The So, Renaldo back at Old Trafford this February.

Well first of all Ed a ho-ho-ho and a Merry Christmas to you and all listeners and when I say Christmas I of course mean appropriate seasonal festival or if there isn't one just ordinary week that you're a bit annoyed that everyone's going on about.

Yeah, horrible draw, isn't it?

I mean, it's a draw packed full with narrative, that's for sure.

Yes, I rather suspect the narrative is one of United getting thumped,

but hey, that's just a pessimist in me

you can't defend like so let's let's be honest we're gonna concede a few goals and

this fergios you know let's all defensive but I'm not sure that's a winning formula either.

So maybe a couple of three old draws what do you reckon?

Do you think it's a Barcelona 99 repeat?

Or a realm of Madrid whatever year it was repeat except with a better ending that'd be good because one of the

greatest old Trafford fixtures ever wasn't it?

Well the year after yeah Rinaldo's hat trick fat Rinaldo that is and

United's attempt at a come back and nearly snatched

an equalizer late in the day, but of course they wouldn't have been good enough anyway because

of the Nelnell draw at the Bernabeau.

I mean, listen, it's the worst draw we could have possibly got in terms of strength of

opposition I think in spite of the fact that real Madrid are sputtering in the

league at the moment there's no question that Barcelona and

round Madrid are head and shoulders above where United and city let's say are at

the moment or really any club in any other country I think you know that because they're so much better than the rest of the

Spanish League it makes the Spanish League as a whole week although far cow I guess is doing

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