English Premier League '16-'17 Discussion - Part 12

As a result of rebounds off longs shots imo

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:As a result of rebounds off longs shots imo

That would not make us hope merchants

That would make us fighters imo

open chat for the game tonight RG pls

might make a thread for it if not

though considering how I expect it to go tonight it might be better to not leave a massive footprint for ridicule

Expecting a Mourinho Magic. United will take this 2-1

@Firenze good luck tonight, hope you guys don't need too much time to recover from the result.

only 2 days of sulking, we have Rostov to smash Thursday night

Going to back Mounited here, Mourinho is master in handling this type of games.

if it were just Ibra out I would be optimistic, but there's a good chance we start Lingard at striker tonight. Let that sink in.

IMO anything less than 3-0 and they should let us go through

Firenze wrote:if it were just Ibra out I would be optimistic, but there's a good chance we start Lingard at striker tonight. Let that sink in.

IMO anything less than 3-0 and they should let us go through

I'm not trolling when I say this but how can you have the most expensive squad ever assembled and with 2 injuries and a suspension your left with lingard up front.

Ibra, Rooney, Martial and Rashford are all out

so basically all of our players that are capable of playing striker..4 players better than any options you have up front might I add, that's more depth than most teams have

I just realized I can strike this up to poor luck again

Firenze wrote:Ibra, Rooney, Martial and Rashford are all out

so basically all of our players that are capable of playing striker..4 players better than any options you have up front might I add, that's more depth than most teams have

I just realized I can strike this up to poor luck again

you can but only you are dumb enough to believe it.

2-0 Chelsea in a clear win

4 world class strikers in the squad in Zlatan, Rashford, Martial, Rooney.
All for of them injured or unavailable AT ONCE.

Just unbelievably bad luck.

If you think of the sum of all our bad luck this season. Draws where there should be wins. Random scrub gk producing WC saves where there should be goals.
With our luck being anywhere near normal we'd be contending for the league.
Basically all of Conte's good fortune is riding on our bad luck coattails.
And yet he has the gall to mouth off against Mourinho

Firenze wrote:Ibra, Rooney, Martial and Rashford are all out

so basically all of our players that are capable of playing striker..4 players better than any options you have up front might I add, that's more depth than most teams have

I just realized I can strike this up to poor luck again

Mourinho is thanking his lucky stars tbh.

He can now do what he always wanted to do and no one will be pissed at him.... play with zero strikers

Hapless_Hans wrote:4 world class strikers in the squad in Zlatan, Rashford, Martial, Rooney.
All for of them injured or unavailable AT ONCE.

Just unbelievably bad luck.

If you think of the sum of all our bad luck this season. Draws where there should be wins. Random scrub gk producing WC saves where there should be goals.
With our luck being anywhere near normal we'd be contending for the league.
Basically all of Conte's good fortune is riding on our bad luck coattails.
And yet he has the gall to mouth off against Mourinho

I bet Firenze is reading all of this and thinks you really mean it.

Hapless_Hans wrote:4 world class strikers in the squad in Zlatan, Rashford, Martial, Rooney.
All for of them injured or unavailable AT ONCE.

Just unbelievably bad luck.

If you think of the sum of all our bad luck this season. Draws where there should be wins. Random scrub gk producing WC saves where there should be goals.
With our luck being anywhere near normal we'd be contending for the league.
Basically all of Conte's good fortune is riding on our bad luck coattails.
And yet he has the gall to mouth off against Mourinho

You are overdoing it now.   Where is S when we need him. He is a pro and will teach you become an ace United psuedo fan. So pay the man his fee already and join the family.

Unique wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:4 world class strikers in the squad in Zlatan, Rashford, Martial, Rooney.
All for of them injured or unavailable AT ONCE.

Just unbelievably bad luck.

If you think of the sum of all our bad luck this season. Draws where there should be wins. Random scrub gk producing WC saves where there should be goals.
With our luck being anywhere near normal we'd be contending for the league.
Basically all of Conte's good fortune is riding on our bad luck coattails.
And yet he has the gall to mouth off against Mourinho

I bet Firenze is reading all of this and thinks you really mean it.

if you're able to read between the lines and pick up on something then even a chimpanzee could

Hans has my posting style nailed down, even better tbh.

S & I forming the 2 man Powertrip since we're both gonna finish the season as champions of Europe culminating in the match of a lifetime in the Supercup. There's no place for anyone else in this alliance ffs.

Firenze wrote:if it were just Ibra out I would be optimistic, but there's a good chance we start Lingard at striker tonight. Let that sink in.

IMO anything less than 3-0 and they should let us go through

Better than starting with Fellaini or Young upfront I suppose.
Ideally all things considered it has to be Mata and Mkhi leading the line. Mata is one of the best finishers in the team moreover and Mkhi too is somewhat clinical to play the role. But the thing that works against the Mata argument is obviously the obvious one, his lack of pace. Plus he has rarely performed against his former club ever since leaving for us. So, its kind of a 50/50 choice. With Lingard you get some directness and pace to stretch their backline, but piss poor end product and where as with Mata we get end product and quality but zero pace.

Has to be Mkhi for me. Haven't heard that Rashman is out 1000% yet so maybe he will play.

I will not even bother watching the game if Fellaini or Young are playing as striker.

Glory wrote:

Firenze wrote:if it were just Ibra out I would be optimistic, but there's a good chance we start Lingard at striker tonight. Let that sink in.

IMO anything less than 3-0 and they should let us go through

Better than starting with Fellaini or Young upfront I suppose.
Ideally all things considered it has to be Mata and Mkhi leading the line. Mata is one of the best finishers in the team moreover and Mkhi too is somewhat clinical to play the role. But the thing that works against the Mata argument is obviously the obvious one, his lack of pace. Plus he has rarely performed against his former club ever since leaving for us. So, its kind of a 50/50 choice. With Lingard you get some directness and pace to stretch their backline, but piss poor end product and where as with Mata we get end product and quality but zero pace.

yeah Chelsea are mean at the back and give nothing away. the ban for ibra came at the worst possible time for you.

Tbf its the absence of Rash and Martial that is hurting us more. Ibra most of the time flops in big games (except the Liverpool game last time ofc where he scored the vital equalizer).

Glory wrote:Tbf its the absence of Rash and Martial that is hurting us more. Ibra most of the time flops in big games (except the Liverpool game last time ofc where he scored the vital equalizer).

don't remind me . tbh everyone thinks this is a walk in the park for Chelsea but I think it will be a very close game. jose is the king at getting a result in a big games.

sometimes I forget that Ashley Young plays for us, until he starts in a big game ffs

will be at Liverpool in a year

Young at CM  

unreal

Chelsea team tonight: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Willian, Diego Costa, Hazard

Chelsea subs v Man Utd: Begovic, Terry, Zouma, Chalobah, Fabregas, Pedro, Batshuayi

Firenze wrote:sometimes I forget that Ashley Young plays for us, until he starts in a big game ffs

will be at Liverpool in a year

Would have given a kidney for him when we had Carroll imo