Park for Giggs, the rest i'd agree with.
Wigan v 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.
Park for Giggs, the rest i'd agree with.
Tbh I'd take a draw tomorrow as well, the most important thing is that we don't lose!
It would be nice to win the league at Old Trafford and actually lift the cup after the game in front of the home fans for a fecking change!!! 
It would be nice to win the league at Old Trafford and actually lift the cup after the game in front of the home fans for a fecking change!!!
Yes, it's been a whole two years...
I agree though, it'll be much better to do it at Old Trafford.
cannot feckin' wait...
Bruce ready to make it a special night for hero Ferguson
An exquisite green playing surface and a red-carpet welcome await Alex Ferguson at the JJB Stadium tonight.
It will be handshakes, back-slaps and glasses of good claret all round. It will also be another Premier League hurdle, another test that Manchester United should pass with flying honours, so taking them to the brink of the title. And Wigan Athletic's main men will be delighted.
Their charismatic chairman, Dave Whelan, is such an ardent admirer of Ferguson, whose picture adorns his walls, that he actually cannot make up his mind who he wants to win.
"It is a shame if we lose and a shame if we beat United,'' Whelan said. "Alex is the maestro, probably the finest manager the world has ever seen. Alex and Bobby Charlton, who I served in the army with, are the heart and soul of football.''
United's indebtedness apart, Whelan so respects the champions that he would be delighted if his manager, Steve Bruce, succeeded Ferguson at Old Trafford one day.
Bruce would relish following his old mentor, the manager he hails as "the No 1 of all time''. Tonight's match really threatens to become a love-in.
All at Anfield will be tuning in nervously, hoping against hope for an upset. An honest, hard-working Wigan side will try to disrupt United's famed rhythm, but it is difficult not to see the champions moving within a point of equalling Liverpool's record of 18 titles.
Coasting
Since guaranteeing Premier League safety, Wigan have taken the foot off the accelerator, coasting towards the summer recess.
"We have been on easy street for a few weeks now,'' admitted Bruce. "It will be difficult because United are the best team in the world.''
If victory should come the way of United, some advice for Cristiano Ronaldo also awaits, some good counsel from Bruce, who argued cogently that life after United will always be a step down.
"Absolutely,'' Bruce said. "Once you leave Old Trafford you find it very, very, very difficult whether you are a kid, a reserve-team player or even somebody who has been there 10 years. There have not been many who have gone on (to better things).''
Although Ronaldo's tantrum at being replaced against City on Sunday has intensified speculation about his future, Bruce believes Ferguson will take his star's fit of pique in his stride.
"He won't bother a jot about it,'' Bruce said. "If he feels he has to have a word he will handle it in private. It was nothing. The kid was desperate to stay on and that's refreshing. I've had a few who don't want to be on the pitch in the first place.''
Early in his managerial career, Bruce would phone Ferguson for advice but now he just sits back and marvels at his old manager's longevity. "I don't think he has any intention of quitting at all. He will be looking at that team and thinking, 'why should I?' and rightly so. He seems to thrive on the pressure rather than fear it.
"He has still got the hunger and that look -- you know, the one that makes you go, 'Uh oh' (nervously). He enjoys victory for half a day and then he's back at work and goes again. With this team he will want to finish above Liverpool in terms of championships and more European Cups (United have three to Liverpool's five).
"What United have now, from when I first went there 20 years ago, is vast experience of winning the title. They are just used to handling the pressure. When the big games have come along in the last six weeks, the nitty gritty games, they have produced.''
Bruce and his coaching staff are noted for setting Wigan up well to combat opposing threats, detailing who should mark whom, but they ran into a problem yesterday.
"We were trying a few things in training and we just had to stop because he (Ferguson) could make six or seven changes,'' Bruce said. "Their squad is that good it doesn't affect them. I was at their game at Middlesbrough when all my staff were laughing. He made seven changes bringing in Giggs, Scholes and Berbatov and the list goes on.
"You notice he doesn't rotate the back players too much -- he never gave me and Pally (Gary Pallister) a rest! In terms of depth, this squad is just mind-blowing. What he (Ferguson) has been a master at is putting a new team together. He's probably sitting there with all his young stars thinking, 'how far can this lot go?'''
