Manchester Utd Thread

Excellent promo video to announce him

MC Hammered wrote: Mourinho does understand the football fans mentality of reveling in the whole "no one likes us" concept. He makes inflammatory and provocative remarks often with absolutely no substance behind them, most right thinking people complain that he is a total penis and supporters of his own team think it's great that he is winding up their rivals.

Hans Moleman wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Pogba needs to improve his work off the ball He’s been good tonight and I haven’t seen him give the ball away much if at all I think united will get 2nd this season. They’ve been there all season and will remain. It’s hardly much to shout about though, in recent years when city have finished second its been hard to get excited about or treat as much of an achievement If United or any other side finish with a blistering run that puts any bit of pressure on City, they can be some bit satisfied with the season. I don't think United are anywhere near capable of putting such a run together though. I don't see them holding their gap on both Liverpool and Chelsea, they'll do very well to stay above even one of those. They are still in a battle for top 4 Imo. It's funny to hear people talk about progress when they could well finish 4th or 5th in the league yet. A league at the start of this season and last that a huge amount of pundits and fans have had them down to win. United points tally, and that of all the top 5 in the PL (it's effectively a 5 team league now), is as much to do with the consistent worsening of the bottom 10-12 teams in the PL as anything else. The gap between the haves and have nots has never been bigger.

United nailed on for second place

Roberto Baggio wrote: Hans Moleman wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Pogba needs to improve his work off the ball He’s been good tonight and I haven’t seen him give the ball away much if at all I think united will get 2nd this season. They’ve been there all season and will remain. It’s hardly much to shout about though, in recent years when city have finished second its been hard to get excited about or treat as much of an achievement If United or any other side finish with a blistering run that puts any bit of pressure on City, they can be some bit satisfied with the season. I don't think United are anywhere near capable of putting such a run together though. I don't see them holding their gap on both Liverpool and Chelsea, they'll do very well to stay above even one of those. They are still in a battle for top 4 Imo. It's funny to hear people talk about progress when they could well finish 4th or 5th in the league yet. A league at the start of this season and last that a huge amount of pundits and fans have had them down to win. United points tally, and that of all the top 5 in the PL (it's effectively a 5 team league now), is as much to do with the consistent worsening of the bottom 10-12 teams in the PL as anything else. The gap between the haves and have nots has never been bigger. United nailed on for second place

I don't for a minute think they are nailed on for 2nd place. Not sure how anyone can. Usually I'd be certain of Spurs at home beating them in their next league game, their patchy form makes me think it could go either way, but the bookies have Spurs as clear favs for that game. If the bookies are correct about Spurs and Chelseas next league games, Chelsea go level with United in such a scenario. All hypothetical, but how anyone can say United are nailed on for second spot is beyond me given how the table currently stands.

Roberto Baggio wrote: They’ve been second all season, are more solid and consistent than the teams below them, and have Sancnez to welcome into the team

They will come 2nd.
They have only had 2/3 shock results but overall have been solid.

Chelsea/Liverpool/Spurs are inconsistent.

For a week or so?
United are the second best team in the league and will get second comfortably IMO

They'll also have one of the best players from their immediate rivals now playing for them for the last 16 games or so. 2nd is nailed on

Chelsea don't convince me and have a few problems at the club at the minute I think.

Obviously United could finish 2nd. Myself, I don't think they'll finish 2nd. I agree Chelsea haven't convinced in the same way as last season. Have United been convincing? If they were surely they'd be a lot further ahead of the teams behind them. Chelsea and both Liverpool and Spurs are well within touching distance of United with a lot of games to go, even after last weekends poor results for Liverpool and Spurs.