The Manchester United Thread XX

Yeah your pressing will give us problems like City's but if we have Mata, Herrera and Pogba we can counter that in intervals with quick passing to find space.

Agree about Milner but genuine pace will give anyone a problem

Yeah thats what makes these derby games so fun, form goes out of the window and its about who plays better on the day!

Morgan must just being doing something horrendous in training. Poch made a bid for him this summer too, so clearly having working with him doesn't see him as a midtable player who can't make the step up. Clearly just isn't doing what Jose wants from him, but do feel he's the kind of player Jose could stumble across later on in the season.

I think we're going to get spanked tbh. Everyone saw what happened in the first half against City, I think we could well struggle in a similar manner. Team isn't the finished product, haven't even hit the ground running with this season's iteration. Just feel the flaws in this team are going to be exposed best by teams like City, Spurs and Liverpool.

We will either annihilate Liverpool like 3-1 or vice versa. This won't be a draw.

I hope Mourinho starts Mhiki! Mans just waiting to be unleashed!

Yeah I'd expect a spanking but in all honesty Liverpool look pretty uneasy on set pieces while your team is pretty much designed to score goals on set pieces. I doubt you're getting much from counter attacks with the team you'll use but set pieces and aerial threats is more than enough to hurt Liverpool.

On the basis of general play see Liverpool dominating in that sense but then again Mourinho doesn't really give a damn about that anyway, he just finds other ways for the team to score in that case.

I'm not sure on whether Rooney will start or not. I think he will as I don't think he trusts Mata in these kind of games. I would be inclined to play Mkhitaryan in the middle with Pogba and Schneiderlin behind.

Standing to possibly make a return to old trafford.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/manchester-united-celtic-safe-standing-area-old-trafford-football-safety-a7354626.html

Thoughts?

Will take a very long time tbh. Liverpool will feel obliged to oppose it since such a sensitive topic for so many families.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/05/liverpool-supporters-consult-hillsborough-safe-standing-anfield

93% of Liverpool supporters union voted in favour. Plus it is completely safe, safe standing is not like standing in the 70s where they would just cram in as many as possible, it offers no increase in capacity and only the same amount of tickets are sold, the sheer focus is to improve the atmosphere.

But that is just 93% of LSU.

Whereas The Hillsborough Family Support Group is strongly opposed and Hillsborough Justice Campaign are 50/50.

There are a lot of mixed views from Liverpool fans. Primarily those who are from Liverpool and remember the time are opposed whereas younger fans and those outside of Liverpool are more keen/relaxed about it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it but it won't happen easily or quickly.

I wouldn't be surprised if the rest of Europe embraced it first and then England was the last place..

I know what you mean, but come on spectator safety has come along way since the Hillsborough disaster. Plus, safe standing has been used in Germany with great effect for years.

You don't have to convince me. Obviously just a very sensitive topic for some.

Suppose we'll see what happens. Would mean cheaper tickets as well, which is always good.