Paddy was awesome, as was DDG, Javier Hernandez and Smalling too. Rest did OK but the performances need to improve.

Patrice Evra accusing Luis Suarez of racially abusing him, :eek: if this is true but the FA are going to investigate.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...se-luis-suarez

Javier Hernandez agrees a new five year deal at Manchester United:cool:, he's going to develop into such a class player.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...year-deal.html

Ferguson knew a draw or a defeat isn't a disaster. However, tonight is a far more important match. If United were to lose tonight, they'll be in massive danger of not qualifying.

And Cleverley and Anderson are different players to Carrick and Fletcher. You're running a massive risk going with those pair in big matches ahead of a defensive player.

Giggs wasn't great against Liverpool but he was great against Benfica and Leeds, and he hasn't had that much football this season.
Personally, i'd pick him over Cleverley or Anderson. Don't forget the way he ran the show against Chelsea last season. He's still got it in him to be a big game player.

United playing Otelul Galati in Romania tonight, hope we get our Champions League campaign back on track with a win:).

Vidic and Rooney will be back tonight:D.

Not a great performance last night. However, i'd of taken a 1-0 win via an own goal. :hugesmile:

Average performance last night, glad we won but Vidic's sending off was never a red:bored:.

Manchester City on Sunday at Old Trafford so we really need to win that game!

When all is fit and well in the squad this SHOULD be our team

De Gea
Fabio Rio Vidic Evra
Nani Ando Cleverly Young
Rooney
Welbeck

Both Smalling and espcially Jones get caught out postionally way to often which is ti be expected as there not fullbacks

If and when Rio is injured Smalling should be ahead of Jones as imo he is the better defender

Midfield is not even debateable our best performances this year (2nd half vs City in CS) ( Arsenal) (Spurs) and our pre-season games have come when cloggers such as Carrick and Fletch have been left out. Yes we are more Open like this (although this point is much more inflated than it actually is as we have been conceding just as many goals with the cloggers in the middle. Howerver with this midield we just OOZE goals and actual creativity

As for Welbeck over Hernandez this is a tough one but lets be honest Hernandez's link up play is quite terrible and is caught offside WAY to much. Welbeck's link up play is sensational and has shown this season he will score goals + Hernandez is a great option off the bench whilst Danny is not quite so effective off the bench

Also Pogba should be getting some gametime he is already 20X the players Carrick or Fletch are and will be the best CM in world football in a couple of years time

Also if that tit Morrison could stay away from trouble he would quite easly displace any of our midfielders barring Ando and Cleverly

Midfield is not even debateable you say.

So, you'd go without a defensive midfielder against let's say, Barcelona?

Or even any other top tier team for that matter?

Ryan Carrick and Giggs have been brill vs Barca the last 2 times we played them in CL finals havent they

Although they did not have there best team in pre season (still had 6 of the players from cl finals) we beat them and should have scored maney more without the Cloggers in our team

If we played Barca this should be the team we play

De Gea
Smalling Rio Vidic
Park
Nani Anderson Cleverly Young
Rooney
Welbeck

DEFENCE- No point playing fullbacks vs Barca as everything comes through the middle playing 3 cb's help nulify this

Midfield - Fergie made a HUGE mistake not having Park man mark Messi last year. Park would never and would pressure Messi for the whole Match which is what you need to do unlike last year when he was let roam the pitch smh

Attack- Rooney would effectivly play as another cm and would help pack the middle which has to be done vs Barca. As for Danny it is quite an easy choice Chico is a legend but was one of the main reasons we lost last year with his constant offsides giving the ball straight back to Barca. Danny is big strong and quick and would be perfect for this game

Key Bench players - I would have Evra as a LM replacement for Young
Pogba would be there because he is already 100x better than Fletch and Carrick
And of course Chico on after say 60 -65 mins when there defence is tired

Remember Anderson featured in the 2009 final and was poor.

Had either Fletcher or Anderson been fit, they might of played ahead of Giggs. Giggs had a great season but the whole Imogen thing came out the same week as the final and it's too much to ask of a 37 year old to keep up with Barca.

However, that's in hindsight. I would of picked that exact team Ferguson did in the final in May. However, again in hindsight, I reckon Nani was the biggest mistake of Ferguson's. In the pre-season game he scared Abidal, and other Barca players.
He's the sort of player that when you're going to get the odd chance to attack Barcelona, he'll scare them to death.

I certainly wouldn't play Barcelona without a defensive midfielder though. I reckon we'd get battered.

I certainly wouldn't play Barcelona without a defensive midfielder though. I reckon we'd get battered.

What more so than Rome and Wembley last year. I would agree with you if we actually had a decent dm ala Fletch in 09 but with the poor crop with currently have it would do more harm than good

I certainly wouldn't play Barcelona without a defensive midfielder though. I reckon we'd get battered.

What more so than Rome and Wembley last year. I would agree with you if we actually had a decent dm ala Fletch in 09 but with the poor crop with currently have it would do more harm than good

i had a feeling that city would have a comfortable win today

did not expect 6, but i did fear a 3-0 loss or something

united have been awful since the game against benfica, stumbling and scraping the odd win and draw, whereas city have kept up their early season form

THIS, today, is why you NEVER change a winning team and formation

you lose all momentum and lose all the confidence and form and it continues to effect you until you get the spark back

going into the game city were full of beans and united were full of rotten fishes, so not surprising the result

united need to ensure they recover fast, time to get rid of a few of the older and slow players and focus on the young, fresh breed like start of season

lololololol

:xyxwave:

6-1. Embarrassed, gutted, annoyed and disappointed. Fair play to Manchester City they were the better side and United were terrible which they exploited and took advantage off.

I trust that the players will respond and bounce back positively from this defeat, so while I could just slate players no matter how tempting it is to be negative i'll refrain:).

Some Arsenal fans piping up with 6-1 jokes on Twitter, well they do deserve a bit of payback towards us but they haven't won 1 trophy in 6 years;).

:bouncy:

*holds MTVN's hand*

Some Arsenal fan put the word rape in a tweet about the result, they will try and say it was in a different context but I don't find that amusing at all and think it's disgusting:bored:.

:D

I do feel a bit sorry for Man U though, they must be 6 to their stomachs after that 1

I am feeling 6 to my 1 stomach now:joker:, joke aside oh how depressing.. well not for the ABU crowd anyway!

Ah well, every cloud has a Silva lining

-is stealing jokes from Facebook-

awww I feel bad now. I wish more fans were like Reg. I like winding them up but I feel bad for Reg! :love: