Burnley 0:0 Manchester United

Mato87 · Aug 30, 2014

Traub said:
Evans is our best central defender.

Well that speaks about the overall quality of our defensive line, doesn't it?

Dylan94 · Aug 30, 2014

Traub said:
Evans is our best central defender.

And that is incredibly frightening.

Mister_Stubbs · Aug 30, 2014

Traub said:
Evans is our best central defender.

Doesn't say much for our others defenders then really.

DanNistelrooy · Aug 30, 2014

DanNistelrooy said:
Bugger missed the lineups prediction deadline.

Here is what I predict:

De Gea

Valencia
Jones
Evans
Blackett
Young

Fletcher
Di Maria

Mata

RVP
Rooney

11 points down the pan.

Expected lineup, I was hoping for Di Maria playing further up

Esse · Aug 30, 2014

Mato87 said:
Evans had a chance to redeem himself for the last 8 years, he didn't and he never will. I always supported players that came from United youth system, but Evans is just a bad football player.

I don't know, it seems like you have a negative bias against him as many people have reqognized Evans as a very good center back for us the last couple of years, including me. It also doesn't really help your case when you are making statements about us signing three left backs when in reality two of them aren't left backs but a CB and a DM.

The Black Pearl · Aug 30, 2014

Mato87 said:
Evans had a chance to redeem himself for the last 8 years, he didn't and he never will. I always supported players that came from United youth system, but Evans is just a bad football player.

Get out of it.

revel911 · Aug 30, 2014

Marcelinho87 said:
Daley Blind in for Fletch and Rojo for Blackett and we look much better!

Add that to Rafael and Shaw on and we look REALLY REALLY dangerous.

scholesboot · Aug 30, 2014

Marcelinho87 said:
Daley Blind in for Fletch and Rojo for Blackett and we look much better!

Why drop Blackett he looks the most composed on the ball out of our backline. Bit more game time and he will learn his trade.

JonDahl · Aug 30, 2014

These are shit. 0-4.

Dylan94 · Aug 30, 2014

Browniee said:
same

The game I'm looking to is the first derby which is 2 months on Sunday. By then I'm confident that we'll be looking considerably better than we of now, and that we'll be able to give them a good game unlike last year.

Ixion · Aug 30, 2014

Young, Valencia and Fletcher doesn't give me much confidence after last week, hopefully Di Maria can spark some life into the midfield.

jimmyb2000 · Aug 30, 2014

Mister_Stubbs said:
We've got to ditch this 3-5-2 bollocks.

By the time we play QPR I'm sure we won't be playing a 3-5-2

Theon · Aug 30, 2014

devil in me said:
Replace Fletcher with Herrera and get Rafael and Shaw fit, and all of a sudden we look a very good side, on paper at least.

Indeed. And damn, is that an attacking side.

It's funny how often the 3-5-2 has been labelled boring as that line up would be exceptionally attacking.

Someone · Aug 30, 2014

So much negativity in this thread, i thought there'd be more excitement about di maria starting.

DatIrishFella · Aug 30, 2014

Phil Jones is our best defender.

Anyway, incredibly excited for this but not expecting miracles. Just please, get the damn win.

Ludens the Red · Aug 30, 2014

It's funny, people keep moaning about the 352 as if we've feared so much better with 442 and 433 in the last year or so.

In the last year we've tried almost everything and we've sucked hard. This formation suits the current available players more than any other, Van Gaal sees this, people need to stop obsessing and realise it's generally been the players responsible for the poor performances and not the 352.

pjaya · Aug 30, 2014

confident for this game, hope this game will kick start our campaign

pseudo_canadian · Aug 30, 2014

Mato87 said:
Evans had a chance to redeem himself for the last 8 years, he didn't and he never will. I always supported players that came from United youth system, but Evans is just a bad football player.

Jesus...

hassaan7 · Aug 30, 2014

Does anyone know if streaming live on an Android device is possible?

Mister_Stubbs · Aug 30, 2014

jimmyb2000 said:
By the time we play QPR I'm sure we won't be playing a 3-5-2

I hope so, it just doesn't fill me with any confidence what so ever.

Sid234 · Aug 30, 2014

That midfield is so imbalanced, lets hope Mata can do a decent job playing in a deeper position.. it's not going to cut it vs Top teams imo, need to drop mata or change formation

Mersault · Aug 30, 2014

Is Rafael still injured?

