UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season

[Pandu Geddon]

Another thing is Barcelona right now is concentrating more on the La Liga title. So, I am not very confident about winning against Manchester United. Manchester United on the other hand has shown some significant improvements.

maybe Barcelona is very concentrated on La Liga. now is another opportunity they can't ignore for both of them after their UCL exit.
now Madrid also appears dominant in La Liga. if Xavi does not take advantage of the opportunities that exist, Barca may also lose hope for the La Liga trophy.
I still hope Barca will win the game against United. although team-wise we can see United looking better.

[asriloni]

Yep. Ronaldo is a story of the past. In United, no player is Bigger than his club.
But I think Manchester United still needs to bring in a striker that can score Goals.

Btw, Let's keep the focus, take the points and get that 3rd Position by winning Bournemouth today. Go United... Start the year with a win.

MU has replacement for ronaldo and that's rashford. there's no need to feel disappointed when ronaldo already gone. ronaldo has gotten a new club for him. Rashford is also a very good winger like ronaldo. Rashford has become a new superstar for MU. Bournemouth seems an easy opponent for MU. it's likely MU will be winning the match by scoring a lot of goals against bournemouth.
United needs to be consistent to make sure if it can even enter into the top 3. Manchester city and newcastle were struggling by facing the small clubs. Both were getting draw and MU can use that golden opportunity.
The result from the MU in EPL can give more moral to the whole of its players in the europa league when MU will be facing barcelona.

[Juggy777]

Another thing is Barcelona right now is concentrating more on the La Liga title. So, I am not very confident about winning against Manchester United. Manchester United on the other hand has shown some significant improvements.

maybe Barcelona is very concentrated on La Liga. now is another opportunity they can't ignore for both of them after their UCL exit.
now Madrid also appears dominant in La Liga. if Xavi does not take advantage of the opportunities that exist, Barca may also lose hope for the La Liga trophy.
I still hope Barca will win the game against United. although team-wise we can see United looking better.

@Pandu Geddon I believe that Barcelona player’s will be distracted, because now De Jong has been rumoured to say that he wishes to leave Barcelona and join Manchester United. Furthermore Manchester United player’s are getting better and better with each game that they play, hence I expect them to defeat Barcelona easily and progress to the next round.

[KTChampions]

Barcelona is currently not showing the best of performances. Because Barcelona has drawn the first match after the break. That was the match Barcelona really should have not drawn.

We also very well know, that Barcelona has some problems going on with the team. The team itself is not a very balanced one. You know, they are also unable to bring in any new players, any new good players right now in the team. That’s obviously because of the financial problems they are facing right now.

Another thing is Barcelona right now is concentrating more on the La Liga title. So, I am not very confident about winning against Manchester United. Manchester United on the other hand has shown some significant improvements.


Duke Khan

Barcelona's only chance is that United will treat the Europa League as their second priority this season. There are all prerequisites for this - United are doing well in the Premier League and they have every chance of not only gaining a foothold in the top 4 but even climbing higher. Given the value of qualifying for the Champions League, this looks like a bigger deal than beating Barcelona. Winning the Europa League also gives a direct ticket to the Champions League but it is less "guaranteed" as there is a lot of randomness in the knockout games.

[swogerino]

Barcelona is currently not showing the best of performances. Because Barcelona has drawn the first match after the break. That was the match Barcelona really should have not drawn.

We also very well know, that Barcelona has some problems going on with the team. The team itself is not a very balanced one. You know, they are also unable to bring in any new players, any new good players right now in the team. That’s obviously because of the financial problems they are facing right now.

Another thing is Barcelona right now is concentrating more on the La Liga title. So, I am not very confident about winning against Manchester United. Manchester United on the other hand has shown some significant improvements.


Duke Khan

Barcelona's only chance is that United will treat the Europa League as their second priority this season. There are all prerequisites for this - United are doing well in the Premier League and they have every chance of not only gaining a foothold in the top 4 but even climbing higher. Given the value of qualifying for the Champions League, this looks like a bigger deal than beating Barcelona. Winning the Europa League also gives a direct ticket to the Champions League but it is less "guaranteed" as there is a lot of randomness in the knockout games.

I think that Barcelona has the better chances here but the fact that they are directly fighting with Real Madrid to win the La Liga makes it a bit more difficult for them compared to Manchester United which has no title winning objective and it is impossible for them to win the title in the Premier League.

