Do I HAVE to watch this one? Can't stand Shevley's smug face when we go a goal down.
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Manchester United 3:2 Newcastle United
Old Trafford
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Lukaku and Valencia need dropping. As does Sanchez (yet again). But the alternatives aren't great.
De Gea
Dalot Bailly Smalling Shaw
Fellaini Matic Pogba
Mata Martial RashfordWe will probably win this one. Gut feeling. Then it will be back to "why we must back Mourinho" and "Steadying the ship" and "transition" threadsMourinho has been really fortunate coming into these international breaks. The final match before the last one was against Burnley, who if you had to pick one Premiership at the time to play it would be them. Now, we play Newcastle before the next break, another side in freefall, & playing negatively. There will be no worries about being overrun as Newcastle will be even more defensive than us, having the Messiah as manager. This will be more like Jurassic park, with two has been dinosaurs battling it out from the sides, dreaming of their previous past when they were dominant. A bore feast, that no one will want to watch, & by the sound off can't sell the tickets for.De Gea
Dalot Lindelof Smalling Shaw
Fred Fellaini Pogba
Sanchez Lukaku Rashford
Didn't think Sanchez was too bad.
Lukaku is in a big slump and we need to try something different. I'd have Martial over Lukaku. All 3 could rotate across the front 3.
Lukaku is a confidence player though. Dropping him wouldn't be wise imo.Tired of seeing the same tired old lethargic line up of Valencia,Matic,Fellaini etc its a tired team and needs an injection of freshness,just pick Dalot,Chong,Pereira for goodness sake.Win or riotTime to buy some cabbage.
Agreed.Had enough of these scrappy wins papering over the cracks and just prolonging the inevitable to be honest. I’m at the point now if we’re not winning this with the sense of purpose, I would take another hit as it would mean a step closer to getting the Jose out of the club. Thank you Ed Woodward for making me go this far you incompetent twat.Wouldn't mind seeing Martial up front with Rashford on the left and Sanchez on the right and bring Lukaku on if nothing happens by 60 mins.
Play Dalot and FredWould be ironic if Benitez is the one who ends it all but not even we are so shit to lose this one. We'll get a 2-0 win and the cultists will be back with their 'bAcK tHe MaNaGeR' shit.
It will be Norwich 2015 all over again if we don't win.4312
De gea
Dalot smalling don’t care Shaw
Fred pereira Pogba
Alexis
Rashford martialSince we're doing silly formations, i'd like to see;
DDG
Dalot Smalling Lindelof Shaw
Fred Periera Pogba
Chong Rashford MartialFitting stadium photo in the OP
I've decided to be super optimistic for this game and predict a 3-0 victory.
------------de Gea
Dalot---Bailly--Smalling---Shaw
-------Fred--Fellaini--Pogba
Rashford-----------------Martial
-------------Lukaku
With a very happy Alexis on the bench.Expecting Dalot to play.
Also reckon Mata will come in on the right.De Gea
Dalot -- Bailly -- Smalling -- Shaw
Fred -- Matic -- Pogba
Rashford -- Sanchez -- MartialFred has to start. We need more mobility and less ditheringNewcastle must be looking forward to this.
We've helped Brighton out of the relegation zone, we've helped West Ham out of the relegation zone.... come on in Geordies, fill your boots.
Fred-Pereira-Pogba midfield may inject a bit of urgency into our football.All faith has evaporated.
DDG
Valencia, Smalling, Jones, Shaw (just a hunch about Jones, Valencia will never be dropped)
Matic, Fellaini, Pogba (same goes for Matic, shocking player but undroppable til Jose goes)
Rashford, Lukaku, Martial
SUBS - Fred (Matic), Mata (Rashford), Sanchez (Martial)
Man United 0 - 0 NewcastleLet's get some stats on the board.
This is the number of goals we have scored in all our games in Sept 2018.
0 Valencia
1 West Ham
2 Derby
1 Wolves
3 Young Boys
2 Watford
2 Burnley
Total: 11
Average: 1.57 goals/game
Given the above, I think we will score 1 or 2 goals.
I think a win is on the cards.
Either 1-0 or 2-1.
Why not go for maximum effect?
United 0 - 0 Valencia
West Ham 3 -1 United
United 2 - 2 Derby loss on pens
United 1 - 1 Wolves
Young Boys 0 - 3 United
Watford 1 - 2 United
Burnley 0 -2 United
United 0 - 3 Spurs
Brighton 3 -2 United
United 2 - 1 Leicester
4 - 2 - 4
1 home win
3 home draws
1 home loss
3 away wins
2 away losses
What's so worrying is the caliber of teams we're losing/drawing against. I won't put anything past New Castle getting a result this weekend.
