Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [16 - 21st August 2013]
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Well that could have gone better. Still 37 more games to go lol
I wonder how much of that £77m will be spent by the end of the month.
I wonder how much of that £77m will be spent by the end of the month.
Bit of both. They countered well. Converted their chances. Arsenal were a shambles at the back and lacked any real penetration going forward. Healthy dose of terrible refereeing, almost Phil Dowd at Arsenal levels of terrible.
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At 1-0 we looked okay, 1-1 was Villa's first sight of goal, then once Gibbs went off injured and Kos got sent off it all went down the pan.
Could be argued both ways really. Arsenal didn't look great defensively and Villa's players were full of energy and played on the break. A couple of great Guzan saves kept the scores even and a terrible decision from the ref later meant Arsenal had to push forward and were left completely exposed at the back. Arsenal were decent enough going forward but the shots were usually too tame or too wild.
That's probably throwing him in at the deep-end as well , although I can see where you are coming from (he has been excellent)
At the end of the day Rooney (at the very least) has to be on the bench whether Utd keep him or not (to "prove" he is a vital part of the squad, and get the best price for him if he does go), or to give him match minutes as early as possible if he is staying.... and seeing the travelling reaction if /when he comes on
Wouldn't be that much of an upset to be fair
Which is why I can understand why he hasn't done it. Swansea away on the first day of the season isn't an easy game - he's going to want experience, a calm head and someone to keep the ship steady and have experienced it before.
It's not a surprise and I have faith if Young, Kagawa or Nani was fit then we would have seen them instead.
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They haven't even bloody finished the match yet??
Pre-season and charity shield. Nothing has changed, uninspiring and completely devoid of progression.
We're going into a run of tough games having not played our best creative midfielder for a significant period of minutes. this was the best possible time.
Stop resting on this crap about little pre-season, and travelling, he's not flying with the chickens in the cargo hold. He hasn't been running business meetings whilst on the plane and 22 hour work days when off.
We're not going to develop chemistry between our best eleven if they don't play together competitively.
We're going to be obliterated by the best teams in terms of style and possession, maybe not in scoreline, but we're not going to be controlling and running games like Man Utd should be.
There will be no upset if that happened, they were better than United in the same fixture last season,since then United have replaced an admittedly fading manager with an average one and not made any signings of note.
It will be more surprising if United get a result than the other way round.
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Just found sky sports one is free oj sky 2 channel on virgin
sorry - misread your comment.
Personally Im not convinced Nani (in current form) is any better than anyone on the field anyway. On his day he could be, but that day is getting harder to remember. Kagawa is the biggest miss imo , but again as you mentioned - totally understandable
Travelling to western Europe, you might have a point. Kagawa has gone home to Japan (how ever many 1000's of miles that is *2) inside a week. Most people get a feeling of jetlag, and doing twice in quick succession (even though the effect is only one way, the length of the flight etc will also be tiring) and they are sportsmen who need to be in PEAK performance to paly at this level. Yes it does have a detrimental and noticeable effect.
to be fair Utd haven't done this consistently for YEARS so don't whinge about it in Moyes' first game
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It's also free on PickTV today on freeview, showing the United game for anyone curious by the way.
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"workman like wingers" that's the nicest way I can think of putting it 
Laudrup also showing some conservatism, picking Canas AND Britton in midfield [which strikes me as a gamble, as they haven't played together yet], and leaving Bony on the bench - possibly because he's only just jetted back from a Thursday international in the States, or possibly as a fearsome impact sub option.