Anderlecht 1:1 Manchester United

Red Star One · Apr 10, 2017

I really wanted to go to this match but getting tickets was impossible. Gutted.

Hopefully we'll see both Valencia and Shaw starting, with Bailly and Rojo as centre backs. Would love if Martial was in the starting line up too. Should be a relatively easy game I think, Anderlecht are no better than Sunderland tbh. Make it 2-0 in our favour and let's have a comfortable second leg back in Manchester.

VanGaalEra · Apr 10, 2017

Apparently their top scorer might be injured and they don't give a shit about the EL!

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top1whoisman · Apr 10, 2017

VanGaalEra said:
Apparently their top scorer might be injured and they don't give a shit about the EL!

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From Anderlecht twitter:

This Sunday, Lukasz Teodorczyk injured his shoulder in the play-off match at home against KAA Gent. The Polish striker today passed a medical examination which revealed that this injury is not too serious.

In the next few days, Lukasz will undergo a specific treatment which should allow him to still appear in the selection for the duel of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League this Thursday against Manchester United.

Ronaldo's Mum Eh? · Apr 10, 2017

Red Star One said:
I really wanted to go to this match but getting tickets was impossible. Gutted.

Hopefully we'll see both Valencia and Shaw starting, with Bailly and Rojo as centre backs. Would love if Martial was in the starting line up too. Should be a relatively easy game I think, Anderlecht are no better than Sunderland tbh. Make it 2-0 in our favour and let's have a comfortable second leg back in Manchester.

Dude you live in Brussels! You have no excuse not to go to the game.

KN5 · Apr 10, 2017

Alabaster Codify7 said:
Looking forward to this to kick off the four day weekend.

------------------Romero----------------------
Valencia-----Bailly----Rojo-------Blind-------
----------Carrick------Herrera---------------
------------------Pogba---------------------
Mkhitaryan-------------------------Martial
-----------------Zlatan--------------------

SUBS - Lingard (Mkhitaryan), Fellaini (Carrick), Rashford (Martial).

Anderlecht 1 - 1 Man United
Zlatan.

We'll then win 2-0 at home.

You're forgetting home is away and away is home for us this season.

Quizierda · Apr 10, 2017

KN5 said:
You're forgetting home is away and away is home for us this season.

Thus, we should aim for a 2:2 away that we could go for our usual 0:0 or 1:1 at OT.

3KDré · Apr 10, 2017

Should be a good game to see how good Tielemans actually is

el3mel · Apr 10, 2017

KN5 said:
You're forgetting home is away and away is home for us this season.

Brilliant comment . Sums up our season in one sentence . :lol:

roonster09 · Apr 10, 2017

KN5 said:
You're forgetting home is away and away is home for us this season.

That's only in PL. In Europa we are good at home.

Red Star One · Apr 10, 2017

Ronaldo's Mum Eh? said:
Dude you live in Brussels! You have no excuse not to go to the game.

Trust me mate, I tried my best. Unfortunately I am not a season ticket holder and didn't go to European games last seasons, so couldn't land a ticket.

(If there's anyone who has a spare single for the game and can't attend let me know, I'd be extremely grateful)

Maradona10 · Apr 10, 2017

Vito Corleone said:
Should be a good game to see how good Tielemans actually is

He is going to monaco. Forget him for 2 seasons.

JustinC00 · Apr 10, 2017

VanGaalEra said:
Apparently their top scorer might be injured and they don't give a shit about the EL!

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Doesn't surprise me if they don't care about the EL. Their easiest route to CL is their league. They are currently 4 points clear in 1st with 3 games to play in the Belgian League Championship play-offs

VanGaalEra · Apr 10, 2017

So how does their league work, how do they have 35 points after two games.

AgentP · Apr 10, 2017

A good win here will allow us to play a strong team against Chelsea. Don't want to lose to them thrice in a season.

bucky · Apr 10, 2017

VanGaalEra said:
So how does their league work, how do they have 35 points after two games.

The point system in the championship playoff is the same as during the regular season, except that each team starts with half of the points they won in the regular season, rounded up to the nearest integer. The points gained by rounding are deducted in the case of a tie.

The top 6 teams from the regular season enter the championship playoff, with the first-placed team winning the championship of Belgium. Each team plays their opponents twice, and the teams are ranked by points, points from rounding, wins, etc. as in the regular season.

The more you learn. Never heard of that system before, just that they have playoffs.

el3mel · Apr 10, 2017

bucky said:
The more you learn. Never heard of that system before, just that they have playoffs.

That's a strange league system tbh .

el3mel · Apr 10, 2017

abhayselvan said:
A good win here will allow us to play a strong team against Chelsea. Don't want to lose to them thrice in a season.

Jose will field a strong team vs Chelsea whatever the result I reckon .

bucky · Apr 10, 2017

el3mel said:
That's a strange league system tbh .

File all your complaints to @DWelbz19

ti vu · Apr 10, 2017

Red Star One said:
I really wanted to go to this match but getting tickets was impossible. Gutted.

Hopefully we'll see both Valencia and Shaw starting, with Bailly and Rojo as centre backs. Would love if Martial was in the starting line up too. Should be a relatively easy game I think, Anderlecht are no better than Sunderland tbh. Make it 2-0 in our favour and let's have a comfortable second leg back in Manchester.

