Gribz 743 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Im certainly getting up at 3am to watch this tonight. It will be fireworks. I only wish Man U werent playing Chelsea on Sunday as they might not risk players and could get injuries. Id love to see a Rooney hattrick in a 3-0 romp but i think it will be closer. I read on the BBC that Fletcher is playing against the team he supported as a boy, i thought he was a Hibs fan. The group is quite close and Man U still need 2 points to guarentee qualification but i expect they will get that easy from 2 games. It obviously helps if the SPL if Celtic qualify but il be right behind Man Utd in this one. Rio for the first goal at 33/1 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Fletcher was a Rangers youth player... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juffery 0 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 If Man u are in the mood, then ra Sellick could get seriously humped! But I have a horrible feeling this may be a draw and give something else to batter on about. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I've got a bad feeling that Celtic will win this one tonight. If that's the case then we'll never hear the end of it. Hopefully Man Ure come out the blocks flying and attack Celtic. Teams always seem to defend when they goto Celtic Park. Bad bad feeling about tonight though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,547 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Get your money on Manure, they'll piss it, they play Chelsea on Sunday but i don't think they'll be out for a stroll and Rooney is on fire just now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I think it's a no lose situation tonight, if Man U win the Tims shut up, if Celtic win, the English shut up. Living in England, I'd prefer the latter and it would be better for our coefficient especially as countries like Romania have zoomed ahead of us and we're now down to 12th. The sweet spot is 9th where the champions automatically get into the CL and the runners up into the 3rd qualifier. That doesn't happen with 10th and 8th means you get 4 teams in the UEFA cup. While that sounds good it means our co-effs get divided by six and judging by how crap the non-OF teams are in Europe that would put our ranking back into free-fall. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppardized2001 0 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Think Sir Alex will be field basically a full strength team against Celtic and because of that I expect them to win. After their shock loss against FC Copenhagen and their experiences last season they'll be wanting to get qualification to the next stage out of the way asap and by winning against Celtic they'd make certain of winning the group as well. The fact that the game is today ( Tuesday ) and they don't play Chelsea till Sunday means they have the best part of a week to prepare themselves for that big game so can play all their big players tonight. I expect Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney to cause them serious problems. Scholes basically gets free role in the Man United team and think it will be upto Lennon to keep an eye on him. Add into this the fact that Rooney also likes to drop off the front and old gingernut could have his work cut out. Malky 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmck 117 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Think Sir Alex will be field basically a full strength team against Celtic and because of that I expect them to win. After their shock loss against FC Copenhagen and their experiences last season they'll be wanting to get qualification to the next stage out of the way asap and by winning against Celtic they'd make certain of winning the group as well. The fact that the game is today ( Tuesday ) and they don't play Chelsea till Sunday means they have the best part of a week to prepare themselves for that big game so can play all their big players tonight. I expect Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney to cause them serious problems. Scholes basically gets free role in the Man United team and think it will be upto Lennon to keep an eye on him. Add into this the fact that Rooney also likes to drop off the front and old gingernut could have his work cut out. Malky agree with your analysis. lennon will have to be at his best not to have a torrid time. i would like a resounding man u win, but celtic are, no doubt, a decent side at home. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,547 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Well, Manure are set to pley Gary Neville despite a calf injury, Fletcher to play and Hienze to start, doesn't look like Alex is going to field a weak team, he wouldn't risk Neville if he was........... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Celtic should also have Graveson and JVOH fit and on form as well as Miller back. I think that the first two really raise their level as a team and Miller adds the graft up front. I think Celtic will go for: .........................Boruc .......Telfer...Balde...McManus...Naylor Nakamura...Graveson...Lennon...McGeady .....................Miller...Hesselink Marshall, Caldwell, O'Dea, Sno, Jarosik, Maloney, Zurawski (I think Beattie and Pearson must be injured/suspended) BBC say Balde should replace the doubtful Caldwell. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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