Closed Man United v Chelsea

[Ledg 638]

^ May?

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

My or might?

might lol!

[Billy. 2,742]

if he has the shits give him an imodium before the game sorted lol

[Special Juan 27,424]

if he has the shits give him an imodium before the game sorted lol

Or give the tablets to the two United defenders who will be marking him.

[Jase 43,479]

Funny how when Mourinho was asked about the approach he will take for this game, he never said we'll go there to win. Beat around the bush instead. Even when Martin Tyler followed it up later on, still didn't give an outright answer.

[boshman 1,073]

So Jose says Remy is out, Costa is a major doubt but he doesn't know if Didier will start even though he said he has trained well this week.... what?? So no strikes on sunday then?

[Nero 1,838]

OUTTTTTTTTTT

[Pizy 18,368]

Funny how when Mourinho was asked about the approach he will take for this game, he never said we'll go there to win. Beat around the bush instead. Even when Martin Tyler followed it up later on, still didn't give an outright answer.

Uhh, he said it about 3 times.

[Jase 43,479]

Uhh, he said it about 3 times.

While beating around the bush of getting a point there may not be a bad result...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Fuck it, just play with 10 men. It's only united after all!

[Milan 17,853]

While beating around the bush of getting a point there may not be a bad result...

Eh, not really. He would reject 1 point for a draw right now, as he wants to win there. In addition, the draw was mentioned in certain circumstances during the game itself but before the game, the team go for all the points.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Fuck it, just play with 10 men. It's only united after all!

Did that a lot with Torres.....shouldn't be a problem.

[Pizy 18,368]

While beating around the bush of getting a point there may not be a bad result...

Like milan.cech just posted, he said that if we were offered a point now he wouldn't take it. I thought it was clear that he's going to go for it sunday. He's just trying to lessen the expectations of so many people thinking we're going to steam roll them.

[beyondinvisible 47]

So, we might have Costa for the game?

[Kieran. 6,317]

For me:

-----------Courtois--------

Ivan-----GC----JT-----Luis

-------------Matic-----------

------Cesc-------------------

-----------------Oscar-------

Willian-Drogba*-Hazard

*Costa if fit

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Tibo
Iva-------GC-------JT--------Luis
---------------------Matic----------
-----------Cesc--------------------
-------------------Oscar-----------
Ramires/Willian-Costa-Hazard

[dee25 1,044]

I agree that playing Drogba has some advantages, but I don't want Drogba to start basically for the same reasons you provided: we need a runner and we need our AMs too. Drogba can't give us runs. Willian's pace is needed against Di Maria. Oscar has been great in the last couple of games and our pivot lads are used to playing with him, so I don't think it's wise to drop Oscar either. He's a link between our CMs and AMs. So if Costa and Remy are really unavailable, I'd prefer Andre taking the striker's position, with our AMs unchanged or maybe Ramires starting instead of Willian if Jose wants us to be more solid defensively.

I just don't think Schurrle will be a threat to Jones and Rojo in that centre forward position. Utd's CBs might be mistake-prone but they also have bounds of pace, so Schurrle making runs in behind might not be the best way to expose them. I think he needs to play, because he's a goal threat but I wouldn't have him be the focal point of the attack. Infact Schurrle is a lot more effective when he isn't the focal point.

I think you need a target man that's a handful and that will keep Rojo and Jones busy so that Schurrle is then able to drop into pockets of space.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Viral problem, ebola?