vs Preston North End vs. "The Philosophy" Kick off: Monday 7:45pm Odds: Preston 7-1, United 1-2, Draw 15-4 Live: BBC1 Referee: Philip Dowd Previous Meetings: Preston 22W, United 31W, Draws 22 Preston North End Doubtful Beckford (ear), Robinson (hamstring) Injured Woods (hamstring, 21 Feb) Cup-tied Johnson, Johnstone Form DDLWWW Discipline Y52 R1 Leading scorer Garner 14 Manchester United Doubtful: Blind (head), Jones (shin), Van Persie (knock) Injured: Carrick (calf, 28 Feb) Form: WDWWDW Discipline: Y49 R4 Leading scorer: Van Persie 10
This'll probably be the match to end my successful thread starting streak at this rate..... Potential line up, since as if Rooney will replace RvP upfront.....dreams. The guardian is at least pretty realistic about it. Also I'll chuck in some LvG quotes for the fun of it. Jones - "I think Jones shall be difficult to play on Monday," Van Gaal told a news conference. - Ankle problem Blind - "It looks as though it is not a heavy injury. We will have to see how Blind recovers. - Stitches near his eye RvP - "Robin van Persie has also something so now I have given the players a day off and only the injured players have visited our training centre, but the doctor hasn't called me yet [with updates] so I cannot say anything." Rooney moving to striker? - "It could be that I play him in a striker's position in the next match," he told MUTV. "It is always in our consideration." Building his pre-match excuses for why he shts the bed again - "We have to play now for the third time [against] a lower team. You know the world is against you. Everything, the environment, is for the underdog. You have confirmed it. "That is more difficult to accept but the chance you can survive is higher because you are playing against a team with lower qualities. You have to be the team with big motivation and in the atmosphere that everybody is against you."
Also I've probably posted it before, but I'll never pass on the chance to post of my favourite MP sketches of all time and this is perfectly fitting. Make your own description Keywords - LvG's Philosophy, No-Chances, scrappy, out of position, sign a German Ball-playing defender.
Also anyone that tries to make a reference between that video and the Euro 2004 final won't be banned, but I will maliciously edit every single one of your future posts.....
I'm going to drunkenly start it right now at nearly 2 in the morning. Anyone with an apostrophe in their name is barred from entry.
Honestly I think because LvG sees this competition as his most important thing, winning the FA cup would be bigger to him than top 4 sadly. He'll not play a weakened lineup from here on out.
Given our reduced game total and increased time between matches there is no excuse for ever playing a weakened line-up this season.
I have a feeling you're talking laxatives, but all I see is a flight from Bulgaria to that west coast shit hole.
As I'm working the ridiculously early shift tomorrow (4AM), I will actually be at home for an afternoon kickoff. Whether I will be able to stay awake is another matter altogether.
May only have 2 or 3 patients tomorrow, could get (un)lucky and catch this. LVG will use Rooney as a forward again just to ******** with all of us. Maybe even play Valdes, and when Preston possibly ends up scoreless he'll say DDG isn't that important again.
To tell you the truth it's actually two underscores. Makes it a pain in the ass for anyone trying to send you abusive pm's
Can relate. I actually have more fun picking on people around here than torturing myself with thnking about this United team. Case in point: @Holy__Joe why is Blind's name not in bold letters like all the others. well there is a poster out there who is getting a shit load of unsavoury PMs.