Will Man U's 'dropped' 4 points make a difference at the end

So

Will Man UNIL-NILted regret their slowish start to the season?

Yes.

Frank Tavern just made this thread.

Yes but he didn't make it a poll, so in his thread I said 'I'm going to make a poll'.

I voted no BTW.

Well it will make a difference in the sense they will not be able to claim those 4 points back.

In terms of the title, currently... no. The likes of Chelsea, Liverpool Arsenal will all drop 4 points during this season.

Yup I think so. I think more teams will take more points off the top 4, i also think that competition between the top 4 is stiffer.

How the hell could 4 dropped points not make a difference at the end?

The only way I can see it having an effect is psychologically. If Chelsea carve out an early lead it might help them. I think it helped Man U last year, the chasing team gets depressed if they keep winning but can't close the gap.

Maybe if we win the title by 6 points, we will say, ah it could have been by 10 if it were not for them two games

yep

of course it will

I predicted Chelsea to win the title

and they WILL

ManU should write this season off , go back to the drawing board and make sure to be one step ahead next year

wahre g

Owen wrote:How the hell could 4 dropped points not make a difference at the end?

If you win the league by 5 or more points, or are second, 5 points behind the winners....

entarteter Otto wrote:yep

of course it will

I predicted Chelsea to win the title

and they WILL

ManU should write this season off , go back to the drawing board and make sure to be one step ahead next year

wahre g

Ah what words of wisdom after ONLY 2 games of the season

entarteter Otto wrote:yep

of course it will

I predicted Chelsea to win the title

and they WILL

ManU should write this season off , go back to the drawing board and make sure to be one step ahead next year

wahre g

We could always do a Liverpool and concentrate on the Champions League......

Pompey away was always going to be tough and you expected them to not win it (or at least I did). The Reading home game was a game that Utd really should have won though - so for me the issue is one of two points rather than four. And no, I don't think it will affect them too much - although losing Ronaldo might. If they lose to Citeh then questions will be raised

Parks lives wrote: We could always do a Liverpool and concentrate on the Champions League......

Good idea

Roger Hunt wrote:

Parks lives wrote: We could always do a Liverpool and concentrate on the Champions League......

Good idea

Yeah, Utd may win it more than just the 2 times then

Its only 2 games, still 36 to play, its far too early for it to make a significant differnece at the moment. If they lose to us and then say draw with Spurs whilst Chelsea win their 2 games THEN it would be a massive job for U*d. (although i cant see U*d going 4 games without a win so this wouldnt happen)

At the moment its early days and there is a lot of time for games to be won and lost by both U*d and Chelsea.

Could make a psychological difference, especially if Chelsea win this weekend and maintain their lead.

entarteter Otto wrote:yep

of course it will

I predicted Chelsea to win the title

and they WILL

ManU should write this season off , go back to the drawing board and make sure to be one step ahead next year

wahre g

Well united might as well not bother, as we all know everyone of ottos predictions come true

Otto der Schweinehund wrote:on current CL form Valencia and Roma are at the top

ManU were without creativity or wit; they simply don't get into any scoring positions in Europe; quite poor

Chelsea are dogged but not more

both teams are smelling blood big time: big names like Real, Barca, Inter, Chelsea, ManU have all been eliminated already, allowing for a clear passage to the final

Chelsea and ManU are OUT

believe you me

on paper you still have a chance

on the pitch tomorrow you will get raped

true story

entarteter Otto wrote:@axe

don't worry

Bayern will destroy English illusions

first by humbling ManU

then by humiliating either Liverpool or Chelsea

Well played Rez, always good for a laugh our German counter part.

Football Genius wrote: Well played Rez, always good for a laugh our German counter part.

Your 'German counterpart'? So you admit being a WUM then? Appreciate your honesty.

Man Utd are ran by greedy yank eejits, that's why they've got off to a dodgy start. Instead of playing games that would actually help them prepare, they went off to the far east to play the vietcong FC XI or whatever for a few extra pennies. This doesn't surprise me at all.