Barcelona when compared player by player I think has a better quality and normally should qualify further in the Europa League and be a strong contender to win the Europa League but in these encounters you never know how it might go because it is just a 2 game elimination so it can be anyone's game.

[tulusikhlas]

Barcelona is currently not showing the best of performances. Because Barcelona has drawn the first match after the break. That was the match Barcelona really should have not drawn.

We also very well know, that Barcelona has some problems going on with the team. The team itself is not a very balanced one. You know, they are also unable to bring in any new players, any new good players right now in the team. That’s obviously because of the financial problems they are facing right now.

Another thing is Barcelona right now is concentrating more on the La Liga title. So, I am not very confident about winning against Manchester United. Manchester United on the other hand has shown some significant improvements.


Duke Khan

Barcelona's only chance is that United will treat the Europa League as their second priority this season. There are all prerequisites for this - United are doing well in the Premier League and they have every chance of not only gaining a foothold in the top 4 but even climbing higher. Given the value of qualifying for the Champions League, this looks like a bigger deal than beating Barcelona. Winning the Europa League also gives a direct ticket to the Champions League but it is less "guaranteed" as there is a lot of randomness in the knockout games.

Talking about the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League, of course Manchester United will prioritize that instead of focusing on the European League. But there is one thing they have to take care of, namely the prestige of Barcelona. Their meeting record says Manchester United are no better than Barcelona and as one of the giant teams they definitely want to make their record against Barcelona better by calming this match. They have the same chance as Barcelona to beat each other.

[rahmad2nd]

Yep. Ronaldo is a story of the past. In United, no player is Bigger than his club.
But I think Manchester United still needs to bring in a striker that can score Goals.

Btw, Let's keep the focus, take the points and get that 3rd Position by winning Bournemouth today. Go United... Start the year with a win.

MU has replacement for ronaldo and that's rashford. there's no need to feel disappointed when ronaldo already gone. ronaldo has gotten a new club for him. Rashford is also a very good winger like ronaldo. Rashford has become a new superstar for MU. Bournemouth seems an easy opponent for MU. it's likely MU will be winning the match by scoring a lot of goals against bournemouth.
United needs to be consistent to make sure if it can even enter into the top 3. Manchester city and newcastle were struggling by facing the small clubs. Both were getting draw and MU can use that golden opportunity.
The result from the MU in EPL can give more moral to the whole of its players in the europa league when MU will be facing barcelona.

Once again I have to say, that Manchester United performed better without Ronaldo. Currently, The Red Devils have entered the top four in their Domestic League. And also I have to say to be fair Ronaldo would be better off playing for another club than having the mental burden of staying with United. Rashford is one of Ten Hag's mainstay players in his squad, Rashford's performance shows that he deserves to be a main starter.

However, Rashford is not really the answer to United's needs in the centre-forward position. like it or not, Ten Hag had to bring in some newcomers, especially pure stickers, to sharpen their front line. We'll see which players Ten Hag will bring in this January. If he brings in the right players, I'm sure Manchester United will be an opponent who can again be on a par with the big clubs competing in the European League competition. before preparing for the match for the playoffs later, Ten Hag will focus his troops more on the Domestic League competition to maintain the ranking they currently occupy.

[hahay]

Ever since Ronaldo' left Manchester united,  united have been playing all their games well with a good result. If I should compare the performance and challenge in both teams, I think Manchester United is better,  all their player’s are doing better in performance.
Manchester united has already orove in their March during the weekend that they can do without Ronaldo.

I think Manchester United's performance is very independent of Ronaldo and this has nothing to do with Ronaldo because before Ronaldo left Manchester United, Ronaldo was also not fully played into the game, so Manchester United's appearance that has been seen so far was purely due to the efforts of the coach himself. who are still determined to change the way of playing for the better and now it is starting to show.

Yes indeed, the rise of Manchester United is purely from the way of coaching Erik ten Hag but still, whether Ronaldo is in the Manchester United squad or not still has a difference. Because when Ronaldo was still in the Manchester United squad, it was like making the other players in the Manchester United squad not too flexible in playing.
At least there is still stiffness and/or like an obstacle, especially for the Manchester United coach who seems to have a burden when he doesn't play Ronaldo.

But yes, after all, so far Erik ten Hag can provide the best for Manchester United. Also, of course, this change in performance is also a good achievement as a coach who is still new to coaching a team in the English Premier League with very tough competition.
So, with Erik ten Hag having proven himself in the Premiere League, then Erik ten Hag will certainly prove that Manchester United are currently improving and ready to play well in the European League as well.

