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[Arabdownsouth]

i dont think he will play our strongest team (on paper) on Thursday.. if he does that means hes rotating out players from Saturday. I think it's more likely he brings in boys like Behich from the start at home to livi than against AZ

Surely the team he put out on Saturday was, in his opinion, the strongest available team? If his options increase before Thursday and he changes the line up accordingly then that's hardly classed as squad rotation

[TerryTheTerror]

Looking forward to this, hopefully not jinxing it but we have a decent enough record at Tannadice even in my time seeing euro ties, a narrow win by AEK the sole home leg defeat upto now, worst result was still 2-2 with mypa from 2-0 up but the was a crap Utd side that snuck in via cup final runner ups... Been unfortunate with our draws since then as every team of ours after would gub a MyPa

United 3-2 Brondby 1993
United 3-2 Tatran Presov 1994
United 9-0 CE Principat 1997
United 1-1 Trabzonspor 1997
United 2-2 MyPa 47 2005
United 0-1 AEK Athens 2010
United 3-2 Slask Wroclaw 2011
United 2-2 Dynamo Moscow 2012

Away goals rule no longer in operation either (I think). 🙂

[stokearab]

10.15am United: Ticketing system down, bear with us while our partners fix it 🤨

[JUSTaway]

My hope is with big support atmosphere we rise to occasion, play with bit of tempo, they get bit rattled at some stage, and maybe aren’t as good as we think. I’d take a narrow win, draw even, something that keeps us alive second leg.

My fears are, especially after sat, that once game settles down, they dominate possession, we are poor at keeping the ball, and for return leg, if we are pushed back, we have zero pace to counter.

[zeek]

Eh hae a season ticket fir AZ and eh kin tell ye, they are good...but they are better awa fae hame than when they play at hame...and if United kin get a result at hame it puts pressure on AZ and if they start f**king aboot here, the fans will get on thur backs and we hae a chance...thur central defenders are slow as ...

[TerryTheTerror]

Eh hae a season ticket fir AZ and eh kin tell ye, they are good...but they are better awa fae hame than when they play at hame...and if United kin get a result at hame it puts pressure on AZ and if they start f**king aboot here, the fans will get on thur backs and we hae a chance...thur central defenders are slow as ...

They'll be struggling against our rapid strikers then. 🤔☹️

[ahlltanyirhide]

i dont think he will play our strongest team (on paper) on Thursday.. if he does that means hes rotating out players from Saturday. I think it's more likely he brings in boys like Behich from the start at home to livi than against AZ

I can’t see us putting out anything but our best 11 for the AZ match on Thursday. Progressing in European competition is the only way to bring in significant extra income other than the crumbs we feed off in Scotland, and it would very foolish for the club not the throw everything they have to achieve success.

[TerryTheTerror]

Sounds like this is a dream tie for Zeek. 🙂

[TerryTheTerror]

I can’t see us putting out anything but our best 11 for the AZ match on Thursday. Progressing in European competition is the only way to bring in significant extra income other than the crumbs we feed off in Scotland, and it would very foolish for the club not the throw everything they have to achieve success.

Yes, 100%<!

[the_arab]

Yes, 100%<!

Best 11 on paper, or best 11 in prep for the match? Thats my point, on paper Behich starts... but would he put him straight in for such a massive match?

I agree that he SHOULD play our strongest 11.. i have a feeling some future starters will still be on the bench on Thursday and our starting 11 in a few weeks will look different to what he starts on Thursday.... time will tell.