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He doesn't really have the choice. Win is a must for both teams if they want the title.

Olympiakos would be the luckiest draw. Dortmund is fine too considering they're suffering from injuries. I think everyone else is better than us on paper, so at this point of the competiton all I hope for is that the younger player benefit from this experience.

Their defense is a joke. They left so much space during the first leg I couldn't believe those guys made it to this stage of the competiton. Schurrle needs to start, His movement and finishing will be greatly needed.

We should have scored early, but the referee screwed us big times here..

Southampton would be up 3-0 or so if they had a good finisher. Reminds me of a certain team..

Is it possible for ManU to be more awful?

I'm more comfortable with him playing on the wing than on the CM tbh. We already have issues breaking down the opposition's defense and if you add to that Rami's awful ball control/passes it never ends. Also today I feel he should have tried to offer more passing option to the CBs rather than running forward.

Newcastle to park the bus and attack on counters. Ivanovic Cahill Terry Cole Matic Lampard Willian Oscar Hazard Eto'o I think Jose will play his best team and try to avoid the WHU scenario. We can't afford to lose points anymore.

They also thought they were going to smash us at the bridge, that's nothing new really. I'm not confident of beating them or even taking a draw, but I know for sure they can't win by anything more than a 1 nil lead.. with or without Aguero.

How do you think the ManU fan would receive it if he said Juan isn't happy to join them.. Seriously people..

The only possible excuse for selling him to ManU is that they were the only ones to make a bid, and Juan asking to leave.

This guy will quickly make us forget about Mata...

I think Jose said somewhere that his door was open. Does that mean that if there really is a bid and Juan pushes for an exit we would accept the offer? Probably not I guess.. We will keep him, have him sit on the bench until the summer and then sell him for much cheaper.

I don't understand why Jose keeps insisting on Mata's importance when he clearly doesn't fit into his plans. He's a top player who has been big for our team those past 2 years, the least he should do is be honest to him. Ancelotti allowed Ozil to leave during the summer because he admitted it would be difficult to fit him in his team, and Mata is not even close to him in terms of talent. I think Jose is pretty much done trying to find his best starting 11 and I doubt players are still being picked on their form. Now unless Juan is satisfied with playing second figures risking to lose his spot at the WC, he should be informed about his situation at the club and allowed to leave if he wishes to. As much as I want him to stay, he needs to leave for his own good.

Fair point but United have also been very shaky defensively this season, I think an offensive approach would leave you more exposed than you already are, while our side won't exactly be looking to go forward.

We're in a serious need of a CM but I don't see Jose gambling and playing a new signing. I'm pretty sure he rates MU very highly and will try to grind out a win playing safe.

It looks like we can't start any attack unless Hazard is involved in it, which is going to be quite difficult. Very poor Willian and Oscar.

Mata to score his first PL goal this season... hopefully.

wow, our team is looking amazing right now.

The way I see it. If the club had any trust in KDB we wouldn't have signed any additional AM. We ended up with 6, 2 of them being signed for big money while the others were regular last season.

A loan is the least he should ask for to be fair. He came back because he probably thought he would be given chances but instead of giving him that we decided to sign more Attacking Mids. I would be worried too if I was constantly not playing knowing there's a world cup coming in the summer. This makes you wonder on why we keep signing youngsters if we don't trust them later and I'm not even referring to those from the youth team.. I was very excited to see him play in a blue shirt especially after his pre-season performances but the way things are going, never happening. Better luck with whichever team he goes to.

I wonder if he would be tempted to move there. He could be a possible option for them if they sell Di Maria but I sure hope it never happens.

He's quite the player...

We're looking so much better without this Mata guy on the pitch. We truely are..

So basically we're playing the same line-up as in the WHU game, only with Willian instead of Hazard. Mourinho said he was resting the players from the NT break so I was expecting a few more changes.