Manchester United 1:2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Gator Nate · Aug 4, 2022

Second attempt:

DeGea
Dalot - Lindelof - Maguire - Malacia
Fred
Bruno - Eriksen
Elanga - Rashford - Sancho

3-1 United

red_de_pologne · Aug 4, 2022

He'll go full muppet

DDG
Dalot Maguire Martinez Malacia
Fred Eriksen
Rashford Bruno Sancho
Ronaldo

FerociousCorgis · Aug 4, 2022

some of these probable lineups are just damn depressing. The fact we didnt get people in early enough to be starting with probably anyone new is just sad. Seeing a Mcfred partnership to start yet again will also be soul crushing.

Bwuk · Aug 4, 2022

Ronaldo is 100% starting with Martial out.

de Gea
Dalot - Maguire - Martinez - Malacia
Fred
Bruno - Eriksen
Sancho - Ronaldo - Rashford

Adamsk7 · Aug 4, 2022

I don't think we are starting ANY players that have had less than at least one 75+ minute run out

De Gea

Dalot
Maguire
Lindelof
Malacia (Shaw was out ill, regardless of if he's back, Malacia will have been at all training sessions)

Fred
McTominay
Bruno

Sancho
Martial
Rashford

Never been so confident. He will integrate the new players slowly. Eriksen and Ronaldo will come off the bench.

Trex · Aug 4, 2022

De Gea
Dalot Maguire Martinez Shaw
Mctominay Fred Eriksen
Sancho Rashford Fernandes

Trex · Aug 4, 2022

Adamsk7 said:
I don't think we are starting ANY players that have had less than at least one 75+ minute run out

De Gea

Dalot
Maguire
Lindelof
Malacia (Shaw was out ill, regardless of if he's back, Malacia will have been at all training sessions)

Fred
McTominay
Bruno

Sancho
Martial
Rashford

Never been so confident. He will integrate the new players slowly. Eriksen and Ronaldo will come off the bench.

Martial is injured.

Trequarista10 · Aug 4, 2022

Cba to check for this answer but I'm sure it's been posted...

With the (re)introduction of 5 subs, how many subs will be permitted on the bench? I hope it's 9 or even 11 so a few more of the young lads/squad players can potentially be involved.

Edit: it's 9, so potentially: Heaton, AWB, Shaw/Telles, 1 non starting CB, Iqbal/Garner, VDB, Elanga, Ronaldo, Garnacho/Diallo.

Telsim · Aug 4, 2022

Trequarista10 said:
Cba to check for this answer but I'm sure it's been posted...

With the (re)introduction of 5 subs, how many subs will be permitted on the bench? I hope it's 9 or even 11 so a few more of the young lads/squad players can potentially be involved.

Edit: it's 9, so potentially: Heaton, AWB, Shaw/Telles, 1 non starting CB, Iqbal/Garner, VDB, Elanga, Ronaldo, Garnacho/Diallo.

He gone. And I'm having a hard time seeing Malacia start ahead of Shaw.

Alemar · Aug 4, 2022

DDG

Dalot
Varane
Martinez
Malacia

Fred
Iqbal
Bruno

Sancho
Rashford
Garnacho

DJ_21 · Aug 4, 2022

bosnian_red said:
Rashford played well in pre season what are you on about

But can he do it in the league? Was awful last season. Deserves a chance this year yes but we shouldn’t keep playing him if he’s awful again when we’ve got young players that deserve a chance.

bosnian_red · Aug 4, 2022

DJ_21 said:
But can he do it in the league? Was awful last season. Deserves a chance this year yes but we shouldn’t keep playing him if he’s awful again when we’ve got young players that deserve a chance.

He was awful along with the whole team being awful for a variety of reasons. He was good to excellent for a couple of years before that. Last year wasn't his normal level, wasn't anybody's normal level.

DJ_21 · Aug 4, 2022

Lee565 said:
How absolutely pathetic our club is that we going into a new season where losing a player like martial to injury is seen as big blow. We are not getting top 4 as you don't see even arsenal in such a pathetic position as our current squad situation.

Whoever is responsible for this situation needs booting out of the club whether it be the glazers, Arnold, ten hag etc..

Can’t see how ten Hag could be responsible to be honest :lol:

, the people at the top are a joke and aren’t getting us the squad depth we so desperately need to challenge for the top trophies.

Trequarista10 · Aug 4, 2022

Telsim said:
He gone. And I'm having a hard time seeing Malacia start ahead of Shaw.

Missed the Telles news. Wasn't sure if Shaws fit.

R'hllor · Aug 4, 2022

Imagine if you said at the end of last season that Martial being injured would be a big issue, the amount of tags you would recieve oh boy

Superunknown · Aug 4, 2022

Escobar said:
I really dont want to see Elanga and McT starting

There's a few things you could do to help with this.

1. Drink heavily before, during, and after the game.
2. Wear a blindfold.
3. Squint. If you squint hard enough, McT looks a little like Frenkie. Elanga, I can't really help you with.

I think we'll win this 2-0, but it isn't going to be a classic. Not sure where the goals are coming from, mind you.

Tony247 · Aug 4, 2022

Excited for the first match. But at the same time I have a feeling that ETH is in for a rude awakening.

MyOnlySolskjaer · Aug 4, 2022

This is not what I expected the squad to be like on 4th of August. Not a single DM reinforcement is such a big shame.

charlenefan · Aug 4, 2022

Really hope the answer to no Martial isn't just being Elanga in and put Rashford through the middle

I'd rather see something like Bruno as a false 9 and bring Eriksen into the starting XI

Alemar · Aug 4, 2022

charlenefan said:
I'd rather see something like Bruno as a false 9 and bring Eriksen into the starting XI

ETH may start Ronaldo or even Amad up top

charlenefan · Aug 4, 2022

Alemar said:
ETH may start Ronaldo or even Amad up top

Amad would be bold, wouldn't be against that

Cathy Ferguson · Aug 4, 2022

Walters_19_MuFc said:
There's still time and I believe we'll add at least one attacking player to our squad. Not sure it will be enough, though.

