Man Utd - Europa League (a)

[Hand Shandy]

Well I'm three for three in the last three games/match threads, so I suppose I better keep it going.

 

Tempting fate now though.

[Grinch]

Score and it's all over.  Gotta fancy our chances of knicking one on the break and they're fucking hopeless at breaking down a packed defense. 

[Sweeney287]

I think both teams will score which obviously helps us and makes it very difficult for them.

 

Can't wait for the hangover on Friday morning.

[ZonkoVille77]

If we play to even 70% of last weeks effort then we should have enough to beat them.

How I'd love to absolutely batter them about the place but I'd settle for a 1-1.

 

I'm going to be in the pub from 13:00 watching the Cheltenham races, so I might not even be able to focus when this starts.

[Mark M]

James Pearce ‏@JamesPearceEcho  5s

5 seconds agoLiverpool, England

Fellaini has escaped a ban for elbow on Can and no action against #MUFC either for fans' chants at Anfield #LFC

[magicrat]

 

James Pearce ‏@JamesPearceEcho  5s

5 seconds agoLiverpool, England

Fellaini has escaped a ban for elbow on Can and no action against #MUFC either for fans' chants at Anfield #LFC

 

 

What a shock

[Einch]

Not sure what to say about that. I guess UEFA think it's OK then? That's what the wankers will think and Thursday will be more of the same nasty shit.

[torahboy]

Man City were fined because their fans jeered the UEFA 'anthem' yet United fans escape even censure over their chants revelling in the death of 96 people. These are truly the values of a morally corrupt organizaton.

 

Fuck UEFA!

[kemskem]

All we need to do is reduce their numbers until it stops. Why should family members of the 96 have to put up with that at Anfield?

[Nightcat]

 

James Pearce ‏@JamesPearceEcho  5s

5 seconds agoLiverpool, England

Fellaini has escaped a ban for elbow on Can and no action against #MUFC either for fans' chants at Anfield #LFC

 

 

It helped the fact that (a) Can went (did he consult his manager and the club's CEO for this?) publicly and played down  the incident by saying "Fellaini is a fair(!!!) sportsman." and (b ) the fact no one from our Club made any move about the incident and ( c) that our influence on the level of UEFA is zero. So is our influence in the english FA.

 

I hope the "fair sportsman" Fellaini does not injure any of our gracious players in the upcoming game. 

[Bob]

From the bbc sport site, Uefa didn't act on the chants because it wasn't in the match officials report.

 

I'm not surprised it's not. Why would a non-English speaking official be listening to what the fans are chanting and know what it means?

 

The problem is that as a club we didn't make an official complaint.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

It'll be a slightly difficult one on how to approach this tactically.

 

One goal really should put the game to bed. But so does a clean sheet.

 

Go for the goal or play a bit more conservatively? I'd prefer the former. They've got a decent defensive record, but that's largely down to De Gea. They're quite easy to open up and create chances against. West Ham did it with ease, at times, yesterday. Particularly down United's right. That Varela is distinctly average. I'd go with Lallana or Coutinho down the left, Moreno overlapping and Firmino up front but dropping into that channel. Just totally overload Varela.

 

The danger is though that we leave ourselves open if we pursue the goal too vigorously. They're shite. But in the direct ball to Fellaini and with the pace of Depay, Martial and Rashford, they can still cause problems on the break.

 

If we approach the game somewhere in between, I can still see us scoring.

 

I'd go:

 

Mignolet

 

Clyne

Lovren

Sakho

Moreno

 

Can

Henderson

Allen

 

Lallana

Firmino

Coutinho

[moof]

Press them up the field and we'll get plenty of chances. Sit back and try to defend our lead and there's a good chance we could come unstuck. Go for the jugular.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I hope we get a dodgy penalty after 3 minutes and score, that'll shut the vile fucking wankers up. 

[mgw100]

I'd start the same 11 as at Anfield.

[Sputnik1]

Hardly surprised that those bunch of cunts at Uefa have decided to do nothing about the elbow or the chants.

 

You can take this in any way you want but you just know that had that been our player assaulting one of them, or our fans with those vile chants then something would have been done.

 

I cannot write what I want to write about them on a public forum but let's just assume that I have written something about Uefa and the mancs that even you would be shocked to read.

 

Respect, what a fucking joke.

[an tha]

1 goal virtually finishes the tie - we should be able to get that with them needing to push.

 

Can't see us letting in 4.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Referee needs to be told in no uncertain terms to not allow that elbowing Belgian cunt away with anything, he gets away with it all the time. And the club need to let it be known to the referee that they expect the players to be protected and he will be held responsible if they're not. That said the ref will probably do the opposite and give them everything.

[Creator Supreme]

We'll get a red card in the 1st 2 minutes, we'll lose 3 or 4 nil!

[Sputnik1]

We'll get a red card in the 1st 2 minutes, we'll lose 3 or 4 nil!

 

With a Fellaini hat trick. The red card we get will also be for an innocuous foul on Fellaini.

 

That's the Liverpool way.

[Mook]

And a 10 year ban from European Football because one of our supporters has a picture of an aeroplane on their t-shirt.

[magicrat]

We will knock them out on Thursday and Fellaini will be under the microscope.

Get a grip

[Kant]

We'll cunt them in the bastard.

 

St Patrick's Day massacre.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

It's my birthday on Thursday. We can't lose.

[Sugar Ape]