Pizy

Seems kinda weird that no club has triggered the clause if that's the case. Soon to be a regular and very important star in the next generation of the Spanish national team. I know he loves Atleti, but you would think some club would at least tempt him with a huge wage bump and make him say no. The fact that we have several of his former teammates and a couple of his national team teammates could be a huge boost for us should we seriously be interested. Would be awesome if we did a Fabregas/Costa with Koké and got a deal done ASAP this summer. Atleti aren't difficult to deal with in terms of negotiating it seems. Maybe even offer a player of ours to sweeten the deal.

Does he really have a buyout clause? I've never heard anything about it.

Wow. He's injured even more than Jack Wheelchair.Feel bad for him. Always liked Sturridge.

I don't know. They'll likely have both Blind and Young on his side who are always looking to burst forward. Ivanovic is terrible against pacey wingers.They'll probably do the same thing they did to City yesterday. Ashley Young attacking down our right side and crossing it to Fellani at the far post.

How much do you guys wanna bet that RvP will emerge from the cave he's been hiding in for the past month or whatever it's been and score against us like he always seems to do? Not sure why so many here are asking for Zouma in midfield. He's not comfortable or disciplined enough there do deal with the likes of Herrera and Mata buzzing and him. Unless it's pure necessity I doubt we'll see him there again. I really hope we just go with the formation we used early in the season. I don't want to see Cesc in the #10 position. He's just not the same player up there and has little effect on the game when he's constantly surrounded by opposing players and doesn't have time on the ball. ---------------------Remy-------------------- Hazard------------Oscar-------------Willian -------------Fabregas----Matic--------------- Luis--------Terry----------Cahill---------Azpi -------------------Courtois--------------------- As much as Luis makes sense against a team like United I know damn well Ivanovic will be picked regardless of how shit he's been.

Hate to add to the negativity in here but I can honestly see us getting totally bossed in midfield in this one with the form Fabregas and Matic are in. Fellaini, Carrick, Herrera all in fantastic form. Even fucking Ashley Young has been great lately and will probably destroy Ivanovic who will inevitably play even though he's been abysmal for ages now. We know United are weak in defense from wide areas but you know Luis will be parked on the bench being wasted. Like Jason said, if Remy can't go we're fucked here. We need pace, movement, and runs in behind from our striker, none of which Drogba has. If this were at Old Trafford I'd say we might get hammered in this form we're in. I trust José to get at least a point at home.

Now we play two teams in red hot form in a row whilst we're playing terribly.

How many offside goals have they scored this season?

Yep. They've really clicked now and will probably spend another £100m + in the summer.We better have a great summer as well.

Literally just did a knee slide in my room. FUCKING RELIEF! Surely we can't play any worse than that next week?

Get Ivanovic the fuck off and don't start him again this season. He's TERRIBLE now!

Just don't understand how Cesc and Matic just look like completely different players than they did earlier this season. They were both playing at world class levels and we bossed everyone in midfield. They now look like they're both 40 years old.

Almost criminal how much we've fallen off in the second half of the season. It's gotten embarrassing now. We look fucking awful. Like a midtable side. From by far the best side in the league in the first half of the season to this...

We look like a group of strangers who've never played together before. Atrocious football today.

Unbelievably frustrating to watch. PLAY IT ALONG THE GROUND, FFS!

We can't deal with their pressure on the ball at all. Can't string together passes and get a rhythm going.

Would you risk that with him in the form he's in and what's at stake here? No way.

Blitz these cunts from the off and try to kill the game by half time.

I love Didier, but fuck me...

Could be a title race changing injury if he's out.

Nervous... Cesc to have a great match and Remy to score again. Edit: OH, FUCK!!!!!!

And you know if we do lose it'll be to the dumbest, flukey goal from some shitcunt like Joey Barton.

I will definitely rage if we don't get all 3 points tomorrow, you can count on that.

Stoke are actually a decent, mid table side. If we struggle against this lot than we have problems. Derby or not we should be smashing the likes of QPR who don't have a single player who'd get near our team.

Expecting every shit QPR player's level to be raised way higher than they normally are. There's really no excuse for our guys' not to be either since they've had a week to rest and prepare. I hope not to see us labouring through another match against relegation fodder that we should be destroying.