Manchester United 1:0 Leicester City

FootyGirl88 · Sep 13, 2019

StrettyEnder07 said:
Rojo at wing back! nearly spat my coffee out, that would be a sight to behold!

We don't have a lot of options man :lol:

ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg · Sep 13, 2019

Rafaeldagold said:
Utterly disgraceful how we have had such a poor transfer window, selling quality players with no replacements that Leicester are probably favourites now. As we all knew injuries would happen & loss of form.

We have an average manager, average & thin squad. Why are our fan base just acceptant of this? As if thinking the kids will save us- they wont

What quality players did we get rid of?

Valencia - should have been sold 5 years ago, worst ever Utd captain.
Herrera - could have used him, but at £200k per week for a squad player is nuts. McT and Andreas are at a similar level to him.
Smalling - good player, but we had 7 CBs. The only player I don’t think should have gone - but we couldn’t get rid of Rojo or Bailly.
Darmian - played how many games last year, 4?
Lukuku - had to go, unprofessional, appalling record against any half decent side. Yes we could have done with a replacement for him, but the right player wasn’t available.
Sanchez - worst signing in Utd’s history?

Gator Nate · Sep 13, 2019

red_de_pologne said:
Is Fred out as well?

DDG
Young Lindelof Maguire Rojo
Matic Mata McTominay
Pereira Rashford James

have a hard time predicting subs

That's who I picked, but in this lineup:

DDG
Rojo - Maguire - Lindelof - Young
McTominay
Matic ------------- Mata
Pereira
Rashford - James

Subs: Greenwood, Fred, Tuanzebe (if Fred is out, Garner as sub)

Call it a 4-1-2-1-2 or a 4-4-2 diamond (it flattens out fast on either end, anyway). I think Young has done better on the left so far this year than he did on the right last year and I don't think Rojo's positioning is going to matter.

Alternatively, you could go 3-5-2:

DDG
Rojo - Maguire - Lindelof
Pereira - Matic - McTominay - Mata - Young
Rashford - James

I don't see Greenwood starting, and with Lingard out (oh, he's a maybe? that's out in my book)... yikes. He's playing two up front, not three.

freeurmind · Sep 13, 2019

Terrified with no Pogba and Martial. Would take a point right now.

Ziggy Starduster · Sep 13, 2019

Even with just Pogba and Martial out, the squad tomorrow is going to look as mid table as you can get a United side. How the hell we have arrived in this position having pretty much outspent every side in the league for the past x amount of years is beyong me.
Regardless of the result tomorrow (although I cant see anything other that a Leicester win - a much better side with a suitably experienced manager), our place outside of the top 6 will be confirmed tomorrow. This squad is so thin on real quality, it's embarrasing.

Denis79 · Sep 13, 2019

manunited1919 said:
Yes, it’s a low net spend, but our priorities should have been to fix our midfield instead of CB position. That was Vidic’s opinion, and I am in full agreement. You can’t just absolve Ole of all responsibility.

You're right, as much as I disagree with how the club is run from above I can't absolve Ole of all responsibility. That said I still feel the backing is inadequate, almost negligent considering our stature, ambition and previous season.

StrettyEnder07 · Sep 13, 2019

FootyGirl88 said:
We don't have a lot of options man

Are me or you available haha take us pair before Rojo, have to say though this is something I need to see now!!

FootyGirl88 · Sep 13, 2019

StrettyEnder07 said:
Are me or you available haha take us pair before Rojo, have to say though this is something I need to see now!!

I could quite easily go on the left as I'm left footed :lol:

DWelbz19 · Sep 13, 2019

pocco said:
Thin we'll play..

................De Gea
Young Lindelof Maguire Rojo
.......McTominay Matic
... Pereira Mata James
..............Rashford

I think so too. Very grim.

Irwin99 · Sep 13, 2019

Surprised Axel isn't in more of the predicted lineups. He does have some experience at right back i believe. Will probably end up playing Rojo at LB and Young at RB though.

Rafaeldagold · Sep 13, 2019

ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
What quality players did we get rid of?