Doubt Mourinho would start both players who he is not too happy to with application on the same flank. So at best either Shaw or Martial

Hugh Jass · Apr 10, 2017

Going to be a tough slug I would say. If we can get two away goals, we will be doing well.

DWelbz19 · Apr 10, 2017

bucky said:
File all your complaints to @DWelbz19

Are you ready for it to get stranger? Playoff 2 is split into two groups of 6, and both groups include a team each from first and second place of the Belgian Second Division. Brand spanking new for this year. What a development that is, eh?

And even stranger? The winner of Playoff 2 group A plays Playoff 2 group B, and the winner of that plays 4th place of Playoff 1 for a Europa league knockout stage spot.

broccoli · Apr 10, 2017

I hope we win!

el3mel · Apr 10, 2017

bucky said:
File all your complaints to @DWelbz19

Actually the point of them starting the playoffs with half the points in the regular season seems very unique . I don't think I had seen something like this before .

VanGaalEra · Apr 10, 2017

Incredible. Imagine the top 6 here in a playoff at the end of the season.

ti vu · Apr 10, 2017

The Belgium league system was the reason why I didn't want us to get Belgium teams last round (mostly Anderlecht) unless it's the Eastern teams (

). When they're comfortable with their Regular League, they could have given a game to us. It's hard to explain the Belgium league so I didn't give a reason back then.

VanGaalEra said:
Incredible. Imagine the top 6 here in a playoff at the end of the season.

Are you trying to give L'pool the league title?

WhoDaGOAT · Apr 10, 2017

This won't be as easy as we would all like.

Tielemans, Dendoncker and Hanni will be trying to put themselves in the shop window.

We should be able to beat them fairly comfortably at home if we score an away goal.

bucky · Apr 10, 2017

DWelbz19 said:
Are you ready for it to get stranger? Playoff 2 is split into two groups of 6, and both groups include a team each from first and second place of the Belgian Second Division. Brand spanking new for this year. What a development that is, eh?

And even stranger? The winner of Playoff 2 group A plays Playoff 2 group B, and the winner of that plays 4th place of Playoff 1 for a Europa league knockout stage spot.

What?

..was my initial thought.

ti vu · Apr 10, 2017

DWelbz19 said:
Are you ready for it to get stranger? Playoff 2 is split into two groups of 6, and both groups include a team each from first and second place of the Belgian Second Division. Brand spanking new for this year. What a development that is, eh?

And even stranger? The winner of Playoff 2 group A plays Playoff 2 group B, and the winner of that plays 4th place of Playoff 1 for a Europa league knockout stage spot.

You forgot the scenario where Fourth place in Play Off 1, to win the domestic Cup.

DWelbz19 · Apr 10, 2017

ti vu said:
You forgot the scenario where Fourth place in Play Off 1, to win the domestic Cup.

Damn it. Knew I hadn't made my original post complex enough.

Moiraine · Apr 10, 2017

-------------Romero------------
Valencia--Bailly--Rojo----Shaw
---Herrera--Carrick---Pogba---
-------Lingard----Mikhitaryan--
---------Ibrahimovic-----------

I expect a tight game with no width in first hour. Substitutions of Rashford and Martial might change a bit. And there is always Fellaini

ChaddyP · Apr 10, 2017

Lingard will start for sure

Offside · Apr 10, 2017

KN5 said:
You're forgetting home is away and away is home for us this season.

In the Europa League we have won 2/5 away games and 5/5 home games.

Chaky_Best · Apr 11, 2017

I doubt we'll see Valencia + Shaw playing together as it seems too offensive for Mou.

He like to have only one full back going forward, that's why Darmian was usually played to cover.

We're in Europe in an away game, and we know that Mourinho is pragmatic so he may play a 'defensive minded' team, get the draw score a goal and still having energy for Chelsea and the return leg.

I'm gutted that Smalling, Jones and Mata are injured, they could have been in contention to the squad rotation but we've to do without a lot of them.

--------------------------------Romero---------------------------------
Valencia--------------Bailly--------------Rojo----------Blind/Darmian
--------------------------------Carrick----------------------------------
Mkhitaryan-----------Herrera-----------Pogba----------------Lingard
----------------------------------Ibra-----------------------------------

Sunny Jim · Apr 11, 2017

charlenefan said:
Ah I see

Stupid league

Their system is really stupid.

Sunny Jim · Apr 11, 2017

VanGaalEra said:
Apparently their top scorer might be injured and they don't give a shit about the EL!

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If Teodorczyk is their best striker then I'm sure our chances of conceding a goal are slim.

VanGaalEra · Apr 11, 2017

Sunny Jim said:
If Teodorczyk is their best striker then I'm sure our chances of conceding a goal are slim.

Is he not that good? Says he's got 28 goals.

Pexbo · Apr 11, 2017

VanGaalEra said:
Is he not that good? Says he's got 28 goals.

Yeah the 28 goals is a bit deceiving. In the Belgium league they start with half their goal count from the previous season, rounded up to the nearest integer.

top1whoisman · Apr 11, 2017

Pexbo said:
Yeah the 28 goad is a bit deceiving. In the Belgium league they start with half their goal count from the previous season, rounded up to the nearest integer.

GrandJury · Apr 11, 2017

4-0 followed by a draw with Chelsea on Sunday.

onemanarmy · Apr 11, 2017

Sunny Jim said:
Their system is really stupid.

While it's really complicated, it sure has helped the development of the league imho. The best teams in the league play each other 4-5 times per season which is really good for player development.

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