No! No nonsense and experiments atm. We must keep going and build on the latest results, keeping the confindence high before the derby.
What Martial needs, after not featuring in the Euros and starting the preparation much later, is to play to get sharp and fit, not to rest, quite the opposite.
The question to that is: will Smalling be his first choice against City? If so, he should've had more minutes already. I think the manager will stick with Bailly/Blind for now.
The thing is Smalling couldn't play until yesterday as he was late back due to his holiday injury and then suspended for the PL opener. Of course we have an irritating International break coming up so he might get 2 sets of 90 minutes under his belt there and Jose will ease him back in post-City.
Sure, but if he was an absolute starter, an undroppable, the manager would have give him a starting spot against Southampton already.
I'd be shocked if Smalling didn't take the place of Blind once he's fully fit.Jose seems to like the Bailly-Blind partnership. I think he will stick with it.
oh crap.
That's the spirit
One advantage we have over city is we don't have any main players from South America. So our players won't have to travel half way around the world. Playing them immediately after the international break should give us an edge.
Is our first game vs City after the break?! Shit me. That's going to be heavy.
It is. September 10 at Old Trafford. The three points won't make a big difference but the psychological impact of that result can be huge. It could set the tone for the rest of the Season. Don't know why but I'm feeling pretty confident about this one.
People are getting too carried away. If we take Hull for granted then they'll get a draw at worst
We won't take beating Hull for granted, but we should at least be brimming with confidence. We're massive favourites and rightfully so
It's the same very season - a few games in August, then it stops for two weeks in September for internationals, then there's another two weeks of internationals in October, and then finally two weeks in November. Only after that can we forget about internationals until March and get on with the domestic game. This time of year basically we just have to get through it as best we can
Isn't this one WC qualifying?
Yeah still rubbish though I'm pretty sure everyone would chose club over country (I mean fans). Who the feck actually wants to go to Russia anyway after all the fights their fans caused at euros.
There is always an international break at that time.
It's annoying though, isn't it? I have absolutely no interest in watching England decimate San Marino for the hundredth time.
I don't like international football but I'm used to it now.
Mata the fall guy again? Unbelievable
Maybe because he didnt do anything against Southampton and Rooney actually contributed to the game? Hes not undropable you know. A better player than him deserves to show what hes got for the team.
Tournaments are decent still, so I suppose it's just a necessary evil to have the qualifiers etc.
Eric Bailly
Daley Blind
Wayne Rooney
Luke Shaw
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Antonio Valencia
Marouane Fellaini
Paul Pogba
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Juan Mata
Jonathan Moss
replaced by Marcus Rashford
replaced by Henrikh Mkhitaryan
replaced by Chris Smalling
