Manchester United 5:0 Club Brugge

Gordon S · Feb 24, 2020

With 7 games in about 3 weeks we need to rotate a bit. Our squad is thin so i fear we will witness Pereira and Lingard again. Let`s hope Mctominay is ready for a start in midfield so we don`t need Pereira there at least. And i would love to see Chong and Gomes as options up front.

Pexbo · Feb 24, 2020

Gordon S said:
With 7 games in about 3 weeks we need to rotate a bit. Our squad is thin so i fear we will witness Pereira and Lingard again. Let`s hope Mctominay is ready for a start in midfield so we don`t need Pereira there at least. And i would love to see Chong and Gomes as options up front.

We definitely will and I think Ole was rightly being opportunistic in dropping them at the weekend. They have needed a kick up the arse for a while so the moment we have enough players he’s delivered that message and naturally they are going to be required again soon enough so it’s down to them to prove they’ve got the message and have attempted to up their game.

Water Melon · Feb 24, 2020

Who is Lucky McLuckerson? Is it Damo?

Paul_Scholes18 · Feb 24, 2020

Just start the best side. No bloody underestimating them. Same team that played Watford. Rest players in league and maybe Fa up if we should.
Our players should be fresh after the winterbreak.

Coops73 · Feb 24, 2020

I would perhaps rest Matic because after I saw Everton against the arse I really think Richarlison and Calvert-Lewis will give the back 4 a right headache so I think we’ll need his defence minded mentality.

I would like to rest Maguire but the thought of Bailly and Lindelöf at the back together seems like madness so he’ll have to keep going, the obvious Romero for Dave And perhaps give Igahlo his first start over Greenwood or James.

Offside · Feb 24, 2020

If we don't score early I think we could go out.

laughtersassassin · Feb 24, 2020

RedTiger said:
Andreas and Jesse will be in the team. You know this man!

If that happens and we get knocked out Ole will look like a mug so I don't think he starts them.

darko · Feb 24, 2020

Paul_Scholes18 said:
Just start the best side. No bloody underestimating them. Same team that played Watford. Rest players in league and maybe Fa up if we should.
Our players should be fresh after the winterbreak.

I think that we'll see Mata and Bailly in the starting XI for Greenwood and Lingard and maybe James will start on the bench (plus of course Romero). Martial is scoring regularly and I can't see him not starting.

12OunceEpilogue · Feb 24, 2020

Paul_Scholes18 said:
Just start the best side. No bloody underestimating them. Same team that played Watford. Rest players in league and maybe Fa up if we should.
Our players should be fresh after the winterbreak.

I doubt we'll rest players in the league. We need a one goal win or even a 0-0 so I could see some rotation going on with the likes of Lingard and Pereira coming in. Thank God McTominay is close if not ready to start, Matic and Fred will need rests and I dislike having to rely on Pereira in centre mid.

romufc · Feb 24, 2020

12OunceEpilogue said:
I doubt we'll rest players in the league. We need a one goal win or even a 0-0 so I could see some rotation going on with the likes of Lingard and Pereira coming in. Thank God McTominay is close if not ready to start, Matic and Fred will need rests and I dislike having to rely on Pereira in centre mid.

We can still start a similar team. Romero, Williams, Dalot, Ighalo could all come in.

We cannot have Lingard and Perreira in the same 11. It should not happen.

RedCurry · Feb 24, 2020

I will bet any of you posters that both Lingard and Pereira are not going to start this game. Ole has eyes and he's seen them being very poor in the first leg. This is a knockout game and we will go with a strong side. Time for rotation will be against Bristol and Lingard can start that game.

12OunceEpilogue · Feb 24, 2020

romufc said:
We can still start a similar team. Romero, Williams, Dalot, Ighalo could all come in.

We cannot have Lingard and Perreira in the same 11. It should not happen.

Possibly. I didn't have Lingard and Pereira starting together in mind by the way, that's too much for me to handle even in a hypothetical scenario.

Something tells me Ighalo will not be starting this, though I think he deserves a chance.

Irwin99 · Feb 24, 2020

Offside said:
If we don't score early I think we could go out.

I think Ole will go 3 at the back and counter attack as Brugge need to score to progress which will leave space to exploit.

Do Brugge have any important players to come back?I think the only way they win is if United get complacent which shouldn't happen.

