Manchester United vs Otelul Galati 
We finally opened account in the ECL with an important away win over Galati with 2 Rooney penalties. Not exactly a very convincing story but a precious 3-point haul nevertheless.
That puts us in second place with 5 points before Benfica and if Benfica beats Basel, then they have the 10 points required to qualify to the next round. A victory this round to us is a do-or-die mission and I am going to assume that we will win it.
If we beat Galati 2-0 away, we should beat them 2-0 at home too or more. On that count, we will have 8 points and just as long as we avoid defeat to both Basel and Benfica subsequently, we would qualify too. However, would Fergie settle for second place and risk placing a seeded team early in the second round?
A win over Benfica at Old Trafford on 22 Nov should see us leap frogging with 11 points to Benfica's 10 and knowing Fergie, we will push full steam ahead and grab the final 3 points against Basel just to ensure we finish Round 1 at the top.
Gone is the luxury that we rake in the points early and then cruise the remainder of the final 2 games in Round 1 to allow us to prepare for the hectic Christmas/New Year fixtures.
So the question today is not if we win Galati but if we beat them by 3 goals more or not.
Asian Handicap sets ManUtd at 2.05 to beat the 2.25-ball handicap. 1X2 says ManUtd wins this outright with a 1.09 payout.
The current jackpot sits at ManUtd having 82% of the pot to beat the handicap.
As for me, I'd say yes we will collect the 3-points to keep up with Benfica whom they are expected to beat Basel.
As to if we beat the handicap, I'd say a nay as I feel the current squad is out of sorts at the moment and not exactly very cohesive to be the steam rolling juggernaut that gave us so much to cheer about.
JayWalk's 2011/2012 Track Record to-date (01 Nov 2011) : P64-W41-L23
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