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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on August 10, 2018, 09:09:42 AM

United have a few players being rested from the World Cup, but I still can't see them finding Leicester a real challenge, especially without Mahrez and maybe Vardy. 2-0 or maybe 2-1 I reckon.

Usually yes, but you never know how well prepared the teams are for the new season. Who would have thought before the season 2016 that Leichester will be the champion in the end. Since the odds are clear for ManU, I would put a small amount on Leichester (@ 6.4). Such a risky bet at this time of the season can pay off.

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I think Man Utd will beat Leicester, I just don’t think Leicester will be able to get anything. United haven’t done that well in the transfer market this summer but they have a big, powerful squad & should have far too much quality.

They have done quite well actually but some player are not going to be playing for them. Take boateng for example, he personally phoned Mourinho just to tell him about this. Alot of sentiment regarding United's first game and alot says that leicester could win but in term quality, Manchester united is still way ahead of leicester and thats a fact

actually I think that tey didn't get Boating because they wanted to get him on loan while Bayern wants to sell now he is looking to join PSG for a €45m deal.
I think United should be able to pick the three points they are playing at home and they should succeed Alexis Sanchez is looking to play as Center Forward and we all know lethal is when he plays there while Leicester could play without Vardy so they will have problems breaking through also Mahrez left and his replacement morisson is doubtful to play.

Are Spurs going to buy any player this summer if not they will be the first team to do that since 2003 I thought Pochettinho was given good budget for the summer after blaming Daniel Levy of not giving him the tools to win titles.

Nope... And Poch seems happy about it. I think by Daniel Levy saying that they were gonna take risks now means they're keeping their current players and not acquire anybody unless it def adds more value to their squad.

I guess keeping their star players in could be considered a success.

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United have a few players being rested from the World Cup, but I still can't see them finding Leicester a real challenge, especially without Mahrez and maybe Vardy. 2-0 or maybe 2-1 I reckon.

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The opening game of the Premier league is Manchester United against Leicester City. The opening game usually have shown that the favourite will not win and I think we will see a direct first upset to Mourinho and co. Manchester United have struggled lately to show a good football and I think that they will just continue to show that pattern in the first game of the opening Premier league.

So are you suggesting that betting against Man United is good? It could be a good idea depending on the odds... I haven't checked anything yet but I would never bet anything less than a +1 at 2.50 odds especially if LCFC is away.

It wouldn't surprise me if they lost. If they do Mourihno might go though. I remember betting against them on their first game of the season at home to a small team a few years ago and it came in.

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Finally the start of the Premier league. Don't expect easy win for United today, maybe 1-0.

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I use this formation, because those are the players will most likely to start for their teams.

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Quote from: cazkooo on August 09, 2018, 01:29:09 PM

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I think Man Utd will beat Leicester, I just don’t think Leicester will be able to get anything. United haven’t done that well in the transfer market this summer but they have a big, powerful squad & should have far too much quality.

They have done quite well actually but some player are not going to be playing for them. Take boateng for example, he personally phoned Mourinho just to tell him about this. Alot of sentiment regarding United's first game and alot says that leicester could win but in term quality, Manchester united is still way ahead of leicester and thats a fact

actually I think that tey didn't get Boating because they wanted to get him on loan while Bayern wants to sell now he is looking to join PSG for a €45m deal.
I think United should be able to pick the three points they are playing at home and they should succeed Alexis Sanchez is looking to play as Center Forward and we all know lethal is when he plays there while Leicester could play without Vardy so they will have problems breaking through also Mahrez left and his replacement morisson is doubtful to play.

Are Spurs going to buy any player this summer if not they will be the first team to do that since 2003 I thought Pochettinho was given good budget for the summer after blaming Daniel Levy of not giving him the tools to win titles.

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Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on August 09, 2018, 09:48:47 AM

I think Man Utd will beat Leicester, I just don’t think Leicester will be able to get anything. United haven’t done that well in the transfer market this summer but they have a big, powerful squad & should have far too much quality.

They have done quite well actually but some player are not going to be playing for them. Take boateng for example, he personally phoned Mourinho just to tell him about this. Alot of sentiment regarding United's first game and alot says that leicester could win but in term quality, Manchester united is still way ahead of leicester and thats a fact

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I think Man Utd will beat Leicester, I just don’t think Leicester will be able to get anything. United haven’t done that well in the transfer market this summer but they have a big, powerful squad & should have far too much quality.

