To all those who keep arrogantly overrating our players

[yukpo]

and arrogantly underestimating other teams players especially manc players, well you got served a cold reality check today

we need new ideas, it was all hoof hoof hoof

and now we gotta go away to emirates, OT and the bridge in must win positions

its a real shame after the good start

[reds123]

I agree but in your opinion who should we get rid of?

Kuyt? Crouch? Pennant? Sissoko?

They wouldn't fit in the first 11 of the scum and Arsenal i'm sure of it!

[Abro100]

Mate i dont think no one underestimates the Mancs, they are a quality team, they wouldnt of won the league if they never.
But one of the things about 'Supporting Your Team' is that you have to believe, Believe that 'Your Team' are going to win every game, Shout for every decision, even though it wasnt a foul or it wasnt offside, Believe you will pull the points back, they will drop some, they'll get hit by an injury crisis, whatever it takes.
Whats a shame by the way. we got another 20+ games left yet? Our away form has been brilliant so why cant we go to all there grounds and take 9 points from them all.

[Red_hot]

Mate i dont think no one underestimates the Mancs, they are a quality team, they wouldnt of won the league if they never.
But one of the things about 'Supporting Your Team' is that you have to believe, Believe that 'Your Team' are going to win every game, Shout for every decision, even though it wasnt a foul or it wasnt offside, Believe you will pull the points back, they will drop some, they'll get hit by an injury crisis, whatever it takes.
Whats a shame by the way. we got another 20+ games left yet? Our away form has been brilliant so why cant we go to all there grounds and take 9 points from them all.

[Revo]

and arrogantly underestimating other teams players especially manc players, well you got served a cold reality check today

we need new ideas, it was all hoof hoof hoof

and now we gotta go away to emirates, OT and the bridge in must win positions

its a real shame after the good start

TBF though mate it was the same for both sides today. had we scored first we would of won ugly just as they won ugly. nothing really between both sides except it kills me to say this that they have that mental edge when it comes to playing us

[yukpo]

Abro, youre right but where did i say things were over??

all im saying is, those games have turned into must wins now

imagine had we just done the business at home

[Joe King]

Mate i dont think no one underestimates the Mancs, they are a quality team, they wouldnt of won the league if they never.
But one of the things about 'Supporting Your Team' is that you have to believe, Believe that 'Your Team' are going to win every game, Shout for every decision, even though it wasnt a foul or it wasnt offside, Believe you will pull the points back, they will drop some, they'll get hit by an injury crisis, whatever it takes.
Whats a shame by the way. we got another 20+ games left yet? Our away form has been brilliant so why cant we go to all there grounds and take 9 points from them all.

Doubt it. We have only got 2 out of 9 at home. That should be our fortress, well not anymore when the Scum come to town. We haven't picked up a single point away from home since Rafa has come, what makes you think we will now?

[Abro100]

We'd of been saying where still 6 points behind Arsenal, we have to go there and win?
I get your point, but surely they have to play each other again aswell. I rmember we where 9 points above Man U ages ago, and after christmas we dipped, (ahhhhhhh i need to do essay) anyway they won the league.

[JonnytheCrook]

before the game i said our keepers were comparable as were our fullbacks and strikers...i thought their wingers and centre backs were better but i thought our centre mid was better than theirs...in the end stevie and mash couldn't impose themselves on scum's mid and we couldn't create any chances

[Abro100]

Doubt it. We have only got 2 out of 9 at home. That should be our fortress, well not anymore when the Scum come to town. We haven't picked up a single point away from home since Rafa has come, what makes you think we will now?

[Joe King]

We'd of been saying where still 6 points behind Arsenal, we have to go there and win?
I get your point, but surely they have to play each other again aswell. I rmember we where 9 points above Man U ages ago, and after christmas we dipped, (ahhhhhhh i need to do essay) anyway they won the league.

That was a very different time. Teams have been massively improved since then, ours and theirs. I don't see us winning the title now.

[breffniboy]

Our away form has been brilliant so why cant we go to all there grounds and take 9 points from them all.

If you think we'll take 9 points from those three games you're deluding yourself. All three will know they can sit deep and watch us fanny about with it and huff and puff like today without a snowball's chance of scoring unless it's a peno or free kick. How many [edit: league wins] wins have we claimed against Chelsea, Arse and Scum since Rafa arrived? One or two at most?

Today showed that we are still quite a distance away from being genuine league contenders. A combination of Rafa's stilted attacking philosophy and a lack of real cash, whatever the reason, we might even be further away from united than last year when we played really well against them. Today we were just pathetic in the final third as happens so often under Rafa, terrible passing, abject crossing, never once got in behind the defence for a one on one chance - how many times have we seen this? And we think we're in the title race?

We're having a ****ing laugh.

[Joe King]

If you think we'll take 9 points from those three games you're deluding yourself. All three will know they can sit deep and watch us fanny about with it and huff and puff like today without a snowball's chance of scoring unless it's a peno or free kick. How many wins have we claimed against Chelsea, Arse and Scum since Rafa arrived? One or two at most?

Today showed that we are still quite a distance away from being genuine league contenders. A combination of Rafa's stilted attacking philosophy and a lack of real cash, whatever the reason, we might even be further away from united than last year when we played really well against them. Today we were just pathetic in the final third as happens so often under Rafa, terrible passing, abject crossing, never once got in behind the defence for a one on one chance - how many times have we seen this? And we think we're in the title race?

We're having a ****ing laugh.

Finally someone who doesn't need to smell the coffee.

[Abro100]

That was a very different time. Teams have been massively improved since then, ours and theirs. I don't see us winning the title now.

Chelsea miss a few players in the Africans when we play them.
Although the Man U Arsenal and Everton triple bill is a hectic schedule

[Abro100]

If you think we'll take 9 points from those three games you're deluding yourself. All three will know they can sit deep and watch us fanny about with it and huff and puff like today without a snowball's chance of scoring unless it's a peno or free kick. How many [edit: league wins] wins have we claimed against Chelsea, Arse and Scum since Rafa arrived? One or two at most?

Today showed that we are still quite a distance away from being genuine league contenders. A combination of Rafa's stilted attacking philosophy and a lack of real cash, whatever the reason, we might even be further away from united than last year when we played really well against them. Today we were just pathetic in the final third as happens so often under Rafa, terrible passing, abject crossing, never once got in behind the defence for a one on one chance - how many times have we seen this? And we think we're in the title race?

We're having a ****ing laugh.

Im not saying we are going to go there and win, but im saying i believe we could. I bet before any of the games none of us on here will be going, yeah where gonna go and get pounded, take each game as it comes and see what happens. Im not saying we will win the league and it does look unlikely. But in the back of my head i still have that little sense of hope, thats what being a fan is all about.