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    Schmeichel's Cartwheel

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    Nope, you moan forever about basically everyone, Rashford, Maguire, Henderson, Bruno.

    The only players you seem to like regardless of their form or performances are Pogba and Martial.
    I assume you like Rashford, Maguire, Henderson & Bruno, therefore my criticism of them has been more egregious to you than my criticism of Pogba & Martial who I assume you don’t like? I assume you don’t like them as you think they are the only 2 players in the team I rate regardless of form, which means you must have noticed me praising them at some point which triggered you.

    I have criticised Anthony Martial far more than any of the players you listed by the way. But I suppose people only see what they are looking for. If you really like Bruno for example, and really don’t like Pogba, you’re going to notice my praise of Pogba & my criticism of Bruno more than vice versa.
     

    GMoore23

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    Team pretty much picks itself although I'd love to see VDB in for Fred

    De Gea
    Bissaka - Varane - Maguire - Shaw
    McTominay - Fred
    Greenwood - Bruno - Pogba
    CR7
     

    united_99

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    I assume you like Rashford, Maguire, Henderson & Bruno, therefore my criticism of them has been more egregious to you than my criticism of Pogba & Martial who I assume you don’t like? I assume you don’t like them as you think they are the only 2 players in the team I rate regardless of form, which means you must have noticed me praising them at some point which triggered you.

    I have criticised Anthony Martial far more than any of the players you listed by the way. But I suppose people only see what they are looking for. If you really like Bruno for example, and really don’t like Pogba, you’re going to notice my praise of Pogba & my criticism of Bruno more than vice versa.
    A lot of false assumptions as usual.
     

    Schmeichel's Cartwheel

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    A lot of false assumptions as usual.
    I just find it strange you think martial is my favourite player when I’ve slated him for months.

    The only player you listed i really don’t want anywhere near the club is Dean Henderson. I think he’s crap.

    Maguire is very good, albeit mistake prone & clumsy at times. Bruno is the most important player in the entire squad, despite his silly shots & unpredictable passing frustrating me. Rashford on top form is very good, he has consistency issues & his bottom level is truly shocking, but I still rate him.

    That’s my opinion on those players. Nobody is perfect. Including Pogba, who similarly to Rashford has a fantastic top level & an awful bottom level, and certainly not martial who looks finished.
     

    united_99

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    I just find it strange you think martial is my favourite player when I’ve slated him for months.

    The only player you listed i really don’t want anywhere near the club is Dean Henderson. I think he’s crap.

    Maguire is very good, albeit mistake prone. Bruno is the most important player in the entire squad, despite his silly shots & unpredictable passing frustrating me. Rashford on top form is very good, he has consistency issues & his bottom level is truly shocking, but I still rate him.

    That’s my opinion on those players. Nobody is perfect. Including Pogba, who similarly to Rashford has a fantastic top level & an awful bottom level, and certainly not martial who looks finished.
    This is my last post on this.
    You play the victim card very often and your posts are full of hypocrisy.
    That’s why you are called out here more often as your usual posts are everywhere.

    As for your Rashford and Pogba / Martial comparisons, still remember your awful posts about Rashford how apparently no one outside UK rates him. Which was completely false as pointed out by several posters who live abroad and know that people outside UK do indeed rate Rashford.
    However where were / are your similar posts about Martial or Pogba?

    Then your clear tiresome agenda about McFred before and after almost every single game. Hardly anyone here believes that they are great players, however anyone with some understanding about our squad knows that they are our current best solution as Matic can’t even last for more than 60 minutes, let alone play 2-3 games in a row and DvB is even less of a DM than McFred.
    Other posters myself included also like some players more than others, but most of us write it down a couple of times instead of the same boring repetitive negative stuff almost every single day.
    That’s why people call your posts out more than others’.
     

    BusbyMalone

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    To be fair, the crowd size will be similar and starts at 4.30. Police won't want 130,000 people wandering around within a mile circle... those Courteneers fans are hooligans!
    Yeah, definitely. I can understand it. I was talking more about the musical acts!

