Chelsea 2:2 Manchester United

Walters_19_MuFc · Oct 20, 2018

Could be a few systems we could go with from that teamsheet, but i'd be happy with a 4231.

People may say Pogba isnt great in a double pivot, but he does perfectly fine there for France. Yes, he has Kante next to him, which of course benefits him a lot, but in terms of his positioning, he is definately more disciplined under Deschamps. Think that comes from instructions, though.

When Pogba first came to United, he played in a deeper role, and to be fair to him, he put in some world clasd performances. However, he was told to leave the midfield base and get forward. That was all well and good, but his recover wasnt great, which meant we'd often get caught on the counter.

For France, as I said before, more often than not, he and Kante will sit in front of the back four, leaving the front four and full backs to attack.

Hopefully that is the case today, and we see the likes of Martial and Rashford hitting Chelsea on the counter, which seemed to be their weakness against West Ham.

Greck · Oct 20, 2018

Lindelof on the same pitch with Hazard :nervous:

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OldSchoolManc · Oct 20, 2018

Souness not even sure about what he’s saying. Makes shit up on the spot. Must be his anger.

Irish Jet · Oct 20, 2018

This is where everyone gets excited about the attacking line-up only for us to get destroyed in midfield while Rashford and Martial are pinned back into wing back areas.

Like clockwork.

Dinghy · Oct 20, 2018

11101 said:
Two in midfield effectively, that's risky against Hazard. I wonder what Mourinho's plan is. Maybe press their slightly dodgy defenders with quick forwards and see if we can force mistakes? Id have thought we would play Lingard for that.

"Everyone critizes me for playing defensively, now they can see that I'm right"

Adisa · Oct 20, 2018

Personally, worried about the midfield. Chelsea have more numbers and more runners there.

Havak · Oct 20, 2018

Very attacking side. Will go one way or t'other, definitely no draw today.

Andersons Dietician · Oct 20, 2018

Hopefully he is going 433 and not 4231 as when we play 4231 tends to play it more like 4411 with a really deep midfield and Rashford/Martial acting as fullbacks.
Attacking, not attacking really depends on their positioning and how they are deployed.

noodlehair · Oct 20, 2018

We're going to get mullered with that team. Up against the most mobile and dynamic midfield in the league and we leave Herrera and Fred on the bench and rely on Matic to basically deal with it on his own. Bizarre.

Playing 3 versions of Matic wouldn't be mobile enough for this game never mind one.

Mourinhonista · Oct 20, 2018

I'm a little concerned on how we'll deal with their headers. Last time Morata sneaked between our cbs and scored. This time around i only have confidence in Mike Smalling and maybe Pogba, the others are quite weak in the air. Especially this Alonso dude will be asked to put some in.

Anyway, i'd take a draw right now. Hoping for a win and interesting line up, can't complain with the attacking potential we've got.

LegendCantona7 · Oct 20, 2018

Very attacking line up. Just cannot see a win though, especially with the record at Stamford Bridge. 3-1 to Chelsea.

Janson · Oct 20, 2018

Too attacking lineup. Fred should have played and made it a midfield three. Can't see Rashford and Martial working.

vidic blood & sand · Oct 20, 2018

No confidence at all for this game. Damage limitation.
More than 75% of us believe Chelsea will win, so the feeling's mutual it seems.

AaronRedDevil · Oct 20, 2018

Are we ever gonna see baily and Fred in the same line up again or something. We gonna need some mobile players to take on Chelsea and lindelof and Mata aren't really that mobile.

JohnnyKills · Oct 20, 2018

Mourinho clearly feels the defence isn't good enough, so we might as well go for it. Plus it worked for us last time and the players clearly enjoy playing that way.

So you can see his thinking, but just going 'ah feck it, let's just throw everything at them and see what happens' seems really reckless.

Samid · Oct 20, 2018

Don't mind the team for once. We were never going to get anything from this game anyway so why not go down trying.

crossy1686 · Oct 20, 2018

Mourinho rides again. 3-1 to United.

crossy1686 · Oct 20, 2018

Samid said:
Don't mind the team for once. We were never going to get anything from this game anyway so why not go down trying.

If being on this forum for years has taught me one thing, if the Caf agree with a team selection, we're in for a bad day.

No Idea For Nickname · Oct 20, 2018

We win this 2-4, easy peasy. Lukaku with a brace, Mata and Rashford. Jose jumps in the crowd celebrating. Pogba man of the match, Souness cries in the studio. Caf happy.
I can actually see all of the above, except "caf happy".

