
Carrick Cleverley
Valencia Welbeck Zaha
van Persie
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Lindegaard; Jones, Smalling; Anderson, Giggs, Kagawa; Hernandez
Hoping Hernandez is ready to be on the bench and perhaps Nani, but we'll probably not find that out until Friday. I fancy Vidic to be rested and we'll use our two defenders who are probably the most comfortable on the ball. Januzaj could make the bench depending on the fitness / readiness of Nani, Kagawa, Young, Hernandez etc and also if Valencia / Giggs are left in the side.
I think it will be a winning start but by a late goal and some draw of the luck. Bony looks like he can cause trouble but I think we will just about have enough fire power.
How have Swansea done pre season regarding transfers in/out? Last i heard there were real issues between the manager and chairman regarding transfers...
You're a very strange dude.
Very well. If you ask me. Here's a list of their business this window.
I watched their EL qual games against Malmö and they looked good. Both Amat, Shelvey, Bony, Pozuelo and Cañas seemed to fit in well. Getting Pozuelo for €500K could be real value for money.
Wait so this is on Sky 2? Nice.
PICK TV you say? That's awesome to know 
will be watching on there then!
will be watching on there then!PICK TV you say? That's awesome to know
Only if you receive the channel via a freeview kit. Not via freesat.
I am not sure about people who have a skybox and pay for the basic package.
Does that include a television with freeview built in? Or does that mean I have freesat? xD
I have a Virgin media box, does that mean I can watch it on Sky 2?
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