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Not really, they barely won in a few games QPR top of my head.

i think their stars will be up for this one but they just lost in CL so it may be a good time to play them

i still think draw and i would happily take that right now. we get a point and city get one more point closer to winning the league. the thought of utd over taking them is too much.

sorry I couldn't care less what united achieve this season, I couldn't care less whether Wigan get relegated or not either, Its about Liverpool, if they win another title while we qualify for champions league I would be very happy because its about us and not them, If wigan somehow escape hell and make it to another season I would be happy for their fans but again I don't really give a crap.

Also If we play that pressing tiredless game like we did against Chelsea, City can be beaten. Play same players please.

i very mush care what utd do. i want them fckers to get relegated. i dont want them to win the league in the hope that one day liverpool will be able to win it our self and once again be the top dog in the history of the league.

at least snake made a sensible post, utd will not get relegated any more than Everton, Chelsea, Arsenal or Man City will.

Great post, sorry if i misinterpretted your opinion earlier. I meant no offence...

I can agree with most of that Thundyr, But I would worry that having Carroll up front on his own would encourage long balls to a lone and outnumbered striker. Lazy attitudes would return, I fear and defeat your best intentions for a pressing game, which I agree is the way to approach City, give them time and space and they will exploit it.

23w3 STOP being such a prat. when did i say utd would get relegated? i said i would like to see them get relegated, its not the same thing. i would like to be a millionaire but it doesnt mean i will be

I've seen a number of posts with good comments on whether my "plan" as such is good or not. I just think that this game is less important than the one on Tuesday. Were we playing QPR instead, it would be a different scenario entirely - that's a game we must put every effort towards winning. But we're not - we're playing the log leaders who are thrashing everyone in sight despite their defensive frailty, and we are hardly the rock of Gibraltar in the back 4. I'm expecting us to concede 2 or 3 (though the latter only if we let the occasion get to us), and in all honesty we're battling to net as many against much weaker opposition. I'd tank it; play for the draw, take the loss on the chin, move on. Bigger fish to fry.

In order to do that and take the Tuesday game seriously, tomorrow we must play the players who will not play on Tuesday. That means Carroll with service from Downing, regardless of any person's opinion of whether either player is any good. Heck, I'd rest Agger! If we want to win the League Cup, and a club that hasn't won squat in 6 seasons should be very interested in doing so, then we need our strongest fit XI for that game. Everyone is talking up the City game, and maybe that helps us - Chelsea will rest players today for certain as they've come off a CL game, or perhaps they will play a full strength side to protect their league position and hope we do the same against City, thereby handing them a bye in the League Cup. I think we should go against the grain - that leaves us with an ace up the sleeve.

Of course it's a gamble - we could still lose both and look like fools, but that's football. There's always the chance that the fringe players really turn up for the City clash, *and* we beat Chelsea.

-----------Reina------------
-Kelly-Carra-Skrtel-Enrique-
-------Lucas-Spearing-------
---Kuyt--Henderson--Downing-
-----------Carroll----------

Henderson will play second half vs Chelsea, and we just have to hope Lucas and Enrique can handle it. I have no concerns whatsoever about Kuyt's ability to play 2 matches in a few days.