ShinjiNinja26 · Feb 24, 2020

I would start strong and then take key players off hopefully once we’re a few goals up with one eye on the Everton game. If we rotate too much it’ll go the same way as the first game, the drop in quality from our first eleven and the squad players is just too much.

Maluco · Feb 24, 2020

ShinjiNinja26 said:
I would start strong and then take key players off hopefully once we’re a few goals up with one eye on the Everton game. If we rotate too much it’ll go the same way as the first game, the drop in quality from our first eleven and the squad players is just too much.

Definitely this. Start strong, get it done and then just play keep ball, slow the game down and get key players off with substitutions.

That is the best way to conserve energy and secure the result.

We need to stay in this tournament and keep all avenues to the CL open. Not to mention what a boost a trophy would be.

Gasolin · Feb 24, 2020

We also need to focus on Everton, this is a game that can get physical (they scored with 2 set pieces against Arsenal). We will need to be strong against them. Which means that for this game, we need to rest a couple of players. But we have 3 days of rest for this game, while only 2 days after that game against Everton. Not sure how we will handle this.

Maluco · Feb 24, 2020

Gasolin said:
We also need to focus on Everton, this is a game that can get physical (they scored with 2 set pieces against Arsenal). We will need to be strong against them. Which means that for this game, we need to rest a couple of players. But we have 3 days of rest for this game, while only 2 days after that game against Everton. Not sure how we will handle this.

I think I have spotted the issue there!

Lee565 · Feb 24, 2020

____________romero
______Bailly_lindelof_jones
Williams__perieria_fred___shaw
________mata______gomes/chong
_____________ighalo

I doubt ole will start gomes over lingard for whatever nonsensical reason.

Ideally it will be safe to play mctominay instead of periera but it might be too much so soon after being out injured for a while.

We need to wrap martial in cotton wool and not make the same mistake we did with rashford of running him into the ground, ighalo hasnt looked too bad with sharpness when he's come on as a sub.

bondsname · Feb 24, 2020

Lee565 said:
____________romero
______Bailly_lindelof_jones
Williams__perieria_fred___shaw
________mata______gomes
_____________ighalo

Holy damn what a shite team.

romufc · Feb 24, 2020

Gasolin said:
We also need to focus on Everton, this is a game that can get physical (they scored with 2 set pieces against Arsenal). We will need to be strong against them. Which means that for this game, we need to rest a couple of players. But we have 3 days of rest for this game, while only 2 days after that game against Everton. Not sure how we will handle this.

Bailly and Mct should be used in this game to give us ariel power defending set pieces.

Samid · Feb 24, 2020

Lee565 said:
____________romero
______Bailly_lindelof_jones
Williams__perieria_fred___shaw
________mata______gomes/chong
_____________ighalo

Okay you scouser you can stop pretending to be a United supporter.

Maluco · Feb 24, 2020

Romero
Dalot
Bailly
Maguire
Williams
McTominey
Matic
Bruno
Lingard
Martial
Ighalo

Need to get ahead and create chances early on. Get Ighalo a goal and use likes of Matic and Maguire set pieces and to make sure we don’t concede silly goals.

As soon as game is won, get Mata, James and Fred on for McTominey, Bruno and Martial.

Slow the game down and keep possession. Some of the above teams are asking for trouble against a team that has gone toe to toe with Madrid this season.

Gator Nate · Feb 24, 2020

No one will like this, but:

Romero
Dalot - Bailly - Maguire - Williams
Pereira - McTominay
Chong - Mata - Lingard
Ighalo

Subs: Fred - Fernandes - Greenwood

Mata/Ighalo is a bit of an intriguing possibility to me. I don't think we need the pace here that we do in the league, Mata has the accuracy and just enough creativity, and Ighalo seems to get himself into good positions.

Williams and Shaw are nearly interchangeable at this point, as are Bailly and Lindelof (in theory), and these are good things. We're gonna see the Peiera-Lingard show, regardless of what anyone wants. Need for goals will determine when the midfield subs come on.

Nicoseth · Feb 24, 2020

We're definitely going to rotate for this one. First start for Ighalo, McT back, Williams and Dalot will also start imo.

RedDevil@84 · Feb 24, 2020

Lingard as no 10 for this one

Lee565 · Feb 24, 2020

bondsname said:
Holy damn what a shite team.

