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Originally Posted by p_ps_sock
I smell a bit too much confidence here, yes we're without Vidic, Ferdinand and Neville, and lets face it with them you wouldn't stand a chance, but Brown is a good CB who's injury's are the only reason he isn't a world class one, Heinze plays CB for Argentina, Evra should be back and fletcher is a solid player who can do a job at RB, and if you doubt the threat we pose up front give Panucci, Mexes and Chivu a call and see what they think.
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Personally i don't like it when people are far too confident or arrogant, regardless of who they support. It usually has a way of coming back to bite you in the ass. That aside, have to disagree completely about Brown, injuries aren't the reason he's not world class, skill is the reason he's not world class. He's far too inconsistent and is prone to big lapses in concentration. Yes he's improved but he's nothing more than a squad player.
You have to admit that Heinze is a rash player, we all know he's a solid defender with a wealth of experience, but at cb he's far more likely to make a costly mistake than at LB.
Most of the Man Utd fans i know don't rate Fletcher at all and now he's suddenly a solid RB? Come on, be honest, he's not very good at RB. He doesn't offer much defensive stability and it goes without saying he's not as imposing offensively as Neville.
Why on earth would we want to call Mexes, Panucci and Chivu? They all had shocking games, a pub team could have scored against them while their heads were in that much confusion
As people are still pointing out, we have some old defenders, but with that comes more experience and knowledge of defending than possibly any other team around at the moment. So i think we'll have our own ideas on how to try and stop your attackers. I won't say we
will stop them as you can never be certain what will happen, but if we do our best and track the runners then we have a chance.
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Originally Posted by p_ps_sock
although somehow I think they'll find it a bit easier to motivate themselves for a CL semi than a league match...
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This i find an interesting statement. You do realise you're still fighting for the Premiership right? You should have been 100% focused on M'boro with a view to wrapping up the title before you have to play Chelsea. You've now let them back in because you weren't motivated enough. In all honesty you were lucky to get a point, that was a blatant penalty at the end, but somehow you got away with it.
I wouldn't worry too much about what Zac says, Man Utd will have their tactics about how to win the game and we'll have ours. I think what Ancelotti has said is right, they're very strong but predictable (though i think most football teams are predictable anyway), they'll come out of the traps at 100 mph and try to batter us like they did against Roma, hoping to get some quick goals and then capitalise on the uncertainty that those quick goals will bring. From there they'll look to break all the time and play on the counter-attack.
They have many dangerous runners and if we can be watchful of them, double up on players where necessary and not have the recent defensive lapses we've suffered from then we have the chance to get a result. May the best team win, which i hope is us
