[Dr. Dwayne]

have major doubts that we can see off West Ham and Leicester unfortunately!!

We only need to draw them both.

 

[jamesjimmybyrondean]

DDG
TFM Lindelof Maguire Williams
Mctominay Fred
Greenwood Pogba Rashford
Martial

​

 

[AndersB]

I'm actually worried here that we will end up in a kind of scenario akin to Barca v PSG or Liverpool v Barca in the CL, by beating West Ham with several goals. The kind of scenario where a team thinks "Surely we can't feck this up now!", and once signs start to show of it actually being possible, they just crumble completely under pressure, with the other team motivated by doing the "impossible".
Especially considering the mental fragility we have demonstrated over the past years.

 

[11101]

Our full backs and midfield in defence will be critical as Moyes will pump long balls down the channels to try to get crosses in, and there will be runners coming from deep. Thankfully, our best LB is injured and our RB and DM are absolutely knackered after Ole gave them another 80-90 minutes each on Sunday.

I just hope our front 3 have enough in them to score a couple of goals early, and lets be honest West Ham's defence is poor. A lot will come down to whether our midfield can control the ball early on and settle ourselves.

 

[Irwin99]

A draw wouldn't be the end of the world by any means, it would give us a bit of safety against Leicester knowing we''d only need a draw with them to get a CL spot. I still think United will have too much quality for West Ham. Leicester is the bigger concern but one step at a time.

 

[fps]

For some reason I thought and hoped this match was on Thursday. Well it’s got to be the full first 11 hasn’t it. Only possible absentee I assume is Shaw.

 

[fps]

West Ham is in a very bad shape. We need pacy players such as Martial, Rashford and Mason to play the full 90 min. The player I'm not 100% convinced who should play is Maguire. Not because he had a bad game or anything. He's been playing every single minute of the past few games and with that knock on his head, I'm not sure if it's a good idea for him to play.

West Ham are actually playing well, and in Antonio they have a real in-form striker.

As long as he passes any protocols, Maguire absolutely has to play, he’s captain, the club’s best centre half, and also clear leader of the defence and organiser.

I have no idea where people are getting the thought that this match is simply about how many the team scores. Total banana skin if the team doesn’t work it’s socks off.

 

[siw2007]

Normally, this should have been an easy win but West Ham are bang in form, while we are looking like we are running out of steam. It was a bad defeat at the weekend, but we need to bounce back as this is a must win match!

Romero
AWB Lindelof Maguire Williams
Pogba McTominay Bruno
Greenwood Martial Rashford
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Changes are simple, go back to our normal system but bring in McTominay as Matic played on Sunday, Williams plays again and would pick Romero over De Gea due to recent mistakes. The aim is of course to win, but if at all possible, try to win big, if we put in a ruthless display in front of goal tomorrow night, we can probably afford to lose by 1 goal on Sunday in order to qualify (of course, I really don't want it to come to that!).

 

[sammsky1]

 

[Champ]

We only need to draw them both.

True, although as SAF once said 'ive never played for a draw in my life'
I hope Ole follows suit.

 

[The Brown Bull]

True, although as SAF once said 'ive never played for a draw in my life'
I hope Ole follows suit.

SAF did say that but it ain't true.

 

[youngrell]

Think we are worrying a bit too much. We could be third by the end of tomorrow

 

[Squeaky Bumtime]

Moyes is again on about not being given time?

 

[utdalltheway]

Don't you know that headers and volleys count for double?

And in off the bar? That's worth 3 goals!

Ah cmon mate. That’s bollix! Now you’re just trying to confuse people.
We’re away so our goals count double.

 

[utdalltheway]

8 or 9 i would say.

This one seems to have slipped by.

 

[Class of 63]

This one seems to have slipped by.

Surely that's out of 20, unless Gled doesn't go for athletic guys with personality.

 

[utdalltheway]

There’s someone for everyone.

 

[Squeaky Bumtime]

I hope we'll score at least one through West Ham keeper legs cause those count for 2.

 

[ArjenIsM3]

Moyes is again on about not being given time?

