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Weekend Premiership Fixtures Sinulator (with scores)

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    jayzus, nerves wracked........


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,467 ✭✭✭smemon


    Fair result in the end, either side could have won it.

    Giggs was muck today right from the word go. He received a ball straight from kick off and was just bullied off it by someone coming in from behind.

    We now know O' Shea & Brown have been made look good by Ferdinand and Vidic this season. The defence was a mess today and far too often they were caught for pace with a striker on side and goal side of them :rolleyes:

    Giggs should have been taken off first with Tevez left on.

    Anyway, the point ensures we can still afford to lose one. That one realistically can be Chelsea as you'd fancy Utd to beat Arsenal at OT.

    Blackburn away will be tough, West Ham and Wigan at home should be wins.

    Worst case scenario for utd imo - beat Arsenal, West ham and Wigan. Draw at Blackburn, lose to Chelsea.

    That would leave us on 87 points. Arsenal would be out of it.

    Chelsea have to face Everton and Newcastle away, both can be tough away fixtures. Let's say they lose or draw one of those and win their remaining 4, it would leave them on 86/87 points, even if they beat Utd.

    Utd would win on GD if it finished level on 87.

    So that point could be a big one today. I don't think we'll see a Utd collapse like we did an Arsenal one ;)

    Utd have bounced back from the early set backs at the start of the season plus the city defeat at home which was a big blow.

    10 out of 15 points will be enough to win it for Utd imo. If Chelsea win all remaining 5 matches, they'll deserve it, but i can't see it happening, not when they're in the CL semi's and beyond (assuming they do in fact get there).

    But it's not like Utd to play for draws or play over 5 games, they'll be out to win all of them one by one and particularly against Chelsea & Arsenal as that's where the real damage can be done.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,555 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    I think Giggs was left on in an effort to pack the midfield more, and I think the way to beat Middlesbrough (for the top 4, who is all they perform against), is to take the midfield advantage away from them, they have players in the middle who get stuck in and stop the other side playing football, it's no surprise that swapping a forward man for a midfielder, ended up with Utd unlucky not to take all 3 points.


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