Pre-season friendly Manchester United - Borussia Dortmund

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Well - Dortmund don't scare me defensively. We should be able to create a bit of problems for them
 

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MUTV has Mata in the middle with Micki and Lingard on the wings.
 

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feking hell i thought this game was in 24hrs!!! what a blessing to wake up to !!
 

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If Memphis is up front, could that be because Jose thinks Martial is far more likely to be his main left winger, so wants to see how Memphis does centrally?
It means we have no fit strikers on tour besides keane who will probably come on as a sub if at all. Dont read too much into it
 

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I guess we will have to wait and see.
You always have to wait but comparing him to Obertan demonstrates a lack of knowledge concerning Obertan who was shite in France.
 

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Only muppets will want valencia sold when clearly he is our best rightback. Has so much to offer but the fifa managers might disagree.
he's playing for the bedge and that's what's important me right now... otherwise he's as good as backup for a top club, unfortunately we have no better as Darmian is atrocious, Varela out on loan and TFM is midfielder and just turned 18, Mou will have to asses this problem next window...
 

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Why the feck isn't this being shown live in Australia? I don't care about watching a fa cup replay right now.
 

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Looks a bit defensive with Blind in the defensive (left-)central-midfield, doesn't it? Trying to limit the damage from a sharper Dortmund.

There no limit for players in the bench, is there? Maybe Carrick and Fosu-Mensah are unavailable. Fosu-Mensah wasn't in the training lineups that got leaked. Perhaps he picked up an injury after the Wigan friendly.

Surprising Mourinho included Rashford, after saying English internationals (surely he was mainly thinking of Rooney) wouldn't feature. Seems we have to take what he says with a grain of salt… :rolleyes:

Very curious how the wingers will be distributed. Lingard or Mkhitaryan in the left? Please, just not Mata in the right...
 

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Any Aussie that like me thought we couldn'twatch live, it's being shown live on GEM on free to air. Apparently they have the right for international this game.
 

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Only muppets will want valencia sold when clearly he is our best rightback. Has so much to offer but the fifa managers might disagree.
Nothing to do with FM but some people can actually spot his weaknesses in real life. His defensive positioning is pretty weak at times and he gets caught out of position way too often. While he gets forward quite frequently his deliveries aren't really great either.

That being said he was our best right FB last season without a doubt but I think if we are serious about getting back to the very elite of clubs we should aim for better than what those two have show so far. Naturally now that LvG is gone I hope some players will show a different (better) game of theirs.
 

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Looks a bit defensive with Blind in the defensive (left-)central-midfield, doesn't it? Trying to limit the damage from a sharper Dortmund.
No, it's not too defensive. Blind is very good on the ball, he is a positive passer and he plays with Mata and Herrera. ;)
 

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Does it matter as long as the players don't pick up knocks and are getting fitter? I have stopped worrying about pre-season games as I have witnessed some horror shows.
Nah I couldn't care less, it's just what I think. Dortmund's team looks strong and they've had more pre-season games.

I'm still expecting a mini meltdown if we lose badly though :lol:
 

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Disappointed to see no TFS in the squad, I hope that means he will get more playing time against City then.

Hope we get to see Rashford in the 2nd half.

Also excited to watch Dembele, he is going to be awesome one day.
 

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Nah I couldn't care less, it's just what I think. Dortmund's team looks strong and they've had more pre-season games.

I'm still expecting a mini meltdown if we lose badly though :lol:
There will be a mini meltdown if it's 0-0 at HT.