Manchester United 2:1 Fulham

fergiewherearethou · May 26, 2023

I wouldn't rest anyone, go full strength because we have a real opportunity of finishing 3rd.
Cup Final is a week afterwards and it's a coin toss anyway, with us having the chance of the coin landing on the edge.

MyOnlySolskjaer · May 26, 2023

Keep Casemiro away. Red card and we’re fecked.

Duafc · May 26, 2023

fergiewherearethou said:
I wouldn't rest anyone, go full strength because we have a real opportunity of finishing 3rd.
Cup Final is a week afterwards and it's a coin toss anyway, with us having the chance of the coin landing on the edge.

Agreed.

BarstoolProphet · May 26, 2023

DdG

Dalot
Maguire
Lindelöf
Malacia

Fred
McTominay
Iqbal

Sancho
Garnacho
Pellistri

Keep Casemiro, Rashford, Eriksen and Varane away from Old Trafford. Casemiro's wife can do the lap of honour for him.

Okey · May 26, 2023

I guess we'll see Maguire, both to give Varane the needed rest and allow Harry say his goodbye. Mix and match to keep the rhythm without unnecessary risks. We do need to give a good account of ourselves at Wembley.

londonredmaniac · May 26, 2023

fergiewherearethou said:
I wouldn't rest anyone, go full strength because we have a real opportunity of finishing 3rd.
Cup Final is a week afterwards and it's a coin toss anyway, with us having the chance of the coin landing on the edge.

There's no advantage to finishing third though is there?

I wouldn't be playing Varane, Rashford, Bruno, Casemeiro, De Gea at the very least. Assume Shaw won't play.

Whoever starting at RB can sit it out as well.

Could pick up any kind of knock (or daft red card).

Chaky_Best · May 26, 2023

Rotate most of the team :

--------------------------------------------------------De Gea-----------------------------------------------------------
Dalot--------------------------------Maguire----------------Lindelof-----------------Malacia/Williams
-----------------------------------Mc Tominay-----------------Fred------------------------------------------------
Pellistri-------------------------------------------Mainoo--------------------------------------------Garnacho
------------------------------------------------------Weghorst---------------------------------------------------------

MrBrightside1989 · May 26, 2023

easy in my eyes.

Don't play Casemiro and Varane.

perhaps rest shaw if he's got a niggle- Dalot or malacia

Annihilate Now! · May 26, 2023

As long as Casemiro doesn't start I'll be happy - we can bring him on for a 20 minute jog at the end.

Brightonian · May 26, 2023

DDG
Dalot Maguire Lindelof Malacia
Fred McTominay
Sancho ??? Garnacho
Martial

Basically a full second string but with Sancho and Martial in for momentum and confidence.

Question mark for me is who comes in for Bruno. We still don't have a good back-up for him.

If we're willing to play a second string like this, then we should be willing to blood a youngster. I think Mainoo should get his full league debut as a reward for his YPotY award. Good message to send to the academy. And we should start testing him now, at 18, before consigning him to the loan carousel unnecessarily.

klsv · May 26, 2023

I'd say rest Bruno but he'd then probably show up at the womens match wearing a wig as he thinks he needs to play as much as he possibly can.

Start Wout to oil him up for the cup final.

Would not start Rashford as we probably didn't plan to have him playing as much against Chelsea. Start Sancho and Martial to build their confidence.

Irwin99 · May 26, 2023

DDG
Dalot Maguire Lindelof Malacia
Fred Casemiro Bruno
Garnacho Wout Sancho

Not keen on Casemiro or Bruno starting with the cup final ahead but EtH likes keeping the match rhythm with his players.

I really would like to see Fred and/or McTominay get some minutes for their fitness ahead of the final.

tidraKS · May 26, 2023

Brightonian said:
DDG
Dalot Maguire Lindelof Malacia
Fred McTominay
Sancho ??? Garnacho
Martial

Basically a full second string but with Sancho and Martial in for momentum and confidence.

Question mark for me is who comes in for Bruno. We still don't have a good back-up for him.

If we're willing to play a second string like this, then we should be willing to blood a youngster. I think Mainoo should get his full league debut as a reward for his YPotY award. Good message to send to the academy. And we should start testing him now, at 18, before consigning him to the loan carousel unnecessarily.

Could play Sancho as a #10, with Pellistri going to the right. That would be a nice team in my eyes.

massey · May 26, 2023

I reckon you will see 5-6 changes and a strong bench with most the first team getting a half or slightly more mins,ten hag has standards and isn't going to throw a game with our good home record and keeping confidence levels up.

ManRed · May 26, 2023

De Gea
Dalot - Maguire - Lindelof - Malacia
MCFred
Pellistri - Weg - Garnacho
Martial

1-0 to United. Weghorst to score

FerociousCorgis · May 26, 2023

i just dont get it. People whine that sucks to play thursday-sunday all season due to europa. Talk about how nice it is that we finally have a week between games to rest up and train up. And now they want us to play starters again after clinching thursday? all just so we can finish one spot higher in a completely meaningless way (and this assumes we cant get a result against fulham without all the starters). People really want to see case play yet again and risk injury for that? Or to see any other starters get a possible freak injury like antony before our chance to stop the city treble? Seems fecking crazy to me. Not like the players would have been sitting for 2 weeks they just had the thursday game so barely a week rest, not near enough to lose any "momentum"

jimmyb2000 · May 26, 2023

londonredmaniac said:
There's no advantage to finishing third though is there?