[Cookdata]

Ever since Ronaldo' left Manchester united,  united have been playing all their games well with a good result. If I should compare the performance and challenge in both teams, I think Manchester United is better,  all their player’s are doing better in performance.
Manchester united has already orove in their March during the weekend that they can do without Ronaldo.

I think Manchester United's performance is very independent of Ronaldo and this has nothing to do with Ronaldo because before Ronaldo left Manchester United, Ronaldo was also not fully played into the game, so Manchester United's appearance that has been seen so far was purely due to the efforts of the coach himself. who are still determined to change the way of playing for the better and now it is starting to show.

Rashford is a competent attacker before Ronaldo departed, so Manchester United would be fine statically with or without him. However, I can't speak of the club's internal matters or the players, especially how Eric has been backed by the management in his selections. Did you see what happened to Rashford last week when he was denied playing time against Nottingham Forest because he slept off? After seeing that, I started to believe everything Ronaldo said in the interview, it made me believe that Manchester United has an internal problem that they need to address especially now that they are bouncing back in every league they are playing.

[SatoPrincess]

Barcelona is currently not showing the best of performances. Because Barcelona has drawn the first match after the break. That was the match Barcelona really should have not drawn.

We also very well know, that Barcelona has some problems going on with the team. The team itself is not a very balanced one. You know, they are also unable to bring in any new players, any new good players right now in the team. That’s obviously because of the financial problems they are facing right now.

Another thing is Barcelona right now is concentrating more on the La Liga title. So, I am not very confident about winning against Manchester United. Manchester United on the other hand has shown some significant improvements.


Duke Khan

Barcelona's only chance is that United will treat the Europa League as their second priority this season. There are all prerequisites for this - United are doing well in the Premier League and they have every chance of not only gaining a foothold in the top 4 but even climbing higher. Given the value of qualifying for the Champions League, this looks like a bigger deal than beating Barcelona. Winning the Europa League also gives a direct ticket to the Champions League but it is less "guaranteed" as there is a lot of randomness in the knockout games.

I have some level of trust in Manchester United to defeat Barcelona and knock them out of the Europa league. Manchester United have a history of playing very well against toughest of opponents just as they defeated PSG on several occasions and so far the only team to defeat Arsenal this season in the premier league, same way they will up their game against Barcelona and get the expected result in the game. Barcelona have a star studded squad but it definitely won't be easy competing against Manchester United.

[SquallLeonhart]

maybe Barcelona is very concentrated on La Liga. now is another opportunity they can't ignore for both of them after their UCL exit.
now Madrid also appears dominant in La Liga. if Xavi does not take advantage of the opportunities that exist, Barca may also lose hope for the La Liga trophy.
I still hope Barca will win the game against United. although team-wise we can see United looking better.

@Pandu Geddon I believe that Barcelona player’s will be distracted, because now De Jong has been rumoured to say that he wishes to leave Barcelona and join Manchester United. Furthermore Manchester United player’s are getting better and better with each game that they play, hence I expect them to defeat Barcelona easily and progress to the next round.

I highly doubt that is true. I mean we are talking about De Jong who has been asked by United at the start of the season and asked a lot, like constantly with higher and higher offers, because Erik Tan Hag really wanted him, and he declined, even when Barcelona wanted to get rid of his high salary, he still rejected and said wanted to stay in Barcelona.

Now after half a season is gone, he suddenly wants to leave to go to United? I really do not think that it will happen, I feel like it is not going to be serious. Maybe these are just rumours and it is not going to happen at all, we should not be expecting it to be possible at all, it is probably a lie.

[blue Snow]

I have some level of trust in Manchester United to defeat Barcelona and knock them out of the Europa league. Manchester United have a history of playing very well against toughest of opponents just as they defeated PSG on several occasions and so far the only team to defeat Arsenal this season in the premier league, same way they will up their game against Barcelona and get the expected result in the game. Barcelona have a star studded squad but it definitely won't be easy competing against Manchester United.

Yes, I agree with you, MU will be strong and powerful if meets a level 1 team like Barcelona and PSG. When we look at how they defeated Bournemouth 3-0 earlier, we do not doubt that they will be easy to overcome Barcelona. But, they are still being watched, especially after Ronaldo leave, because their habit also with lost still doubt repeated any time, and any match. So, I still don't know how Ten Hag managed the squad to be compact and unified without Ronaldo, seem to look like happy, and play loose.

