[Scorpy]

10/11, had Akinfeev for De Gea.

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

10/11, had Akinfeev for De Gea.

 

[2 man midfield]

10/11, had Akinfeev for De Gea.

 

[Scarecrow]

Happy to see Juan back in. He'll score tonight, just watch.

 

[King.of.Red]

10/11, had Young instead of Valencia.

same..
and good line up. 3-0 for our win by Lukaku, Mata and Martial.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Weekly youth check
Always worth a reminder.


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One youth player starts and two on bench...3,880 consecutive first team #mufc games since Oct 1937 with youth player in squad #79yr #history

6:49 PM - Oct 18, 2017

 

[Random Task]

Let's get in the mood.

How do people come up with this stuff?

 

[Random Task]

Predicting an 8-0 win this evening.

Gonna outdo them we are!

 

[Android1974]

Fejsa's definitely not playing in the leftwing for Benfica!

Edit: they just shifted him to the rightwing! No clues.

 

[adexkola]

18:33KEY EVENT
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Here's the #MUFC team to face Benfica in tonight's #UCLgame...

6:32 PM - Oct 18, 2017

4-2-3-1? I like it.

 

[Android1974]

End of the myth about press conference players starting the game. With Young there wasn't even any language excuse.

 

[Scarecrow]

Their top scorer Jonas is not playing too. Injury?

 

[Android1974]

This is a very defensive lineup from Benfica, they almost always play 4-4-2 and they have three central midfielders in the team, in maybe like a 4-3-3.

 

[Damien]

End of the myth about press conference players starting the game. With Young there wasn't even any language excuse.

That ended with Martial.

Good lineup.

 

[Kapardin]

Here's hoping Lindelof puts in a good performance and shows he's worth the buy.

Thought Martial would start. Looks like this Rashford/Martial rotation is set to continue. Well, if they each score goals coming off the bench, no-one's complaining.

 

[Scarecrow]

Here's hoping Lindelof puts in a good performance and shows he's worth the buy.

Thought Martial would start. Looks like this Rashford/Martial rotation is set to continue. Well, if they each score goals coming off the bench, no-one's complaining.

Well...

 

[Android1974]

Their top scorer Jonas is not playing too. Injury?

He had fitness issues, but he might be on the bench.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

18:58
Where's Luke Shaw?
Split sentiment from United fans on Twitter.

Some sad for Shaw that he’s not in the squad then others think his time is up, then there’s this man who’s questioning if he’s alive.


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Is Luke Shaw even alive? Zlatan will start a game before he does.

6:45 PM - Oct 18, 2017

 

[prtk0811]

Thought AV will e rested today. Damn missed 11/11, and the bonus points.

 

[Hammerfell]

You do realise that they both start every other game right?

Whoosh.

 

[Android1974]

I think Luke Shaw just travelled as a punishment, exactly as Rojo travelled as a reward.

 

[Android1974]

Thought AV will e rested today. Damn missed 11/11, and the bonus points.

He didn't play the international game, so he's a bit rested.

 

[Damien]

18:58
Where's Luke Shaw?
Split sentiment from United fans on Twitter.

Some sad for Shaw that he’s not in the squad then others think his time is up, then there’s this man who’s questioning if he’s alive.


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Is Luke Shaw even alive? Zlatan will start a game before he does.

6:45 PM - Oct 18, 2017

He was never going to be in the 18 today. His best chance of an appearance is in the cup.

 

[el3mel]

10/11 predicted Young instead of Valencia.

Very good lineup, though. Should be enough to win this game.

 

[dichinero]

Let's get in the mood.

 

[Offside]

My god, Stewart Gardner just made a joke about the weather in Portugal, if Mourinho's missing it… when just a few days ago there was 34º and more than 30 people died in fires!

Stewart Gardner was on Match of the Day the other week which was weird l.

 

[Android1974]

Apparently, one of Benfica wingers, Diogo Gonçalves, has gone from having 5 minutes to starting in the Champions League. Maybe Mourinho wasn't expecting that one.

 

[Ban]

You do realise that they both start every other game right?

A myth.

 

[prtk0811]

So, Mata away in 4-2-3-1, Mourinho is expecting Benfica to give us the control of the game.

Mata only gets benched in big away games when ball circulation and possession is required for attacking threat.

 

[ChaddyP]

Whoosh.

Yeh wooosh. So easy to get context from the Internet without emojis and white text because redcafe has the most rational posters in the match day thread. Right? Do you even know if I'm angry or laughing at the moment? Lemmi help

 

[AXVnee7]

Solid lineup. As mentioned before would be great if we can do the business away because the reverse fixture is at OT, but is in between two big PL fixtures.

 

[roseguy64]

10/11, had Young instead of Valencia.

Same

 

[DWelbz19]

You do realise that they both start every other game right?

Rashford has started 6/8 PL games, and 1/3 CL games.

Martial has started 2/8 PL games, and 2/3 CL games.

Hardly 'every other game'.

 

[James Peril]

Not that I care anymore, but I see Mr. Goal/Assist every half is on the bench again. These articles about him being Mourinho’s pet this season are just lies. Martial doesn’t play a whole lot, unfortunately.

 

[LoneStar]

Good lineup. Just hoping Matic and Herrera can do better.

 

[Android1974]

Mata only gets benched in big away games when ball circulation and possession is required for attacking threat.

Funny, Mourinho mentioned he needed Mata for possession based games. But he apparently got his tactical decision right, because Benfica look like abdicating from the possession with their lineup.

 

[Android1974]

Rashford has started 6/8 PL games, and 1/3 CL games.

Martial has started 2/8 PL games, and 2/3 CL games.

Hardly 'every other game'.

 

[Siorac]

He’s taking the piss.

Quite tediously, I might add.

 

[Ban]

Quite tediously, I might add.

 

[SATA]

Think we'll dominate the game like we did at CSKA and score a couple. This is a team that lost 5-0 to Basel