Think it'll be something like this:
Romero
Young - Bailly - Smalling - Rojo
Schweinsteiger - Pogba
Lingard - Mata - Martial
Rashford
Young - Bailly - Smalling - Rojo
Schweinsteiger - Pogba
Lingard - Mata - Martial
Rashford
Europa League Round of 32 2nd Leg
AS Saint-Etienne 0:1 Manchester United
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
- Kick-off
- Wed, 22 February 2017 @ 5:00pm GMT
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Discussion Your Lineup Prediction
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Yeah, like practice for Chelsea away in the FA Cup.Let's get the good ole Jose bus-parking tactic and see this out. Should try for a 6-3-1 and watch their futile attempts to break us down.
Romero
Darmian Jones Rojo Shaw
Carrick Fellaini
Rooney Mata Lingard
Rashford
My first post allowed in the match thread, hope its bang on.Its a funny one with the cup final at the weekend - if we manage to get a goal its game over - think I'd play
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Darmian--Bailly-----Rojo----Shaw
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Mata-------------Ibra -------Martial
Grab a goal and get TFM, Rashford and Lingard on to rest Pogba, Ibra and Mata maybeWhat the hell, 5pm kick off
good we are going with a healthy lead. Their fans were great and will provide fantastic atmosphere.Hoping Fox in the US does not screw this up like they did the FA Cup match Sunday move it away from Fox Sports 1.
As of now the LC Final on Sunday is being shown on NBCSN Live Streaming if you don't have BeIN Sports channel.
Disaster midfieldI think Ibra and Pogba will start. Ibra may come off half time perhaps.I think Jose will start a pretty similar squad to the one he put out at Blackburn. I hope we see Schweinsteiger and Fosu-Mensah in the starting line-up. Don't rotate too much, get an early goal and job done.
That's because those people were staying in Lyon. I stayed in the city and it wasn't a hassle to get home.
Yes I had to switch to FS2. A bit of a fuss was made about that but its understandable for those who don't have FS2Not sure if this has already been answered but why is it on a Wednesday instead of the usual Thursday affair?Romero
Young - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw
Fellaini - Carrick
Lingard - Mata - Martial
Rashford
Herrera needs a rest and Carrick will be fine with the space he'll get against lower quality opposition. We're protecting a lead and we only need one goal to be completely safe.
St. Ettiene & Lyon are very close, and Lyon also played EL second leg at home too.
Cheers.
Rooney is ruled out and never plays on the right anyway.Can't give a shite about the performance. No injuries and through to the next round is all that matters.
Would play Dave in goal though, he needs to be 100% for the cup final.I would like us to set up with a low block and go on the counter at pace since they have to attack us. So
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Rojo Shaw
TFM Schweini
Lingard Mkhi Martial
Rashford
But I guess some will be rested for the Final. Perhaps we might see Tuanzebe.
A young player who has barely featured and an old man who Mourinho begrudgingly allowed into the squad in a two man midfield? Not a chance.
Really hard to predict the line-up for today. Mine would be quite different from yours.
RomeroMartial has started the last 3 games in a row. He will play the cup final too. So Jose has to give him a break today. Mata, Zlatan and Valencia didn't start against Blackburn so they will be able to play two games in a row. Fellaini, Shaw, Rashford and Bastian to play now as they won't start on Sunday.
Valencia - Bailly - Rojo - Shaw
Fellaini-Schweinsteiger-Pogba
Mata - Ibra- Rashford
Yeah. It clashes with Lyon at home on the same night which is a no go due to the proximity of the clubs.What the hell, 5pm kick off
Moved it to wednesday but heaven forbid the CL and the europa leagues biggest pull (united) clash and split tv audiences.
Monaco and Shitty have about 7 supporters between them though.I'm very uneasy about this game even though we are 3 to the good. If St Etienne recreate the same sort of chances they had in the OT game, particularly as the ref was our twelfth man, then I fancy we could be on the edge of our seats. Very concerned regarding any centre pairing that has Chris Smalling in it. Cannot put my finger on it as he's not a bad player (not world class or even the beast that some on this forum believe him to be) Solid is how I'd describe him. And yet the back 4 always seems unsure of itself when he plays. Mind you what do I know. Jose continues to make him captain and obviously sees something in him that I do not. Thats why he's the manager and I sit on the sidelines pontificating.
