posted Dec 29, 2007

I'm not sure what all of you are reading, but I cannot see anywhere where in the article it states that:

1. Man Utd are definitely going to win the PL, just that as a betting man, he currently would not place his bets anywhere but on United.
2. He does not say that the title race is over, but ;

a) says that Liverpool, currently, look the outside bet on finishing top, he does not say they will not win it, but probably the least likely.

b) Arsenal over the coming weeks (probably 6/8 weeks) will show their pedigree and if they continue to stumble, they may end up not fulfilling the early season promise. Again not written off, but currently, with the squad they have and ANC and injuries, it would seem less likely they will win then United. NOT THAT THEY CANNOT, just less likely.

c) Chelsea depends alot on the Jan sales, if the buy correctly, they could make the challenge and win it.

But of cos as its praising United alot of the whingers come out.

There is nothing to suggest that United will falter, injury to Ronaldo will not be the be all and end all. Rooney, Tevez, Giggs and co have enough to ability to create and score. and a defence that has the ability to shut out most teams. As long as that continues you cannot really bet against United AT THE MOMENT!

Take your bias away and sit objectively, if you were a betting man and you looked at the squads, the performances, the managers and the stars at each club who would you say have a better chance of winning the PL.

Which team has the most match winners : Nani, Giggs, Tevez, Rooney, Ronaldo, with scholes to come back, Saha finally fit.

Thats all its seem McNulty is saying. No ones written off, but if you had to place a bet today and it would cost you you home, looking at it with unbiased eyes, which team would you bet you house/life on to win the league?

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posted Dec 29, 2007

Well put, Redchillidevil, I'd have to agree that Man U is the strongest looking team and if the stakes were seriously life or death then I'd almost certainly go for Man U, but they're not so my money's on Chelsea.
Come on you Blues!!!

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posted Dec 29, 2007

if you can say liverpool n chelski r still in the title race, then so are man city n everton-FACT!

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posted Dec 29, 2007

redchillidevil...ur right. most of the ppl on here jump to conclusions if they don't hear their team being talked about in a positive light.

Man U are favourites but nothing is guaranteed. Liverpool don't really appear to be a threat in the Premiership but they cannot be written off - same with Chelsea. however going by the results and performances of the season SO FAR we can say its going to be between United and Arsenal

I would say United personally - class all over the park and the best player in the world playing for us. we have a manager and players who have been there and done it before. itl go down to the wire tho..

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posted Dec 29, 2007

As a Man Utd supporter, I would say that the biggest challenge will come from Arsenal, though I greatly respect Chelsea and Liverpool, obviously. The Gunners have a very good squad with lots of talented players but I think that the African Cup will somehow break a little bit of their momentum, at least I hope for Man Utd supporters...

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posted Dec 29, 2007

legrandblue66 and thegeniusofanderson, Thanks.

I notice that alot of people on here seem to insecurities with regards to their team. They seem a tad too sensitive when anything negative is said about their team.

The classic is the rotation and Rafa comment. Quite a few LFC fans seem to bring up the fact that United rotated as much, but what they fail to realise is that the rotation was driven many times because of injuries (Park, Neville, Vidic, Silvestre, Evra, Rio, O'shea to name just a few of the injuries that caused the changes) and they fail to see the difference between rotating a player like torres in the epl and then playing in the carlilng cup, with resting a player and replacing with a like for like player.

No one says United have won it, but they are now the odds on favourites, thats all.

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posted Dec 29, 2007

So Phil, you eating humble pie yet? Now are you going to do an article on how Arsenal wont last the distance despite being top half way through? why are you so man u bias?

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posted Dec 31, 2007

I'm a Man U fan and like I said before there's no way I'm calling the title this early, it's bloody stupid. Most of us on here have the common sense to say it's to early but it seems like everywhere in life you have idiots who think they know better. I remember Newcastle being 12 points clear of Utd at this point in the season, back in 96' and guess who won the title that year? And besides for the people who claim Man U are gonna win it, well, if we can't beat teams like West Ham then it's time to re-think what your saying, because these are the teams we should be beating to have any chance of winning the title again.

Peace.

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posted Jan 3, 2008

Given that my earlier comments (see pages 1+2+3) were pretty much slated, whilst man u were temporarily at the top....

I'll go back to my earlier statements - the man u squad is not as strong as everyone (the media+man u fans) would like to think.

Again, I'm not denying that United are probably the better equipped (and if you were a betting man...), and that they do have a very strong squad - but I just don't think it is AS strong as everyone is making out - there are holes... but as I said before - we'll see !

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posted Jan 3, 2008

The holes are about to be filled with Neville & Scholes back in training. Arsenal will miss Toure during African Nations. Senderos a very poor replacement.2nd half of the season Utd are always stronger , Arsenal will finish 2nd with Chelski 3rd & Man city 4th Everton or Liverpool fighting for 5th

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