I know some are clamouring for Chong but surely this isn't the game to throw him into? Would rather see Rashford, Lukaku + Sanchez/Mata for a game of this magnitude. Maybe the split Striker system with Rashford and Lukaku wide and A.N. Other false nine, although not chelsea will leave as much space as spurs did?
FA Cup 5th Round
Chelsea 0:2 Manchester United
Stamford Bridge
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- Mon, 18 February 2019 @ 7:30pm GMT
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I would go with 3 at the back for this if I was Ole, but I can't see it.Got a bit of a bad feeling about this. They need a result and have players to hurt us.
I wish we had the calibre of players to hurt them, like a World Cup winner,or a couple of internationals who can score.Bit worried about this game. Stamford Bridge has been a troublesome place for us.
Oh please, we never win at SB, we miss Martial and Lingard, Hazard allways turns up against us, and Poch is not our manager.We don't often win at Stamford Bridge, so it's about time we changed that
Other than that, I agree with you. It is time to win there. Don't care how, just win.
Possibly. I also thought they might want to ensure adequate time for analysis and ?the draw prior to the news at 10.Personally, I think Pereira is going to be the one to miss out tonight (along with Grant). I can't decide who will miss out of the front line, but I do think Chong will make the bench. Probably something like this:
de Gea
Dalot Smalling Lindelof Shaw
Matic
Herrera Pogba
Mata
Lukaku Rashford
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Romero; Young, Bailly; McTominay, Fred; Chong, Sanchez
Gone for 1-1 with Chelsea nicking it in extra time mostly due to our abysmal record at the Bridge.Not that bothered with the result but if Ole can show he will not cower like two other managers before him in these type of games, he will get many supporter's vote.
Not by Jones, hopefully.Stop Hazard and Chelsea are pretty toothless. The problem is Hazard always has a good game v United
Not sure Ole will go down the Herrera man marking route either.We're due a win at the Bridge come on lads! Chelsea are playing pants and they are there for the taking. Yes we have injuries but Lukaku can hurt them and we still have Rashford.
Notice Sanchez wasn't mentioned
He's not travelled, so we'll be spared this entertainment.
I don't think it's Ole's style to man-mark someone in particular, but I guess if there's someone you do it against, it'll probably be Hazard.Watch Higuain have an absolute worldy, before turning to shit for weeks. Et'o style.Please no Sanchez and Mata as wingers.Given our injuries, I can't see us winning this unless the very poor version of chelsea turns up... 2-0 or 2-1 to them., I reckonSurprised that more than half of this forum is going for us to win. Chelsea in spite of their trouble is still a top team and we haven't beaten them at Stamford Bridge for 7 years. I just can't see us beating Chelsea away especially with Lingard and Martial out.Ole's trick in the big games has been to leave two players very high up the pitch. Hope he shows some variation.Somebody better start slapping the bottom of the ketchup bottle.
Apart from his debut, he's been decent in all the other games. His 5 yard movement will cause us problems.
The draw is prior to the game and the BBC are notorious for minimum analysis on these Monday games as they don't like it interfering with the news or their schedule.
Which is brilliant if you ask me as their pundits are terrible.I'm not confident about this game at all.
I like it for the diamond formation
Lukaku has to have strict instructions to pull put right, don't want to see him starting down the centre that oftenI'm thinking De Gea might be starting with him travelling. For the Reading game he wasn't in the squad.
Choice between Young/Dalot and Bailly/Smalling could go either way.
Because...?
Sanchez isn’t showing a lot of quality but he has maintained an ability and willingness to work and press within the team’s shape. His reaction upon losing possession has been the most consistently positive feature of his time here. Placing him centrally, and matching him up against a sitting midfielder who is not going to cover the same ground as a typical full back will, gives him a very realistic chance of excelling in his defensive tasks.
Your idea of man-marking must be different from mine. Being tasked with marking an opponent happens to basically all our players all the time. It doesn’t stop Pogba from being creative because it’s a completely different phase of play - he can’t be creative when we’re defending, because we don’t have the ball.
Also, Jorginho is struggling. We’re not talking about Pirlo or Fabregas, or a player like de Jong who’s going to storm forward with the ball at his feet. How we deal with Hazard, however, may well decide the game.
Where are you playing Mata?
If its on the wing, then we may as well.play the tea lady. In this situation, Chong isn't a risk in comparison playing to Mata, who had proven to be poor in that position
I'd give a good young player a chance on the right wing over dross like Mata any day.The draw before or after the game
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I remember if another thread you wanted to see him and Pogba as #8's ahead of a DM, right? Ole did mentioned him as one of his forward options in the presser but perhaps he is thinking the same as well and doesn't want to throw him in out of position.This is our bogey ground and I’m not that 100% confident. We always have a tendency to struggle at the Bridge.
Hope we do it but it’s not the end of the world if we don’t.Just realised this is a 7:30 kick off. What the feck?Expect a different chelsea tonight but think we might get a draw here as hopefully Ole will get a reaction from the PSG disappointment.
1-1.There has to be a winner tonight, so no replay hassle which is good really, we don't need another fixture.No leaks?I can’t see Ole keeping his bottle of ketchup on the bench for this unfortunately
Lineups should be out in 20 mins anyway.honestly don't care about this match. could make the argument a win here continues the Chelsea slide which will be help come the game in April, and on the flip side we could rest players for the much more important Liverpool game at the weekend at not show them our cards. Personally I would prefer to rest starters so everyone is as close to 100% for Pool.
This is exactly how I feel. Our main focus should be on consolidating fourth, and everything else should come second.- Status
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Score Predictions
278,149,69
- Man Utd win
- Chelsea win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 28% Chelsea 1:2 Man Utd
- 11% Chelsea 2:1 Man Utd
- 10% Chelsea 0:2 Man Utd
- 10% Chelsea 1:1 Man Utd
- 9% Chelsea 2:0 Man Utd
- 8% Chelsea 0:1 Man Utd
- 5% Chelsea 1:0 Man Utd
- 4% Chelsea 1:3 Man Utd
- 3% Chelsea 2:2 Man Utd
- 2% Chelsea 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Chelsea 3:1 Man Utd
- 2% Chelsea 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Chelsea 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Chelsea 3:2 Man Utd
- 1% Chelsea 0:3 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 3:0 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 4:1 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 5:0 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Chelsea
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 67% 33%
- Shots
- 11 7
- Shots on Target
- 2 5
- Corners
- 9 2
- Fouls
- 11 16
Referee
Kevin Friend
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Alexis Sanchez
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