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Bad Bob wrote:

Igor Zidane wrote:

The_Rock wrote:Since rafa took over, i don't really cherish matches against manure.....

So will be skipping this match......and going away for the weekend with my GF.... 

Hopefully the "rotation" or "who will you replace rafa with" threads won't be at the top of this fourm when i come back this monday (as that means we have lost the match..... )

cheers...

Good Grief. Say's it all really.

Note the subtle way he's blamed Rafa for having to miss the match?  Fess up, lad--the GF cracked the whip didn't she?   

haha i sent my GF to her mums for 4 days so i can have my mates over get total wasted and watcht his game on my 42" sony in HD Torres hat Trick in HD GET IN !

This is how its done lad. 

RedBlood wrote:This might be the game that Liverpool fans want to win, but Manchester United's need is much greater on Grand Slam Sunday.


Games against United are as important as Merseyside derbies for Liverpool supporters, but for United this could be a defining weekend in their bid to win the title.


If United win and Chelsea draw with Arsenal then Sir Alex Ferguson's side will look almost unstoppable in the title race.


But by the same token, if United lose and Arsenal win at Stamford Bridge then it's 50-50 and it's all up in the air again. We've definitely got an exciting weekend in prospect.


I tipped United for the title at the start of the season and I'd still lean towards them now. However, there are some massive games coming up involving the big teams and one way or another I can see the title being decided within the next three weeks.


If United are going to win it then Cristiano Ronaldo might be they key. I watched him against Bolton in midweek and his talent never fails to impress me.


He has an amazing goalscoring record, but he is about much more than that. He adds so much to the team with his work-rate and his set-pieces and from what I've seen he's the best player in the world at the moment.



I was a little bit surprised to see him named as captain against Bolton, but he wasn't fazed by it at all as he showed with two goals in the first 20 minutes.


He is a wonderful player, but it's not all about Ronaldo. You could take him - and even Wayne Rooney - out of the United team and they'd still be a force.



Ordinary

But the same is not true of Liverpool. Without Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard they're a very ordinary side.


I've seen Liverpool a few times in the last few weeks and they look really good, but if you take those two star players out then they're pretty average. Everything that's good about Liverpool comes from those two and they rely on them too much.


Some people say the fact Liverpool are looking fresh and are playing well justifies Rafael Benitez's rotation policy earlier in the season.


I disagree. Quite simply, they are too far behind in the race for the championship. If they were only four or five points off the top then the rotation policy would be justified, but they're not.


Ferguson made a number of changes against Bolton on Wednesday night, but I feel he can get away with rotating because his squad of 22 is a lot stronger than Liverpool's.


At times, Benitez changes players around for the sake of it and he ends up weakening his side quite considerably.



Silly

Even if Liverpool win on Sunday, talk of a late title charge is silly. I can't see them troubling the top three and in my opinion they're playing for fourth spot.


They've got a nice cushion above Everton in the race for that final Champions League spot and a win at Old Trafford would give them enough of a boost to secure that place.


I'm not sure they've got what it takes to win the game, but I'm looking forward to the shoot-out between Torres and Ronaldo.


Rio Ferdinand might be missing with his back injury and if he doesn't play then Torres might have a bit more license up front because that would weaken United's back four considerably.


Torres is in superb form, but as good as he is, Ronaldo is still better right now.


And with the game being played at Old Trafford I can see the balance just falling in United's favour.



Le Tiss Predicts

HOME WIN - I think United will win this one, but only just. There should be goals in this game, so I'll go for 3-2 to United. Wouldn't that be great to see!



Matt's Main Man

CRISTIANO RONALDO - It's impossible to ignore him at the moment because he's the best player in the world in my opinion. He's improved his free-kick technique as well and that's added yet another string to his bow.






i fuc.king hate that big nosed snazzle toothed fat ugly basta.rd....

he makes out like its our game of the season but utd can take it or leave it??, that might be the case about game of the season but i have alot of utd fans as mates and they want to win just as much as i do, who the fuc.k is that ti.t kidding....
then he says utd would be a good team without rooney or ronaldo but we would struggle without torres or gerrard...again who is he kidding take them two out their team i they wouldnt be in the top 4 no chance! same as us with torres and gerrard

i dont know why he hates us so much, but its starting to wind me up big time

What a load of .

United's central midfield quad have scored three goals this season. Tevez would be leading their side with 11 goals if Ronaldo wasn't there.

If the mancs didn't have Rooney and Ronaldo they'd be lucky to finish 4th, I don't care what anyone says. It's not just goals they add it's the psychological impact on other teams they have as well.

god_bless_john_houlding wrote:That go for Tommo, Souness, Hansen and Jamie Redknapp nanny. None of them allow a bad word to be said about Liverpool by any of the other pundits. Alvin Martin when he's been on the telly won't have a bad word said about us either, due to the fact that he's a diehard L'pool fan and his son David is our reserve keeper.

Ray Wilkins and Tony Gayle, two cockney who hate us and their the two I hate the most. Even more than Le Tissier and Mark Lawrenson.

John im talking about all these pundits who have jumped on the Liverpool slating band wagon there seems to be more and more of them holding each others coat tails , I watched a vid in another thread and even Souness was sprouting you had three of our top players who were brought to the club by Benitez listening to him go on about what Raffa is doing wrong . They must have thought wtf he on. Yes your right Mr Souness who won the champions league and took us to another final.
Great player and one of the best captains this clubs had but negative now im afraid.

Tommo, Hansen ,Mcateer and Aldo there the only ones yes who id give the time of day to, Redknapp to involved with Chelsea for my liking he even trains with them

ferdinand wrote:try but still lose...why...? coz liverpool tactic is very defencesive n boring:laugh:

bye then.

ferdinand wrote:try but still lose...why...? coz liverpool tactic is very defencesive n boring:laugh:

Yari7 wrote:With out Ronaldo and Tevez, United look liek an ordinary side.

Without Fabregas and Adebayor, Arsenal look like an ordinary side.

And Lii Tiss is an idot. 3-2 is the dumbest prediction. I can see the game being tight with 1 or 2 goals in it max. Thats how it's been under Rafa. Weather we win, or they win, or its a draw, who knows.

Foximus wrote:

Yari7 wrote:With out Ronaldo and Tevez, United look liek an ordinary side.

Without Fabregas and Adebayor, Arsenal look like an ordinary side.

And Lii Tiss is an idot. 3-2 is the dumbest prediction. I can see the game being tight with 1 or 2 goals in it max. Thats how it's been under Rafa. Weather we win, or they win, or its a draw, who knows.

mate lets be honest here, without Gerrard and Torres we would look like an ordinary side.