Man Utd,help or hinderence ?

[saint lard]

Whilst i think drawing one of the big guns in the cup is great, financially,

the result could of this match could have a major bearing on the results that follow.

 

If we get any form of result, being a draw or dare i say it a win,the positives that could be drawn upon for the nippers could prove invaluable for spirit,belief in their ability,confidence and the whole mental approach may change from the coaches to the playing staff.

The positivity around SFC would be tremendous.

 

On the flip side,and here is my worry,we lose but play reasonably well and give a good account of ourselves,not too much damage is done.

But say we get humiliated,which in all honesty is quite possible,based on the most recent display,the damage to moral,belief, confidence could really be damaging.

And therefore effect,what i feel is far more important,our league form.

 

All IMO,with a little devils advocate thrown in for good measure.

[qwertySFC]

Whilst i think drawing one of the big guns in the cup is great, financially,

the result could of this match could have a major bearing on the results that follow.

 

If we get any form of result, being a draw or dare i say it a win,the positives that could be drawn upon for the nippers could prove invaluable for spirit,belief in their ability,confidence and the whole mental approach may change from the coaches to the playing staff.

The positivity around SFC would be tremendous.

 

On the flip side,and here is my worry,we lose but play reasonably well and give a good account of ourselves,not too much damage is done.

But say we get humiliated,which in all honesty is quite possible,based on the most recent display,the damage to moral,belief, confidence could really be damaging.And therefore effect,what i feel is far more important,our league form.

 

All IMO,with a little devils advocate thrown in for good measure.

 

 

Jan may take us past a new record on this day...a record held since November 21st 1971.......the last time we LOST by 8 clear goals

[Kaiser Soze]

I personally don't think the side are collectly old or mentally strong enough to recover from a real hiding so if Man Utd beat us by a cricket score I would fear for the rest of the season.

[qwertySFC]

Well if these kids are nervous in front of the TV cameras, not mentally ready , lacking in self confidence ...and then are expected to play against what is arguably the best team in Europe with world class players....I think we are in for a right humiliating spanking...for all to see...talk about lambs to the slaughter

[um pahars]

Take the money, take the spanking and forget about it.

 

Getting thumped by Rotherham should be more worrying than being thumped by the best team in the land.

[modern matron]

Whilst i think drawing one of the big guns in the cup is great, financially,

the result could of this match could have a major bearing on the results that follow.

 

If we get any form of result, being a draw or dare i say it a win,the positives that could be drawn upon for the nippers could prove invaluable for spirit,belief in their ability,confidence and the whole mental approach may change from the coaches to the playing staff.

The positivity around SFC would be tremendous.

 

On the flip side,and here is my worry,we lose but play reasonably well and give a good account of ourselves,not too much damage is done.

But say we get humiliated,which in all honesty is quite possible,based on the most recent display,the damage to moral,belief, confidence could really be damaging.

And therefore effect,what i feel is far more important,our league form.

 

All IMO,with a little devils advocate thrown in for good measure.

 

Surely there's less pressure on this game. The kids will relax, and probably play better against a footballing side that might well be full of youngsters as well

 

Isn't the doom and gloom a bit over the top? OK we lost to Palace badly, but we were brilliant at Reading so keep the faith....

[qwertySFC]

Surely there's less pressure on this game. The kids will relax, and probably play better against a footballing side that might well be full of youngsters as well

 

Isn't the doom and gloom a bit over the top? OK we lost to Palace badly, but we were brilliant at Reading so keep the faith....

 

 

 

Somehow springs to mind.....

[CB Fry]

Well if these kids are nervous in front of the TV cameras, not mentally ready , lacking in self confidence ...and then are expected to play against what is arguably the best team in Europe with world class players....I think we are in for a right humiliating spanking...for all to see...talk about lambs to the slaughter

 

So what? No-one is going to expect us to win. Remember Arsenal's kids spanked more or less the Wigan first team the other week in the league cup. It won't be humiliating even if we lose five nil. The media will hype up Man U, not kick us. Locally, there might be a bit of **** taking, but hey ho.

 

 

Take the money, take the spanking and forget about it.

 

Getting thumped by Rotherham should be more worrying than being thumped by the best team in the land.

 

 

Quite. This is a little lottery win for us, and as such we can't lose.

[L1Minus10]

If JP has any sense, the first names on the team sheet should be Davis, Perry, Skacel, Wotton, Euell. We simply have to play all our experienced players in this game or else we'll get pulverised.

[benjii]

If JP has any sense, the first names on the team sheet should be Davis, Perry, Skacel, Wotton, Euell. We simply have to play all our experienced players in this game or else we'll get pulverised.

 

 

I reckon Man U will **** a brick when they see that lot lining up.

 

Frankly, it's a distraction but it will be over quickly and hopefully we have won a couple of home games by then and are not in the bottom 3.

[Saint Garrett]

Surely if we win its an added bonus, but everyone will expect us to get soundedly beaten. So i dont think getting thumped by Man Utd would hurt the team that much. Surely losing 1-0 to Rotherham would hurt far more than losing 5-0 against Utd??

[um pahars]

Surely losing 1-0 to Rotherham would hurt far more than losing 5-0 against Utd??

 

I agree, and just imagine how much losing 3-1 to Rotherham would hurt!!!!!

[70's Mike]

A lot depends on Uniteds team on the day.

Strangely i think we may have a better chance in this game than we do this Sat against Burnley.

It is a long time since we were major underdogs in a cup game( except 2003 final)

[Andy_Porter]

I doubt it will be anything embarassing, I reckon it will be tight until half time maybe 0-0 with us playing some good stuff only for United to bring on a couple of their big guns in the second half and beat us 2-3 nil.

[SET]

United's team will prob line up as per the carling cup

 

GK - Foster

 

RB - Rafael Da Silva

LB - John O'Shea

CB - Neville

CB - Jon Evans

 

MC - Possebon

MC - Gibson

MC - Scholes

 

RW - Nani

LW - Giggs

 

ST - Tevez

 

Subs

Fedinand

Anderson

Rooney

Ronaldo

Berbatov

[ericofarabia]

The only positive I can think of is loads of Moan U fans in the pub taking pity on The Dubai Saints and buying us consolation beers to drown our sorrows

 

Surely any performance will be better the the shambolic team selection and tactics used by Redkrap in our last cup meeting, which I think did far more damage to morale than if we'd played our best team and at least put up a bit of a fight, and then lost :cool:.

[forever a red and white]

can't start a thread so thought woulds add to this.

 

Getting tickets is a night mare, ticket phone line always busy, and the nuited game doesn't show up on my online account if i want to buy, even though i fit criteria.

[saintjay77]

united's team will prob line up as per the carling cup

 

gk - foster

 

rb - rafael da silva

lb - john o'shea

cb - neville

cb - jon evans

 

mc - possebon

mc - gibson

mc - scholes

 

rw - nani

lw - giggs

 

st - tevez

 

subs

fedinand

anderson

rooney

ronaldo

berbatov

 

ffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!