Given the above, I think we'll do well to draw.someone give Jose a dodgy lasagna and play;
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Dalot---------Bailly-----------Smalling----Shaw
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---------------Pogba----------------Fred--------------
Mata-----------------Lukaku-------------MartialDon't get your hopes up. I'd like to see a fighting team.This won't be easy. Newcastle will sit right back and I have no faith in our attack to break them down. Plus if Newcastle score first the whole stadium will panic. It just feels like the sort of game that might end Mourinho.
When we're playing this badly I'm not even sure Newcastle will sit back.As some have already said, the only attack in the league that woudn’t trouble our defence at the moment is our own attack. I have no faith in any area of our team whatsoever. Any fixture has the potential to be seriously problematic for us.Predicting a very very scrappy and not convincing victory. Surely if we fail to win this then that's the moment the board pull the trigger? Surely? Surely?3-0 win
I agree
I agree with what's been said, Jose should go out swinging with a fresh outlook. He must realise he may not have many more chances to play Dalot so get him in the team. Give the youngsters a proper chance; Andreas, Grant., maybe Chong.
Of course it'll be same old same old, but I'd love some freshness. As for the result I've gone for a very tentative 1-0 win, which is pretty scandalous in itself.Will never happen, but would like to see this. A technical team with quick passing and attacking movement.
------------- DDG
Dalot-Smalling-Bailly-Shaw
----------- Andreas
--------Fred-------Pogba
-------------Jesse
-------Lukaku---Martial
Subs : Romero, Lindelof, Young, Fellaini, Mata, Rashford, SanchezThey're even worse than we are, so we might win 1-0. I'd take it now and hopefully the international break clears everyone's heads (probably not).
I think it's fair to say Fellaini/Matic/Pogba only works in specific games, like it did against Burnley and Watford. Fellaini should be benched in most home games where we need someone a bit lighter on their feet with quicker passing ability to keep control of the ball, such as Fred or Herrera. I thought the back four was pretty set, but Bailly was brought back in and did OK against Valencia, so maybe José is finally willing to give him a run next to Smalling. IMO we're in a position where José just has to pick one CB to play alongside Smalling and even if they make mistakes, just stick with it and give them the opportunity for 10+ games in a row.
The attack just isn't working no matter what we do, but I'd try to stick with Sanchez/Lukaku/Rashford and see if they gel.
de Gea
Valencia Bailly Smalling Shaw
Fred Matic Pogba
Sanchez Lukaku Rashford
It didn't go great yet again for Sanchez, but I think he saw more of the ball and showed more promise playing from the right. So many of us have been saying just play him there and see if he fights his way into form.We will win this, Newcastle have been dreadful every time i've seen them this season. They have to be worse than us don't they?My team would be:
------------------De Gea-----------------
Dalot ---- Bailly ------Smalling ----Shaw
-------Pogba ----- Perreira ----Fred------
Rashford ------Sanchez ----------Martial
Play with technical players who have energy in their legs and see how it goes. Newcastle are going to park the bus so let's press them and force them into mistakes. There has to come a point where Lukaku and Matic get dropped for their poor form, otherwise they will get away with the laborious so far this season. Get them on the bench and hungry to come on in the second half and make an impact.Honestly another 0-0 would not surprise me. In fact, I would almost will it to happen if it meant Mourinho would be that step closer to the chopping board but sadly it won't make the blind bit of difference.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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14%
Anthony Martial
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14%
Juan Mata
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3%
Alexis Sanchez
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2%
David de Gea
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2%
Marouane Fellaini
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1%
Luke Shaw
Player Ratings
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Compiled from 481 ratings.
Score Predictions
300,80,120
- Man Utd win
- Newcastle win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 21% Man Utd 2:0 Newcastle
- 16% Man Utd 1:0 Newcastle
- 12% Man Utd 0:0 Newcastle
- 11% Man Utd 1:1 Newcastle
- 8% Man Utd 3:0 Newcastle
- 7% Man Utd 2:1 Newcastle
- 6% Man Utd 0:1 Newcastle
- 4% Man Utd 0:5 Newcastle
- 3% Man Utd 5:0 Newcastle
- 3% Man Utd 1:2 Newcastle
- 2% Man Utd 3:1 Newcastle
- 2% Man Utd 4:0 Newcastle
- 2% Man Utd 0:2 Newcastle
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 Newcastle
- 0% Man Utd 0:3 Newcastle
- 0% Man Utd 0:4 Newcastle
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 Newcastle
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Newcastle
- 0% Man Utd 3:2 Newcastle
- 0% Man Utd 1:5 Newcastle
- 0% Man Utd 3:5 Newcastle
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Newcastle
- Possession
- 73% 27%
- Shots
- 18 13
- Shots on Target
- 10 8
- Corners
- 10 6
- Fouls
- 16 8
Referee
Anthony Taylor
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Juan Mata
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replaced by Marouane Fellaini
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replaced by Alexis Sanchez