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The opening game of the Premier league is Manchester United against Leicester City. The opening game usually have shown that the favourite will not win and I think we will see a direct first upset to Mourinho and co. Manchester United have struggled lately to show a good football and I think that they will just continue to show that pattern in the first game of the opening Premier league.

So are you suggesting that betting against Man United is good? It could be a good idea depending on the odds... I haven't checked anything yet but I would never bet anything less than a +1 at 2.50 odds especially if LCFC is away.

First game at Man united home, i'm not sure leicester can win but draw is possible. I think the safe bet on this match is over corner, man united at home usually have many corners.

You are sure? the first game is really important for manchester united, especially because this is a home game and they cant afford to lose it. Any team that play as the home team will be getting advantage rather than being an away team therefore the safe bet should manchester united to win. Odds will be low but atleast it is safe

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Quote from: tokeweed on August 09, 2018, 07:12:26 AM

Quote from: swogerino on August 08, 2018, 03:10:48 PM

The opening game of the Premier league is Manchester United against Leicester City. The opening game usually have shown that the favourite will not win and I think we will see a direct first upset to Mourinho and co. Manchester United have struggled lately to show a good football and I think that they will just continue to show that pattern in the first game of the opening Premier league.

So are you suggesting that betting against Man United is good? It could be a good idea depending on the odds... I haven't checked anything yet but I would never bet anything less than a +1 at 2.50 odds especially if LCFC is away.

First game at Man united home, i'm not sure leicester can win but draw is possible. I think the safe bet on this match is over corner, man united at home usually have many corners.

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Quote from: swogerino on August 08, 2018, 03:10:48 PM

The opening game of the Premier league is Manchester United against Leicester City. The opening game usually have shown that the favourite will not win and I think we will see a direct first upset to Mourinho and co. Manchester United have struggled lately to show a good football and I think that they will just continue to show that pattern in the first game of the opening Premier league.

So are you suggesting that betting against Man United is good? It could be a good idea depending on the odds... I haven't checked anything yet but I would never bet anything less than a +1 at 2.50 odds especially if LCFC is away.

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with few days left before the start of the most exciting league in the world, Manchester City appear to be most prepared than the opposing teams. During the Community Shield Pep Guardiola proved to be a strong coach and tactical fit for any competitor under any circumstances. Chelsea need some time in this season to work on the harmony with Sarri and learn the new tactics that coach is requesting. Manchester United is seen under Mourinho as just a defensive team waiting for the opponent to go forward no matter the level of their opponent was so i don't think he is aiming to win the EPL this season only Tottenham and Liverpool who are a threat to Guardiola he league on the threshold of the start is a physical and strong league and needs more than a variety and this feature is available only when Pep Guardiola Aguero can be compensated by Jesus or Mehrez .. And a team like Liverpool if Salah was injured there is no substitute player in his calibre.

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The opening game of the Premier league is Manchester United against Leicester City. The opening game usually have shown that the favourite will not win and I think we will see a direct first upset to Mourinho and co. Manchester United have struggled lately to show a good football and I think that they will just continue to show that pattern in the first game of the opening Premier league.

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Thing is Man Utd didn’t bring him in to finish 3rd, 4th or 5th did they? He’s on massive wages, if they wanted to be also rans they could have kept Van Gaal or even Moyes.

Mourinho has to compete seriously for the PL or CL this season or else he’ll get sacked ino.

But Mourinho isn't a magician. He can only work with the squad he's got and when City, Liverpool, and Spurs all have much stronger squads imo there's not much he can do about it, hence why fourth and a Champions league play off spot is probably the best they can hope for. I think that would be a successful season for them. Maybe they can shine in other tournaments/cups but I don't think they've got a chance with the Premier League and this isn't Jose's fault (imo). If they can't win it with Mourinho then I doubt they'll be able to win it with anyone else either. Teams blame managers for too much these days and I don't think they should be sacked the moment they don't win the league. If United finish 7/8/9th then maybe, but not top 3/4/5th especially considering the strength of their opponents.

Sorry but I disagree, see the image below. Since Mourinho was employed he’s spent the 2nd highest amount (net spend) on transfer fees. He’s got nobody to blame but himself, this is his squad.

Still, you can only work with the squad you've got regardless of how much you've spent. He might have spent a lot but he's not spent as much as City nor got players as great as they have. Same goes for Liverpool. Managers rarely get all the players they want and if they did get all the superstars then they'd probably win the title.