[makishart]

Ever since Ronaldo' left Manchester united,  united have been playing all their games well with a good result. If I should compare the performance and challenge in both teams, I think Manchester United is better,  all their player’s are doing better in performance.
Manchester united has already orove in their March during the weekend that they can do without Ronaldo.

I think Manchester United's performance is very independent of Ronaldo and this has nothing to do with Ronaldo because before Ronaldo left Manchester United, Ronaldo was also not fully played into the game, so Manchester United's appearance that has been seen so far was purely due to the efforts of the coach himself. who are still determined to change the way of playing for the better and now it is starting to show.

MU has been evolving. MU is doing even better without ronaldo. Ronaldo itself already got a new club for him. There's no reason to linked him anymore with MU. Mu has rashford that has become a new favourite player.
The coach has responsibility to make the club even better than before. MU was still performing so well without ronaldo. Ronaldo was not everything for MU.
Think about that. MU has a credibility and ronaldo has been destroying it It's a common thing to see that ronaldo was terminated by Mu.
Ronaldo is happy with his new club now. MU is focusing to enter into the top three in EPL and winning against barcelona in the continuation of europa league. The match against barcelona is very important

[Docnaster]

Barcelona is currently not showing the best of performances. Because Barcelona has drawn the first match after the break. That was the match Barcelona really should have not drawn.

We also very well know, that Barcelona has some problems going on with the team. The team itself is not a very balanced one. You know, they are also unable to bring in any new players, any new good players right now in the team. That’s obviously because of the financial problems they are facing right now.

Another thing is Barcelona right now is concentrating more on the La Liga title. So, I am not very confident about winning against Manchester United. Manchester United on the other hand has shown some significant improvements.


Duke Khan

Barcelona's only chance is that United will treat the Europa League as their second priority this season. There are all prerequisites for this - United are doing well in the Premier League and they have every chance of not only gaining a foothold in the top 4 but even climbing higher. Given the value of qualifying for the Champions League, this looks like a bigger deal than beating Barcelona. Winning the Europa League also gives a direct ticket to the Champions League but it is less "guaranteed" as there is a lot of randomness in the knockout games.

I don't think Manchester United will be treating the Europa League as their second priority as you just said. Manchester United has stepped up their form a bit and is putting in more consistency in its winning, but I will not be fast to say that they will be able to overthrow Manchester city not to talk more of Arsenal who seems unyielding and indomitable this season. For that, man united will be more focused on the Europa League than The EPL. The only problem is that they will still have to defeat Arsenal before they could secure the Europa title. For now, I see Arsenal as man united greatest Rival.

[Oluwa-btc]

Yep. Ronaldo is a story of the past. In United, no player is Bigger than his club.
But I think Manchester United still needs to bring in a striker that can score Goals.

Btw, Let's keep the focus, take the points and get that 3rd Position by winning Bournemouth today. Go United... Start the year with a win.

MU has replacement for ronaldo and that's rashford. there's no need to feel disappointed when ronaldo already gone. ronaldo has gotten a new club for him. Rashford is also a very good winger like ronaldo. Rashford has become a new superstar for MU. Bournemouth seems an easy opponent for MU. it's likely MU will be winning the match by scoring a lot of goals against bournemouth.
United needs to be consistent to make sure if it can even enter into the top 3. Manchester city and newcastle were struggling by facing the small clubs. Both were getting draw and MU can use that golden opportunity.
The result from the MU in EPL can give more moral to the whole of its players in the europa league when MU will be facing barcelona.

Marcus Rashford can never match Cristiano Ronaldo's laces, how can you say he is the replacement for Ronaldo Eh .? It beautiful to see Marcus Rashford scoring back to back four goals, but it's not just peng to say that.
All of these comparison aside, as far as Manchester United wins I'm okay, those saves from David has been stucked high up here in my fucking head

I think I have said too much of it, it'll be disappointing to see that Marcus Rashford is Injured and Manchester United won't be able to score goals. Garnacho had few chances last night, got to hit the cross bar and also lay the assist for Luke Shaw to score.

[Davian144]

I don't think Manchester United will be treating the Europa League as their second priority as you just said. Manchester United has stepped up their form a bit and is putting in more consistency in its winning, but I will not be fast to say that they will be able to overthrow Manchester city not to talk more of Arsenal who seems unyielding and indomitable this season. For that, man united will be more focused on the Europa League than The EPL. The only problem is that they will still have to defeat Arsenal before they could secure the Europa title. For now, I see Arsenal as man united greatest Rival.