What else is really available, players like Maguire, Fernandes, greenwood, James, matic, Bissaka and martial shouldnt be risked with a really tough away fixture on Sunday with a team also fighting for a champions league spot.

We already are going through on away goals so going 3 at the back is not that bad, hopefully we can keep it goalless for the first 45 minutes before sending on a few of out real difference makers.

lingard can get lost and should never start a match for United ever again, periera at the very least has a few redeemable qualities of chipping in with the odd assist and goal now and then, I find it hard to justify dalot starting a game at this point as well, he's been dreadful whenever he's played this season.

Offside · Feb 24, 2020

No way we will start Ighalo. Tie is in the balance. He will be used sparingly throughout the season.

Maluco · Feb 24, 2020

Offside said:
No way we will start Ighalo. Tie is in the balance. He will be used sparingly throughout the season.

If he can’t start at home in the Europa League, there was no real point in bringing him in though, wouldn’t you say?

Gasolin · Feb 24, 2020

Maluco said:
I think I have spotted the issue there!

Maybe! But look at how shaky we still are against corners. We need to figure it out faster and better. I think we have the attacking threat to score more than them, but I want the clean sheet. It's important.

WR10 · Feb 24, 2020

Full strength team to start. Get the job done and sub off as needed second half - that technically gives your best players the most time to recover for the next game.

Ddg
AWB Bailey Maguire Shaw
Scott Fred
Greenwood Bruno James
Martial

Don’t feck with a team that is clicking. Martial has been adequately rested in the past two games with his sub offs. He knows job done= sub off so a lil bit more motivation for him.

Offside · Feb 24, 2020

Maluco said:
If he can’t start at home in the Europa League, there was no real point in bringing him in though, wouldn’t you say?

The point is to throw him on when Martial is having a shocker or is tired. Actually, the point is that if Martial gets injured we have another centre forward. He shouldn’t be starting important knockout games. Fair enough if we’d have won the first leg.

USREDEVIL · Feb 24, 2020

Let's get a couple goals up and then take off the Everton starters such as Bruno, Martial, and Fred:

De gea
AWB Bailly Maguire Shaw
McT Fred
Bruno
Greenwood Martial James

Maluco · Feb 24, 2020

Offside said:
The point is to throw him on when Martial is having a shocker or is tired. Actually, the point is that if Martial gets injured we have another centre forward. He shouldn’t be starting important knockout games. Fair enough if we’d have won the first leg.

I think we should get him fit and have him as a viable option. There are too many potential games to start Martial in all of them.

USREDEVIL · Feb 24, 2020

Maluco said:
I think we should get him fit and have him as a viable option. There are too many potential games to start Martial in all of them.

Yeah but i don't think he's 90-minute match fit so can't start him. Maybe take martial off at the 60th or earlier if we're up a couple goals.

Okey · Feb 24, 2020

Here's hoping for early goals so we can see the game out in second or lower gear, rest a few and avoid injuries. Everton Sunday is a massive game and one we have a very good chance in. They played so open and expansive against Arsenal away. Should be even more so at Goodison, which is just how we like it. Sorry Brugges, you ain't bursting this United bubble...

Bulldog United · Feb 24, 2020

I'm feeling:
3-0 HT
4-0 FT

Should be able to make relatively easy work of this. Brugge are no mugs domestically, but there's still a big gulf in class and we should be able to put this to bed at Old Trafford.

ChaddyP · Feb 24, 2020

fecking Brugge

Bilbo · Feb 24, 2020

I think we will see a similar team that started the first leg. Wasnt that impressed with Brugge, and I think Ole will gamble again knowing that a strong bench can get the job done if we need them to.

theklr · Feb 24, 2020

Paul_Scholes18 said:
Just start the best side. No bloody underestimating them. Same team that played Watford. Rest players in league and maybe Fa up if we should.
Our players should be fresh after the winterbreak.

I disagree, at Old Trafford that poor team that drew against them down there should be enough. At least if you get McTominay instead of Pereira.

Our next 4 PL games are such a challenge that we need the best ones match fit.

Adam-Utd · Feb 24, 2020

2 home games in a row followed by a very local trip to Everton. Tiredness shouldn't really be an issue right now.

We will make a few changes with Williams/Mctominay/Lingard coming into the team I suspect.

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