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Will he leave Porto and the CL for Everton though? Michael Laudrup maybe unlikely given his new contract . Slaven Bilic maybe? - Former Everton player. Could be considered.

They will sit on Moyes' ass for atleast 2 seasons. United will not sack him for fear of turning into Chelsea. We will walk the league at this rate

United leaked this image before taking it down. Moyes confirmed! Jose is safe

Yeah. Any word on Hazard injury?

Agbonlahor, Weimann and Benteke pose a formidable threat going forward but Villa's defence is still there for the taking especially given Villa's motivation to win. They will try and push up which can only be good for Chelsea. Hazard will destroy Lichaj or Lowton at Right-Back i think. It is all upto the final ball and the finishing because we will get the chances to win it on Saturday

I wouldn't be sure of 'favorites' just yet. Everyone's forgotten City. On the outset, if Sky is to be believed, City will sign Fernandinho and Cavani. that will improve their team ten-fold.. Fernandinho instead of Barry/Garcia/Rodwell and Cavani + Aguero up-front. That's a frightening team. I just hope Mancini can mess it all up somehow by playing 3-4-3 or something

The same point can go both ways. He could have scored He would have definitely added a presence up-front. Torres was winning nothing with Vertonghen. Ba was certainly better than a tired Torres vs Vertonghen/Dawson

That is true. But his complete inability to react to the change in nature of the game was baffling and I will blame Benitez for that. Later on he said that he wanted to change the wingers because they looked tired and Spurs have a fast team, well why didn't he do that earlier? Why wait till 73 mins or 85 mins in Oscar's case? Defensive mistakes and poor finishing is not something Rafa can control once the game has started but he had it in his grasp to make the changes earlier but he waited and waited and waited....for what? the equalizer?

Some were. Here on TC atleast. Ba would hold the ball up and keep possession. Add a presence while defending crosses/setpieces etc. It was a bad call to not make the subs at all but we've come to expect that of Benitez by now

Quite the apologist we have here. Oscar and Hazard were our best performers and he took them off. You can't absolve Benitez here. He didn't even use the 3 permitted subs. Used only 1 sub in the 73rd minute - which was apparently forced - The team began to tire near the end. You could see the intensity drop and players fail to close Spurs attackers down etc. Maybe the first half took a lot out of the players but he got the subs wrong. He should have made changes a lot earlier

It is absurd and unrealistic but forget about that for a moment. Falcao and Cavani are more of the poacher/advanced forward variety who cannot be shifted to the wing or midfield whereas Rooney is versatile enough to do a proper job in a deeper role, especially considering his experience this season. I see him a bit like Eidur Gudjohnsen in 2004. Went deeper at the end of his career to accommodate Drogba upfront but still got a good number of goals/assists. Lukaku will easily get more mins with Rooney than with Falcao or Cavani. He maybe used as the impact sub to add a striker up-front or Rooney could play deeper if needed. Such scenarios will pop up more with Rooney given his versatility

Luiz had a shocker. I know it's a bit harsh on him but it's maddening to think how good he is in defence and how average he is in midfield. For eg, look at the passes he played against Man United - he had more time and more space but in midfield he doesn't get that time and space. Jason made this point somewhere . His hurried passes are very poor imo and his tendency to go long is infuriating. Only 1 or 2 long-passes came off yesterday and he broke up a lot of counter-attacks as a consequence

Rooney offers the possibility of blooding Lukaku into the team next season. I think signing Falcao or Cavani means Lukaku will go out on loan for another year

David Moyes will not suddenly take United to mid-table but they won't score 85-90 points next season, I am sure. Big chance for Chelsea this. Till now, the expectation was that the new manager come in and 'challenge' for the title but now I think a title win is fully within the club's reach

"He couldn't even get Yakubu on a diet" :D

The worst part in all this is that Rafa took off our 2 best performers in that game and replaced them with Moses and Benayoun. If Hazard had a legit injury, I can understand that change but Benayoun for Oscar just has to be the stupidest substitution of the season. What the actual f*** was he thinking with that? Ake, Lampard, Ba were all on the bench and he goes for Benayoun?

That lineup will get slaughtered on the counter.

Cech Azpi Luiz Terry Cole Lampard Rami Oscar Mata Hazard Demba Ba No messing around. Top 4>>>>>>>Europa League trophy

He's been playing much deeper this season. Can he still lead the line at a top club?

the team was tired. the failure to use his subs and freshen up the team cost us the game

Benayoun Played: 10 mins Touches: 5 Passes: 4 Fouls: 2 Game-changing Substitution

Still can't believe he actually put Benayoun in for Oscar

Bale to win it. No doubt.

Benayoun for Oscar is Plain Stupidity