If Carrick is at CB, there's virtually no difference between the 3-5-2 and Diamond. It's a diamond when Carras steps out and it's 3-5-2 when he sits back.
FA Premier League
Manchester United 3:0 Liverpool
Old Trafford
- Kick-off
- Sun, 14 December 2014 @ 1:30pm GMT
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Discussion Live Updates 63 Your Lineup Prediction
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So Wilson to start for us as rumours suggest. Anything on their lot? Gerrard? EtcI think Falcao will start today. Maybe LVG had been holding him back a bit for the past 2-3 games and then publicly raising concerns over his match fitness, would make him more desperate and eager to perform. Remember a wounded tiger is the most dangerous.
''Herrera or Jones?'' What????????????????
DDG
Valencia - Evans - Rojo - Young
Carrick
Fellaini - Herrera
Rooney
Wilson - Van Persie
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DDG
Jones - Evans - Rojo
Valencia - Fellaini - Carrick - Young
Rooney
Wilson - Van Persie
Why drop him now? Strange timing really. Had the past month to do it.getting ready to go to the game, lets smash these dippers into oblivion. Nothing less than a mauling will suffice. See you shortly Stevie, you camera kissing/shooing broken starfish
Wilson starts? How do you know?.
As much as I would love (and I mean LOVE) to prove me wrong, I dont understand starting Wilson. That means Mata dropped and Rooney in the hole behind RVP and Wilson.
Lets hope a new Utd star is born today and I eat my wordsNo way Wilson starts. Wait for the official team news.
1st formation probably. Definitely don't want to see a 3-5-2 today! And Jones is too unlikely.
Bring it on you scouse bastards!Going for a 3 -2 win for us.
Liverpool will remember how to score again only for RVP net the winner.With these Wilson rumours, i expect the obvious team is:
DDG
Valencia Evans Rojo Young
Carrick
Herrera Fellaini
Rooney
Wilson RVPWay to whore oneself out to grab million new followers. Don't fancy that bit, but I agree with the tits
The tits are always right.Time to let loose Falcao today.I hope we don't see 5 at the back again although we will probably see Carrick at the base of a diamond where he can drop back into defence making it a 3-5-2 when defending and 4-4-2 Diamond when attacking, which is pretty much what we have been playing most of the season anyway. I think we will really miss Smalling at the back, it showed how shaky we were as soon as he went off against Southampton.
Liverpool have been extremely poor recently so we may be able to grind out another win but I just think with them being up for it and us missing Smalling, along with a lack of pace going forward if Di Maria is out then I can see this ending in something like a 1-1 draw.
Hope im wrong and we pay them back for last season by smashing them 3 or 4 nil.Not sure if I want Wilson to start - let's see what LvG comes up with.Squad buses arrived yet? Any news?Cant wait to hear the reception Gerrard gets,no doubt the Demba BA chant will be in full forceAs long as we're 4 at the back i'll be happy, but Herrera would be a plus too.We are absolute shite at the moment so I'm not really excited for this one.Prediction: 3-0 hatrick Rooney. Bring it on!United approach this game on a remarkable five-game winning streak - remarkable for the fact they've continued winning without playing well. We were fortunate to win away to both Arsenal and Southampton, struggled against a defensive Crystal Palace at home and only played well in the second half against Stoke. The only good performance came at home to Hull City when United won comfortably 3-0. Until we produce a fully convincing performance against a decent side question marks will remain over our credentials under Van Gaal and I think Van Gaal is also hoping we start producing better performances. I don’t think we will see anything convincing against Liverpool this Sunday. A midweek draw with FC Basel wasn't sufficient to salvage their Champions League status, leaving Rodgers' men seemingly low on confidence. I think Rodgers might be more cautious than usual, focusing upon stopping United rather than winning the game, I expect a tight, scrappy game. A win would be fantastic because it would put us ten points ahead of Liverpool, who despite their difficult season I still consider a direct top-four rival, something Van Gaal agrees with. "I still think Liverpool can fight for the top four places and still I have belief in that team because they have fantastic players but they also have a lot of injuries which is not so easy to manage." Van Gaal said. I still don’t believe we are title contenders despite reducing the gap on the top two over the last 5 games, the focus has to remain on getting enough points to secure a top-four place and in this respect we are in a comfortable position at the moment. "We have to live match for match and that is the most important thing. We have to beat Liverpool which is more important than thinking about Manchester City or Chelsea." Dropped points against Liverpool wouldn’t be a disaster, a win would only improve our prospects further, but only more convincing performances will change the narrative surrounding United at the moment and convince people that Van Gaal is the man to rebuild us.
