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I didn't question it, I brought it as an example from his first stint of his reluctance to rotate the players. I know Lampard was renowned for his unbelievable stamina and professional approach towards his fitness and to this day I pride myself with his record achievement, because he's my all-time favourite player. (Next time please quote my post so I get a notification)

Yes, I did.

Eden should stop doing interviews with those idiots and concentrate on his football.

Because if we are to believe the reports, he's unhappy there. Cavani would be THE perfect striker for us now, I want him here so much that I can't put it into words. For me, he's the most complete attacker out there. I hope the club does everything in its power to lure him away.

It would be effin hilarious if Kallström didn't make a single appearance for them this season. Arsenal would just be the good samaritan who signs an injured player, heals him and pays his wages during that time. Golden move by the voyeur. Till now I thought he was signed permanently but in the light of realizing it's a loan for the few remaining months, I lol'd.

This is World Cup year, his market value will be decided in Brazil.

You're clearly too ignorant and don't have a clue what you're talking about. Since when is it not fair to judge a new 21-year old January signing from Swiss league and compare him to Kalou after a game against the toughest possible opposition while the whole team behind him looks clueless? How dare he not immediately change the game and lift the whole team up? It's not like the players around him were any better or more experienced to do that, why else was he signed to replace Mata? Obviously he was signed because he's exactly the same kind of player Mata was, that only makes sense, otherwise why did we sell Mata at all? To replace him with exactly the same kind of player and hence we can compare them on a 1 to 1 scale. This is pure and simple logic. You're stupid if you can't see that. Eat a dick. Winston Victor Marko Salomon Salah, cunt.

Just a usual post-loss day on TC. I've learned to laugh over it.

You would think a fast Brazilian would be entertaining to watch.

Feel sorry for him. He's been a fantastic servant for us and now suddenly we must believe he's so bad he can't get a game over an overused right-back in his position? I'm not having any of that. And then the club have the cheek to offer him a new contract, when they know fully well he's not gonna sign it, but at least then they can point the finger at Cole and say "we wanted him to stay, but he didn't want to stay". Basically being pushed out just like Mata.

Is Terry predicted to be fit for this game? I sure hope so, we are 10 times less without him.

I don't mind the loss tbh, but what the fuck Jose, why don't you trust your squad? Maybe he has his reasons, I dunno, but I do remember that he was incredibly reluctant to rotate during his first spell as well. I mean Lampard played like 160 games in a row. Maybe he really really wanted to win this game and therefore risked with extreme fatigue, except it didn't pay off, the team looked slow and unfit.

Second goal could have been avoided if he hadn't started flapping his arms around. What's the point in doing that anyway? The ref isn't gonna give the offside just because you raise your hand, hasn't this been proven time and time again? This momentary lapse in concentration allowed whoever scored that goal get ahead of David and have a tap in. We've been telling this "potential and patience" story long enough, by now he should be consistently reliable performer. He's not and therefore I don't see him as a defender anymore, his place is in midfield.

No wonder, they had much more time to rest and prepare for this game. We were visibly fatigued, physically completely dominated, which makes Mourinho's team selection all the more baffling. Next games are against Everton and Galatasaray, we will surely play our best team again. Deserved victory for City, surprised it ended only 2-0 considering how expansively we played and how completely knackered the players were in the second half.

In order for United to live through this rebuilding process in a positive, tolerable manner, they need a manager who can get the best out of average players. Basically they need an Alex Ferguson, which they won't have. The other possible solution for them is to buy a bucketload of quality players and hope that Moysie can make them play together. However, how will they get those players if they miss out on Champions League? The difference between non-CL and CL is the difference between Marin and Hazard - huge. Moyes isn't exactly a magnet for world class players, the only reason why anyone would want to sign for them, is to play for the Man United brand and possibly insane wages. This brand will start losing its value if they keep missing out on CL football and keep sucking in the league, and they will not be able to afford those wages provided they will be paying Rooney alone 3 world class players wages (300K/pw was it?). I don't know, it's difficult to see how they could get things back on track. Moyes will need to start being amazing all of a sudden and win matches from next season on. What are the chances of that happening? He's not a bad coach, but this pie might be too big for him to chew. I think us and City will be too powerful for them for years to come. I wouldn't dismiss Liverpool and Arsenal either, United's first big objective will be to break into top four once again.

So how has he been doing? I don't follow United except for what I see in MOTD and that shows only the best parts. Reading this thread I take it not very good... All the more baffling the decision from united to sign him, and then Mata got completely screwed over by being played out of position.

Lucky fuckers get a whole week off for this game, 3 more days than us. I wonder if they'll still blame the injuries if they lose again. At this point any extra day of rest is a major advantage, especially in the second half.

There is obviously some kind of breakdown between Jose and Ash. After Ash played against Stoke, he told people in his twitter not to get used to seeing him play. It's a shame because we loaned out Bertrand and now we have basically no options left if Cole's exile continues.

Agree with the ones saying that this is not one to throw away. We already have a psychological advantage over them having beaten them twice already, they're gonna be nervous. We need to build the same relationship like with Barcelona - they can steamroll everybody else in their way, but they have this mental block when facing us. It would be a statement from either side - either we make them our bitch, or they undo some damage we have done to them and regain confidence. We already saw what effect we can have on them, they dropped points immediately after playing us. We must not underrate the psychological importance of this game. Plus they will have a Barca-shaped thorn in the back of their heads, which will hopefully do us some favours. It would be a massive help in destroying their confidence if they lost two in a row. I absolutely want to do a triple over them, make it happen!

There wouldn't be a reason to panic even if we lost. Consider this: a good in-form striker automatically adds ~10 points to the table before the season has started. Our main contender now and for the future, Man City, are already heavily capitalizing on that advantage and they use 2 strikers who they regularly heavily rely on. Our system is competitive even with mediocre strikers, because the responsibility is divided throughout the team. Taking into consideration how well we are doing now despite our main problem (finishing chances), we should be feeling the total opposite of panic. Once our faults are patched and fixed, we will be the ones to beat. When we sort out our strike force and full-back positions, we'll be much more clinical. City are at their peak, while we are nowhere near that and even now are keeping up with them, though it might not last till the end of the season, the potential is there for everyone to see.

Good job Lexie!

And to be fair refs rarely give the handball in those situations unless you intentionally flap your arms about. He wasn't even in the box. But meh, whatever, it was probably one of those split second decisions he made not really thinking it through, it happens.

Loved the anger he showed when that WBA tool was wasting time. Great to see players caring enough.

@Hutcho, you have by far the best avatar. And we obviously lacked proper offensive full-backs in this game. Dave offers nothing at left back offensively and Ivanovic, despite his good displays against better teams, is a centre back being played out of position. We don't stretch those teams enough who defend deep and compactively. Also Ramires is not a big help playing like that, he needs space to attack with pace, he's never gonna be the creative midfielder orchestrating our transitions. People may say we lack a proper striker, but against such teams I'd rather have tireless offensive wing-backs and an orchestrator along with Matic.

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