[Gasolin]

The fitness plan better work because I want to see the first 15 games of Ole back.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

What you mean 'too'.

We've looked good if you watch pre season games rather than crying over the transfer carnage.

Oh damn, forgot about pre season which definitely is a great reference point to how the season will pan out.

 

[Hernandez - BFA]

I want the season to start already. I need my fix!

 

[GwilDor]

Really ready to get out of the transfer bubble. Really important that we get off to a good start this year. I predict the following starting 11 against Chelsea:
————-Martial—————
James—Rashford—Lingard
——Pogba—-McTominay——
Shaw-Lindelöf-Maguire-AWB
—————-DDG——————

Don’t have too high hopes i must say, but hoping we’ll scrape a 1-0 or at best a 2-0.

 

[King7Eric]

Reckon its gonna be:
DDG
AWB
Lindelof
Maguire
Shaw
McTominay
Pogba
James
Lingard
Rashford
Martial

Subs: Romero, Jones, Young, Fred/Matic, Perreira, Mata, Greenwood.

Would expect us to win this by a couple of goals.

 

[PaulRich]

1st game of the season and in terms of team mentality its a must win due to us going up against a Top 4 rival. Lose and I think even after the first 90 minutes you could feel the confidence start to run away.

 

[Devil may care]

I thought this was a lunch time kick-off, thankfully it's 16:30 so I've got an excuse not to watch as I have family stuff. I'll go 0-0 as they've got no striker and we've got 2 who fail us more often than not and no midfield. I'm not going to bother guessing at a team as beyond GK, the back 4 and Pogba it doesn't matter, the rest are interchangeable mediocrity.

 

[Utd heap]

I thought this was a lunch time kick-off, thankfully it's 16:30 so I've got an excuse not to watch as I have family stuff. I'll go 0-0 as they've got no striker and we've got 2 who fail us more often than not and no midfield. I'm not going to bother guessing at a team as beyond GK, the back 4 and Pogba it doesn't matter, the rest are interchangeable mediocrity.

Looking forward to the new season then mate.

 

[paulscholes18]

DDG
AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
McTominay Pogba
Lingard Mata Martial
Rashford

 

[BulgarianDevil91]

MacGwyre and Rashford to score, 2:0 win! Come on!

 

[RobbieBerns]

DDG
AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
McTominay Pogba
Greenwood Pereira Martial
Rashford

3-1 United

 

[haram]

ddg
awb lindelof maguire shaw
scott matic pogba
lingard martial rashford

 

[Ballache]

-------------------DDG---------------------
----AWB-VNL-Maguire-Shaw----
---------------McT-Pogba--------------
Greenwood-Lingard-Rashford
------------------Martial------------------

I think we'll beat them, 2-0 with Martial and Rashford getting 1 each.

 

[Hernandez - BFA]

Seems like most are roughly in an agreement of what we think the team will be, rather than what we want it to be.

De Gea
WanBissaka Maguire Lindelof Shaw

McTominay Pogba

Greenwood Lingard Rashford

Martial

I’ll still take that.

 

[Black Adder]

As long as Matić and Mata don't start I'll be happy.

Would like to see Greenwood given chance to start, but if not then James on the right with Lingard in the hole, Rashford left and Martial up-front.

Hope for 3 points, but have a bad feeling we'll draw.

 

[SirAF]

Seems like most are roughly in an agreement of what we think the team will be, rather than what we want it to be.

De Gea
WanBissaka Maguire Lindelof Shaw

McTominay Pogba

Greenwood Lingard Rashford

Martial

I’ll still take that.

I’d take that too, but I think Mata or Matic will start.

 

[Macern]

Back 5 picks itself. I fully expect MacGyver to start. For me it’s a no-brainer to play with Pogba and McTominay in a midfield two. I really hope we don’t start with Matic.

Martial should be at the tip of the front four with Rashford on the left. The CAM and RW position is uncertain, but I’d love to see Andreas Pereira as the CAM because of his great pre-season form. I’d go with Lingard on the right due to his good pressing and movement.

 

[Macern]

Really ready to get out of the transfer bubble. Really important that we get off to a good start this year. I predict the following starting 11 against Chelsea:
————-Martial—————
James—Rashford—Lingard
——Pogba—-McTominay——
Shaw-Lindelöf-Maguire-AWB
—————-DDG——————

Don’t have too high hopes i must say, but hoping we’ll scrape a 1-0 or at best a 2-0.

I don’t think Rashford has played a single game as a center attacking midfielder under Solskjær (or any other manager) ever so that makes little sense.

 

[roseguy64]

de Gea

Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Shaw

Pogba McTominay

James Lingard Martial

Rashford

Sub: Romero, Young, Smalling, Matic, Fred, Mata, Greenwood

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

So no ins - sticking with my predicted formation, and a 0-0 scoreline.

Chelsea might be lacking going forward, but so are we. Neither team is going to want to start off with a demoralising loss, expect a cagey and highly boring affair. They'll simply stick two men on Pogba every time he gets possession and hound him, and we then have nobody to hit a killer ball and creative anything. Just like last season, basically.

 

[dannyrhinos89]

You just know Matic is going to start

 

[PepsiCola]

I really dont want to see Matic or Lingard start.

De Gea
AwB Ice Slab Shaw
McTominay
Pereira Pogba
Greenwood Rashford Martial

​

 

[Di Maria's angel]

How we fitting Dybala, Fernandes and Eriksen for this one?

 

[Catt]

I thought this was a lunch time kick-off, thankfully it's 16:30 so I've got an excuse not to watch as I have family stuff. I'll go 0-0 as they've got no striker and we've got 2 who fail us more often than not and no midfield. I'm not going to bother guessing at a team as beyond GK, the back 4 and Pogba it doesn't matter, the rest are interchangeable mediocrity.

