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[The Young injury is a blow as he's playing well and would have started against Arsenal.]

It was a result I'd certainly have taken before the match but Vigo were a lot worse than I was expecting and United should have scored a few more goals and finished the tie. I don't blame Mourinho for been annoyed, he could have really gone for it at Arsenal with his best team but thats unlikely now.

I'd imagine Smalling will start on Sunday and expect Martial, Mata, De Gea, Blind, Carrick & Pogba to start too. The Young injury is a blow as he's playing well and would have started against Arsenal.

Young is good for a dive also,but sure ye have Rashford trained well in that department now.

Are you the new stallion? 

I don't know what that means.
I was just cracking a joke,even though it's a true enough statement!

[The Young injury is a blow as he's playing well and would have started against Arsenal.]

It was a result I'd certainly have taken before the match but Vigo were a lot worse than I was expecting and United should have scored a few more goals and finished the tie. I don't blame Mourinho for been annoyed, he could have really gone for it at Arsenal with his best team but thats unlikely now.

I'd imagine Smalling will start on Sunday and expect Martial, Mata, De Gea, Blind, Carrick & Pogba to start too. The Young injury is a blow as he's playing well and would have started against Arsenal.

Young is good for a dive also,but sure ye have Rashford trained well in that department now.

Truth be told if history was different I could actually have been from Kilkenny as up until the 1840's the town I grew up in was actually part of Co.Kilkenny.
I could have been kilkennylad instead of laoislad had it stayed as it was.!
Who would the Armagh lads have had to wind them up then?

After the Reformation, the manor passed into the ownership of the Earl of Ormond. In 1600, when Upper Ossory was made part of Queen's County (now Laois), Ormond ensured that Durrow remained an enclave of County Kilkenny where he was based.[2] [3] Ormond released the manor on 19 February 1708 to "William Flower and his heirs, forever". It was under the patronage of Flower and his descendants, the Lords Ashbrook, that the present town developed and prospered. In 1841–42 it was transferred from Kilkenny to Queen's County.[4]

Kilkenny giving away whole towns. We asked them for a small plot of land here in Waterford this year and they refused!

Best goal of the week

Best goal of the week in the Europa League? Maybe.
It was a good strike in fairness but dear lord what was the goalie at?

Why would anyone, especially​ on a forum like this,care about this?

The Nordies love their Queen and Royal family.

You could be right!

Big ask to get maximum points from the remaining games and realistically to stand a chance of 4th this is what is required. Stuff the league at this stage and focus all the forts on the Europa.

How times have changed... This would have been inconceivable a few short years ago.
The great Man United are no more. Will they ever have the same dominance again?

They will certainly win league titles again and soon I suspect but dominate like they did before? I'm not sure that is possible anymore.

I agree I'm not sure it's possible that a team will dominate like United or Liverpool before them did.
Still though it's a massive fall for Man U to be dismissing the league like this in favour of a competition that the majority of their fans would have laughed at the idea of winning a few seasons ago.
Needs must though I suppose.

Big ask to get maximum points from the remaining games and realistically to stand a chance of 4th this is what is required. Stuff the league at this stage and focus all the forts on the Europa.

How times have changed... This would have been inconceivable a few short years ago.
The great Man United are no more. Will they ever have the same dominance again?

Why would anyone, especially​ on a forum like this,care about this?

[No one has any way of knowing]

The SPL may be poor but it is a remarkable achievement to have such a long unbeaten record. Saying that I still think Celtic would struggle badly with that team in the English Premier League. They could be a decent Championship side though.

this is one of those pointless debates as we can all say what we want but we'll never actually know.

My own opinion is that this team would easily hold their own around mid table EPL. Beyond that they would have access to far more funding and therefore better players so after a few transfer windows, good management etc they'd be right up their with the top teams.

These opinions are usually posted by people who watch nothing but EPL top six and CL. I'm watching Palace against Burnley at the moment and watched the Manchester derby on Thursday, This Celtic team as it is, would beat the former two. United would probably bore us to death. We have already drawn twice with City this year and have probably improved since. As you say pointless arguments by witless trolls.
Celtic would easily be one of the top teams in Europe with the funding the EPL teams get. I'll settle for us continuing to progress under BR just as we are.

I'm actually a Celtic fan and have been for years and it's just an opinion I have. Don't be  getting your knickers in a twist.
There is no way Celtic (in it's present state)would even get in the top half of the Premier League in my opinion and like I said it's just my opinion so no need to be so sensitive. No one has any way of knowing so no one is right or wrong it's just opinions. I don't appreciate being called a troll.

For a Celtic fan you appear to have forgotten our CL matches against City. Also if you feel Celtic, as is, could not beat most teams in EPL outside the top 7 or so, then you are watching a different league to me.
The bit in bold should be enough for you to heed. Why then write such a definitive statement? It grinds my gears that people continually compare Celtic to EPL or Championship when in reality it is of no relevance.

You can't say how Celtic would do in a 38 game Premier League based on two games against Man City. That's just ridiculous and it's a argument I keep hearing again and again.
It's a nonsense thing to say.

