2017 Pre Season | Sampdoria vs Manchester United

AndyJ1985

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Doubt many will want to give Fellaini the credit for winning the ball back for Martial earlier in that move either
Should we celebrate every successful pass he makes too? How about we applaud him every time he runs in a straight line without falling over?
 

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If we can find the right balance, I honestly think we'll win the league this season.

It's a massively talented squad we've got.
I think Utd will be the hardest to beat this season but will still have the most dysfunctional attack out of the top 6. Need to get 30 more goals from somewhere
 

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Aside from Matic theres no noticeable upgrade.
Zlatan cancels out Lukaku
Rojo out injured cancels out Lindelof.

Matic will be a great purchase but I don't see this team scoring 30 more goals in the league. It's still a distance away from top 4 let alone the title.
Lindelof actually looks like a bit of a downgrade. Rojo, Jones and Smalling all look superior.
 

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The special Juan.
He scored from the inside - often does. Playing on the wing isn't really his game but he's definitely the special Juan when played correctly. If I was still a mod. I'd ban anyone who criticised him. ;) Or at least, give them a good talking to :D
 

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People who were attacking Mata forgot that he had picked up an injury and missed half of our preseason because of it. He didn't prepare himself well during this summer.

Still amazing to have a player as clinical as him. :drool:
And he was excellent against LAG
 

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Lindelof actually looks like a bit of a downgrade. Rojo, Jones and Smalling all look superior.
Gonna give Lindelof atleast half a season before I judge, players like Evra /Vidic started very poor.
 

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Tuanzepe is a massive talent he has great self confidence that I'm actually surprise of. Him, Periera and Rashford are the most exciting young talents from the academy we get since ages.
 

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Axel just doesnt give a feck,ice cold, put him on RB vs Sanchez, put him on LB.
 

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Super dive from their player. Totally not needed

Edit: Dont mean a dive to get penalty
 

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I prefer this version of 4-3-3 - where Martial, Rashford and Mata stay up and press. Letting Fellaini, Herrera and the fullbacks deal with the players further down the pitch.
 

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Another good performance from Fellaini.
Can't believe I'm saying this but I'm actually warming to him.
 

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Great ending to the half. Martial and Mata stepped up.

I am not sure Martial should start in the supercup, but against West Ham I want both him and Rashford to start. We need to go into the season with attack power!
 

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The less said about the second half, the better.
 

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Great preseason. One of our best regarding the kind of matches we played. The players should be fit enough for a fast start in the league since we don't have any hard matches till gameweek 7 as I remember.
 

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What was Fergie's system?
Depends heavily on the season, but within each he tended to have a reasonably set system, and would put players into random positions. Certainly towards the later years. When we were playing a kind of 433 in the Roo/Ron/Tevez seasons he'd just randomly stick Park/Ando/Twins/Fletch/anyone into the midfield 3 and it seemed to do a job.