Good point.
Carrick's First Team
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Is Greenwood injured? Him on the right, Sancho on the left is Rashford is not ready
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This line up is based on fit and in form (relatively) players. No Varane as well.
I was going off the bolder comment relating to dropping Maguire to enable us to play a high line. If that’s not what you meant apologies.
Would love to see the reaction if the team is identical to one Ole puts out.
He'll start VdB without a doubt, there's no way he'll start the same dull line up Ole did. He's going to try to prove he can bring something different into the table.
Tonight we'll know how much of a hand Ole had in the tactics and team selection.
I think there will some nickname made up for Carrick and it won't be pretty. Criticism has already started and he hasn't even had one game.
Yeah literally, some of our fans are the worst. Let’s hope he has a good few games before Poch or whoever takes over so the vultures here don’t start picking away at him.
If he will have few good games you'll here them hoping it wont last long so it doesn't make the board give him a permanent job.
Acceptable other then Maguire.
Try again
Two of your back 3 are absolute liabilities.
Back to hoping the team lose for some.
Not sure about this, there was never a chance Carrick picks the same lineup as a side that was battered 4-1 by Watford in any scenario.
then rashford for greenwood.
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Dropped Bruno and gone with McFred and Donny.
Oof.
Not sure what to think of that.
Mctominay starting is still not nice to see, and Villarreal will sit deep and let us go at them.
McFred lives on..
I like that post.
Not hugely surprising to see McFred is it? Pogba is injured. Matic doesn't really seem to be able to play twice a week. So it was either Fred, McTominay & Van De Beek or Fred, Van de Beek and Bruno.
Carrick has absolutely done the right thing dropping Bruno - I had been crying our for a 4-3-3 since Southampton. Bravo!
This has worked well whenever it's been used, a total of two times.
I can see logic in it - Bruno doesn't deserve to start at the moment, even with the possibility that he can be and usually is the most creative player in the team.
On the other hand, you just hoped Maguire was culled because he needs it more than anyone. Lucky lucky man if you ask me.
On the other hand, you just hoped Maguire was culled because he needs it more than anyone. Lucky lucky man if you ask me.
This is a good line up , considering the absentees. May be Rashford for martial ,but I guess Martial deserves a chance . Bruno needed a breather he isn't playing well right now.
In his presser Carrick said he knew "exactly how we would play tonight"! Not sure whether that's a good sign or not.
Presumably in other games he didn't know how they would play, or maybe it was a nod to the fact that Ole gave the orders, he just followed them.
I agree, something has to change and lets be honest it can't get much worse. I believe some bookies are already quoting odds on our involvement in the Europa competition!!
Playing both Bruno and Ronaldo is half the problem Ole had imo. Ronaldo can't press and Bruno isn't that kind of player either. Only room for one free role in that side and forcing Bruno to defend is counterproductive.
2 keepers on the bench? Mcfred in midfield?
Yeah nothing will change till these jokers leave with Ole
Yeah nothing will change till these jokers leave with Ole
To those giving out about McFred, who else was supposed to play? Bruno can't be trusted to keep positional discipline. Matic can hardly play again. We don't have any other players. We're leaking goals like mad, so we'll go away from home in Europe and drop a DM for an AM? Don't think so.
Shaw injured or dropped from the squad?
Concussion protocol, came off against Watford.
Add to that De Gea's record with his own international side, Spain basically went from being the best team in the world, to being absolute garbage when he was their number one.
Now that he's been dropped for Unai Simon they are back to being one of the best again, coincidence? Absolutely not.
Also, this blows a hole in the theory that De Gea has consistently had a poor defence in front of him for ten years for us and that's why he concedes so many goals.
Even if it is true that every single defender we've bought since he signed has been bad (which would be a pretty massive coincidence if true) then how do you explain him being so poor for Spain playing behind the likes of Ramos and Pique?
As I've said many times, Baresi and Maldini would concede goals playing in front of De Gea because he offers absolutely zero support to the defence.
Ah, nice to see a club actually following those protocols for once!
It'd be funny if this lineup is actually a 442
Ronaldo Martial
VdB - Fred - McT - Sancho
Telles - Maguire - Lindelof - AWB
VdB - Fred - McT - Sancho
Telles - Maguire - Lindelof - AWB
Wonder which it is- if he feels like Martial and Van De Beek were harshly treated by Ole, or he's "resting" Bruno and Rashford, or are they dropped for performances and these were just the next guys up. Either way, I don't hate it. Bruno and Rashford are part of our best 11 but nobody is undroppable and we have good options to rotate too. Need to be used.
Assuming it's a 433....
We have quick, intricate passing players and players who like to get the ball out of their feet and run. We always mix them together and they're like chalk and cheese. This is the first lineup i can remember where the majority of the players fit one style of play. Fred, DVB, Martial and Sancho are all the quick, intricate passing type. McT sort of is, and Ronaldo is Ronaldo. I'm quite hopeful.
We have quick, intricate passing players and players who like to get the ball out of their feet and run. We always mix them together and they're like chalk and cheese. This is the first lineup i can remember where the majority of the players fit one style of play. Fred, DVB, Martial and Sancho are all the quick, intricate passing type. McT sort of is, and Ronaldo is Ronaldo. I'm quite hopeful.
One forced change in Telles, Donny really too, given his performance last weekend, and then Bruno getting a rest which we all know he desperately needs. And Mason obviously out too. Surprised to see Martial in the team though. Thought Ole had given him ample opportunities to show he's not too lazy to play.
Speak up? It was his input! “Lack of tactics” is a myth man. You’d have to be a real inexperienced newbie if believing that. Wrong, maybe. But lack of!? No, mate. The instructions entering that pitch is pretty intricate. Even in the 90’s I was handed a dossier of my instructions. I can’t blame a single game on my manager when I didn’t preform. It was all down to me, not getting in the right frame. It’s down to the players now. That balance is on them, and it’s about creating energy and doing their duties.
VDB the new Mata
Good point.
Come on Carrick 