Canagel · Oct 20, 2018

This is either going to be masterstroke or we're going to be 3-0 down or something by half time like Arsenal a few years ago and Fred/Herrera will come on but it'll be too late by then.

Samid · Oct 20, 2018

crossy1686 said:
If being on this forum for years has taught me one thing, if the Caf agree with a team selection, we're in for a bad day.

Could have told you that the moment the sack rumours were debunked.

Drifter · Oct 20, 2018

Zoo said:
Came back from international duty at 11pm on Thursday.

Ok thanks.

Adisa · Oct 20, 2018

noodlehair said:
We're going to get mullered with that team. Up against the most mobile and dynamic midfield in the league and we leave Herrera and Fred on the bench and rely on Matic to basically deal with it on his own. Bizarre.

Playing 3 versions of Matic wouldn't be mobile enough for this game never mind one.

Makes me think the midfield is going to play extremely low with the attackers meant to cover a lot of ground.
Team looks only attacking to me on paper. I expect us to do a lot of defending with our attackers carrying the ball.
That midfield is not going to compete with Chelsea.

luke511 · Oct 20, 2018

We're gonna get completely dominated in the middle of the park, Pereira would've been a much better fit over Mata.

Drifter · Oct 20, 2018

Attacking is not worrying me .It's our defending that's the problem.

AN17 · Oct 20, 2018

Only way I see this working is if we stay compact and employ pressing aggressively.

Web of Bissaka · Oct 20, 2018

Attacking line-up 4-2-3-1. Well done Jose, take risk.

Kapardin · Oct 20, 2018

crossy1686 said:
Mourinho rides again. 3-1 to United.

At the Bridge? That's pretty optimistic, to put it mildly.

OldSchoolManc · Oct 20, 2018

Exactly what I want to see there commentary wise on a Chelsea vs Man United game. 3 Liverpool luvvies.

Jagga7 · Oct 20, 2018

Attacking line up from Maureen. But surely Chelsea's middle 3 will dominate the game. I think we are better of playing Herrera instead of Mata and try to catch them on the break, we're not good enough to go toe to toe with them.

Murder on Zidane's Floor · Oct 20, 2018

Adisa said:
Personally, worried about the midfield. Chelsea have more numbers and more runners there.

Jorginho to have a record number of passes today. No one available to effectively sit on him and nullify their rhythm.

TMDaines · Oct 20, 2018

Rifer said:
Attacking line-up 4-2-3-1. Well done Jose, take risk.

Think it will be more of a 4-5-1, but we’ll see. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Pogba deepest midfielder and Matic allowed to do what is better at and get about in midfield tackling, as opposed to holding.

Cloud7 · Oct 20, 2018

crossy1686 said:
If being on this forum for years has taught me one thing, if the Caf agree with a team selection, we're in for a bad day.

An example of this that I always think back to was during Moyes season. He kept trying various combinations behind RVP, and everyone was clamoring for him to go with Kagawa, Rooney, Nani behind him.

One game we finally did, then went on to lose that game :lol:

flappyjay · Oct 20, 2018

This is something he should have been trying in a home game VS Newcastle not away to chelsea.

Greck · Oct 20, 2018

Irish Jet said:
This is where everyone gets excited about the attacking line-up only for us to get destroyed in midfield while Rashford and Martial are pinned back into wing back areas.

Like clockwork.

Lol this will happen. If Martial ad Rashford are pinned back that leaves Lukaku targetman as springboard to our every attack

Murder on Zidane's Floor · Oct 20, 2018

peridigm said:
Why can’t Fred get a game? He’s got to be a better option than Mata.

Sigh.

Fully Fledged · Oct 20, 2018

'I need to shoot, to dribble. If I miss there is no problem.' Hazard.

This is how an attacking player should be told to play.

Andersons Dietician · Oct 20, 2018

Cloud7 said:
An example of this that I always think back to was during Moyes season. He kept trying various combinations behind RVP, and everyone was clamoring for him to go with Kagawa, Rooney, Nani behind him.

One game we finally did, then went on to lose that game

Saying this remember the odd game where he played 433 and had Kagawa and Mata as his midfield players with Carrick sitting I think. They played some dare I say it beautiful stuff :lol:

izec · Oct 20, 2018

This can backfire if we defend too passive. The team needs to be aggressive today and look like an actual team, otherwise we might be in trouble.

marktan · Oct 20, 2018

Hmmm think that line up might just be a little too attacking. If we get dominated in midfield we'll just end up having Martial and Rashford defending.

Nice idea in theory from Jose but can see it backfiring and us bring off Mata to shore up the midfield.

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