Kimbo wrote:Man Utd are ran by greedy yank eejits, that's why they've got off to a dodgy start. Instead of playing games that would actually help them prepare, they went off to the far east to play the vietcong FC XI or whatever for a few extra pennies. This doesn't surprise me at all.

So not the fact that in the first game, man utd lost Rooney to injury who was the only fit striker at that time.....against a side who refused to attack. Or in the second game 15 odd chances missed then the other team got a lucky goal.
Not to mention the fact we went to asia and america before any yanks took over.

L.r.d wrote:

Kimbo wrote:Man Utd are ran by greedy yank eejits, that's why they've got off to a dodgy start. Instead of playing games that would actually help them prepare, they went off to the far east to play the vietcong FC XI or whatever for a few extra pennies. This doesn't surprise me at all.

So not the fact that in the first game, man utd lost Rooney to injury who was the only fit striker at that time.....against a side who refused to attack. Or in the second game 15 odd chances missed then the other team got a lucky goal.
Not to mention the fact we went to asia and america before any yanks took over.

Boo hoo, you got an injury and the other team played defensive. Shocking.

Kimbo wrote:Man Utd are ran by greedy yank eejits, that's why they've got off to a dodgy start. Instead of playing games that would actually help them prepare, they went off to the far east to play the vietcong FC XI or whatever for a few extra pennies. This doesn't surprise me at all.

Chelsea went to America to play $h!t opposition for money. Every team does it. Man U played Inter before the league started.

Chelsea will drop points too, you can't usually tell how the league will play out until after Christmas. Admittedly over the last few years the team leading at Christmas has won it. Except I think when United were leading IIRC and Ferdinand got banned then I think Arsenal or Chelsea went on to win the league, I can't remember exactly which season that was but I think that's the last time it had played out in this manner.

SteveOoO wrote:

Kimbo wrote:Man Utd are ran by greedy yank eejits, that's why they've got off to a dodgy start. Instead of playing games that would actually help them prepare, they went off to the far east to play the vietcong FC XI or whatever for a few extra pennies. This doesn't surprise me at all.

Chelsea went to America to play $h!t opposition for money. Every team does it. Man U played Inter before the league started.

We don't

Tweedle wrote:

SteveOoO wrote:

Kimbo wrote:Man Utd are ran by greedy yank eejits, that's why they've got off to a dodgy start. Instead of playing games that would actually help them prepare, they went off to the far east to play the vietcong FC XI or whatever for a few extra pennies. This doesn't surprise me at all.

Chelsea went to America to play $h!t opposition for money. Every team does it. Man U played Inter before the league started.

We don't

maybe nobody wants to pay enough to cover all those first class plane tickets

SteveOoO wrote:

Kimbo wrote:Man Utd are ran by greedy yank eejits, that's why they've got off to a dodgy start. Instead of playing games that would actually help them prepare, they went off to the far east to play the vietcong FC XI or whatever for a few extra pennies. This doesn't surprise me at all.

Chelsea went to America to play $h!t opposition for money. Every team does it. Man U played Inter before the league started.

Chelsea will drop points too, you can't usually tell how the league will play out until after Christmas. Admittedly over the last few years the team leading at Christmas has won it. Except I think when United were leading IIRC and Ferdinand got banned then I think Arsenal or Chelsea went on to win the league, I can't remember exactly which season that was but I think that's the last time it had played out in this manner.

It was Arsenal's unbeaten season.

Tweedle wrote:

SteveOoO wrote:

Kimbo wrote:Man Utd are ran by greedy yank eejits, that's why they've got off to a dodgy start. Instead of playing games that would actually help them prepare, they went off to the far east to play the vietcong FC XI or whatever for a few extra pennies. This doesn't surprise me at all.

Chelsea went to America to play $h!t opposition for money. Every team does it. Man U played Inter before the league started.

We don't

Neither do we, infact most teams don't. Most teams will play a few physical british sides and a couple of top level continental teams. I don't see what playing some team in the far east does for you beyond the money aspect.

Not at this point in time. Unless people are expecting Chelsea & 'Pool to both gain Maximum points this season....