Jase

At least we have pulled 1 back but the defence have been in shambles. RDM needs to sort that out.

Not too surprised overall. Our defence have been shambolic recently. Problems have appeared since that Norwich game.

Expected lineup really. And here's Man United lineup... #MUFC team v #CFC : De Gea, Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Cleverley, Young, Rooney, Van Persie

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/gary-cahill-reveals-frustration-at-roberto-1403178 Don't blame him for feeling frustrated.

3 hours and 25 minutes more to go. Just add another hour to the countdown time on the TC forum homepage. Time in UK has gone back by an hour yesterday.

IF Everton cannot beat one of the most average or worst Liverpool side ever in the Merseyside derby today, they never will. They couldn't have be in a better form going into this game.

About 8 more hours and 30 minutes to go. Just add another hour to the clock on TC here.

Gonna be a nerve wrecking day watching this one.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9638306/Chelsea-v-Manchester-United-humble-Oscar-having-little-trouble-adapting-to-the-demands-of-the-Premier-League.html A nice little profile piece on Oscar. An enjoyable read.

Not a betting person.

Have some sort of strange feeling that this might be a Chelsea/Man United v Arsenal of recent years. Attacking v Counter attacking football. Hope it doesn't turn to be like that.

Can't be helped when their game was probably the most exciting match of the bunch today. The rest were just awful.

I'm more worried with him suffering a burnt out. He has played quite a lot of games non stop recently including the friendlies for Brazil during the international break.

According to Wikipedia, he already has 1 assist for Boro in the Championship.

Gonna have to whack and abuse someone tomorrow if Van Persie scores at the Bridge again.

One factor of Cahill's play that I do not like is his style and tendency to constantly backs off opponent that runs at him. As I was talking to SeB the other day about this, he is probably waiting for the right time to make the tackle and not commit rash challenges like Luiz leading to giving away fouls in dangerous free kicks. While that is a fair point, constantly backing off is not helpful because more often than not, you're gonna allow the opponent to have a free shot at goal without any pressure and this happened quite a bit against Spurs last weekend.

No, not really. It won't make much of a difference as Ryan pointed out. It's always painful to take a defeat regardless when we suffer defeat though losing at the weekend might be slightly more painful. And that is because you have to wait for a week to watch the team bounce and this is really annoying when there are no matches in midweek or there is an international break! That being said, won't have to worry too much about that right now as we'll be playing almost every 3-4 days from now on.

At training today...

Agree. Would like us to win this considering that we are at home but it won't be a disaster if we draw on Sunday though that would mean City closing the gap on us to 2 points as they are likely to beat Swansea at home. Would have taken 4 points from the Spurs and this United game prior to last weekend. Did you expect anything new from Fergie? Most managers are often biased towards their own side but some of them can still be at least objective and impartial at times. Not Fergie though. He has complained about the Drogba's offside goal at Old Trafford from 3 seasons ago but conveniently turned a blind eye on Macheda's handball goal in the same game. Hypocrisy at its best!

27 this year. One option we should look at is Lewandowski. Good in the air, links up play well and has a good finishing though he can still improve in that department. Has 2 years left in his Dortmund contract and is only 24 too.

This is what Fergie said in his press conference... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/oct/26/sir-alex-ferguson-chelsea-midfield

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2223252/Juan-Mata-profile--choirboy-learned-boggy-pitches.html A nice little profile article on the Juan and only Mata.

HA! This week, Mark Lawrenson predicts United to beat us and keep a clean sheet! 1-0 is his prediction. EDIT: And oh, no Kagawa for this one.

Indeed. Guess we might see more of Romeu and possibly Moses/Marin with Oscar moving to the double pivot to make up the numbers.