    Although I do like Johnny Marr
     

    BusbyMalone

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    never even heard of them - and surely a 3pm start wouldn't clash. Game over by 5 - what gig starts before that?
    Well, the gates open at 4:30 so I can understand why they're doing it. It's just the fact that our game has to be rearranged for that bunch!
     

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    Will be a good game. Think this will probably finish 3-1 like the same fixture last season, and that was a cracker too.
     

    Inigo Montoya

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    Will be a good game. Think this will probably finish 3-1 like the same fixture last season, and that was a cracker too.
    They had Grealish pulling strings last season. Bailey is out so I can see them sitting deeper than last season waiting for a break.
     

    Tom Cato

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    Would be nice with a win. 16 out of 18 possible points after 6 rounds is a good start, and would be only the 2nd time in 10 years we've had that many points in the season opener, only matched by the 17/18 season. Last time before that was 11/12.
     

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    Unbelievably enough it's the early kick-off yet it shares the exact kick-off time as City and Chelsea. What a blunder.
    Exactly I saw midday and assumed it was on TV. Don't get why it's early and not broadcast, the 3pm blackout doesn't matter for it.
     

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    Bringing Cavani on after 70 mins with CR on the pitch will give more freedom and room for the latter to score. Defenders would be confused whom to mark and whose run to pay attention to
     

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    If Solskjær gives Donny a start here, it would be a major statement of trust.
    He'll play Villareal. Same for Dalot. I get that McFred and AWB could use some competition, but it'd be silly for Ole to drop his tried and trusted off the back off 2 decent performances from the other 2.
     

    Inigo Montoya

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    Unbelievably enough it's the early kick-off yet it shares the exact kick-off time as City and Chelsea. What a blunder.
    It's not a blunder as such. The City game was always scheduled for 12:30 and our game was moved because it clashed with a concert at the cricket ground,
    From a safety point of view it's the only thing they could do
     

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    DDG

    AWB
    Varane
    Maguire
    Shaw

    McTominay
    Pogba

    Greenwood
    Bruno
    Sancho

    Ronaldo

    3-1 tight win against a tricky opposition
     

    BorisManUtd

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    At least there's no more Grealish to worry about and Bailey is injured it seems.
     

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    He'll play Villareal. Same for Dalot. I get that McFred and AWB could use some competition, but it'd be silly for Ole to drop his tried and trusted off the back off 2 decent performances from the other 2.
    I think there's no chance he plays Villarreal. We'll be under pressure in that competition and Ole will certainly go with his best team, which we know doesn't include VdB
     

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    Only just noticed this isn't in TV ... FFS
    Come live in Norway! We have United on the telly and no Covid restrictions as of tomorrow! You’ll get used to us still clinging to that one metre rule even though it is no more, our slightly impolite manners and scepticism towards strangers.
     

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    Bit crap that our game clashes with the City vs Chelsea game. When did they ever put two games on at 12:30pm?

    Ahh well....the boys always come first.
     

    Parma Dewol

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    Only just noticed this isn't in TV ... FFS
    WTF! Only just realised myself. Assumed it would be on TV due to the kick off time.

    So annoying. Coverage in the UK is the pits, when are they going to realise people want to watch!?
     

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    WTF! Only just realised myself. Assumed it would be on TV due to the kick off time.

    So annoying. Coverage in the UK is the pits, when are they going to realise people want to watch!?
    They would have already chosen the Chelsea/City game. Our game is not game of the day, if the police say game has to be moved that is tough.
     

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    They would have already chosen the Chelsea/City game. Our game is not game of the day, if the police say game has to be moved that is tough.
    Game of the day or not, I struggle to get my head around the fact that in this country you can’t legally tune in to watch your team play. Just seems mad in this day and age.
     

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    The most interesting here is probably to predict the bench.

