LondonLax Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Arsenal have been bottling big games for about 7 years now. So should have seen it coming really. Yes but they didn't bottle it at Dortmund. To be fair a win against Liverpool and Dortmund and defeat at United isn't bad. Its not like they were blown away by United like United were at City..I'm classing big games as QF SF F, and title games , bunch of mincers in effect with no balls. 1. The Dortmund game was bigger than the United one. Loose that and they are struggling to stay in the competition. 2. The United one wasn't a title game. Not only that, they had played 3 massive games in a week and had been disrupted by 4 players getting the flu. It is no shame that they didn't win 3 out of 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 14, 2013 Author Moderator Share Posted November 14, 2013 It's still not a bad team, is it? Sometimes triumph comes out of adversity too, this might be where Fellaini finally starts to look like the midfield powerhouse he was at Everton.He'll need to. No it's not a bad team but then this is Man U. It won't be a bad team, but will it be a Man U team? Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommybread Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Maybe something along these lines. I think Cleverley is certain to play. Neither Jones or Fellaini are strong enough on the ball to play in the middle together. Cleverley adds great mobility and is good at keeping possession with quick 1-2 balls. Personally I would have Cleverley and Jones in the midfield as Cleverley also thrives off have mobility around him. Fellaini is just too slow on and off the ball and shows no urgency to get the ball moving. Slows the tempo down completely and stunts the whole play. Cleverley's movement is vital to United's play and even his off the ball runs open up space for the front four to attack. Something which Fellaini doesn't offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 £100m in the last 3 months thanks to their 12 new sponsorship deals... you've got to love that FFP rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Kagawa behind Januzaj in the pecking order, for the spot on the left wing. In the words of Jurgen Klopp, it breaks my heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 £100m in the last 3 months thanks to their 12 new sponsorship deals... you've got to love that FFP rule That figure is just insane. No team even get's close to that, not Liverpool, not Arsenal, not even Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 £100m in the last 3 months thanks to their 12 new sponsorship deals... you've got to love that FFP rule That figure is just insane. No team even get's close to that, not Liverpool, not Arsenal, not even Chelsea. Manchester City have a bigger sponsorship deal, as do Paris St Germain. Okay, both of those two happen to be the owners brother in law doing the 'sponsorship' but it all comes back to that great rant by Matthew Said about how multi billionaires are using football to buy glory for reasons which are often more than meets the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommybread Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Kagawa behind Januzaj in the pecking order, for the spot on the left wing. In the words of Jurgen Klopp, it breaks my heart. Januzaj is better than Kagawa out the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 The only way Kagawa is going to get to play in the number 10 role is if Rooney or Van Persie are injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 It wouldn't surprise me if Kagawa left in the summer. I don't think United will farm him out on loan in January though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Kagawa doesn't even get to play the number 10 rule for Japan, I don't know why he would for united when Rooney is a better player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 That Europa slot is starting to slip away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Wow, they are struggling big time. Slumming it in mid table with Villa. The Glazers will be shitting themselves if it starts to look like they may miss out on CL football. They'll majorly back him or sack him in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I think Moyes will be allowed to make a large signing in January to eliminate the potential risk of missing champs league. Man U would lose a lot of money if they missed out so it would be seen as an investment I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Wow, they are struggling big time. Slumming it in mid table with Villa. The Glazers will be shitting themselves if it starts to look like they may miss out on CL football. They'll majorly back him or sack him in January. Don't think they will sack him in January, but I think he will be gone in the summer. He just seems to have been overawed by the job, he really does look out of his depth. But then if he does eventually go in the summer who replaces him? Klopp? Simeone? Heynckes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 am loving this crisis at manure fantastic, long let it continue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 It is now officially panic time at old trafford. If you read earlier in the thread I was of the belief they would eventually come good and everything would be alright in the end. I'm not sure now to be honest. Possibly 5th place now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Big players didn't want to move to Man. United in the summer so why would they move in January? I get the feeling a lot are watching to see how Moyes does first, nothing worse than joining a sinking ship. First time tonight I've thought they could well miss out on the top 4. They just look so average (that's despite Rooney being in great form) and the fear factor has certainly gone from playing them. They need Carrick and RVP back quick. Predictably that will probably be against us. Also how on earth did Leverkusen lose 5 nil at home to them?! Given how well they're doing in the bundesliga Hyypia must've got his gameplan majorly wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Something has to be wrong if you need to start with a 40 year old in midfield. People complain about our midfield but I'd take our over theres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 They could do with Gareth Barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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