Crystal Palace 1:2 Manchester United

SwansonsTache · Dec 14, 2016

Feck is going on with the traffic and infrastructure in London.

Quick, Woody, get us an official helicopter partner and start flying the guys in.

Janson · Dec 14, 2016

pseudo_canadian said:
Martial better be injured instead of straight out dropped.

Mourinho is completely yo-yoing his confidence if he's dropped him again.

Someone posted on here that he's injured.

xplatformjedi · Dec 14, 2016

harms said:
Is TFM injured?

He's a defensive midfielder (Carrick's position)

Android1974 · Dec 14, 2016

Devil81 said:
Glad Rooney's starting as he's been playing well of late, I'm hoping his inclusion can be the difference tonight.

Rooney didn't impress at all against Zorya, but the conditions kind of excuse him.

Pexbo · Dec 14, 2016

That back four shouldn't be conceding any.

Philadelphian · Dec 14, 2016

Slowest IX to play in the premier league since the 1960s?

LouisDanGaal · Dec 14, 2016

that's not an inspiring bench. The slow feckers in the 11 need to sort it out. This will be a poor poor game to watch.

Hammerfell · Dec 14, 2016

SwansonsTache said:
Feck is going on with the traffic and infrastructure in London.

Quick, Woody, get us an official helicopter partner and start flying the guys in.

We should probably start thinking about leaving a bit earlier to be honest.

Minkaro · Dec 14, 2016

Wonderful, I was wondering if I'd have time to finish the film I'm watching before kick-off. Nice of the team to make sure for me.

Adam-Utd · Dec 14, 2016

SwansonsTache said:
Feck is going on with the traffic and infrastructure in London.

Quick, Woody, get us an official helicopter partner and start flying the guys in.

Train strike this week

Janson · Dec 14, 2016

Castia said:
Not much pace in that side but still more than enough creativity let's hope we can convert our chances tonight.

We don't need that much pace since we're expecting to dominate possession.

Android1974 · Dec 14, 2016

This no-pace attacking lineup worked against Swansea, didn't it? And Fellaini played instead of Herrera, so...

Raw · Dec 14, 2016

I remember we all complained about lack of pace before the Swansea game too. Granted Swansea aren't as good as Palace (5-4 win aside) but it's still good enough to win.

Carlsen19 · Dec 14, 2016

Pace is not the be-all and end-all, you lot do know that right?

Hope Bailly has a good game at RB.

Tarrou · Dec 14, 2016

TFL must be blocked on United's servers

Dans · Dec 14, 2016

VP89 said:
Why? Tired of this idea that blind isn't a good defender. He's made individual errors like any other man, but no way near as frequent as any other good defender. Shaw and Damien have been caught out of position more than him FFS.

Didn't say he wasn't a good defender. I think he's too slow to handle players who can run at you with pace and have the skill to do damage. This is just not a match up where I see Blind coming out on top. I'd love to be proved wrong though.

VanGaalyTime · Dec 14, 2016

SamVimes said:
No pace.

Herrera, Pogba, Mata is a nightmare midfield to defend against. We should be okay.

Pexbo · Dec 14, 2016

Philadelphian said:
Slowest IX to play in the premier league since the 1960s?

What Premier League were you watching in the 60s?

Sparky10Legend · Dec 14, 2016

cyberman said:
I like it. Rooney seems to play well from the left and we probably need a bit of guile rather than pace to break through their leaky defence.

He was horrible, even for his standards, against Zorya.

SwansonsTache · Dec 14, 2016

Look at that dirty cnut Cabbage do atleast a few dirty tackles on Pogba tonight.

mav_9me · Dec 14, 2016

No width except for Blind with some crossing. Going to be a long night. Calling it now. Not going to be a fun game for us. If we win it's going to be a squeaky 1-0. More likely we are going to drop points.

Even an out of form Martial would be nice to bring on for width and pace.

Sparky10Legend · Dec 14, 2016

Pexbo said:
What Premier League were you watching in the 60s?

The Ronaldo thread tells me that football began in 1999.

harms · Dec 14, 2016

xplatformjedi said:
He's a defensive midfielder (Carrick's position)

I know where he plays, thank you. He was used by Mourinho as Valencia's substitution at RB a few times earlier this season, but he didn't even make the bench today

podurban2 · Dec 14, 2016

10/11 had Darmian instead of Bailly. Get in!

Carolina Red · Dec 14, 2016

Adisa said:
It's going to be a much slower front line. Rooney-Zlatan-Mata. Think we might struggle.

Go on then! Nailed it

Hugh Jass · Dec 14, 2016

Hes keeping it tight and hoping to grab a goal.

DomesticTadpole · Dec 14, 2016

horsechoker said:
I'm wondering who coordinates these things because they are blissfully unaware that traffic exists in London.

As there is a rail strike there is likely more traffic than usual.

Donut · Dec 14, 2016

This will be very tough. I think we won't create much, but hopefully Pogba or Mata can steal it with a piece of magic.

Yagami · Dec 14, 2016

Bailly @ RB vs R.Madrid:

pseudo_canadian · Dec 14, 2016

Are the people in charge of travel not aware of how bad traffic can get in a major city like London?

Absolutely baffling, and this isn't the first time that this as happened.

Those responsible need to be fired.

Raw · Dec 14, 2016

We've arrived thankfully

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Ixion · Dec 14, 2016

It's ok, if it was Mkhitaryan over Rooney that team would be alright.

Ramshock · Dec 14, 2016

Rashford in poor form also Valencia suspended and Micky/Shaw/Martial injured and people bitch about no pace

iKnowNothing · Dec 14, 2016

Got 9 right ..Didn't think Mou would go with Carrick and Blind :|

xplatformjedi · Dec 14, 2016

harms said:
I know where he plays, thank you. He was used by Mourinho as Valencia's substitution at RB a few times earlier this season, but he didn't even make the bench today

Yes, but the last time Timmy was GOOD at right back was last seasons game against Spurs where he got hurt, Darmian came in and the Spurs scored 3 goals.

I like Fosu a lot, but perhaps he's simply not good at tracking forward AND tracking back.

peridigm · Dec 14, 2016

Pexbo said:
That back four shouldn't be conceding any.

Could be our strongest yet. Hope it works out.

Camy89 · Dec 14, 2016

Happy with that back 4, comforting to see Bailly in there, and I've always preferred Blind over Darmian, he offers a lot more going forward.

I haven't seen the formation though, so I suspect Pogba will be out on the left? With Rooney in behind Ibrahimovic? If that's the case, will be interesting to see how he does, everytime I've seen him play further up (i.e. middle of the 3 in 4-2-3-1), I've not been overly impressed, I've found he is much more comfortable in the 2 (hardly surprising since he is a CDM mainly).

I'm happier with our supply from the wide areas now after that selection, Mata with the creativity and vision, Pogba with the flair and strength, with Blind backing up one side. I was concerned before with the loss of Valencia and Mkhitaryan.

I presume Martial is injured given he's not even a sub...I hope anyway, wouldn't do his morale any good if he was just suddenly shunned, seems unlikely to me though.

Good luck lads. Looking forward to this one.

J-Stander · Dec 14, 2016

1-0 or 1-1 with everything to be played through the middle. We're in for a grim game I think.

Ibi Dreams · Dec 14, 2016

Is that Rooney playing from the left?

stu_1992 · Dec 14, 2016

Concerned at the lack of pace up front for sure. Back 4 is pretty strange as well. Not sure where Martial is, presumably injured. It would be odd to completely drop him otherwise.

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