Always is. Man's never going to get over it is he? Pathetic

 

[Glideman]

So if we win this game we qualify for Champs league right?

 

[Champ]

SAF did say that but it ain't true.

It is,
But nevermind.
We need to focus on winning the two games.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

So if we win this game we qualify for Champs league right?

definitely maybe

 

[sewey89]

So if we win this game we qualify for Champs league right?

It’d certainly help

 

[Bojan11]

For some reason I thought and hoped this match was on Thursday. Well it’s got to be the full first 11 hasn’t it. Only possible absentee I assume is Shaw.

Why would you want it on Thursday? We would play Leicester 3 days after.

If Ole rested the players on Sunday then none of this would have mattered. But he ended up doing nothing.

 

[Riz]

Why would you want it on Thursday? We would play Leicester 3 days after.

If Ole rested the players on Sunday then none of this would have mattered. But he ended up doing nothing.

So frustrating. I didn’t mind throwing on Pogba and Martial as second half subs to chase the game. But Bruno, Matic, WanB, Rashford playing the majority of that game wasn’t ideal at all.

 

[space]

So if we win this game we qualify for Champs league right?

If we we win this game we only need a point on the last day to guarantee UCL.
If we draw this game we only need a point on the last day to guarantee UCL.
If we lose this game we must win on the last day to guarantee UCL.

Bonus (if we decide to really turn up):
If we win 3-0 Leicester would have to beat us by 2 clear goals
If we win 5-0 Leicester would have to beat us by 3 clear goals

 

[USREDEVIL]

Let's get an early goal ffs. Been starting terrible and we don't need any more "squeeky bum time."

 

[One Night Only]

Can we trust De Gea in goal on Wednesday night though

He said strongest team so DDG won't be included.

 

[Chairman Steve]

Surely this team cannot feck up 2 ‘must not lose’ games right? What are the chances we draw our last two games? It would fit well with a lot of previous years where we limp over the line and pass out figuratively speaking, rather than finishing strong.

 

[Bogga]

I wanna see a confident and hungry team go all in immediately from kick off. Let's put 5 in their net... If so we can even afford a 0-2 loss vs Leicester

 

[Red00012]

Need a performance so we can forget about that shitshow last Sunday

 

[Ralph1386]

I cant shake the bad feeling about this game.

My main worry is fatigue and having started with most of our starting 11 three days before the game.

 

[Bastian]

Such a shame we've not taken the opportunity to rest players to get them fresh for this match. Can't see how we can line up any other way than the recent first XI, with Williams (if he's OK, which I doubt) coming in for Shaw.

Not really sure about de Gea.

This is probably a time where we could use Pep's nutritionists.

 

[dwd]

Very misleading video title. Was interesting to hear Stone speak about De Gea & Sancho though.

 

[Ronaldo's Mum Eh?]

Absolutely buzzing for this now. Can't wait until 1PM tomorrow.

 

[USREDEVIL]

Absolutely buzzing for this now. Can't wait until 1PM tomorrow.

Yeah i can't wait for 10 a.m. although i'll have to watch it on dvr as i've to work.

 

[Strelok]

Would be more than happy to trade my left nut for a 3-0.

 

[Tel074]

He said strongest team so DDG won't be included.

Of course De Gea is our strongest keeper so he will play

 

[peridigm]

For some reason I thought and hoped this match was on Thursday. Well it’s got to be the full first 11 hasn’t it. Only possible absentee I assume is Shaw.

Gone for TFM. Probably going to be Williams.

 

[NecssryEvil]

Yeah i can't wait for 10 a.m. although i'll have to watch it on dvr as i've to work.

Same here in CO. Drives me crazy knowing it’s over but have to wait. The only ”good” thing is that there is little chance of spoilers if I stay off the interwebs.

I am sure Moyes will try to get them fired up but in the back of all the players mind they already know they are safe. Score early and they will start thinking about being on crutches during their short break v on the beach and maybe we can score 3 or 4. Let them stay in the game through the first half and...

I think the only advantage they have is a couple extra days rest. I think superior talent, playing at home and desperation gives United the edge. 4-1