I don't have an issue with Matic starting, his inclusion was inevitable given the state of the injury list, but I feel starting Periera was a mistake. He's been ineffective this season and given how Ole has stated for quite some time that he plans to give youth a chance, today seemed like the perfect opportunity to give Greenwood his first start of the season.
I hear you. It's clear to me that our goal will be to sit back, stay compact and hit on the counter. But in order to stay compact, you can't have a numerical disadvantage in the midfield. Furthermore, we must make plans for Ndidi, he's a crucial player in the midfield for Leicester City. We don't have the quality anymore to do solely our thing and not give a rat's arse about the opposition's strengths. This explains Pereira who's in the starting lineup because Lingard is absent. Greenwood will be an attacking option if Leicester are winning and therefore not willing to commit many players forward or if we're chasing the winning goal in the last 20-25 minutes. It makes absolute sense on paper.
This is what baffles me. You (not you specifically) can't complain about the state of the squad and then moan because the manager won't play some teenagers just because we're United and we should always take the game to our rivals. You must choose that you either want to see the kids even if we finish lower from the tenth position or that you want to check if Ole has the managerial nous to compete for top-four with a rather thin squad. You can't have both.
Is it a good lineup quality-wise? No, it's not. But more than half of the forum is willing to sacrifice the present because the deadwood is gone now. Is it a reasonable one? It abso-fecking-lutely is. So, why the rage?