You don't want to watch?

 

[Dazzmondo]

I expect this will be the starting xi. I hope I'm wrong:

De Gea

AWB Maguire Lindelof Shaw

Matic Pogba

Mata Lingard Rashford

Martial

Bench: Romero, Smalling, Young, McTominay, Pereira, James, Greenwood

Prediction: Utd 1-0 Chelsea (Rashford)​

 

[Catt]

I predicted a 5 - 0 win so we better smash 'em.

 

[Rojofiam]

De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelöf, Maguire, Shaw; Pogba, Matic, McTominay; Martial, Rashford, Mata

 

[SATA]

Chelsea fans, Kante and Rudiger fit? Or touch and go?

 

[DickDastardly]

I think we are ready for the season.

Watched our preseason games, fitness wise - we're ok.

I think we will start like this :

De Gea

AWB Maguire Lindelof Shaw

McTominay Pogba

Mata Lingard Rashford

Martial

James on for Mata in 65'
Greenwood on for Martial at 78'
Pereira on for Lingard at 78'

I just hope our manager and the backroom staff know that Matić can't fecking start this game.

Maguire should blend in just fine. He's had a good preseason as well so i've read.
Other back three are on top.
McTom is a beast.
Hope the real Paul Pogba shows up. We will need him.
Also hoping for James and Greenwood to bring up the intensity right to the whistle.

Can't wait for this season to start!!

 

[Devil may care]

Looking forward to the new season then mate.

I care about this season about as as the people in charge of the club.

You don't want to watch?

About as much I want to watch an Opera or a documentary of fishing.

 

[Utd heap]

I care about this season about as as the people in charge of the club.



About as much I want to watch an Opera or a documentary of fishing.

You wont be missed.

 

[Devil may care]

You wont be missed.

Your words hurt me deeply, but I shall to try to recover.

 

[Castia]

Not many people have James starting, I think he’s nailed on after pre season.

 

[space]

Would love to see this:

DDG
AWB Maguire Lindelof Shaw
McTominay Pogba
James Gomes Rashford
Martial
​

I expect to see:

DDG
AWB Maguire Lindelof Shaw
McTominay Pogba
Mata Lingard Martial
Rashford​

 

[GoldanoGraham]

I thought this was a lunch time kick-off, thankfully it's 16:30 so I've got an excuse not to watch as I have family stuff. I'll go 0-0 as they've got no striker and we've got 2 who fail us more often than not and no midfield. I'm not going to bother guessing at a team as beyond GK, the back 4 and Pogba it doesn't matter, the rest are interchangeable mediocrity.

Wow - there’s nothing like a bit of optimism!

Come on - ball hasn’t even been kicked yet - what we are looking for is improvement and a change of style and definitely a change in Tempo - with a much more solid defence we should be able to free up the forwards more to create and actually go forward - let’s not kid ourselves that it’s going to be miraculously great but Rome wasn’t built in a day.....

We need to get behind Ole and the team - we’ve got what we’ve got now for the season and a good start could certainly lift the transfer gloom in the Caf!

2-0 win
AWB - Man if the Match

 

[Devil may care]

Wow - there’s nothing like a bit of optimism!

Come on - ball hasn’t even been kicked yet - what we are looking for is improvement and a change of style and definitely a change in Tempo - with a much more solid defence we should be able to free up the forwards more to create and actually go forward - let’s not kid ourselves that it’s going to be miraculously great but Rome wasn’t built in a day.....

We need to get behind Ole and the team - we’ve got what we’ve got now for the season and a good start could certainly lift the transfer gloom in the Caf!

2-0 win
AWB - Man if the Match

We've been down this same bullshit road for the last 6 seasons with the same phony optimism of trying to convince ourselves it's not a shit show. Ole looks out of his depth to me and Woodward is a clown, the midfield is pathetic and I'm sick of Rashford and Martial letting us down, there's only so many times you can get bitten before you need to realize someone can't be trusted and I'm at that point with those 2, especially given both displayed rotten attitudes in the latter half of last season. Add to that we'll be starting Mata who is finished and Lingard who is mediocre at best, and I see zero reason to pretend like this will be any different to the last 6 seasons of incompetence at every level.

 

[Catt]

I care about this season about as as the people in charge of the club.



About as much I want to watch an Opera or a documentary of fishing.

That's nice. Maybe better to take a hike and give up football.

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

We've been down this same bullshit road for the last 6 seasons with the same phony optimism of trying to convince ourselves it's not a shit show. Ole looks out of his depth to me and Woodward is a clown, the midfield is pathetic and I'm sick of Rashford and Martial letting us down, there's only so many times you can get bitten before you need to realize someone can't be trusted and I'm at that point with those 2, especially given both displayed rotten attitudes in the latter half of last season. Add to that we'll be starting Mata who is finished and Lingard who is mediocre at best, and I see zero reason to pretend like this will be any different to the last 6 seasons of incompetence at every level.

I totally agree mate. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? Insanity.

Same goes for believing the same thing over and over. I've seen these players under 3-4 different managers - I have seen more than enough to know their limitations and capabilities. I don't expect anything different because I am not insane.

Maguire, James and AWB have my utmost respect and support though. However, these three won't make up for our deficiencies in midfield and attack.

 

[LJJT]

Think we will win this comfortably. Think we will show our pace and power built upon our new stability. Our midfield is weaker in personnel but stronger due to the better back 4. I can’t see anything in this Chelsea team to concern us

 

[haram]

2-0 win. McTominay with a big game.