    Henderson
    Dalot
    Lindelöf
    var de Beek
    Matic
    Sancho
    Lingard
    Cavani
    Martial

    To be left out: Mata, Telles, Bailly, Jones and Heaton
     

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    Unlike Atkinson, Dean has actually given us questionable decisions in the past. It’s not always one way with him, he’s shit but he’s not biased.

    Moss is fat & can’t keep up, Dean is shit, but the two refs I fear in terms of genuinely being bent against us are Atkinson & Oliver.

    Atkinson in particular has over a decade worth of evidence. It’s too many times to be called a coincidence or just incompetence.
    Yes, the three referees I dread the most reffing our matches are Atkinson, Oliver, Moss. All three have proven history of agendas against United. Dean is a shit ref and makes the show about him, but we've benefitted from dodgy calls from him, as well as losing out.
     

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    The most interesting here is probably to predict the bench.

    Henderson
    Dalot
    Lindelöf
    var de Beek
    Matic
    Sancho
    Lingard
    Cavani
    Martial

    To be left out: Mata, Telles, Bailly, Jones and Heaton
    With Rashford and Amad returning from injury at some point we really will be spoiled for choice from an attacking perspective.
     

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    It's not a blunder as such. The City game was always scheduled for 12:30 and our game was moved because it clashed with a concert at the cricket ground,
    From a safety point of view it's the only thing they could do
    All they had to do was start the concert later!
     

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    How did the PL think it was a good idea to schedule a utd game the same time as city Chelsea?

    Edit. See it was the PL
     

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    Starting XI

    De Gea

    Wan-Bissaka - Varane - Maguire - Shaw

    McTominay - Fred

    Greenwood - Fernandes - Pogba

    Ronaldo​

    Subs: Henderson, Dalot, Lindelof, Matic, Van De Beek, Sancho, Lingard, Cavani, Martial

    Score Prediction: Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa
     

    Berbasbullet

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    My first game in a few years :D think we see Ronaldo bag one and Greenwood is due a goal too.
     

    Inigo Montoya

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    All they had to do was start the concert later!
    Concerts tend to be organised months in advance and with the scheduling of our UCL game I doubt if either event
    Could have been moved. I doubt if you can suddenly tell thousands of concert goers that the time has changed.
     

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    Concerts tend to be organised months in advance and with the scheduling of our UCL game I doubt if either event
    Could have been moved. I doubt if you can suddenly tell thousands of concert goers that the time has changed.
    Yes, it doesn't help us with kick off times not being confirmed until a few weeks beforehand, so that the TV companies can choose their schedules. Anyway, it doesn’t adversely affect me, being a season ticket holder who lives 10 miles from Old Trafford :D
     

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    Be happy to see Fred dropped for this one as he's become far too unreliable to be occupying such an important position. Donny or Matic can't do much worse than him.

    Hopefully, Mctominay has fully recovered after the week's rest. He was clearly nowhere near fit last week and it showed in his performance.
     
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Score Predictions

223,11,12
  • Man Utd win
  • Aston Villa win
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Detailed Results

  • 24% Man Utd 2:0 Aston Villa
  • 20% Man Utd 2:1 Aston Villa
  • 17% Man Utd 3:1 Aston Villa
  • 16% Man Utd 3:0 Aston Villa
  • 4% Man Utd 4:0 Aston Villa
  • 3% Man Utd 1:1 Aston Villa
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  • 2% Man Utd 1:0 Aston Villa
  • 2% Man Utd 5:0 Aston Villa
  • 2% Man Utd 1:2 Aston Villa
  • 1% Man Utd 0:0 Aston Villa
  • 1% Man Utd 3:2 Aston Villa
  • 1% Man Utd 0:3 Aston Villa
  • 1% Man Utd 0:5 Aston Villa
  • 1% Man Utd 2:2 Aston Villa
  • 0% Man Utd 0:1 Aston Villa
  • 0% Man Utd 1:3 Aston Villa
  • 0% Man Utd 0:2 Aston Villa
  • 0% Man Utd 5:1 Aston Villa
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