Valencia - should have been sold 5 years ago, worst ever Utd captain.
Herrera - could have used him, but at £200k per week for a squad player is nuts. McT and Andreas are at a similar level to him.
Smalling - good player, but we had 7 CBs. The only player I don’t think should have gone - but we couldn’t get rid of Rojo or Bailly.
Darmian - played how many games last year, 4?
Lukuku - had to go, unprofessional, appalling record against any half decent side. Yes we could have done with a replacement for him, but the right player wasn’t available.
Sanchez - worst signing in Utd’s history?

If you think we’ve had a good transfer window then I don’t know what to say. Wr deserve a mediocre season if fans are happy with that.

Herrera & Lukaku were quality we haven’t replaced

FerociousCorgis · Sep 13, 2019

should just be greenwood top, rash left and james on right, put mata in the 10, matic and mctominay in central mid, then backline of young-mag-lind-tuanz. Hopefully gomes on bench to come in around 60 minutes for mata and provide some fresh energy and creativity.

VanGaalyTime · Sep 13, 2019

At least this will give us a chance to see how we cope without Pogba. 1-1 looks a good bet right now.

Solius · Sep 13, 2019

We are absolutely going to lose this game with the injuries we have.

Alabaster Codify7 · Sep 13, 2019

VanGaalyTime said:
At least this will give us a chance to see how we cope without Pogba. 1-1 looks a good bet right now.

Good bet?
To me that's hopeful. They are better than us.

prateik · Sep 13, 2019

3-0

3-1 if they get lucky.

KennyBurner · Sep 13, 2019

No martial no party. damn injuries.

mav_9me · Sep 13, 2019

No doubt we look injured and buried. But I think we will get a draw.
My only hope is we get to see Gomes/Greenwood get some play time.
I imagine he will start Lingard/Mata/Perreira but hopefully the youngsters can come on and show some good moments.

Lee565 · Sep 13, 2019

-------------------------ddg
-------tuanzebe--maguire-rojo
Young---mctominay--matic--james
------------------------Gomes
--------------greenwood-rashford

redzombie · Sep 13, 2019

wonder if we'll see Fred

LuisNaniencia · Sep 13, 2019

Must be pretty hilarious for rival fans to see that potential line up. Rojo, Young, Mata in our starting line up after last seasons shitshow.

Amerifan · Sep 13, 2019

manunited1919 said:
He spent £150m. He could have reinforced the midfield instead of the defense. I recently read some comments by Vidic, from way back in MARCH, suggesting we had to prioritize reinforcing our midfield and that the defense was fine. He specifically mentioned that Maguire was a great player, but the club had to have priorities.

Keep in mind DDG was potentially leaving over the summer. Our GA last season even with him was 10th. There was no way not to invest in defense. Midfield looks a priority now only because our defense is better.

Amerifan · Sep 13, 2019

VanGaalyTime said:
At least this will give us a chance to see how we cope without Pogba. 1-1 looks a good bet right now.

Agree. Predicted 2-1 but with all the injuries now we’re looking for a point.

Ventura · Sep 13, 2019

We're fexed.

Ramshock · Sep 13, 2019

we are fecked tomorrow basically

Redplane · Sep 13, 2019

I think I've predicted us to lose in the poll for the first time ever. My optimism is officially dead.

Fosu-Mens · Sep 13, 2019

Amerifan said:
Keep in mind DDG was potentially leaving over the summer. Our GA last season even with him was 10th. There was no way not to invest in defense. Midfield looks a priority now only because our defense is better.

A good and balanced midfield will protect the central defenders.

And we could have improved our defense short term(2-3 years) by buying Meunier and Alderweireld for a combined £50m. Then used the leftover £80m to buy two decent midfielders... Then we would have been a candidate for top 4. Instead we spent £50m on a defensive spesialist at RB and £80m on a slow central defender. Neither suitable for the way most succesful teams play today.

OleGunnar20 · Sep 13, 2019

Given the threadbare squad I'd like to see:

DDG
Young - Lindelof - Maguire - Williams
------------ Fred - McTom
Greenwood - Gomes - James
-------------- Rashford

Rashford made his name being thrown in unexpectedly, I think Greenwood & Gomes are more than ready to be given the same chance. If Williams is unavailable then it has to be Rojo, although I really don't want to see him in a United shirt again, blood some promising youth.

