Manchester United 3:0 FC Basel

paulscholes18 · Sep 10, 2017

DDG
Valencia Smalling Lindelof Blind
Pogba Matic
Mata Mkhitaryan Rashford
Lukaku

Moiraine · Sep 10, 2017

BenjaminP said:
6-0 United

You are the best

Barnslig · Sep 10, 2017

When is Shaw back? Didn't he play for the u23s a while ago?

notcool · Sep 11, 2017

We'll twat them 2-1 just like last time.

Devil may care · Sep 11, 2017

No Bailly, Jones or Blind for this but I am expecting a good win.

Green_Red · Sep 11, 2017

Cant wait for this. Come on United!

barmyarmy · Sep 11, 2017

Devil may care said:
No Bailly, Jones or Blind for this but I am expecting a good win.

Is blind injured or am i missing something?

DomesticTadpole · Sep 11, 2017

barmyarmy said:
Is blind injured or am i missing something?

Think he has an idea he was banned along with Jones, when actually he was fined.

barmyarmy · Sep 11, 2017

DomesticTadpole said:
Think he has an idea he was banned along with Jones, when actually he was fined.

Exactly. Else he wouldn't have been on bench against Real madrid in Super cup game.

Bwuk · Sep 11, 2017

De Gea
Smalling - Lindelof - Blind
Valencia - Pogba - Matic - Lingard
Mkhi - Lukaku - Martial

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pauldyson1uk · Sep 11, 2017

the weather is going to play a big part in this game, forecast is torrential rain and wind gusting up to 70mph.
Same for both teams, who ever handles the conditions best will have the advantage.

NJM78 · Sep 11, 2017

pauldyson1uk said:
the weather is going to play a big part in this game, forecast is torrential rain and wind gusting up to 70mph.
Same for both teams, who ever handles the conditions best will have the advantage.

The cafs own Michael Fish.

Good point though, luckily we keep the ball on the deck mostly.

nemanja15 · Sep 11, 2017

Just had this email:
"Official Members can now buy up to 6 tickets for tomorrow night's match v FC Basel (Tuesday 12th September, kick-off 19:45)"... struggling to fill the stadium? :nervous:

Jonnymufc · Sep 11, 2017

Sammyjunn said:
Van Wolfswinkel is bang average, like really really average.

Im feeling quite indifferent to the CL, think this tournament has lost his spark and glamour in the past few years, very few enjoyable matches and shake-ups in hierarchy.

Lets just start with beating Basel with good football, has been a while again.

Bizarre that you are indifferent to the CL. Perhaps that stems from us not being in it recently? Can't see how you wouldn't want to be in it or care about it.

McLovin · Sep 11, 2017

nemanja15 said:
Just had this email:
"Official Members can now buy up to 6 tickets for tomorrow night's match v FC Basel (Tuesday 12th September, kick-off 19:45)"... struggling to fill the stadium?

Was a real struggle to sell mine...so yep. :nervous:

Sammyjunn · Sep 11, 2017

Jonnymufc said:
Bizarre that you are indifferent to the CL. Perhaps that stems from us not being in it recently? Can't see how you wouldn't want to be in it or care about it.

Mou is different to van Gaal, but I didnt enjoy our most recent CL campaign at all. We played some poor football against average clubsand went out early, yes surely that is also Champions League but what is fun about that? I enjoyed the EL much more last year, which was full of surprises, we played some good football, actually challenged and faced some teams with great passion and fan bases.

My biggest pro for CL is that it can keep our top players here and attract new top players, but I presume we donr have much to look for at the latter stages of this competition. It is not a bad thing, but Im also not really all that excited about it.

whatwha · Sep 11, 2017

welshmanc75 said:
Posted in the Tickets thread as well, but work is sending me to Manchester from Monday through until Wednesday and with us being home, would love to take in the game. If anyone knows of or can advise on how to get ticket for the game, it would be appreciated

nemanja15 said:
Just had this email:
"Official Members can now buy up to 6 tickets for tomorrow night's match v FC Basel (Tuesday 12th September, kick-off 19:45)"... struggling to fill the stadium?

This should make it possible for someone to help out @welshmanc75 no?

pauldyson1uk · Sep 11, 2017

Mourinho’s confirmed that Fellaini didn’t train yesterday.

He also missed the trip to Stoke with a calf injury.

“Fellaini didn’t train yesterday. Let’s see if he can today. He’s more important to me than you can imagine

Gerald G · Sep 11, 2017

De Gea
Valencia--Lindelof--Smalling--Blind
Matic--Pogba
Mata--Mkhitaryan--Martial
Lukaku

shamans · Sep 11, 2017

Sammyjunn said:
Mou is different to van Gaal, but I didnt enjoy our most recent CL campaign at all. We played some poor football against average clubsand went out early, yes surely that is also Champions League but what is fun about that? I enjoyed the EL much more last year, which was full of surprises, we played some good football, actually challenged and faced some teams with great passion and fan bases.

My biggest pro for CL is that it can keep our top players here and attract new top players, but I presume we donr have much to look for at the latter stages of this competition. It is not a bad thing, but Im also not really all that excited about it.

That's just because we haven't really been in it for years.

Sammyjunn · Sep 11, 2017

shamans said:
That's just because we haven't really been in it for years.