Bruce's circumstances are markedly different, the manager admitting that he will have to "break up'' this Wigan side to pay the bills, despite a new shirt sponsorship deal with the online gaming company 188BET. It was "inevitable'', he sighed, that Antonio Valencia would leave. Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, even United have been mooted as potential destinations for the exciting midfielder.
Whelan could certainly see Bruce back at Old Trafford. "When Alex does decide to hang up his boots, and hopefully it won't be for another three or four years because we will have lost a great manager and a great ambassador, Steve has got to be in the running to take over,'' Wigan's chairman said. "I hate to even talk about losing Steve because he has been a wonderful manager for us but if the opportunity comes along to manage United then the whole world would jump at that. United want certain qualities and Steve has every single quality.''
Bruce smiled. "That's flattering but there's people with larger and better CVs than me who want the job,'' said Bruce, suddenly turning his attention to how he can stop Ferguson's smooth-passing team on Wigan's pristine pitch. "We need to get tractors on it quick,'' he concluded.
6-0 to us then.
An exquisite green playing surface and a red-carpet welcome await Alex Ferguson at the JJB Stadium tonight.
It will be handshakes, back-slaps and glasses of good claret all round. It will also be another Premier League hurdle, another test that Manchester United should pass with flying honours, so taking them to the brink of the title. And Wigan Athletic's main men will be delighted.
Their charismatic chairman, Dave Whelan, is such an ardent admirer of Ferguson, whose picture adorns his walls, that he actually cannot make up his mind who he wants to win.
"It is a shame if we lose and a shame if we beat United,'' Whelan said. "Alex is the maestro, probably the finest manager the world has ever seen. Alex and Bobby Charlton, who I served in the army with, are the heart and soul of football.''
United's indebtedness apart, Whelan so respects the champions that he would be delighted if his manager, Steve Bruce, succeeded Ferguson at Old Trafford one day.
Bruce would relish following his old mentor, the manager he hails as "the No 1 of all time''. Tonight's match really threatens to become a love-in.
All at Anfield will be tuning in nervously, hoping against hope for an upset. An honest, hard-working Wigan side will try to disrupt United's famed rhythm, but it is difficult not to see the champions moving within a point of equalling Liverpool's record of 18 titles.
Coasting
Since guaranteeing Premier League safety, Wigan have taken the foot off the accelerator, coasting towards the summer recess.
"We have been on easy street for a few weeks now,'' admitted Bruce. "It will be difficult because United are the best team in the world.''
If victory should come the way of United, some advice for Cristiano Ronaldo also awaits, some good counsel from Bruce, who argued cogently that life after United will always be a step down.
"Absolutely,'' Bruce said. "Once you leave Old Trafford you find it very, very, very difficult whether you are a kid, a reserve-team player or even somebody who has been there 10 years. There have not been many who have gone on (to better things).''
Although Ronaldo's tantrum at being replaced against City on Sunday has intensified speculation about his future, Bruce believes Ferguson will take his star's fit of pique in his stride.
"He won't bother a jot about it,'' Bruce said. "If he feels he has to have a word he will handle it in private. It was nothing. The kid was desperate to stay on and that's refreshing. I've had a few who don't want to be on the pitch in the first place.''
Early in his managerial career, Bruce would phone Ferguson for advice but now he just sits back and marvels at his old manager's longevity. "I don't think he has any intention of quitting at all. He will be looking at that team and thinking, 'why should I?' and rightly so. He seems to thrive on the pressure rather than fear it.
"He has still got the hunger and that look -- you know, the one that makes you go, 'Uh oh' (nervously). He enjoys victory for half a day and then he's back at work and goes again. With this team he will want to finish above Liverpool in terms of championships and more European Cups (United have three to Liverpool's five).
"What United have now, from when I first went there 20 years ago, is vast experience of winning the title. They are just used to handling the pressure. When the big games have come along in the last six weeks, the nitty gritty games, they have produced.''
Bruce and his coaching staff are noted for setting Wigan up well to combat opposing threats, detailing who should mark whom, but they ran into a problem yesterday.
"We were trying a few things in training and we just had to stop because he (Ferguson) could make six or seven changes,'' Bruce said. "Their squad is that good it doesn't affect them. I was at their game at Middlesbrough when all my staff were laughing. He made seven changes bringing in Giggs, Scholes and Berbatov and the list goes on.