That is the toughest problem for Manchester United this season because in the Europa League there is also Arsenal and in the Premier League Arsenal are also still leading the top of the standings which will also be very difficult for Manchester United to unseat Arsenal. And actually this kind of thing will also be very interesting to see in the Europa League because both of these teams will both focus more on two different competitions this season.

[koang]

However, Rashford is not really the answer to United's needs in the centre-forward position. like it or not, Ten Hag had to bring in some newcomers, especially pure stickers, to sharpen their front line. We'll see which players Ten Hag will bring in this January. If he brings in the right players, I'm sure Manchester United will be an opponent who can again be on a par with the big clubs competing in the European League competition. before preparing for the match for the playoffs later, Ten Hag will focus his troops more on the Domestic League competition to maintain the ranking they currently occupy.

Agree. United needs a center-forward

The Red Devils lack a striker to play in all the leagues they currently participate in (Premier League, Europe League, etc)
Erik Ten Hag also expressed his desire to sign more strikers.
The rumors today. The Red Devils are in the market to bring Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig.
And for a short-term option, the Red Devils reportedly want to borrow AC Milan, striker. Olivier Giroud.

[rahmad2nd]

I don't think Manchester United will be treating the Europa League as their second priority as you just said. Manchester United has stepped up their form a bit and is putting in more consistency in its winning, but I will not be fast to say that they will be able to overthrow Manchester city not to talk more of Arsenal who seems unyielding and indomitable this season. For that, man united will be more focused on the Europa League than The EPL. The only problem is that they will still have to defeat Arsenal before they could secure the Europa title. For now, I see Arsenal as man united greatest Rival.

I'm not a Manchester fan, but I like Ten Hag's coaching style more than any previous coach with the exception of Sir Alex Ferguson. Speaking of United, as far as I'm concerned, Erik Ten Hag has never stated that he is aiming for any trophy. Teh Hag came to coach United, to bring Manchester Uniter in a better direction. he only targets victory after victory in each of his matches, both in domestic competition and the Europa League. after all, Ten Hag is a coach who has high integrity and has the ability to bring United on a par with clubs competing in the Champions League.

Ten Hag knew very well that in his first season he would not be able to win a trophy unless United were really lucky. after all, currently Arsenal and Manchester City are more favored in their domestic league competition. for the Europa league, because we don't know the newcomers who will be brought to Old Trafford.  So far, we're just guessing. for sure, Barcelona vs United will present a very interesting match for us to watch. for the Gunners, they remain the strongest candidate to win a trophy in this competition with their positive trending performance.

[OcTradism]

I'm not a Manchester fan, but I like Ten Hag's coaching style more than any previous coach with the exception of Sir Alex Ferguson. Speaking of United, as far as I'm concerned, Erik Ten Hag has never stated that he is aiming for any trophy. Teh Hag came to coach United, to bring Manchester Uniter in a better direction. he only targets victory after victory in each of his matches, both in domestic competition and the Europa League. after all, Ten Hag is a coach who has high integrity and has the ability to bring United on a par with clubs competing in the Champions League.

I like Ten Hag that he does not criticize players directly in press conferences or on social media like Mourinho. He is determinant with his plan and decision that can make success for him in Manchester United. However, he is more lucky than previous coaches because he is receiving bigger support from the club. After many years of failure after retirement of Sir. Alex Ferguson, Manchester United are returning back to long term plan and after the failed bet with Paul Pogba, they are deciding to give power back to their coach, not star players.

Ten Hag knew very well that in his first season he would not be able to win a trophy unless United were really lucky.

He and Manchester United are climbing up to a third position in Premier League but I agree that thinking of the trophy is too optimistic. A third or second position at the end can be great for them. Again we should remember that Ole Solskajer had a season with a runner-up position with Manchester United but after all he was sacked by them.

[Alanaz]

Ten Hag knew very well that in his first season he would not be able to win a trophy unless United were really lucky.

He and Manchester United are climbing up to a third position in Premier League but I agree that thinking of the trophy is too optimistic. A third or second position at the end can be great for them. Again we should remember that Ole Solskajer had a season with a runner-up position with Manchester United but after all he was sacked by them.

This should be an ongoing process without expecting any achievements in a season that has been filled with inconsistent team performances. I'm not going to forbid them from setting a target of becoming champions, but it takes time for a team that has just recently resurrected like Manchester United. I think it will be very hasty in its first season already targeting a trophy which at the beginning received the team in not good condition.