What exactly? I dont think is that weird, I know loads of Arsenal fans who dont really get excited by the CL anymore. It has lost a lot of its glory and is becoming more predictable and repetetive. Bayern-Real or Real-Dortmund, PSG-Barca, Bayern-Arsenal, Barca-Bayern okay we get it by now.

lawliet354 · Sep 11, 2017

Sammyjunn said:
What exactly? I dont think is that weird, I know loads of Arsenal fans who dont really get excited by the CL anymore. It has lost a lot of its glory and is becoming more predictable and repetetive. Bayern-Real or Real-Dortmund, PSG-Barca, Bayern-Arsenal, Barca-Bayern okay we get it by now.

Hard to get excited when you know you lost in round of 16 every year, it become predictable and repetitive because the English club has been under-performing for the last 2-3 years so you see the same match-up almost every year, I hope this year one of the semifinalist will be from EPL

LoneStar · Sep 11, 2017

Excited for this game. Missed late night CL football!

I think the team will be the same as the one on opening day, except the obvious CB changes. We should win this and win it by a big margin hopefully.

Lukaku and Rashford will have their CL debuts tomorrow. Think both will end up scoring. Going with 3-0.

Devil may care · Sep 11, 2017

DomesticTadpole said:
Think he has an idea he was banned along with Jones, when actually he was fined.

Yeah that was my mistake, not sure who will play between him and Darmian then.

DomesticTadpole · Sep 11, 2017

Devil may care said:
Yeah that was my mistake, not sure who will play between him and Darmian then.

Depends if Basel are as big a threat as Stoke City, because they gave Darmian nightmares.

breakout67 · Sep 11, 2017

It would be nice for Shaw to get some minutes; but he's been stinking up the under-23s

Walters_19_MuFc · Sep 11, 2017

breakout67 said:
It would be nice for Shaw to get some minutes; but he's been stinking up the under-23s

Hasn't he been playing at centre back?

breakout67 · Sep 11, 2017

Walters_19_MuFc said:
Hasn't he been playing at centre back?

I have no idea; I just heard from someone that watched him play that he wasnt good.

You'd think that playing in the U-23s is for the sake of fitness, so maybe he isnt fit yet.

el3mel · Sep 11, 2017

Confirmed squad members

De Gea

Romero

Pereira

Darmian

Smalling

Valencia

Lindelof

Blind

Fellaini

Matic

Carrick

Herrera

Pogba

Lingard

Young

Mata

Mkhitaryan

Rashford

Lukaku

Carlsen19 · Sep 11, 2017

Can't wait for this, my first ever Champions League game! 4-0 would be nice.

Catt · Sep 11, 2017

Wonder what we can expect from Basel? We should have enough to win this though.

Catt · Sep 11, 2017

Carlsen19 said:
Can't wait for this, my first ever Champions League game! 4-0 would be nice.

So you're going? Must be exciting!

Jonnymufc · Sep 11, 2017

Sammyjunn said:
Mou is different to van Gaal, but I didnt enjoy our most recent CL campaign at all. We played some poor football against average clubsand went out early, yes surely that is also Champions League but what is fun about that? I enjoyed the EL much more last year, which was full of surprises, we played some good football, actually challenged and faced some teams with great passion and fan bases.

My biggest pro for CL is that it can keep our top players here and attract new top players, but I presume we donr have much to look for at the latter stages of this competition. It is not a bad thing, but Im also not really all that excited about it.

Well I think you've hit the nail on the head when talking about Van Gaal. Our most recent campaign was properly shit and then we've also missed out several times so it's understandable you feel a bit dejected by it all but we're here on merit and ultimately this is THE competition.

Maybe it's an obvious thing to say but I've felt our champions league wins have been way more special than winning the league due to how relatively rare they are...and you have to be in it to win it!

I hope you fall back in love with it this year, the UCL needs United and we need it.

Android1974 · Sep 11, 2017

Basel's last game (they've lost 1-2 at home, with a centerback expelled at 53') formation, a 4-2-3-1, close to what they've been using lately, except for the #10 position that has been changing a lot (Zuffi played other games as #8, with Elyounoussi as #10):

Vaclík
Lang–Suchý–Akanji–Riveros
Dié–T.Xhaka
Steffen–Zuffi–Bua
Wolfswinkel

Grande · Sep 11, 2017

Champions league is quality wise the best football competition in the world. The national leagues are the fabric that football is made of, but the CL is perfect dream stuff. Remembering United playing Juventus in 96, yearning so hard to be in there with the best teams, I can't turn of the buzz of challenging for that once more.

Basel is a good team with plenty of experience from the tournament, which is important. They've been hard to crack for us before, so it will be a tough test.

jderbyshire · Sep 11, 2017

Gerald G said:
De Gea
Valencia--Lindelof--Smalling--Blind
Matic--Pogba
Mata--Mkhitaryan--Martial
Lukaku

I've gone for this line-up, except Darmian for Blind (so we're only changing 2/4 defenders rather than 3/4)

Red Digger · Sep 12, 2017

el3mel said:
Confirmed squad members

De Gea

Romero

Pereira

Darmian

Smalling

Valencia

Lindelof

Blind

Fellaini

Matic

Carrick

Herrera

Pogba

Lingard

Young

Mata

Mkhitaryan

Rashford

Lukaku

Is Martial injured

ovoxo · Sep 12, 2017

That sweet anthem will be heard at old Trafford once again this season

We're back baby!

el3mel · Sep 12, 2017

Red Digger said:
Is Martial injured

MEN said he's living near the hotel so he can join later.

themoyesboy · Sep 12, 2017

I think we'll completely crush these mugs at the theatre of dreams, a huge footballing stage Basel will struggle to handle, in triumphant thumping style 1-0.

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