How can we beat Manchester United

[Rambo 1,729]

Highly doubt Drogba will be available for this game, even if he was, he shouldn't be starting vs. united.

[lecter 84]

Playing against a very strong in form Man utd side at old-trafford with our current is hardly a happy time , there is only one man who can win us this match it's not mata or lamps or torres or drogba or terry or cech ... It's AVB !!

we can't beat Man-utd whether in terms of players quality or current form , our only hope is a tactical stroke by AVB .

He must close down spaces for man utd players pressuring them and making it as hard as we can for them, I would deploy a 5 man midfield of Mikel - Rami - Lamps - Miereles - Mata with torres infront of them , we should be extra cautios that we don't concede becuase it will be very hard to come back against them in old trafford and it will lead to us freeing more space for them to exploit .

I would say keep things tight , and wait for a torres - mata moment of brilliance .

Spot on mate. If anything, I am looking for the manager's tactics to rescue us. No single player, in current form, can churn out a favorable result for us.

And I guess the fullbacks should hold their position this time around. They cant be given the freedom to venture forward, that they are usually granted. If there is one thing that is actually scary about Man U, it is the pace with which they counter attack and the wingers in red will run a riot if our fullbacks are caught out of position. We should be looking to build our attack from the midfielders (good luck with that AV-B!).

[planetchelsea 3]

Chelsea are definitely improving but need a bit more time. This match is coming too soon for us

[Ollie 4,400]

Torres was rested for Sunday and i think by the looks of it he'll go with Mata and Malouda at old trafford mainly because of experience. We have good options and i am 100% sure we'll get at least a point there. We have the players in my honest opinion, i don't see many weak links in our team really and i think Man Utd's defence is struggling, just lucky they've played some poor teams lately. Mata, Sturridge, Malouda, Torres and Drogba can cause real trouble to their defence. Rio aint the same and Smalling & Jones are still young and aint been put under too much pressure yet. That Arsenal 8th team still scored 2 and missed a pen. I'd like to see Sturridge vs Smalling. I think Man Utd's back 4 will be Evra - Ferdinand - Jones - Smalling. GET AT IT!

[Guest justin_3d]

Torres was rested for Sunday and i think by the looks of it he'll go with Mata and Malouda at old trafford mainly because of experience. We have good options and i am 100% sure we'll get at least a point there. We have the players in my honest opinion, i don't see many weak links in our team really and i think Man Utd's defence is struggling, just lucky they've played some poor teams lately. Mata, Sturridge, Malouda, Torres and Drogba can cause real trouble to their defence. Rio aint the same and Smalling & Jones are still young and aint been put under too much pressure yet. That Arsenal 8th team still scored 2 and missed a pen. I'd like to see Sturridge vs Smalling. I think Man Utd's back 4 will be Evra - Ferdinand - Jones - Smalling. GET AT IT!

Yeah i think Mata and Malouda on the wings sounds a very descent run against United.

And this time it is Torres time to shine. He has to step up to the plate this time.

That being said, if Torres start this game, then i think he needs to get a couple of more mins against Leverkusen.

So a 3 of Malouda-Torres-Mata is good enough to take to old trafford.

For mid, i am not sure what will AVB will do. Will he play Meireles in the team? Will he play Mikel?

And same problem for defense. Will he play David Luiz? Alex or Ivan?

[LDN Blue 7,903]

We shouldn't care about them.

LMAO exactly.

We have to concentrate on beating everyone, not just United. Even if we fail to beat them, there's still 18 other teams for us to face..

[Tomo 21,751]

mate our team was different back then.

We had to overcome a Arsenal team that had Pires, Vieira and Henry all that their peak (argubally they are the best 3 prem players ever in their position) im sorry but if we can finish above them we can finish above anyone.

Also remember 2008 when United came to SB, we started like a steamtrain under Big Phil and United were stuttering, i remember pundits predicting comftable 3-0 win infact i was never so confident in beating United then i was that day and what happened? We drew 1-1 and were lucky to get that.

Surely pundits and co expecting us to get thrashed is a good thing right?

[Kez 2,727]

Also they won't keep up this form all season.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Man Utd's Supple Lines are their Wingers. All they do is cross the ball in. Defense pics the ball give it to cleverly who distributes it to either Young or Nani. Since Cleverly is injured it is going to be Carrick.

I hope Cole and Bosingwa have the games of the season so far. Also, Ramirez needs to break their Rythem in midfield.

I hope we start with Torres and have Drogba and Anelka on bench. I am not concerned about Sturridge and Mata they are quality and will do well. Meireles will distribute the ball from the base of the midfield.

My only concern is Lampard and our Central Defenders. Branislav and Terry need to make sure Hernandez and Rooney dont get on the end of their crosses.

Id start with this team:

-----------------Cech---------------------

Bos------------Iva--Terry--------------Cole

-----------------Meireles--------------------

------Ramirez------------Lampard-------

-Strudge--------Torres-----------Mata

Subs: Luiz, Ferriera, Malouda, McEchran, Drogba, Anelka, Hilario.

[DanAdibi! 106]

Man Utd's Supple Lines are their Wingers. All they do is cross the ball in. Defense pics the ball give it to cleverly who distributes it to either Young or Nani. Since Cleverly is injured it is going to be Carrick.

I hope Cole and Bosingwa have the games of the season so far. Also, Ramirez needs to break their Rythem in midfield.

I hope we start with Torres and have Drogba and Anelka on bench. I am not concerned about Sturridge and Mata they are quality and will do well. Meireles will distribute the ball from the base of the midfield.

My only concern is Lampard and our Central Defenders. Branislav and Terry need to make sure Hernandez and Rooney dont get on the end of their crosses.

Id start with this team:

-----------------Cech---------------------

Bos------------Iva--Terry--------------Cole

-----------------Meireles--------------------

------Ramirez------------Lampard-------

-Strudge--------Torres-----------Mata

Subs: Luiz, Ferriera, Malouda, McEchran, Drogba, Anelka, Hilario.

Not Torres please. We need our strongest (muscular) attacking options to play against United.

[Ollie 4,400]

I'd love Drogba to start if i'm honest.

[DanAdibi! 106]

I'd love Drogba to start if i'm honest.

Yh he should do. He gives their defenders something to think about.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

They should be more worried about how to beat us........Remember Liverpool last season ?

They were in horrid form when we played them and they turned us over no problem. FFS.....even Torres scored.

Manure have scraped past West Brom, beat a poor Spurs, destroyed a woeful Arsenal and yesterdays result for them was a decent score, but that was a Bolton side that allowed them to play. This will be their toughest test to date in the league and we will not make it easy for them. They've been getting all the headlines while we plod along doing what's needed to win and in the process we're right up there.

The shoe was on the other foot last season when we were spanking everyone left right and centre..........it means nothing at the end of the day when you can't beat your rivals in head-to-heads. These are the games that matter.

[Madmax 9,219]

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[warnie_666 1,081]

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