The formation is defiantly a problem at the moment, I fully understand why Van Gaal reverts to a 3-man defence when we play more offensive teams like Southampton and Arsenal, but we never seem to play that system well. A 4-man defence seems to produce better performances at the moment so it will be interesting to see what Van Gaal goes with on Sunday. I personally would opt for the 4-3-1-2 shape we have used in recent home games because I think Liverpool are more of a cautious team at the moment and we seem to perform better in that system. With no Suarez or Sturridge to face the key player to control is Sterling. His sheer pace and intelligence will cause problems, but he is likely to be fielded on the flanks with Lambert as the central striker. Lambert shouldn’t cause us too much of a threat, he drops towards the ball to link with onrushing midfield players which we are far more comfortable defending than forwards who run the channels. In midfield Liverpool are very functional, Rodgers' decision is about how to use Gerrard - either as a deep-lying playmaker or as a number 10, with Lucas Leiva and Jordan Henderson probably shifting in either direction according to the captain's positioning. With both teams having good numbers and similar players in this zone I expect a fairly even battle, Lucas will look to nullify the player at the top of our diamond, Gerrard and Henderson will match up with the widest two of our diamond shape leaving Carrick as the free player at the base, he could be an important player in this midfield zone. The problem with diamond is the lack natural width from high up the pitch, this encourages our full-backs to overlap and stretch the play, but the same applies in reverse, though: the lack of natural width means opposition full-backs are free to break forward and Glen Johnson and Alberto Moreno could be dangerous players for Liverpool, but playing with a front two against this Liverpool defence surely gives us a great chance. Liverpool lack organisation and leadership at the back and also tends to make basic errors, we have an excellent goal threat in the final third and hopefully this should be enough to make the difference.
What to look for;
· What formation United plays with.
· Can we control Sterling?
· Where will Gerreard play?
· Will Liverpool’s full-backs become a problem?
· Can we create chances for the strikers without Di Maria?
Subs – Lindegaard, McNair, Fletcher, Fellani, Januzaj, Wilson, Falcao.
Smalling’s injury gives Evans a chance to shine in his favoured position at right-centre back alongside Rojo. If Rafael is fit I would bring him back into the side because we need both full-backs back as soon as possible, unfortunately Shaw is still out but Young has done well there and keeps his place. Fellani had a shocker on Monday so I would move Valencia into that slot on the right side of the diamond because we need a player with some pace who can dribble the ball forward on the counter; he played that role well against Everton earlier in the season. Herrera and Mata work well and I prefer Mata higher up the pitch where he is more comfortable and a bigger goal threat. It doesn’t make sense to start with Falcao or Wilson ahead of Rooney or Van Persie yet because both are in good form.
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He is clearly playing a guessing game.Can't wait for the match to begin! I'm starting to get nervous and excited at the same time - we can't loose this match! The lineups can't be far away now.well let's hope this is what our players do to the Scousers today:
Lineups 13:30, mate.
Manchester United (from): Amos, De Gea, Johnstone, Lindegaard, Blackett, Evans, Jones, McNair, Rafael, Rojo, Vermijl, Anderson, Carrick, Fellaini, Fletcher, Herrera, James, Januzaj, Lingard, Mata, Valencia, Young, Falcao, W Keane, Rooney, Van Persie, Wilson.
Liverpool (from): Jones, Mignolet, Johnson, Jose Enrique, Lovren, Manquillo, Moreno, Sakho, Skrtel, Toure, Allen, Can, Coutinho, Gerrard, Henderson, Lallana, Lucas, Markovic, Balotelli, Borini, Lambert, Sterling.
From the official Premier league website
err.. that's when the games starts. They officially come out around 30 mins before the games starts, but we would get to hear about them by 12:30 via twitter.so nervous, come on United!If we don't up our game a couple of levels from monday we'll lose as I think Liverpool will turn up today, and then next weekend will be back to being average. Want to see us hammer them but feel very uneasy about this game.
I wrote the time in GMT+1 since the lad was from Norway. Lineups are usually out one hour before the kick off these days.
Oh ok.. got ya!You know, i was feeling somewhat relaxed the past couple of days only to feel all the anxiousness just a couple of minutes ago
Lets fecking do themMata and Fellaini better not start in a central midfield with a back three behind them. Immobile sluggers.i.e. In 10 minutes time.It will be a fecking disaster if we don't beat this terrible liverpool team, and serious questions should be asked.We really need to step up and smash them, there is no other way.- Status
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Score Predictions
685,40,46
- Man Utd win
- Liverpool win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 19% Man Utd 2:1 Liverpool
- 19% Man Utd 3:1 Liverpool
- 18% Man Utd 2:0 Liverpool
- 13% Man Utd 3:0 Liverpool
- 5% Man Utd 5:0 Liverpool
- 4% Man Utd 4:0 Liverpool
- 4% Man Utd 1:0 Liverpool
- 4% Man Utd 1:1 Liverpool
- 3% Man Utd 3:2 Liverpool
- 2% Man Utd 4:1 Liverpool
- 2% Man Utd 1:2 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 0:1 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 0:3 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 2:3 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 2:5 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 0:2 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 5:2 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 0:4 Liverpool
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Liverpool
- Possession
- 55% 45%
- Shots
- 11 19
- Shots on Target
- 6 9
- Corners
- 2 7
- Fouls
- 13 14
Referee
Martin Atkinson
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Radamel Falcao
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replaced by Ander Herrera
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