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If Man U are very lucky, they'll be one goal up (maximum) near the end. Nowhere near safe enough to effectively reduce yourself to 10 men.

I trust this guy because he spelt banter properly.....oh. right.

They were outplayed in 2009, so it shouldn't go that badly again. Lessons will definitely have been learnt. This'll be a closer, better game but I still see Barcelona nicking it because.....well, they're Barcelona.

Watching Man United's midfield compete with Barca's will be fun.

GuillemBalague Guillem Balague by OliverKayTimes Pepe reina has decided to stay. LFC trying to buy left back,centre back,two wingers,centre mid.he believes in the project.good news for Reds Balague often talks rubbish but this sounds reasonable. This could be taken two ways: 1) oh no they'll definitely be in for Enrique, or 2) with 5 signings being the aim, would they really spend so much on a left back? Can't see Konchesky, Jovanovic etc. raising much dosh.

A pretty entertaining read. Can't wait for the fallout over these 'stories'.

He'd sooner retire than drop down.

In Wigan's case its a good idea gone wrong - they're getting relegated. But instead of doing it with Honduran league players, we'll do it with Carroll, Ben Arfa, Tiote etc because we're a bigger club. The counter-examples to Wigan are Sevilla, Spurs and Lyon (maybe Porto too but they were already big).

Wish they'd offer a non-patched back for those that don't want printing.

I definitely think we could overachieve this summer, simply by using Carroll as an example. "Yeah you could go to Liverpool, to Chelsea, to Arsenal - as a promising player. Or you could play here for 2 years and go there as a superstar." Ideally we'd not be a stepping stone, but if that ultimately gives us the stability to push for Europe, it could secure us a Lukaku or a Wickham.

Comparing it to this year's shirt is like comparing two types of crap.....at the end of the day, it's shit. One glorious day I'll actually buy a NUFC shirt. Looks like it won't be for a while though. EDIT: The back looks OK and the orange away kit could be awesome.

Exactly right. Also, his was the only realistic game plan. If he'd have gone out to outplay Barca he would have got absolutely murdered. Yep its the only way to beat Barca. It mightn't ALWAYS work, but its proven its worth. Didn't work though. Why not have a bit of belief in your players and yourself and get them to beat the best playing football? It worked for Inter and in the Copa Del Rey. It didn't work in the league or these CL games. I agree that with the attacking talent he has, he should've showed more faith: Ronaldo, Di Maria, Higuain, Kaka, Ozil would worry even the mighty Barcelona if they properly went for it. But he stuck faithfully to methods that worked for him in the past. Thats why although it won't always work, it'll work enough times to justify it.

Exactly right. Also, his was the only realistic game plan. If he'd have gone out to outplay Barca he would have got absolutely murdered. Yep its the only way to beat Barca. It mightn't ALWAYS work, but its proven its worth.

sidlowe Sid Lowe Loads of caveats, of course, but tonight's result indicative of why (Mourinho thought) 0-0 a good result in first leg for home team -------- Interesting point. Mourinho can claim that, if it wasn't for the referee, his plan would've played out.

Much better game this week. Barca are lush. Nice to see Abidal back.....roll on Wembley!!!

Why not just swap the red for white, you mentalist? Because that would mean the white would be the primary colour, our home shirt should be black with white stripes. Agree with you here. If one colour should be more predominant, it should always be black imo. True dat.

all those players and not a single one from us

They'd have to get rid of Rossi first and I'd imagine such a big money move would take time. Where has Rossi been linked with? Scouting at Anderlecht could be anyone out of Biglia, Legear, Proto or Lukaku tbh. Theres a lot of talent there and in Belgium as a whole. Maybe we could pop in and look at Steven Defour?

Bet it upset Muntari, what with Sunderland being a lovely cosmopolitan city.

I've been thinking this all day. Tried to pinpoint where it happened, but failed miserably.

I'll be Puncheon a hole in the wall if he signs...

by the way, he chose the biscuit and is saving the ice cream for after the Schalke game. exciting times.

Would like Forest to go up, but Reading have the momentum. Cardiff are turning into the Arsenal of the Championship - its failure after glorious failure. Wigan and Blackpool being replaced by Norwich, OPR and Forest would be great news for us traditionalists.

Its like 2D pitch on FM, when you've cranked the match speed to the very top.

keep thinking "why are they putting Joey Barton at right back?". i'm falling for it every time