Damien · Aug 30, 2014

Mersault said:
Is Rafael still injured?

Yes. Not in training yet.

Keeps It tidy · Aug 30, 2014

U hope this is the last we see of 3-5-2 for a long while.

Mato87 · Aug 30, 2014

Esse said:
I don't know, it seems like you have a negative bias against him as many people have reqognized Evans as a very good center back for us the last couple of years, including me. It also doesn't really help your case when you are making statements about us signing three left backs when in reality two of them aren't left backs but a CB and a DM.

I don't rate him at all, he is just below average in every aspect. Rojo played LB in the WC and Blind played LWB in the WC aswell. Get your facts straight.

Jayvin · Aug 30, 2014

So pumped for this game, never thought an away game at Burnley could be so exciting.

SalfordRed18 · Aug 30, 2014

Sammyjunn said:
What a shite lineup with Evans, Young, Valencia, Fletcher in it.. Hope Blind, Rojo, Shaw, Herrera, Smalling, Rafael are back soon.

Hes our best CB.

Skills · Aug 30, 2014

11/11 today

Marcelinho87 · Aug 30, 2014

scholesboot said:
Why drop Blackett he looks the most composed on the ball out of our backline. Bit more game time and he will learn his trade.

I agree he has looked very good but he is still rather raw and his long balls irk me although he will learn.

Ghengis · Aug 30, 2014

shivab said:
Van Gaal changed his formation just before the WC from 4-3-3 to 3-5-2 and now hes being stubborn with changing back. 3-5-2 will not work with the quality of players we have on the pitch today. he needs to go back to 4-4-1-1 or 4-3-3.

I agree. We should move to 4-3-3 as soon as possible and thats when all our injured players and new signings are fit then i think LVG will move to 4-3-3. I think its good for players to get to know this formation(3-5-2) because we gonna need it in the future, where we can change formations when it doesn't go our way. Cant wait until after the break when a lot of our players are back

Dazzmondo · Aug 30, 2014

DatIrishFella said:
Phil Jones is our best defender.

Anyway, incredibly excited for this but not expecting miracles. Just please, get the damn win.

Jones is our best tackler, not our best defender. His positioning is terrible. Evans is our best all-round defender, recent poor game aside (lol at anyone suggesting Keane should have played ahead of him, Keane was even worse than Evans against MK Dons). Smalling is a great defender in terms of just defensive attributes, but terrible on the ball.

LazyBones · Aug 30, 2014

I'm hoping we score a few goals today. 3+ goals would be nice, maybe one each for Rooney, Van Persie and the new lad

Lewis.no.9 · Aug 30, 2014

SalfordRed18 said:
Hes our best CB.

yeah he looked amazing against MK Dons....... oh wait

Mersault · Aug 30, 2014

Damien said:
Yes. Not in training yet.

The only thing good about the international break...hoping for a long run of Rafael and Shaw in the coming weeks and months

Jerch · Aug 30, 2014

The game didn't even started and people already complaining

ultrasbet · Aug 30, 2014

Preview for Burnley - Manchester United

Nessaja · Aug 30, 2014

Nicklas said:
It's still surreal as feck that Di María will play for us. Even more so than when we signed van Persie and Mata, imo. I'm a bit sceptical when it comes to a midfield duo with Fletcher and Di María though, but given our situation there's not much LvG can do, I guess. For the first time ever, I think, I'm happy there's a int. break. The next game is in two weeks and by than we'll have Herrera, Shaw and Rojo (I hope ) available.

This!

Mato87 · Aug 30, 2014

Dazzmondo said:
Jones is our best tackler, not our best defender. His positioning is terrible. Evans is our best all-round defender, recent poor game aside (lol at anyone suggesting Keane should have played ahead of him, Keane was even worse than Evans against MK Dons). Smalling is a great defender in terms of just defensive attributes, but terrible on the ball.

Well considering Michael Keane is 21 and Evans is 26 and was a captain in that game, he should've done much much better, but he didn't, he was worse than Keane against Mk fecking Dons.

scholesboot · Aug 30, 2014

Mato87 said:
I don't rate him at all, he is just below average in every aspect. Rojo played LB in the WC and Blind played LWB in the WC aswell. Get your facts straight.

Jesus Christ. Daley Blind has played centre mid for two seasons do some research.

poisson · Aug 30, 2014

poor little angel baby, where he once had modric, he now has fletcher.

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