We r playing Spurs later today, and its a must win game for us if we r to stand a chance to win our 4th successive title in a row~ As everybody hv seen what Spurs r capable from last wk games, for sure they r very high in confident for this match... But our players r fire up for all the remaining 3 games too, cos they hv never given up on the title fight... So we can expect a great game tonite!!!
I think SAF is gonna go with the 4-5-1 again in this important match, so its sorry to Berba where he will b on the bench again... Rooney will b starting the game for me and with him on, our team always play better... Rooney presence always give pressure to the opposite defenders, where they know if they make any mistakes, they will b punished by Rooney!!!
In the middle, Nani and Valencia will b our wingers on both flanks and in the middle of the park, i hope SAF pick Fletcher, Scholesy and Park!!! We need work horses in the engine rooms to get things going for us, we need them to fight for the ball, possession and authority!!! Tht's y i hope Park get pick!!! Other than tht, Park can always switch his position with Nani on the left or he can double it up on the right wing with Valencia to provide more assists from the flanks!!!
And for the back 4, i expect Rio to come back to partner Vida... Then i hv a feeling tht SAF might jus opt for Rafael over Neville to counter Spurs left winger - Bale... If Rafael is being choosen to play, hopefully he did learn from his last outing n have another tremandous game for us!!!
The Spurs player i fear most is - Luka Modric... He is a very good player to me where he kinda dictate everything for Spurs from the middle of the park... So we need to pay extra attention to him in order to minimise his influence on the game... So Fletcher need to b on the top of his game to do so for us...
Other than tht, Rio and Vida vs Defoe and Paleyvchenko will b another talking point of the game... With the experience our defensive pairing hv, i think we will b able to shut them off nicely... On the other end, hopefully Rooney can start scoring for us again!!!
It will b very interesting to see Spurs 4-4-2 formation pit against our 4-5-1... If we r able to bozz the midfield, which i really expect we can, we stand a very good chance to win this game at Old Toilet!!! So I'm going for a 3-1 hom win with Rooney scoring again and Berba come off the bench to score a goal for us too, against his old club!!! ^.^
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jj.v6,
Yo, nice tht u share yr view on the manager candidates issue too... There is an artical in The Star Friday football pull out, which touch on the same topic as us too... Worth to hv a read, its always good to know what other thinks abt ManUtd topics...
Now tht there is a new twist to the issue, where SAF came out n said he hv never said anything abt his retirement at all to anyone, not even to D. Gill and the Glazer family... SO its lotsa 'rubbish' for him tht the media keep going on with the issue... Haha... I think SAF hv learn his lesson well since 2002 where he talked abt his retirement then... Let's see...
p/s: There r few others managers with tight budget in the EPL for the past few yrs hv been doing pretty well too... So i think Moyes case r much better than them as he is managing a 'big' team like Everton as compare to Stoke (Tony Pulis), Wigan (Stivie Bruce), Birmingham (McLeighs) and Fulham (Roy Hogdson)... Amongst them, i think Roy from Fulham hv done the best job given the budget they hv, they players and the difficulties they face!!!
As for Moyes, I think he is pretty similar to Martin O'Neil from Villa... They hv got good squads, almost similar budget each yr n hanging ard in the 5-8 position in the EPL without doing well in Euro games...
Mayb Mourinho might jus b the right person for the post-SAF era (short term wise), cos Mr. Big mouth hv never afraid to express himself n never shrink under pressure... Mayb after 2-3 season with us, we might need another change... As we all know, whoever succeeding SAF will b under huge pressure from within the club and the outside world for whatever he do... Everybody will jus take his every single decision made or action he did, to compare with SAF... We gotto expect all this... SO come to consider all this, Mourinho might jus b the right choice for it... Mmm...
Nice sharing again!!!
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Luis Fabiana said he would prefer to come to us in the summer if he is given a chance to choose a club to join~ But will it b a season or 2 too late?! We were linked to him a few season back when he was peak in his game... And no doubt, he is stil a top player or striker in the game but at 29, i'm afraid he might b outside of what SAF will consider...