We will add 1 or 2 more players just a shame that it will be at the end of the window. We are not ready for the new season.

Sultan · Aug 4, 2022

We have a worldie has been. A future worldie (Garnacho) and a coach who's lost all his hair overthinking the game.

What's not to like?

C'est Moi Cantona · Aug 4, 2022

Just make a front three of Garnacho, Rashford, and Sancho, they are the ones who deserve it the most, Ronaldo has made his bed and so deserves to be made to squirm on the bench for this one, Elanga and Amad as backup.

PoTMS · Aug 4, 2022

I was looking forward to going to watch this one in early July. Now on the eve of the new Premier League season, I don't think I've ever been so detached from United as I am now. Hopefully watching Ten Hagball in the flesh can rekindle the flame but I just can't see how we can be successful with this club being run the way it currently is.

Walters_19_MuFc · Aug 4, 2022

I wouldn't start Ronaldo for obvious reasons.

Not sure if ten Hag will do it, but I'd go with:

Rashford Bruno Sancho
Eriksen McTominay
Fred
Shaw Martinez Maguire Dalot
De Gea

Ronaldo, Van de Beek, Malacia

Random Task · Aug 4, 2022

4-0 United - Eriksen with all 4.

Dazzmondo · Aug 4, 2022

Predicted Lineup:

De Gea

Dalot Maguire Lindelof Malacia

Fred
VDB Bruno

Elanga Rashford Sancho

Stack · Aug 4, 2022

Adamsk7 said:
I don't think we are starting ANY players that have had less than at least one 75+ minute run out

De Gea

Dalot
Maguire
Lindelof
Malacia (Shaw was out ill, regardless of if he's back, Malacia will have been at all training sessions)

Fred
McTominay
Bruno

Sancho
Martial
Rashford

Never been so confident. He will integrate the new players slowly. Eriksen and Ronaldo will come off the bench.

Not sure why you are so confident, its going to take time for ETH to really make changes to our play really stick. I think we will see 2 steps forward and 1 step back for a while.

TheReligion · Aug 4, 2022

1 De Gea
5 Maguire
6 Martinez
8 Bruno
10 Rashford
14 Eriksen
17 Fred
20 Dalot
23 Shaw
25 Sancho
39 Mctominay

Berbasbullet · Aug 4, 2022

TheReligion said:
1 De Gea
5 Maguire
6 Martinez
8 Bruno
10 Rashford
14 Eriksen
17 Fred
20 Dalot
23 Shaw
25 Sancho
39 Mctominay

Gator Nate · Aug 4, 2022

Stack said:
Not sure why you are so confident, its going to take time for ETH to really make changes to our play really stick. I think we will see 2 steps forward and 1 step back for a while.

The problem is how too many view individual games as the steps rather than the general direction of all games. Losing is always a (massive) step back, and winning is always a (or maybe not) step forward. That said, I really don't think we needed all that much to make a real jump in results. And in the end, results are all that matter.

MrSingh2002 · Aug 4, 2022

De Gea
Dalot Varane Martinez Malacia
Eriksen Fred
Sancho Fernandes Rashford
Elanga

What Elanga brings is runs in behind and pressing that a half fit Ronaldo never could now.

The rest pick themselves for now. I want to see Ten Hag be ruthless with some players and not start some who were shit last season like Maguire and Shaw when we now have replacements.

The same goes for Fred if we sign De Jong, Rashford if we sign Antony etc.

Has to be in with the new or there was no point in adding them to a shit squad.

C3Pique · Aug 4, 2022

The fact we are going into this game against a bottom half team we shipped 4 goals against last year with a *worse* team and thinner squad tells you all you need to know about the club's ambition.

We'll lose this handily and crush our confidence in the first week of the season. Players won't want to come and clubs will sense our desperation in the market. Brighton will be full of confidence having tanked us already.

Tranfers shoud have been done weeks ago ffs, we are still 2 x MFs 2 x FWDs and a RB short.

Lee565 · Aug 4, 2022

The worrying thing is this could be another van gaal/Leicester City situation of ten hag getting spanked by Brighton and quickly abandoning his philosophy for a more Conservative approach and sticking with double pivot of fred and mctominay for a months on end

Lee565 · Aug 4, 2022

DJ_21 said:
Can’t see how ten Hag could be responsible to be honest , the people at the top are a joke and aren’t getting us the squad depth we so desperately need to challenge for the top trophies.

Remember dithering dave, it's hard to tell ten hag's ability with transfers because he had a great set up at ajax that basically did all the work for him, so far he has played it safe it which a little similar to moyes who was eyeing up baines and fellaini in first summer along premiership proven fabregas that he had watched up close for years and was afraid to gamble on thiago.

Chairman Woodie · Aug 4, 2022

De Gea

Dalot
Varane
Martinez
Malacia

Fred
Eriksen

Sancho
Fernandes
Elanga

Rashford

United 1 -v- 1 B&HA

Yagami · Aug 4, 2022

Not optimistic now. We don’t have a forward who can hold the ball up under pressure with Martial out, and Potter will press us.

Sandikan · Aug 4, 2022

We look absolutely nowhere near ready for the big kick off.

It's still to be proven that we've actually confirmed any position.
Ronaldo is semi fit.
Martial injured leaves us very light up front.
Martinez and Eriksen can't be ready to start.

Obvious 2-0 win

Alvaro Maestre · Aug 4, 2022

Easy prediction, 4-0 to United.

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