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[Pre Match Thread] Manchester City vs Manchester United (self.reddevils)

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Premier League tie between Manchester City and Manchester United

Date: 20th March

Kick off: 16:00 GMT

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Venue: Etihad Stadium

Channel: Sky Sports

Possible starting XI:

------------------------de Gea-------------------------

---Varela---------Smalling----Blind-------Rojo--------

--------------Schneiderlin-----Fellaini------------------

------------Lingard-------Mata-------Martial-----------

--------------------------Rashford---------------------

Team news:

Antonio Valencia returned to the first team.

Herrera is a doubt after an injury forced him out of the game on Thursday.

Ashley Young and CBJ should make the bench.

Form guide:

City: WWLWDD

Man Utd: WWLLDD

Match facts:

  • Manchester City have won four of the last six league derbies, although neither of the last two.

  • United have won just one of their last five league visits to the Etihad Stadium (D1, L3).

  • There were just two shots on target in this fixture back in October. The match ended 0-0.

  • United have taken just one point from a possible nine in their last three away games, losing to both Sunderland and West Brom.

  • They have won just one of their last eight away games (D3, L4).

  • Only Wayne Rooney (18) has been directly involved in more goals than Anthony Martial (16) in all competitions for United this season.

  • Marcus Rashford has been involved in three of Manchester United's last four league goals, scoring twice and setting up another.

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[–]iSubyPereira 11ポイント12ポイント  (5子コメント)

If Fellaini doesn't start i'll put £50 on united

[–]digitagCarrick -3ポイント-2ポイント  (4子コメント)

Aside from the elbows, one of our best players on Thursday. Such a scapegoat.

[–]iSubyPereira 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

he just doesn't suit the system we're trying to play imo

[–]digitagCarrick 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Gets played out of position constantly.

While I agree with your point to an extent he was still good on Thursday. 1st half in particular he was great at winning possession and offloading it to the wings. Considering its not his natural position he did very well and for me was one of our better players.

The fact that he's playing that position over the likes of Schneiderlin is absolutely not his fault, he's doing what he's told.

[–]I-have-your-lost-dog 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Poor Fellaini always getting picked on because he looks like Bambi on ice. He is without a shadow of doubt the least technically gifted footballer to grace the epl. I can't remember one person who has less control with or without the ball. True he is played out of position and done very well for Everton up front so mismanagement plays its part; but my god he is the biggest con artist around to get payed for that level of ability.

[–]iSubyPereira 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I really wouldn't mind him playing in cf with our normal forwards playing on either side of him, he doesn't fit well when in a midfield 3

[–]D1794Viva Ronaldo[S] 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

Elsewhere...

Arsenal won 2-0 against Everton away.

Chelsea host West Ham

Leicester go to Palace.

Southampton host Liverpool tomorrow.

Tottenham host Bournemouth tomorrow.

Highest we can climb is back to 5th, within a point of City in 4th, needing a Chelsea victory for that.

We could drop to 7th with a defeat, below the winner of Southampton v Liverpool, on GD.

[–]digitagCarrick 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Need Chelsea to get a winner!

[–]LordAntoineVan Nistelrooy 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

Welp...not looking forward to this. Bring it on!

[–]OldTrafford25Thank You Based Smalling 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm strangely optimistic for this game, based on nothing other than City's injuries at the back.

I shouldn't get excited though because this team will just murder my soul as they usually do.

[–]arvindedditMartial 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have a feeling not entirely backed by rationale that we'll win this.

[–]LordAntoineVan Nistelrooy 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I feel Carrick will start, preferably in place of Fellaini but more likely to be in place of Mata. I wouldn't mind a Schneidi/Carrick combination in this one, and I do feel this is the type of game Hererra would relish if it gets scrappy in the middle, but looks like he'll still be out.

[–]LeGoalieHerrera 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

Please drop Lingard for Memphis. Lingard is such a nothing player, it's incredible how he's actually a constant in this team. Also maybe, just maybe, we have a midfield that's played together and has some chemistry. Carrick and Fellaini look like they don't even speak the same language. Martial should play up top next to Rashford and just chase after long balls on the counter. Otamendi is bound to make a mistake.

