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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2840 on: February 24, 2014, 08:58:08 pm »
I know, but as you pointed out yourself (in a previous post) and others did as well, they may not be in the draw... And that topic has gained steam since then...

That's because there are loads of people out there who are caught in the spotlight of the United "magic"...n just won't be told that their supposedly insightful cautionary note about United's abilities to win the CL this season is a load of bollocks.

I'm sure these people believe in ghosts n alien abductions too...

The best way to silence them is to stop responding to their deluded posts.
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2841 on: February 24, 2014, 09:04:48 pm »

A question for the people suggesting that the Mancs could win the Champions League: Have you actually seen them play this season?
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2842 on: February 24, 2014, 09:06:25 pm »
Is it true that we could potentially play Napoli in the qualifiers? Our co-efficient can't be that bad that we would be unseeded for the damn qualifiers?

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2843 on: February 24, 2014, 09:09:08 pm »
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2844 on: February 24, 2014, 09:10:13 pm »


If you mean the Mancs, then no they can't - they miss a game when we play Southampton because of the Carling Cup Final. If we lose to Southampton and they beat West Brom (a week apart), they could be within 8.

They would have a game in hand on the rest of the league against Man City at home, yet we'd have one as well, against Sunderland.

Aaahhh shit yep your right I forgot they weren't playing this weekend.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2845 on: February 24, 2014, 09:10:18 pm »
Is it true that we could potentially play Napoli in the qualifiers? Our co-efficient can't be that bad that we would be unseeded for the damn qualifiers?
Only if we're fourth.
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2846 on: February 24, 2014, 09:10:48 pm »
A question for the people suggesting that the Mancs could win the Champions League: Have you actually seen them play this season?

Same argument could be made for us in 04/05. Absolutely atrocious in the league yet won the champions league with harry Kewell and djimi traore in the team.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2847 on: February 24, 2014, 09:10:57 pm »
Is it true that we could potentially play Napoli in the qualifiers? Our co-efficient can't be that bad that we would be unseeded for the damn qualifiers?

You don't need to qualify if you finish in the top 3.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2848 on: February 24, 2014, 09:11:35 pm »
You don't need to qualify if you finish in the top 3.

Of course but if we were to finish 4th.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2849 on: February 24, 2014, 09:12:22 pm »
Same argument could be made for us in 04/05. Absolutely atrocious in the league yet won the champions league with harry Kewell and djimi traore in the team.

We had double la liga/ Uefa Cup winning Rafa Benitez in charge of us though. Man Utd have David Moyes.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2850 on: February 24, 2014, 09:13:10 pm »
Same argument could be made for us in 04/05.

Other than we had a decent manager who has proved his worth in Europe and La Liga.

Not trophyless Moyes.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2851 on: February 24, 2014, 09:13:13 pm »
Of course but if we were to finish 4th.

I've absolutely no idea mate.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2852 on: February 24, 2014, 09:13:13 pm »
Same argument could be made for us in 04/05. Absolutely atrocious in the league yet won the champions league with harry Kewell and djimi traore in the team.

But we had a manager that knew you actually had to lift a pot to consider yourself a winner.

Not some Moron that's completely dismantled 25 years of hard work by your best ever manager in 7 months.
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2853 on: February 24, 2014, 09:14:23 pm »
We had double la liga/ Uefa Cup winning Rafa Benitez in charge of us though. Man Utd have David Moyes.

I know that. I can't see them winning it but look at the Bayern final in 1999. Twatted for 93 minutes yet win 2-1

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2854 on: February 24, 2014, 09:18:19 pm »
I know that. I can't see them winning it but look at the Bayern final in 1999. Twatted for 93 minutes yet win 2-1

I can see your players getting you through against Olympiakos.

But the teams that will be in the next round will have far too much for you.

It could be very embarrassing Jonno. Seriously.
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2855 on: February 24, 2014, 09:19:54 pm »
I can see your players getting you through against Olympiakos.

But the teams that will be in the next round will have far too much for you.