Every single team in the Premier League is better than any of the teams Celtic play week in week out in the Scottish league.
If you're getting tested every single week you are not going to be able keep the level of intensity up that say Celtic showed against Man City. They have an easy time of it in the Scottish league they wouldn't have such easy games in the Premier League. I would be shocked if they were to finish higher than 15th. I think they would do very well in the Championship and with a season or two of playing there could come up and make a big impact in the Premier League. With massive investment and with the fan base and profile they have I could even see them Top 4 after 4 or 5 years.

Yes I am a Celtic fan but maybe I'm different in that I don't see everything through green and white tinted glasses.
I like to base my opinions on what my head thinks not my heart.

I didn't suggest where we would finish in the EPL. Frankly, I don't give a flying eff. I stated a fact, we drew with City twice. I offered an opinion that we could beat most teams outside the top 7. Doesn't mean we would. We can only beat what is in front of us so not sure what relevance that has. Being in the EPL 'the best league in the universe' doesn't seem to have helped the english teams when it comes to CL.

Ok mate. You have a chip on your shoulder. I'll leave you be.
You can have your opinion but I don't agree with it.

Swansea fighting for their lives to stay in the league and could be maybe relegated because of a cheating like that.
Terrible really.

Some dive from Rashford.

[No one has any way of knowing]

The SPL may be poor but it is a remarkable achievement to have such a long unbeaten record. Saying that I still think Celtic would struggle badly with that team in the English Premier League. They could be a decent Championship side though.

this is one of those pointless debates as we can all say what we want but we'll never actually know.

My own opinion is that this team would easily hold their own around mid table EPL. Beyond that they would have access to far more funding and therefore better players so after a few transfer windows, good management etc they'd be right up their with the top teams.

These opinions are usually posted by people who watch nothing but EPL top six and CL. I'm watching Palace against Burnley at the moment and watched the Manchester derby on Thursday, This Celtic team as it is, would beat the former two. United would probably bore us to death. We have already drawn twice with City this year and have probably improved since. As you say pointless arguments by witless trolls.
Celtic would easily be one of the top teams in Europe with the funding the EPL teams get. I'll settle for us continuing to progress under BR just as we are.

I'm actually a Celtic fan and have been for years and it's just an opinion I have. Don't be  getting your knickers in a twist.
There is no way Celtic (in it's present state)would even get in the top half of the Premier League in my opinion and like I said it's just my opinion so no need to be so sensitive. No one has any way of knowing so no one is right or wrong it's just opinions. I don't appreciate being called a troll.

For a Celtic fan you appear to have forgotten our CL matches against City. Also if you feel Celtic, as is, could not beat most teams in EPL outside the top 7 or so, then you are watching a different league to me.
The bit in bold should be enough for you to heed. Why then write such a definitive statement? It grinds my gears that people continually compare Celtic to EPL or Championship when in reality it is of no relevance.

You can't say how Celtic would do in a 38 game Premier League based on two games against Man City. That's just ridiculous and it's a argument I keep hearing again and again.
It's a nonsense thing to say.

Every single team in the Premier League is better than any of the teams Celtic play week in week out in the Scottish league.
If you're getting tested every single week you are not going to be able keep the level of intensity up that say Celtic showed against Man City. They have an easy time of it in the Scottish league they wouldn't have such easy games in the Premier League. I would be shocked if they were to finish higher than 15th. I think they would do very well in the Championship and with a season or two of playing there could come up and make a big impact in the Premier League. With massive investment and with the fan base and profile they have I could even see them Top 4 after 4 or 5 years.

Yes I am a Celtic fan but maybe I'm different in that I don't see everything through green and white tinted glasses.
I like to base my opinions on what my head thinks not my heart.

The SPL may be poor but it is a remarkable achievement to have such a long unbeaten record. Saying that I still think Celtic would struggle badly with that team in the English Premier League. They could be a decent Championship side though.

this is one of those pointless debates as we can all say what we want but we'll never actually know.

My own opinion is that this team would easily hold their own around mid table EPL. Beyond that they would have access to far more funding and therefore better players so after a few transfer windows, good management etc they'd be right up their with the top teams.

These opinions are usually posted by people who watch nothing but EPL top six and CL. I'm watching Palace against Burnley at the moment and watched the Manchester derby on Thursday, This Celtic team as it is, would beat the former two. United would probably bore us to death. We have already drawn twice with City this year and have probably improved since. As you say pointless arguments by witless trolls.
Celtic would easily be one of the top teams in Europe with the funding the EPL teams get. I'll settle for us continuing to progress under BR just as we are.

I'm actually a Celtic fan and have been for years and it's just an opinion I have. Don't be  getting your knickers in a twist.
There is no way Celtic (in it's present state)would even get in the top half of the Premier League in my opinion and like I said it's just my opinion so no need to be so sensitive. No one has any way of knowing so no one is right or wrong it's just opinions. I don't appreciate being called a troll.

Manchester by the sea was very boring. Didn't like it at all.

The SPL may be poor but it is a remarkable achievement to have such a long unbeaten record. Saying that I still think Celtic would struggle badly with that team in the English Premier League. They could be a decent Championship side though.