If the club has the fund to really provide the manager with any player they want then they should do that. There is no point to hoard all those money unless they have no intention of getting the trophy. If the club really aim for the trophy in hope to secure better sponsorship next season then they should spend some money to sign better player

The money must be used for team development every season. It will be useless if that amount of money is not spent on buying players who can help win trophies every season, although now football has become an industry so money is the main goal of every club but a lot of money without the club trophy is nothing because of a it is achievement that history will always remember.

Not really thats the case, some players are nothing more than showcase to make more money. Believe it or not the football industry is just so huge that they could make money in one day just by selling top star jersey. Thats why some team wont be hesitant to spend alot of money to get a certain player that are popular but not really necessary needed on the team

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Thing is Man Utd didn’t bring him in to finish 3rd, 4th or 5th did they? He’s on massive wages, if they wanted to be also rans they could have kept Van Gaal or even Moyes.

Mourinho has to compete seriously for the PL or CL this season or else he’ll get sacked ino.

But Mourinho isn't a magician. He can only work with the squad he's got and when City, Liverpool, and Spurs all have much stronger squads imo there's not much he can do about it, hence why fourth and a Champions league play off spot is probably the best they can hope for. I think that would be a successful season for them. Maybe they can shine in other tournaments/cups but I don't think they've got a chance with the Premier League and this isn't Jose's fault (imo). If they can't win it with Mourinho then I doubt they'll be able to win it with anyone else either. Teams blame managers for too much these days and I don't think they should be sacked the moment they don't win the league. If United finish 7/8/9th then maybe, but not top 3/4/5th especially considering the strength of their opponents.

Sorry but I disagree, see the image below. Since Mourinho was employed he’s spent the 2nd highest amount (net spend) on transfer fees. He’s got nobody to blame but himself, this is his squad.

Still, you can only work with the squad you've got regardless of how much you've spent. He might have spent a lot but he's not spent as much as City nor got players as great as they have. Same goes for Liverpool. Managers rarely get all the players they want and if they did get all the superstars then they'd probably win the title.

If the club has the fund to really provide the manager with any player they want then they should do that. There is no point to hoard all those money unless they have no intention of getting the trophy. If the club really aim for the trophy in hope to secure better sponsorship next season then they should spend some money to sign better player

The money must be used for team development every season. It will be useless if that amount of money is not spent on buying players who can help win trophies every season, although now football has become an industry so money is the main goal of every club but a lot of money without the club trophy is nothing because of a it is achievement that history will always remember.

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Thing is Man Utd didn’t bring him in to finish 3rd, 4th or 5th did they? He’s on massive wages, if they wanted to be also rans they could have kept Van Gaal or even Moyes.

Mourinho has to compete seriously for the PL or CL this season or else he’ll get sacked ino.

But Mourinho isn't a magician. He can only work with the squad he's got and when City, Liverpool, and Spurs all have much stronger squads imo there's not much he can do about it, hence why fourth and a Champions league play off spot is probably the best they can hope for. I think that would be a successful season for them. Maybe they can shine in other tournaments/cups but I don't think they've got a chance with the Premier League and this isn't Jose's fault (imo). If they can't win it with Mourinho then I doubt they'll be able to win it with anyone else either. Teams blame managers for too much these days and I don't think they should be sacked the moment they don't win the league. If United finish 7/8/9th then maybe, but not top 3/4/5th especially considering the strength of their opponents.

Sorry but I disagree, see the image below. Since Mourinho was employed he’s spent the 2nd highest amount (net spend) on transfer fees. He’s got nobody to blame but himself, this is his squad.

Still, you can only work with the squad you've got regardless of how much you've spent. He might have spent a lot but he's not spent as much as City nor got players as great as they have. Same goes for Liverpool. Managers rarely get all the players they want and if they did get all the superstars then they'd probably win the title.

If the club has the fund to really provide the manager with any player they want then they should do that. There is no point to hoard all those money unless they have no intention of getting the trophy. If the club really aim for the trophy in hope to secure better sponsorship next season then they should spend some money to sign better player

i think Mourinho share some of the blame of not having the squad he wants to compete on EPL with for instance he overpaied for Pogba and not like Guardiola his squad was not that great either Guardiola had better squad and he didn't need to make that drastic changes but at the end he did and got a lot of players some were bargains some were overpaied but it were the ones he needed to make City Champions again While Mourinho actions arrogance and his style of play are the reason of everyone coming against him even players starting to lose confidance over him. Manchester made first mistake when they hired Moyes as manager then LVG came for the transition stage and his only biggest achievement was blocking DeGea move to Madrid while Mourinho now is dealing with players that LVG signed that he finds not good enough to be in his team like Matial Herrera Shaw Darmian Rojo and Blind whom already got the axe so he must try to work with what he got for now he already bought 6 starters with degea between the sticks he need to fill the oher 4 spots from what he have.