Whatever I really do not fancy us to win. Then again we don't need to.He'll start Pogba and Ibra, as it's in France and they were both rested vs. Blackburn. Mata and Rashford on the wings, Fellaini and Schweinsteiger in midfield, with Shaw, Rojo, Bailly and Young at the back.ASSE lost 2-1 to Montpellier on Sunday, and looks to have played the best team.
I think Young will play at right back. He played a very well against Blackburn and Mourinho made a point of picking him out and had his arm around him after the game having a chat. I reckon he was telling him he'd earned himself the spot to boost his morale and give him a bit of confidence.
Having another attacking fullback as an option could be a big help during the fixture congestion.
I think it is a 5pm kick off as a Europa match on the Wednesday has to be over before the Champion's league game starts - to do with TV rights. I think even if united were not playing and it was a team with a small fan base, say city, the game would still be 5pm start.
I could be wrong though.
Quite a suitable game for Schweini what with a 3 goal lead and with our absurd number of games it might be wise to give him some match fitness and let others rest. TFM can cover for his lack of speed-and if u can't play TFM in this game we basically won't see him again this season. But yeah, this is Jose. Fellaini and Pogba it is.Romain Hamouma (winger):
Galtier (manager):
De Gea and Rooney training today.Herrera given a deserved rest from training today (the list confirmed by United).
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Good news for Rooney. If he can get some game time today it would be good for him.
Would like to see Fellaini, Rooney and Schweini midfield. I know thats asking for us to get beat but I don't think we'd throw a 3-0 lead with that midfield
Would love the pace of that midfieldGood news for Rooney. If he can get some game time today it would be good for him.
Would like to see Fellaini, Rooney and Schweini midfield. I know thats asking for us to get beat but I don't think we'd throw a 3-0 lead with that midfield
Is this the starting XI?
Would make sense as an XI - although worth noting that with the exception of Rooney in for Herrera, that is the XI that started against Blackburn on Sunday.
May be just a different recovery plan.
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This 10 - Darmian,Smalling, Rojo, Young, Carrick, Martial, Rooney, Lingard, Mkhitaryan, Rashford - training separately from rest of group.
11:28 AM - 21 Feb 2017
Quite obviously the recovery group?Is this the starting XI?
Would make sense as an XI - although worth noting that with the exception of Rooney in for Herrera, that is the XI that started against Blackburn on Sunday.
May be just a different recovery plan.
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This 10 - Darmian,Smalling, Rojo, Young, Carrick, Martial, Rooney, Lingard, Mkhitaryan, Rashford - training separately from rest of group.
11:28 AM - 21 Feb 2017More from Galtier:
Funny people (rightly) saying that our fringe players should play, come 10 minutes into the game it'll be posters cursing Jose for starting them.
The fixture congestion is going to have a greater effect than people realise, maybe even into next season so it's important we take every chance we get to prevent that.A lot of people will miss this game thinking it's on Thursday.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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19%
Juan Mata
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13%
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
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5%
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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4%
Ashley Young
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3%
Daley Blind
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3%
Chris Smalling
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2%
Eric Bailly
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2%
Bastian Schweinsteiger
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2%
Sergio Romero
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1%
Michael Carrick
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1%
Marcus Rashford
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
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Compiled from 363 ratings.
Score Predictions
214,62,203
- Man Utd win
- St. Etienne win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 34% St. Etienne 1:1 Man Utd
- 21% St. Etienne 1:2 Man Utd
- 9% St. Etienne 0:2 Man Utd
- 8% St. Etienne 0:1 Man Utd
- 7% St. Etienne 2:1 Man Utd
- 5% St. Etienne 0:0 Man Utd
- 3% St. Etienne 2:2 Man Utd
- 3% St. Etienne 1:0 Man Utd
- 2% St. Etienne 0:3 Man Utd
- 2% St. Etienne 1:3 Man Utd
- 1% St. Etienne 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% St. Etienne 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% St. Etienne 0:4 Man Utd
- 0% St. Etienne 3:1 Man Utd
- 0% St. Etienne 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% St. Etienne 2:3 Man Utd
- 0% St. Etienne 3:0 Man Utd
- 0% St. Etienne 4:5 Man Utd
- 0% St. Etienne 5:0 Man Utd
Match Stats
- St. Etienne
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 54% 46%
- Shots
- 15 8
- Shots on Target
- 3 3
- Corners
- 4 5
- Fouls
- 10 19
Referee
Deniz Aytekin
Man Utd Lineup
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