I wouldn't be playing Varane, Rashford, Bruno, Casemeiro, De Gea at the very least. Assume Shaw won't play.

Whoever starting at RB can sit it out as well.

Could pick up any kind of knock (or daft red card).

There is an advantage to finishing third - it allows us to qualify for the Champions League without getting there via winning "The Arsenal Cup"

Tony247 · May 26, 2023

Get 3 points and finish 3rd.

Sandikan · May 26, 2023

jimmyb2000 said:
There is an advantage to finishing third - it allows us to qualify for the Champions League without getting there via winning "The Arsenal Cup"

There is no qualifying round these days for 4th is there?
But obviously we want to beat the upstarts Newcastle.

Dazzmondo · May 26, 2023

I don't think we'll see that many changes and certainly won't be starting youngsters imo (apart from maybe Garnacho). ETH 100% wants us winning to get 3rd and raise confidence going into the final.

De Gea
Dalot Maguire Lindelof Malacia
Casemiro Fred
Sancho Bruno Garnacho
Rashford

Man Utd 3-0 Fulham (Rashford, Garnacho, Bruno)

Reynoldo · May 26, 2023

MyOnlySolskjaer said:
Keep Casemiro away. Red card and we’re fecked.

Exactly, I wouldn’t even put him on the bench in case he accidentally kicks a water bottle or something and gets sent off

Oscar Bonavena · May 26, 2023

Me personally, I'd rest all of our best players for this one.

If our previous game had been last weekend then there'd be a case for playing full strength to keep them ticking over, but they've only just played last night!

It's only a break of 9 days (well, 8 and a half days really) between Chelsea and the Cup final, they don't need another game in between that. Keep them fresh.

calodo2003 · May 26, 2023

RedDevilRoshi said:
Give Phil Jones his send-off in this

Hear, hear.

whitbyviking · May 26, 2023

calodo2003 said:
Hear, hear.

They’re arranging a walking football match vs the local over 75s for him, it’s all the poor fellow’s body can take

Charlie Foley · May 26, 2023

horsechoker said:
No we have to play Fulham

The Corinthian · May 26, 2023

Butland

Williams
Lindelof
Maguire
Dalot

McTominay
Fred
Mainoo

Garnacho
Wout
Pellestri

Zlatattack · May 26, 2023

Want to see Garnacho and Pellestri start.

calodo2003 · May 26, 2023

Zlatattack said:
Want to see Garnacho and Pellestri start.

Why not? Sounds good to me.

wangyu · May 26, 2023

I definitely would play the fringe players, if one of them plays a blinder it would make the final selection for Ten Hag harder thus better.

city-puma · May 26, 2023

Let’s field in young blood. It’s our tradition and a chance to rest the key players who have been exhausted during the intensive long season.

Bestofthebest · May 26, 2023

whitbyviking said:
They’re arranging a walking football match vs the local over 75s for him, it’s all the poor fellow’s body can take

Don’t even think about putting him in our walking football team, he would probably break both legs.

JustinC00 · May 26, 2023

jimmyb2000 said:
There is an advantage to finishing third - it allows us to qualify for the Champions League without getting there via winning "The Arsenal Cup"

Are you talking about the qualifying round? Because that's gone. 4th goes to the group stage or are you talking about just not wanting to finish 4th?

Bondi77 · May 27, 2023

I thought in our last game the good youth players were rewarded with a place on the bench and a few minutes on the pitch.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Gore and Mainoo make an appearance.

Longlivekeano · May 27, 2023

———————-Butland—————————-

-Williams—Maguire—Lindelof—malacia-

——————Z.Iqbal—Mctom———————

—————————Mainoo————————-

—pelestri———Weghorst———-amad (??)

Bondi77 · May 27, 2023

Longlivekeano said:
———————-Butland—————————-

-Williams—Maguire—Lindelof—malacia-

——————Z.Iqbal—Mctom———————

—————————Mainoo————————-

—pelestri———Weghorst———-amad (??)

There would be a flood of money on Fulham winning the game 5 or 6 nil if we put that team out.

Red00012 · May 27, 2023

Longlivekeano said:
———————-Butland—————————-

-Williams—Maguire—Lindelof—malacia-

——————Z.Iqbal—Mctom———————

—————————Mainoo————————-

—pelestri———Weghorst———-amad (??)

At least 10 out of the 11 are eligible to play you did good

Isotope · May 27, 2023

It seems like what happened to Antony isn't an enough warning to play key players.

Red in STL · May 27, 2023

Team I think depends on who he wants to start the final

Don't see Shaw, Varane or Rashford starting, if Eriksen and Sancho start then I don't see them starting the final, McT needs some mins so should play, Bruno shouldn't start but will, Casemiro the same, Maguire will start this one to use his slab head on Mitrovic, it's a toss up between Martial and Weghorst

JezChan · May 27, 2023

It's McFred time

and a farewell for Wout

Wing Attack Plan R · May 27, 2023

This game means nothing to us, and pretty much nothing to Fulham too. Rest the majority of the players, we can’t afford an injury.

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