Of course Ole will go with Mata for Gomes, Pereira on the right and Matic instead of Fred, and no way does Williams get a go at LB. But hey ho a guy can dream!

Gator Nate · Sep 13, 2019

Might Ole be saving the youngsters for our Astana and Rochdale matches? I can see them coming on as subs on Saturday, but not starting. Then he'll throw four or five of them on come Thursday.

Withnail · Sep 13, 2019

Gator Nate said:
Might Ole be saving the youngsters for our Astana and Rochdale matches? I can see them coming on as subs on Saturday, but not starting. Then he'll throw four or five of them on come Thursday.

I think so too.

From what he's been saying I can't see him start any of them in the PL until they've started and done well in some cup games.

yamo123x · Sep 13, 2019

Given players out, i'd love us to go for this, i cant bare site of matic and mata in the team slowing us down. Mixture of experience and youth.

de gea

maguire Axel lindelof

James mctominay Garner smashley
Gomes

Greenwood Rashford

However i expect more like this...

de gea

young maguire lindelof rojo

mctominay matic fred

james rashford mata

Lee565 · Sep 13, 2019

Fosu-Mens said:
A good and balanced midfield will protect the central defenders.

And we could have improved our defense short term(2-3 years) by buying Meunier and Alderweireld for a combined £50m. Then used the leftover £80m to buy two decent midfielders... Then we would have been a candidate for top 4. Instead we spent £50m on a defensive spesialist at RB and £80m on a slow central defender. Neither suitable for the way most succesful teams play today.

If you look at Atletico Madrid they got 6 players this summer that covered their midfield and all defensive positions all for what we paid out for just Maguire and Bissaka, we spent poorly imo, maybe our defence wouldnt be so exposed if we had a midfield that can actually control a game, I would have even had preferred we focused on the attack over the defence with how much we are struggling in front of goal not just the start of this season but also in the last few months of last season as well and especially with little depth, poor planning of a half assed rebuild.

Sandikan · Sep 13, 2019

Gator Nate said:
Might Ole be saving the youngsters for our Astana and Rochdale matches? I can see them coming on as subs on Saturday, but not starting. Then he'll throw four or five of them on come Thursday.

The way the season is going, it might be best to save the first team for those games

Bestietom · Sep 13, 2019

AWB will play I think.
Pogba and Martial could make it.

Sandikan · Sep 13, 2019

OleGunnar20 said:
Given the threadbare squad I'd like to see:

DDG
Young - Lindelof - Maguire - Williams
------------ Fred - McTom
Greenwood - Gomes - James
-------------- Rashford

Rashford made his name being thrown in unexpectedly, I think Greenwood & Gomes are more than ready to be given the same chance. If Williams is unavailable then it has to be Rojo, although I really don't want to see him in a United shirt again, blood some promising youth.

Of course Ole will go with Mata for Gomes, Pereira on the right and Matic instead of Fred, and no way does Williams get a go at LB. But hey ho a guy can dream!

Would be surprised to see Greenwood start.

Sandikan · Sep 13, 2019

KennyBurner said:
No martial no party. damn injuries.

It's almost like it was an almost criminal decision to leave ourselves with only Martial and Rashford as even vague senior options up front, when Martial has repeatedly shown he'll miss a string of games every so often.

romufc · Sep 13, 2019

Anyone predicting a win?

KennyBurner · Sep 13, 2019

Sandikan said:
It's almost like it was an almost criminal decision to leave ourselves with only Martial and Rashford as even vague senior options up front, when Martial has repeatedly shown he'll miss a string of games every so often.

at this point Im just tired. Need a break from football. Leicester shouldn't have a better first 11 than ours even with injuries. I dont feel like waiting another 2 seasons because we have already done that 3 times.

Gator Nate · Sep 13, 2019

Sandikan said:
The way the season is going, it might be best to save the first team for those games

Had a feeling that kind of response might be coming...

Bestietom · Sep 13, 2019

romufc said:
Anyone predicting a win?

Yes, 2-1 to United.

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