It could be very embarrassing Jonno. Seriously.

Eh??  I'm not a manc you know  :o

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2856 on: February 24, 2014, 09:20:06 pm »
I know that. I can't see them winning it but look at the Bayern final in 1999. Twatted for 93 minutes yet win 2-1

To be fair to them that was probably the greatest side they have ever had. So you can't really compare the two, even though they did fluke that win.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2857 on: February 24, 2014, 09:20:42 pm »
Eh??  I'm not a manc you know  :o

Sorry, quoted wrong post.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2858 on: February 24, 2014, 09:21:39 pm »
To be fair to them that was probably the greatest side they have ever had. So you can't really compare the two, even though they did fluke that win.

Point I was making is that anything can happen. If they played Bayern or real Madrid, PSG they'd get slaughtered.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2859 on: February 24, 2014, 09:22:08 pm »
I know that. I can't see them winning it but look at the Bayern final in 1999. Twatted for 93 minutes yet win 2-1

That's not even comparable though is it?

I mean they had SAF managing them then and won the league that same year so was clearly a good side.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2860 on: February 24, 2014, 09:22:13 pm »
Sorry, quoted wrong post.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2861 on: February 24, 2014, 09:23:04 pm »
I think we have as much chance of winning the CL as Gollum's horde of ogre's (or orcs). I see them as being one of the poorest teams left in it and if they surprise me and get past this stage I can't see them getting any further.

Anyway, who cares? We will finish in the top 3 so it makes no difference....

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2862 on: February 24, 2014, 09:24:52 pm »
Same argument could be made for us in 04/05. Absolutely atrocious in the league yet won the champions league with harry Kewell and djimi traore in the team.

What same argument?

In 2004/05 we were managed by UEFA's Manager Of The Year for 2003/04 and 2004/05.
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2863 on: February 24, 2014, 09:25:40 pm »
What same argument?

In 2004/05 we were managed by UEFA's Manager Of The Year for 2003/04 and 2004/05.

The argument that we were shite in the league yet still won the European cup.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2864 on: February 24, 2014, 09:28:09 pm »
The argument that we were shite in the league yet still won the European cup.

We weren't shite in the league. We finished 3 points behind 4th. The Mancs are currently 11 points behind 4th.
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2865 on: February 24, 2014, 09:29:40 pm »
The argument that we were shite in the league yet still won the European cup.


Both our win in 2005 and Utd's win in 1999 was largely down to the managers who were in charge. That's the difference here. If this Utd side still had Demento managing it I could believe that they might have a slight chance of fluking the CL this season. But they don't, David Moyes is their manager, so rest easy mate.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2866 on: February 24, 2014, 09:31:17 pm »
We weren't shite in the league. We finished 3 points behind 4th. The Mancs are currently 11 points behind 4th.

Really. We lost 14 games and were 38 points away from Chelsea.

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« Reply #2867 on: February 24, 2014, 09:39:31 pm »
Really. We lost 14 games and were 38 points away from Chelsea.

The same Chelsea who have finished 18 points ahead of Ferguson's Mancs that season?

Lets put it this way: The Mancs have a theoretical chance of winning the Champions League this season. However, that chance is the same as Everton winning the Premier League this season. I wouldn't lose any sleep over that.
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2868 on: February 24, 2014, 09:49:10 pm »
I've said it all season and I'm even more certain of it now: If Manchester United are drawn against a big side in Europe (Bayern, PSG, Madrid, Barca) then they will be humiliated over two legs. Not a 3 or 4 nil aggregate score, I'm talking double that. They will be pummelled.

And there is always a chance they could be drawn against Chelsea. Mourinho against Moyes in a two-legged tie? There is only going to be one winner there. They will do well to get past Olympiakos.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2869 on: February 24, 2014, 09:50:48 pm »
I know that. I can't see them winning it but look at the Bayern final in 1999. Twatted for 93 minutes yet win 2-1

That's because that United team was a very good team under arguably the best manager of all time.