"You notice he doesn't rotate the back players too much -- he never gave me and Pally (Gary Pallister) a rest! In terms of depth, this squad is just mind-blowing. What he (Ferguson) has been a master at is putting a new team together. He's probably sitting there with all his young stars thinking, 'how far can this lot go?'''
Bruce's circumstances are markedly different, the manager admitting that he will have to "break up'' this Wigan side to pay the bills, despite a new shirt sponsorship deal with the online gaming company 188BET. It was "inevitable'', he sighed, that Antonio Valencia would leave. Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, even United have been mooted as potential destinations for the exciting midfielder.
Whelan could certainly see Bruce back at Old Trafford. "When Alex does decide to hang up his boots, and hopefully it won't be for another three or four years because we will have lost a great manager and a great ambassador, Steve has got to be in the running to take over,'' Wigan's chairman said. "I hate to even talk about losing Steve because he has been a wonderful manager for us but if the opportunity comes along to manage United then the whole world would jump at that. United want certain qualities and Steve has every single quality.''
Bruce smiled. "That's flattering but there's people with larger and better CVs than me who want the job,'' said Bruce, suddenly turning his attention to how he can stop Ferguson's smooth-passing team on Wigan's pristine pitch. "We need to get tractors on it quick,'' he concluded.
6-0 to us then.
RAWK will be up in arms, should see some interesting posts in the RAWK thread soon.
Fantastic
I love the fact we always get Wigan at this point in the season
I love the fact we always get Wigan at this point in the season
They came fecking close to upsetting the apple-cart last year though, didn't they?
A different referee and it could have all gone horribly wrong.
You mean a competent referee.
This is the Premier League we're talking about here. I can't think of a single referee that fits that description.
It would be nice to win the league at Old Trafford and actually lift the cup after the game in front of the home fans for a fecking change!!!
Two years ago the League was won by Arsenal drawing with Chelsea. Last year we won it at the JJB. In 2003 Leeds drawing at Arsenal clinched the Title.In fact i reckon you have to go back 10 years since we last won the league in front of our own fans.
(We beat a North London Club 2 1 before going on to lift the CL 10 days later) nice omen!
I'm pretty confident. Wigan aren't in good form, we are. We SHOULD walk this.
0-3
0-3
I agree.
I wish Bruce would win 2 Europa Leagues in a row enter the Champions League then go on and manage us to continued success.
Love the guy
Love the guy
It is going to be a great away match atmosphere this one!!
Possibly, but lets not forget the terrible decisions that went against us at Boro and Blackburn, and to a lesser extent Chelsea.
Always go into these games thinking we should win but then the doubt inside has a say. If we win this its a massive step to the title, get the job done tonight boys please, if only to save me a heart attack.
and early too.
If you opponent is over friendly, you may be in for a nasty surprise. 
By all accounts we should win this easily but this is football.
I'm off to Wigan.
Enjoy it mate.
Come on United!
Come on United!
Exactly. The way we've got back into our form lately and Wigan aren't great at the moment, you'd think we're going to win tonight but sometimes football is a funny old game. I'm confident with the way we're playing but there's always just a small bit of doubt in my mind, kind of like 'what if'.
Get the 3 points tonight and I'd say that's it.
feck all else to say but win it for this wee man tonight, he's just been laid to rest today.
who's that United road?
feck all else to say but win it for this wee man tonight, he's just been laid to rest today.
Who is the little boy ?
feck all else to say but win it for this wee man tonight, he's just been laid to rest today.
Rest in peace, such a shame.Looked like a future top red as well
Good luck everybody..!
feck all else to say but win it for this wee man tonight, he's just been laid to rest today.
Tragic
RIPLet's hope we batter them 0-5 for that kid (Y)
Can't see us slipping up here.
Can't see us slipping up here.
Rest in peace little fellafeck all else to say but win it for this wee man tonight, he's just been laid to rest today.
feck all else to say but win it for this wee man tonight, he's just been laid to rest today.
RIP.
We're good on paper, but it's football, everything can happen
Just enjoy the season guys!
Just enjoy the season guys!
Rest in peace.
feck all else to say but win it for this wee man tonight, he's just been laid to rest today.
Cant see the pic from work mate, is that the little lad who's picture you posted in another thread?
If so, may the lord rest his soul.
incredibly sad. rip
ripRest in peace. That's an absolute tragedy
Poor guy