Man Utd Thread:

[Boycey]

No disputing what your saying CO but once you were at the penalties why would you then choose to go 2nd? Presumably a club decision, not a whim by Bruno?

Someone online said that due to DeGea's poor record on penalty saves going second in a deciding pen would have had them relying on an outfield player scoring a goal to win, rather than relying on DeGea to save.

Nah surely not....

[Tony Baloney]

No disputing what your saying CO but once you were at the penalties why would you then choose to go 2nd? Presumably a club decision, not a whim by Bruno?

Someone online said that due to DeGea's poor record on penalty saves going second in a deciding pen would have had them relying on an outfield player scoring a goal to win, rather than relying on DeGea to save.

Nah surely not....

It was some random punter speculating although there must be some rationale behind it as I think I'd always rather go first and put the pressure on the opposition.

[Hound]

No disputing what your saying CO but once you were at the penalties why would you then choose to go 2nd? Presumably a club decision, not a whim by Bruno?

No way on earth there was a club decision to go second.

As most of us know, there's one coin toss to decide ends, then another to decide who goes first.
Villarreal won the first coin toss. Fact.

I don't know who won the second coin toss. The way the virgin guy was speaking was as if United automatically had choice because they lost the choice of ends.

Maybe he was right and Bruno won the second toss and inexplicably chose to go 2nd. Or maybe the commentator missed the second coin toss and made an incorrect assumption. The latter being the most likely.

There's big pressure  in peno shootouts, moreso when it gets to sudden death and there's no question there is more pressure on the team going second.

[From the Bunker]

The main mistake was being in the Europa League in the first place, after that the mistake was not putting an average Villareal team to bed in normal time.
Penalties just threw the winning of the game down to a random mistake.

[Milltown Row2]

The main mistake was being in the Europa League in the first place, after that the mistake was not putting an average Villareal team to bed in normal time.
Penalties just threw the winning of the game down to a random mistake.

+1

[NAG1]

Anyone believing these rumours with Ronaldo?

Sounds to me like a bit of a smoke screen already for a challenging window. Any club would take him without hesitation with his record, but just doesn't ring true for me.

[Armagh18]

Anyone believing these rumours with Ronaldo?

Sounds to me like a bit of a smoke screen already for a challenging window. Any club would take him without hesitation with his record, but just doesn't ring true for me.

If we didn't have Cavani then maybe. At his age, on his wages it doesn't make sense. Having said all that, I'd absolutely love to have him!

[snoopdog]

If Ronaldo did come back would Cavani give up the number 7

[From the Bunker]

Utd are building! If Utd were built/settled like when they took Larsson on loan then Ronaldo would be a good idea. Utd have enough problems without adding nostalgia to the mix.

[Farrandeelin]

Anyone believing these rumours with Ronaldo?

Sounds to me like a bit of a smoke screen already for a challenging window. Any club would take him without hesitation with his record, but just doesn't ring true for me.

I don't believe any rumours about transfers, until they're fully confirmed anymore.

[gallsman]

If Ronaldo did come back would Cavani give up the number 7

Always good to see fans focusing on the important stuff.

[NAG1]

If Ronaldo did come back would Cavani give up the number 7

Always good to see fans focusing on the important stuff.

To me its the same thing with Kane, IMO for the money they are looking (for Kane) I would be tapping up Haaland for whenever they could get him and spend then money there. Build a team around him for the next 5 years.

That's assuming that Dortmund would even listen to offers for him. But to me he would be number one target.

[blewuporstuffed]

If Ronaldo did come back would Cavani give up the number 7

Always good to see fans focusing on the important stuff.

To me its the same thing with Kane, IMO for the money they are looking (for Kane) I would be tapping up Haaland for whenever they could get him and spend then money there. Build a team around him for the next 5 years.

That's assuming that Dortmund would even listen to offers for him. But to me he would be number one target.

Id say city will have their pick of those too before United even get a sniff

[screenexile]

If Ronaldo did come back would Cavani give up the number 7

Always good to see fans focusing on the important stuff.

To me its the same thing with Kane, IMO for the money they are looking (for Kane) I would be tapping up Haaland for whenever they could get him and spend then money there. Build a team around him for the next 5 years.

That's assuming that Dortmund would even listen to offers for him. But to me he would be number one target.

Id say city will have their pick of those too before United even get a sniff

But Utd's "The biggest club in the world" . . . apparently!

[StPatsAbu]

Now that FFP rules have been kicked into the dungheap City can outbid any club on anyone without fear of repercussion.