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That lot. At their place. With their capcaity for spawn. With local boy Anthony Taylor the man in the middle. Note the (slightly) different kick-off time. Two Dutch baldies in the dugout. Them having lashed another fortune on signings and salaries, with us being so frugal that the usual "mingebags" shouts and talk of money going on yachts have been more and more frequent this summer. And we've yet to see FSG fanboys like FrenchEyeGlass and beefstroganoff give their two bob's worth on this forum. As I write, we've completed a deal for Mamardashvili, who will be staying at Valencia for the rest of this season. Chatter is gathering pace that Chiesa is the next one in. Other than that, the only murmurs surround Joe possibly leaving for Palace or Branthwaite crossing town. Maybe the Gordon thing might start up again. In more hushed tones, there is talk that we are looking at Simakan or Lukeba at RB Leipzig as centre back. Possibly even Inacio at Sporting. Goodness knows we've thrown a lot of money their way in recent years. The Mancs still look like what they've been since Ferguson stepped down. A collection of individuals not playing anything cohesive that enables consistency, much like what they were between the Busby and Ferguson eras. Looking at who they've let go, the list includes Varane, Martial (who seemed to have been circling the drain there for the best part of 5 years), Wan-Bissaka, Greenwood and Van de Beek. The latter had one bright season at Ajax under Ten Hag, who never bothered to use him when he took over as manager at Snake Mountain. Those Ajax players were very highly rated and went for big money but none of them have pulled up any trees since then. I count De Jong at Barcelona in that. De Ligt and Mazraoui have been brought in as Ten Hag tries to put the band back together, and they've added Yoro (currently injured) and Zirkzee to the mix. McTominay is about to join Napoli and they've agreed a fee with PSG for Ugarte. Incidentally, did you know that Tom Huddlestone was there for the past 2 years? He was doing the Spearing role as over-age player/coach with the U21s. Curtis is unlikely to be fit for the weekend after yet another injury, and Jarell had an issue that caused him to miss training ahead of the Brentford game, so is also a doubt. Other than that, everybody else should be available. We owe this lot a proper hiding. Last season, a combination of sloppiness at the back and extreme wastefulness in attack saw us exit the FA Cup and have our title challenge derailed in this fixture in successive weeks. If we had show more accuracy and ruthlessness, we would have tonked them. Much better game management would also have been more than useful. These are things that I really hope Slot has been addressing with his staff, not just for this fixture but as their mantra for what they want out of the players. How have our previous managers got on in their first away game in this fixture? Our overall record there is fairly shoddy so the following comes as no surprise. Souness...18/10/1992...Man Utd 2-2 Liverpool (Hutchison, Rush) Evans...30/03/1994...Man Utd 1-0 Liverpool Houllier...04/03/2000...Man Utd 1-1 Liverpool (Berger) Benitez...20/09/2004...Man Utd 2-1 Liverpool (O'Shea og) Hodgson...19/09/2010...Man Utd 3-2 Liverpool (Gerrard 2, 1 pen) Dalglish...11/02/2012...Man Utd 2-1 Liverpool (Suarez) Rodgers...13/01/2013...Man Utd 2-1 Liverpool (Sturridge) Klopp...15/01/2017...ManUtd 1-1 Liverpool (Milner pen) I don't ask for much. Maximum motivation, control, application, attitude and concentration from minute one. 3 points please. Get it done!