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Thing is Man Utd didn’t bring him in to finish 3rd, 4th or 5th did they? He’s on massive wages, if they wanted to be also rans they could have kept Van Gaal or even Moyes.

Mourinho has to compete seriously for the PL or CL this season or else he’ll get sacked ino.

But Mourinho isn't a magician. He can only work with the squad he's got and when City, Liverpool, and Spurs all have much stronger squads imo there's not much he can do about it, hence why fourth and a Champions league play off spot is probably the best they can hope for. I think that would be a successful season for them. Maybe they can shine in other tournaments/cups but I don't think they've got a chance with the Premier League and this isn't Jose's fault (imo). If they can't win it with Mourinho then I doubt they'll be able to win it with anyone else either. Teams blame managers for too much these days and I don't think they should be sacked the moment they don't win the league. If United finish 7/8/9th then maybe, but not top 3/4/5th especially considering the strength of their opponents.

Sorry but I disagree, see the image below. Since Mourinho was employed he’s spent the 2nd highest amount (net spend) on transfer fees. He’s got nobody to blame but himself, this is his squad.

Still, you can only work with the squad you've got regardless of how much you've spent. He might have spent a lot but he's not spent as much as City nor got players as great as they have. Same goes for Liverpool. Managers rarely get all the players they want and if they did get all the superstars then they'd probably win the title.

If the club has the fund to really provide the manager with any player they want then they should do that. There is no point to hoard all those money unless they have no intention of getting the trophy. If the club really aim for the trophy in hope to secure better sponsorship next season then they should spend some money to sign better player

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Thing is Man Utd didn’t bring him in to finish 3rd, 4th or 5th did they? He’s on massive wages, if they wanted to be also rans they could have kept Van Gaal or even Moyes.

Mourinho has to compete seriously for the PL or CL this season or else he’ll get sacked ino.

But Mourinho isn't a magician. He can only work with the squad he's got and when City, Liverpool, and Spurs all have much stronger squads imo there's not much he can do about it, hence why fourth and a Champions league play off spot is probably the best they can hope for. I think that would be a successful season for them. Maybe they can shine in other tournaments/cups but I don't think they've got a chance with the Premier League and this isn't Jose's fault (imo). If they can't win it with Mourinho then I doubt they'll be able to win it with anyone else either. Teams blame managers for too much these days and I don't think they should be sacked the moment they don't win the league. If United finish 7/8/9th then maybe, but not top 3/4/5th especially considering the strength of their opponents.

Sorry but I disagree, see the image below. Since Mourinho was employed he’s spent the 2nd highest amount (net spend) on transfer fees. He’s got nobody to blame but himself, this is his squad.

Still, you can only work with the squad you've got regardless of how much you've spent. He might have spent a lot but he's not spent as much as City nor got players as great as they have. Same goes for Liverpool. Managers rarely get all the players they want and if they did get all the superstars then they'd probably win the title.

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^ Yup and he hasn't really stayed at a single club for more than 4 years or so. If he leaves this season or at the next season then Man United would be his 'greatest failure'. He was brought in to win the league and play attacking football, but nada... He could at least give United fans the latter.

Well I am a United supporter. I am not gonna lie, after Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement all the managers have failed to achieve anything substantial. I am starting to wonder if Mourinho's era hasn't already run its course and he needs to go now. I could care less about who the next manager would be, honestly. Big name or no-name manager it doesn't matter as long as they manage to win a trophy again. United have been in shambles since Ferguson left and the only significant trophy for that period of time was the Europa League cup last year. That's not enough for Mourinho to stay.

Looks to me like he’s trying to get himself sacked. Have you seen all his comments in press conferences moaning constantly?

Fergie would fucking hate him I think.

Yup no sh*t. It's like his usual exit strategy whenever he feels like he doesn't want working for the club anymore. He did it at Real, Chelsea and he's doing it now at his current club.

After Mou, bring in Poch please. Thanks. Grin

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