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Match Day Thread Anderlecht vs Manchester United (EL Glory)

Discussion in 'Manchester United' started by Treble, Apr 10, 2017.

  1. Swarbs

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    The FA don't have anything to do with it - it's a UEFA match and the EL is always Thursday night. We play the first leg this Thursday and the second leg next Thursday, so very limited space to fit the Chelsea game in.

    I know it's been three years since you reached a European QF Bod, but surely you still remember how they work? ;)
     
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  2. Chief

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    Not much the FA can do about it, this is a UEFA comp.
    The only surprise is that the premier league/Sky didn't reschedule our game to mid day Saturday as the customary **** you to English teams competing in Europe.

    Sunday at four is best we could hope for really.
     
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    A draw, who could have predicted that?
     
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    Treble <ok>
     
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    A win would have been better. But this is not as disastrous as it could have been. That away goal was more important. This means that Anderlecht has to score at OT. And it's clear for United. They need to win rather than play for the draw.

    That inability to score the second goal has been the story of the season. Yet again this draw shows why United have struggled to get the points. In the Cups the draw can be rectified.

    Martial has been a huge disappointment. I can imagine Mourinho completely ****ed off with him and criticising and not using him again.
     
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    :p
    But surely the PL could have moved our game to the Monday......silliness.

    I mean, it gives us a huge advantage, so I probably shouldn't be complaining, but still, just seems batshit.
    The other leagues do all they can to help their teams in Europe.
     
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    Well that was down to poor finishing. Some great chances created by Rashford. Some real **** finishing from Zlatan and Pogba. Pogba in particular really is a ****ing mess. They're calling Sunday Kante vs Pogba on SS <laugh> I fcking cringed seeing that.
     
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    This honestly has to be the poorest strike force we've had for a very long time. We create chances but we somehow cannot convert. Total domination not just possession but out of dozens of chances and semi chances no one can seem to convert. This is not bad luck, this is a team with a not good enough frontline or one at least with very little confidence. I am not sure what JM can do about that but buy a striker who can score goals. Our midfield has totally dried up too.

    We may well get pass anderlecht to the semis but that 6th place is ours.
     
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    Tbh it does help us more in Europe - a Monday KO would give us only two days recovery before the return leg. Ultimately if we get through we will have to play midweek matches for the next four weeks so might as well get used to it. The price of success (in the two competitions with the highest number of ****ing games!)
     
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    That's why those without European football have such a huge advantage. And that almost everyone wanted out of the Europa as soon as possible by playing their reserves when it didn't have the CL carrot.

    We are going to have clubs having good leagues followed by poor ones as they get in and out of CL and Europa. The days of 20 years of consecutive participation may be numbered ;)
     
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    Martial is turning into one of the biggest disappointments of the season. From 17 goals last season to struggling to get past one half-decent defender this year is ridiculous. When he loses the ball he hardly ever makes any attempt to track back and recover it, he strolls back glowering around as if it was someone else's fault. At the moment, and for much of the season, he offers us nothing and needs a kick up the arse or shipping out.
     
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  12. Stan

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    Mourinho's man management with Miki, Shaw, Martial and some others has been very poor. If he wants rid of players then he should just sell them in the transfer window, not destroy their confidence (and subsequently devalue them) during the season.

    I still have to remind myself at times that he's the United manager as it still seems vaguely ridiculous!
     
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  13. Skylarker

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    You'll win this tournament easily.

    Suddenly turns your season into a success, imo. Win a double in his first season, happy days?
    Or **** off we wanted the PL?
     
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    We should win it but we're not doing enough to beat the better teams left in it.
     
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    Other than Utd, I can't see any other decent teams left in it <confused>
     
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    We'd probably engineer a loss to Celta Vigo in a one off game.
     
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    Where is the final - Leyton Orient's ground or somewhere?
     
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    Stockholm. Nice looking stadium.

    I reckon Ajax, Vigo and Lyon would give us a game but we really should piss this comp. Should.
     
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    I remember now, this is the place where they are due to unveil a statue of Zlatan the slayer - that being the case it is pretty much written in the stars that we will make it to the final -- and lose 1 - 1.

    1_dazo.jpg
     
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    I thought that last night when the camera was on him sat on the bench.
    Seems surreal.

    As much as anything because it's not Ferguson, not because it is Mourinho.
     
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