Fergie going for pace at OT, looking at the CL lineup. Plan A - Pressure + pace, neutralise MU, create chances. Plan B- Slow down their game, play slow build-up.
Both plans is hard at OT, but i believe we can do it

Get the first goal,and we stand to come away with something from OT.sounds simple eh

Again,like vs sunderland i'm counting on studge to steal the show!

maybe another clever cheeky goal by danny. lol...

MU made the score 1-1 here means we can win the coming match with no doubt.

hope to see Torres score at OT again..

to be honest, i think we have to defend very well against united, especially when they have possession just outside the box. imo, defend well, and we might leave OT with 3 points.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhA2oIolsnI...player_embedded

lol some leak info david de gea and ashley young will start..nice question from kenny dalglish daughter

Plan A, no doubt if you ask me.
Our passing is not that good, slow build up can't fit us and I don't think we have the quality of making all the through ball that can breaks down the Utd defense. With lot of pace we have in our squad, Torres, Mata, Sturrdge, pace and attack is the key if we want to win the game.
I am not saying a draw, I demand a win.
If we play slow build up play, Utd will pressure us and when we lose the ball too frequently or don't make the chances count, Utd is gonna punish us.

This post has been edited by ericling: Sep 15 2011, 07:09 PM

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just score ahead of ManU with 2 goals..simple.. why la it is so hard..bring the ball inside the goal..settle..

for this particular game, i actually wouldn't mind lampard, studge, meireles and torres all go crazy with long range shots. seriously. this is one time where i don't think its bad if a lot of players just go for the 'hit and hope' strategy.

with de gea in goal, i think he's bound to drop a couple of them. if its a cagey game, screw all the pass and move. just smash the ball hard and true. the whole of the premier league knows utd are having a slight problem in goal, and we'd be foolish not to try and exploit that.

i want Mata in the scorer list too! i like his gameplays since he played in valencia.

+1, im putting high hopes to the young and new lads. mata, sturridge, luiz. they all deserve a goal with the effort they gave from previous match against leverkusen.


so how will AVB play his team this week? im having a thought of a combination of both youngsters and senior players as 1st 11. as much as we need terry to play, i want to see luiz as our fort this sunday..

Let stu-torres-mata partner again..
And have diffferent combination in 65++ minute

Drogba will make a surprise start.
My prediction for this Sunday.

------------------Cech----------------

-Ivanovic--Terry--D.Luiz--A.Cole--

-------------Mikel--McEachran-------

-Sturridge-----Romeu-----Ramires-

----------------Drogba----------------

very unlikely. midfield look superweak. ramires on left? romeu and mceachran starting? seriously???????

Very unlikely. Yes.
Midfield superweak, i never seen this kind of setup before so i dont know.
Ramires on the left, yes, with Young playing on the right and setting up the fastest pace for United, Ramires and Cole will need to be as quick.
I expected Oriol and Josh to start (at least some play time) against Leverkusen but none, Josh was on the bench and maybe just maybe AVB has something for him in store for United. I would love to put Mata in but he gave his 110% the last games, not sure if he can keep it up.

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i can't imagine AVB fielding this team. he will not gamble on such lineup. later ppl blame his lineup if we lose.

i believe AVB will fielding this team:



same lineup against sunderland with sole change (anelka - lampard).

interesting line-up, but highly unlikely me thinks. besides didier hasn't recovered yet.

anyone happen to catch utd vs benfica? watched the highlights and benfica appeared to be really battering their defense. don't know if its an accurate representation of the whole 90 mins though.


i read guardian's story about potential legal wrangles involving pastore, if we had signed him up. a lot to do with the much maligned part ownership of players from other clubs and i think the story has some legs to it. its really odd considering his agent was already travelling to london and suddenly everything was quiet for awhile, before psg went from outsiders to favourites for his signature. watched some of the ligue 1 highlights and he really is one heck of a talent. possibly one that got away but if his arrival spells future sanctions for us in the champions league and transfer window, i'd say we dodged a major bullet. and besides, mata has more pace.