Huge difference. Plus that is one game. Unied will have to do that multiple times we a weaker team under a horrible manager against some of the best club sides of all time.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2870 on: February 24, 2014, 09:55:35 pm »
We finish 3rd, then this is all irrelevant anyway. Although there is no chance of United winning the Champions League under Moyes.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2871 on: February 24, 2014, 09:56:23 pm »
People need to use logic when determining United's CL chances. To say that a team 11 points behind 4th place and has generally underwhelmed all season is going to suddenly win the CL by beating any combination of Barca/Real/PSG/Bayern (to name a few) is far fetched to say the least.

Yes, we were atrocious in the league in 2005. But before our win logic would still have been applied, and we would have been huge outsiders. I know the way we won was a fairy tale story, but you can't equate that to this year....just because it's United.

Moyes cannot motivate that team like Ferguson did, no matter which way you slice it.



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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2872 on: February 24, 2014, 10:07:53 pm »
No fucking way will Man Utd win the champions league. No. Fucking. Way.


Amazed people are even contemplating  it. I always prepare myself for the worst, but David Moyes winning it with that squad is never going to happen.
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2873 on: February 24, 2014, 10:08:33 pm »
No fucking way will Man Utd win the champions league. No. Fucking. Way.


Amazed people are even contemplating  it. I always prepare myself for the worst, but David Moyes winning it with that squad is never going to happen.

We can safely say that when they are 3-0 down tomorrow.
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« Reply #2874 on: February 24, 2014, 10:09:53 pm »
However, like us they have an incredible knack of getting results when they need it most. I'll be astonished if they get to the semi - finals but CL is a lot more to do with luck rather than consistency in the league.

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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2875 on: February 24, 2014, 10:12:30 pm »
However, like us they have an incredible knack of getting results when they need it most. I'll be astonished if they get to the semi - finals but CL is a lot more to do with luck rather than consistency in the league.

Not any more they don't.

Everyone is apparently still under the impression that Ferguson is still managing them.
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« Reply #2876 on: February 24, 2014, 10:15:07 pm »
Same argument could be made for us in 04/05. Absolutely atrocious in the league yet won the champions league with harry Kewell and djimi traore in the team.

We weren't atrocious in the league - we finished 5th, 3 points behind Everton having rested our best players before crucial Champions League ties. 'Atrocious' is taking a team that won the league by 11 points to sixth in the league.

Why bring up Harry Kewell? He was injured, not shit. He was reportedly being chased by MIlan, Chelsea, Arsenal and Barcelona when we signed him and when he was fit was a very good player. And Djimi was a Houllier buy that Rafa improved as far as he could. That's what great managers do.

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« Reply #2877 on: February 24, 2014, 10:17:30 pm »
Not any more they don't.

Everyone is apparently still under the impression that Ferguson is still managing them.

It doesn't just disappear in about a year. They've still got a bit of spirit like this in them. Look at their match against Hull, or against Leverkusen, or Stoke when they went behind a couple of times and Leverkusen again. They will lose it gradually, but they've still got a bit of hope yet, not fully over. Bit naive to say that they don't have it anymore.
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Re: Is it just a battle for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st spot with 4 other teams now?
« Reply #2878 on: February 24, 2014, 10:19:59 pm »
Not any more they don't.

Everyone is apparently still under the impression that Ferguson is still managing them.

It's bizarre - did any of these people watch the League Cup semi-final? Or their 81-cross masterclass against Fulham?
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« Reply #2879 on: February 24, 2014, 10:20:00 pm »
It doesn't just disappear in about a year. They've still got a bit of spirit like this in them. Look at their match against Hull, or against Leverkusen, or Stoke when they went behind a couple of times and Leverkusen again. They will lose it gradually, but they've still got a bit of hope yet, not fully over. Bit naive to say that they don't have it anymore.

It disappears in less than 6 months. Which is what has happened. Which is why they went from 89 points and champions to 11 points off fourth place with only 11 games to go.
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