Fuck, I'm negative. I just want a win.

[–]tammodiruud van nistelrooy tra la la la la 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, a lot of the teamsheet focus has been (quite rightly) on central midfield. But I just want to see Memphis start more games than he has done.

[–]Deep-ThoughtValencia 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Our season is pretty much over. But I would just love for West Ham to take top 4 from City. Let's help them do it.

[–]Ohman_ImsoDroned 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I told my brothers, cousin & sister in law if Liverpool makes it to champions next year and we don't I'm not watching any games for a year.

We beat win 10-0 tomorrow

[–]Unitedfan777Hernández 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thankfully I'm going into work right at kickoff so I don't have to suffer through this!

Who am I kidding, I'll probably be checking my phone for updates every few minutes cause I'm crazy and as much as I want to look away from this season I just can't :/

[–]Crusty_Gammon_Flaps 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

All I would like is a good performance. If we lose but still played well then I will be happier than if we lose and play shit.

[–]obadetonaHerrera na na naaaa 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Winning would put us 1 point behind them, we have to go for it

[–]itsandercontrolBerbatov -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I really want an academy player to win this game for us, whether it be Lingard, Rashford or CBJ. Would be so fitting.

[–]Haynes_De Gea -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Might put a fiver on a Fellaini hattrick.

[–]NariTMUF 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Rashford should be benched for Memphis. Hes a young player and played too many games lately. Needs a rest

[–]Kimash-sama 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Another Must win game...we've been saying those words alot this season. I just want Man Utd to stop playing like strangers. Stop playing like weaklings and start playing like warriors!

[–]OhMyLongshotJose Mourinho 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

Isn't this a bit early? The match is tomorrow.

[–]D1794Viva Ronaldo[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

Always have been a day before.

[–]OhMyLongshotJose Mourinho 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

So they have, sorry about that.

[–]D1794Viva Ronaldo[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

No prob. Gives everyone in every timezone a chance to participate and as they're stickied to the top they don't get buried.

[–]coloombiano 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I just sat down all excited to watch the game and didn't even look at the date... What a let down

[–]larry_b_s_zombie 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Alright guys, here are some very discouraging "news" that I've got.

Some of you might remember that a couple of transfer seasons ago I mentioned that somebody I knew, and that was well connected, told me Arturo Vidal was pretty much a done deal at Man United. He ended up going to Bayern and I thought my contact had simply been full of shit, but a few months ago Arturo Vidal admitted that he almost moved to our club. So it had been true after all.

Well, I met this same person about a month ago (we chatted about the Vidal story and everything), and amongst other things he told me that for last summer's transfer window, Barcelona had actually accepted a bid for Lionel Messi... by Manchester City. City met the release clause, but conversations hardly began at all because Messi has zero interest in moving away from Barcelona.

For the moment.

What struck me about our conversation was how omnipotent City seems to be right now. World class facilities, well-structured internal operations, virually unlimited money... and for as big and great our club is, we currently don't have any of that. Our facilities are world-class, but probably for 2008 or 2010. Our internal operations seem to be in a state of moderate shambles right now, and we do have money but I bet we couldn't dream of meeting Messi's release clause and still have money to pay his wages.

I know Messi is just one player, but he's a great example for what our club currently can and can't do.

By the end of the conversation I wasn't too depressed, though, because since they couldn't get Messi they ended up with Sterling, whom I hear frustrates the shit out of everyone in the team.

[–]-RedditGuyRooney 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The thing we have over City though is history and prestige. It wasn't long ago we were champions of English football and you won't find many people who disagree that United will return to be champions again in the not-so-distant future.

Big and small name players will always be more attracted to joining this side of Manchester than anywhere else in England and this will be true at least for another 5 years of dismal football imo.

If we got Jose next summer there won't be many footballers who'd turn us down unless they didn't want to move to England.