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It's always difficult to predict the score of a cup final, certainly Liverpool have not had a great season by any means, their fans will be the first to tell you that.
However Man U vs Liverpool has always been one game where form goes out the window and 'pride' and 'hate' come into it. United on the other hand have had a mixed season of woeful results and some excellent victories.
Therefore it's all to play for.
When United played against Juve recently Keane played alongside Rio at the heart of United's defence and did it very well, now im not sure what the situation is with Wes Brown, if he returns im sure fergie will re-instate him at the back and Keano back in midfield, However there a few doubts over Silvestre, Scholes and Giggs, so its difficult to predict a line also I don't think he should leave out Phil Neville, he may not be a talented defender but he's great at tackling and has done a great job in midfield this season.
Possible line up:
Barthez
G.Neville
Rio
Keane/Brown
O'Shea
Beckham
Butt
P.Neville/Keane
Veron
Scholes/Solkjaer
Van Nistlerooy
Dangermen: Veron & RVN
The problem I see with this line up is the midfield, with Keane moving to the defence, the midfield is left exposed and with Liverpool having a fairly strong midfield in Gerrad, Murphy and Hamman, Nicky Butt, P.Neville and Veron will have to be on top of their game, I think the emphasis here is if Seba plays well or not, he has been brilliant at times this season and at other times he hasn't.
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Liverpool should field the same team that finished the game against Auxerre, which looked much more balanced than recent weeks. Micheal Owen
has been dire beyond belief this season, and I think he should have been replaced with Baros at times, but Houllier has kept his faith with him and he's always dangerous with his ability to run through defences. Im not sure what the goal keeping situation is at Anfield at the moment, if Dudek starts, then he'll want to make ammends for the game against United earlier this season and I think I heard something about Henchoz being a doubt for the game, which will be a blow to Liverpool.
Dudek/Kirkland
Caragher
Henchoz
Hyppia
Traore
Hamman
Gerrad
Murphy
Smicer
Heskey
Owen
Dangermen: Murphy & Owen
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Im certainly looking forward to the final even if it is the 'Worthless' a win will mean a trophy, some much needed confidence and taking the mick outta opposition supporters for a few weeks :D
My Prediction: 2-1 United.
Your views please.
However Man U vs Liverpool has always been one game where form goes out the window and 'pride' and 'hate' come into it. United on the other hand have had a mixed season of woeful results and some excellent victories.
Therefore it's all to play for.
When United played against Juve recently Keane played alongside Rio at the heart of United's defence and did it very well, now im not sure what the situation is with Wes Brown, if he returns im sure fergie will re-instate him at the back and Keano back in midfield, However there a few doubts over Silvestre, Scholes and Giggs, so its difficult to predict a line also I don't think he should leave out Phil Neville, he may not be a talented defender but he's great at tackling and has done a great job in midfield this season.
Possible line up:
Barthez
G.Neville
Rio
Keane/Brown
O'Shea
Beckham
Butt
P.Neville/Keane
Veron
Scholes/Solkjaer
Van Nistlerooy
Dangermen: Veron & RVN
The problem I see with this line up is the midfield, with Keane moving to the defence, the midfield is left exposed and with Liverpool having a fairly strong midfield in Gerrad, Murphy and Hamman, Nicky Butt, P.Neville and Veron will have to be on top of their game, I think the emphasis here is if Seba plays well or not, he has been brilliant at times this season and at other times he hasn't.
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Liverpool should field the same team that finished the game against Auxerre, which looked much more balanced than recent weeks. Micheal Owen
has been dire beyond belief this season, and I think he should have been replaced with Baros at times, but Houllier has kept his faith with him and he's always dangerous with his ability to run through defences. Im not sure what the goal keeping situation is at Anfield at the moment, if Dudek starts, then he'll want to make ammends for the game against United earlier this season and I think I heard something about Henchoz being a doubt for the game, which will be a blow to Liverpool.
Dudek/Kirkland
Caragher
Henchoz
Hyppia
Traore
Hamman
Gerrad
Murphy
Smicer
Heskey
Owen
Dangermen: Murphy & Owen
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Im certainly looking forward to the final even if it is the 'Worthless' a win will mean a trophy, some much needed confidence and taking the mick outta opposition supporters for a few weeks :D
My Prediction: 2-1 United.
Your views please.
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The atmosphere in cup finals makes it such a great occasion. I love cup finals even if Liverpool aren't in them!
der nazi wrote:
United 3-1
kurt cobain wrote:
Man U 3 - 1 Liverpool
Or ega wrote:
we beat Juventus 3-0 so we should stuff them 5-0!
Why? wrote:
Manchester United 3 - 1 Liverpool
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LOL! Eat that suckas!
:D :D :D :D :D
United 3-1
kurt cobain wrote:
Man U 3 - 1 Liverpool
Or ega wrote:
we beat Juventus 3-0 so we should stuff them 5-0!
Why? wrote:
Manchester United 3 - 1 Liverpool
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LOL! Eat that suckas!
:D :D :D :D :D
YEY! A poor season but thats a little copensation for the fans. It's also nice to see Owen scoring again :)
I just hope Liverpool don't try to defend for the next hour!
Cup game... anything can happen! Liverpool have been in dire form for months, winning only twice (I think?) in the Prem. Yet they've managed to win all of the games in this cup.
In the papers today, Keane has apparently been saying that the Worthless Cup "won't be enough" - if that's the general thinking, will United's hearts really be in it?
Who knows?! But I'm looking forward to watching it.
In the papers today, Keane has apparently been saying that the Worthless Cup "won't be enough" - if that's the general thinking, will United's hearts really be in it?
Who knows?! But I'm looking forward to watching it.
Thing is though if Liverpool do win convincingly tommorow, will you not wonder why for the last 3 months they have been so poor? - is it only because it's Man Utd and it's for a trophy? it will be even worse for you if the following week you get back to the premiership and Liverpool put in a dire performance against a much lesser team.
So you may aswell keep playing poor, why break a habit? :)
So you may aswell keep playing poor, why break a habit? :)
I think we'll win it 2-0.
Remember, everyone assumes that Man Utd will beat the Liverpool who have been playing for the past 3 months. The REAL Liverpool are better than that, and I hope we'll see something closer to the real Liverpool today.
Remember, everyone assumes that Man Utd will beat the Liverpool who have been playing for the past 3 months. The REAL Liverpool are better than that, and I hope we'll see something closer to the real Liverpool today.
I'm a Liverpool fan and I would like to see a good game of football. Hopefully, the ref won't cause too much controversy in a match that has the potential to be rather explosive.
I would like to see Liverpool win it and I feel Liverpool 'need' to win it, even if it was just to restore some confidence. Man Utd are the favourites though.
It should be a good game.
I would like to see Liverpool win it and I feel Liverpool 'need' to win it, even if it was just to restore some confidence. Man Utd are the favourites though.
It should be a good game.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Liverpool's fan-base will increase massively for tomorrow only!
That doesn't surprise me - when United have been involved in cup final's in the past, many fans up and down the country want us to lose, even in the European cup final, therefore that's nothing new to us.
> Liverpool's fan-base will increase massively for tomorrow only!
That doesn't surprise me - when United have been involved in cup final's in the past, many fans up and down the country want us to lose, even in the European cup final, therefore that's nothing new to us.
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