LOL! Really? Thank goodness for payment-by-installments for football players then. At least we didn't pay the full 20 yet.

Hmmm....I guess so. They seem to miss Milner, no? But I don't see Villa being genuine contenders for top 4 spot this season after O' Neill's resignation anyway.

Jova! I believe we are good enough to get a win at City!

Yeah, I'm not fully trusting Harry Harris crap too. His news is nonsense about 90% of the time he reports. Remember him reporting about Aquero going to Chelski? Never happened. Torres to Chelsea? Never happened too. Lets just wait for the team lineup to appear on the club's website.

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Dammit, can't believe Harry Harris is right for once. Probably this is part of his 10% true stories.

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Got gerrard, lucas, cole, and poulsen playing in the middle..enough maybe?

It's time to put a proper left back. Agger isn't one, clearly. And Skrtel looks clumsy to me tonight. Perhaps should bring back Carra and Agger partnership again.

Chill. We had 2 tough games so far. You can't predict the next 36 games.

Torres didn't look match fit to me. I thought he was a little rushed to start this game, a tough one at that. And Cole's and Masch's absence were a telling factor tonight as well. I really think that Aurelio (is he fit in the first place?) should be starting at LB instead of Agger who's a natural CB. Another disappointment tonight was how cheaply we gave the ball away. Lucas still can't pass the football. Johnson and Jova dribble straight to "brick walls" sometimes. I hope the team manages to adapt to RH's playing style sooner rather than later.

No, 3rd goal was due to a needless tackle on a stumbling player trying to gain balance and running full speed towards the goal line. Skrtel just needed to block the angle for a cross. Johnson was not gonna score from where he was. Unless he had Maicon's luck in the WC.

Yes yes, I agree totally. It's still very early days. In RH we trust!

Must trash WBA 6-0 like Chelsea did a week ago.

Honestly I'm not expecting much against Man Utd. A draw would be good for us I think based on current performance. Defence really needs to improve. we gave Birmingham strikers far too much space in the box when crosses were coming in time and again. Johnson was very sloppy when bringing the ball forward as well. Cole will be back. I hope that will bring some much needed spark in midfield. But before that we really need to win the Europa League match to gain some confidence.

Well, just being realistic. I'd love a win at OT but here's why I'm not THAT optimistic:
- we've struggled to play our best football in the league so far
- we defended poorly in the previous game and had Reina to thank for the point gained
- midfield has not been at its best, thus the service to Torres has been below par.

On the bright side though:
- mancs conceding late goals
- rooney's distracted
- valencia's injured
- we did win 4-1 at OT before
- cole will be back from suspension.

We'll have to see how the team performs tomorrow. If there's significant improvements from the previous game only then I'll raise my level of optimism for Sunday's game.

Haha, of course I'm not suggesting we're worse than those teams. Just saying the team isn't playing at a level I expect them to at the moment. Maybe because the team hasn't really gel-ed yet under RH's playing style. Or maybe we are being slow starters yet again this season.

Man that was quick!

Almost got a heart attack watching Lucas score that kinda goal..haha

We just went back to defending after scoring the 2nd goal. How disappointing. We had the momentum then.

Nani is a disgrace to football. Might as well join Hollywood.

RH was way too negative with his tactics today. We showed no ambition whatsoever in the 1st half. We only played better when we were 2-0 down. But other than that, it was a very disappointing performance. Aerial defense is letting us down again btw..

I think Cole should play behind Torres. We need a much more effective winger on the left side. Meireles was decent when he was on the right side for a while but I don't think it's his natural position. But seriously, RH needs to figure out the best tactics for the team quickly, or we'll be in deep sh*t!

This post has been edited by 8sg9ft: Sep 19 2010, 10:49 PM