At home. This is where the season starts to get really interesting as anything other than a match or bettering of that score line will not be acceptable. No more excuses. If we don't comfortably beat Palace at home then questions will quite rightly be asked. I'll be at the front of the queue.
What should happen...(some hazy recollection of pre-2013 may have gone into this) Palace - H 3 points Arsenal - 3 points Hull - H - 3 points Stoke - H - 3 points Southampton - 1 point Liverpool - H - 3points Villa - 3 points Newcastle - H - 3points Tottenham - 3 points Stoke - 3 points What will most likely happen... Palace - H - Take an early lead end up drawing 1 point Arsenal - Play out a bore draw 1 point Hull - H - Take an early lead until Hundredstone makes a mazy run through our defence to level - 1 point. Stoke - H - I bet there's a record there where we haven't lost to Stoke at home in about 100 years that will finally be broken. Southampton - Shell-shock Liverpool - H - 3 points Villa - 3 points feck me we can't be that bad ffs, they can't buy a goal, not even with our defence! Newcastle - H - 10-9 scoreline could go either way. Tottenham - Poch to be our saviour 3 points. Stoke - An even bigger record likely to be broken where they haven't done the double over us since the days when football was played between both cities involving townfolk kicking a pig's intestine around from one city to the other. Haven't bothered looking but those results are subject to change if any happen to be after the transfer window when we dig up Titus Bramble to improve our defence
From what you said... Should: 28pts from a possible 30pts Your prediction: 12-15pts from 30pts Bit of a gap there PS...the should will not happen.
You're right. There's no way we will fail to beat Saints after Liverpool bought all their best players this summer
I did wonder if someone would try that joke, should have known it'd be you but I was expecting it to be one of Christian, Shteve, UIR or wear
------------De Gea Valencia McNair Carrick Shaw -------------Blind Januzaj-------------------Di Maria -------------Mata --------RVP-----Rooney or -------------De Gea Valencia McNair Carrick Shaw --------Herrera---Blind Mata--------Rooney-----Di Maria ---------------RVP What a defence
Crystal Palace have not won a league game at Old Trafford since December 1989. A month earlier and 25 years ago to this very weekend, the Berlin Wall fell. That sounds ominous!
United XI: De Gea, Valencia, McNair, Blind, Shaw, Fellaini, Carrick, Januzaj, Rooney, Di Maria, van Persie
Fellaini ahead of Mata is complete bollox. If we struggle against Neil Warnock serious questions need to be asked. Starting with team selection.
When has he played though? Custard surely games against Crystal Palace is when Mata will be pivotal in us completely controlling the game and dominating our attacks.
