Manchester United 0:0 Newcastle United

Bugzy · Aug 22, 2015

Borys · Aug 22, 2015

Gameweek 3 and we have consistent and predictable line-up. Good.

Shark · Aug 22, 2015

Orton said:
Wonder if Herrera will start anytime soon. Surely he will against Brugge on wednesday.

I think Herrera is in trouble under LVG. He'll be glad to see the back of him as manager at this rate.

Kill 'em all · Aug 22, 2015

Huh? 0 points for predicting the full team.

crimsonife · Aug 22, 2015

So Schweinsteiger over Carrick. Good team.

DomesticTadpole · Aug 22, 2015

10/11 I dropped Januzaj. Good effort for me. :lol:

K2K · Aug 22, 2015

waza7111 said:
I think Carrick has been rested rather than dropped. At his age he can't play every game and him and Schweinsteiger will be rotated regularly.

Seeing as Schneiderlin is the midfield constant, It will be more BFS vs Carrick for that second midfield spot..Shweinsteiger if he gets into form will be very hard to uproot..and Carrick was removed at half time in the last game for "tactical reasons

wiz4231 · Aug 22, 2015

Solid line up, should win easy.
I can't believe that after all this time Rojo still isn't near match fitness to be at the very least on the bench, I'm hoping he gets some minutes midweek.
The subs I'd like to see today
Hernandez --> Rooney
Young --> Januzaj (Mata #10)
Herrera --> Bastian

Razvan · Aug 22, 2015

I had that 0 points bug for a minute, it should update shortly.

Bastian · Aug 22, 2015

He really is not messing about with the back four. Hope Blind continues to prove doubters (incl. me) wrong.

Great to see Schweinsteiger given a start.

Only shame is Mata on the right, any chance that it may be Adnan on the right...?

George Beast · Aug 22, 2015

Bugzy said:
Harsh on Carrick. I feel like LVG was slowly forcing him onto the bench after his performances. He does seem to find playing with 2 CDM difficult and doesn't always perform to his best.

Not harsh at all. With our new signings he simply isn't the best midfielder we have anymore as evidenced by his recent performances. He's also the oldest. Was only a matter of time before he was benched.

Antisocial · Aug 22, 2015

Yay full IX correctly predicted

Brwned · Aug 22, 2015

Flying_Heckfish said:
His performance was OK, surely can't blame the OG on him. More likely a knock?

LvG said after the game that he's building up Schweinsteiger's fitness and had always planned to bring him on at HT in midweek. Starting him in this game is just a natural progression. Schweinsteiger's fitness is being prioritised over Carrick's form and match rhythm so if I was him I'd be pretty displeased about things at the moment.

The reason Carrick isn't playing as well as last season is because we're not playing Herrera. He needs that player moving ahead of him finding pockets of space and creating space for the deepest midfielder. Schneiderlin doesn't do that at all. We're much more solid as a result but we're also much less fluid.

Hopefully Schweinsteiger's got the extra quality and personality to change that.

Creepy · Aug 22, 2015

Kill 'em all said:
Huh? 0 points for predicting the full team.

It does that, i think. It will all add up at some point.

littlepeasoup · Aug 22, 2015

Ahh. Forgot Fellaini was still banned. That's one of my subs wasted. 11/11 first team though.

K2K · Aug 22, 2015

waza7111 said:
I think Carrick has been rested rather than dropped. At his age he can't play every game and him and Schweinsteiger will be rotated regularly.

Seeing as Schneiderlin is the midfield constant, It will be more BFS vs Carrick for that second midfield spot..Shweinsteiger if he gets into form will be very hard to uproot..and Carrick was removed at half time in the last game for "tactical reasons"

The Stain · Aug 22, 2015

Kill 'em all said:
Huh? 0 points for predicting the full team.

Seems to happen every week. Be patient, you'll get the points eventually. I also got 11/11. Picked Januzaj for my fantasy team so nice he's starting (Memphis captain).

ivaldo · Aug 22, 2015

Bugzy said:
Harsh on Carrick. I feel like LVG was slowly forcing him onto the bench after his performances. He does seem to find playing with 2 CDM difficult and doesn't always perform to his best.

Not harsh at all, been garbage recently and the team has improved every time BS came on. Carrick is getting on and BS is simply the better player. No doubt he'll come on in the 2nd half.

Bugzy · Aug 22, 2015

"You successfully predicted 11 players in the starting XI and substitutes, earning you 14 points in the Lineup Prediction League."

Why do I get 14 points? Is it a bug? Where can I find the scoring system?

Orton · Aug 22, 2015

Shark said:
I think Herrera is in trouble under LVG. He'll be glad to see the back of him as manager at this rate.

No doubt a few people like charleysurf will come in and say he's the next Kagawa anyway. Still a bit baffled by it, as we don't create much and he would be a perfect link between midfield and attack that we lack sometimes. Glad Januzaj is getting chances though, but eventually Herrera needs to get back into the side as he proved last season that he's an important player for us.

CM · Aug 22, 2015

Back to back 11/11s

Riz · Aug 22, 2015

First 11/11.

Kubalionzzale · Aug 22, 2015

Bugzy said:
"You successfully predicted 11 players in the starting XI and substitutes, earning you 14 points in the Lineup Prediction League."

Why do I get 14 points? Is it a bug? Where can I find the scoring system?

You get 3 extra points for predicting the full lineup I believe. I got 11/11 as well

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ivaldo · Aug 22, 2015

I'm really keen to find out if anyone got 0 points for their line up predictions, I don't think it's been mentioned yet.

shabadu84 · Aug 22, 2015

littlepeasoup said:
Ahh. Forgot Fellaini was still banned. That's one of my subs wasted. 11/11 first team though.

Shit same here

K2K · Aug 22, 2015

Flying_Heckfish said:
His performance was OK, surely can't blame the OG on him. More likely a knock?

Carrick isnt injured..LVG said that even post match on Tuesday..and Yesterday

Someone · Aug 22, 2015

So twitter calls it Schmidfield now, i like it.

Creepy · Aug 22, 2015

Bugzy said:
"You successfully predicted 11 players in the starting XI and substitutes, earning you 14 points in the Lineup Prediction League."

Why do I get 14 points? Is it a bug? Where can I find the scoring system?

You get 3 bonus points for predicting 11/11. And a point for each substitute guessed.

There should be team prediction rules button in orange or something at the top of the website.

Tarrou · Aug 22, 2015

My Mum could've predicted the line-up today, no need to start jerking each other off over it

Shark · Aug 22, 2015

Bugzy said:
Harsh on Carrick. I feel like LVG was slowly forcing him onto the bench after his performances. He does seem to find playing with 2 CDM difficult and doesn't always perform to his best.

Carrick hasn't been great and Bastian is obviously the better player. I don't think it's harsh at all, it's the whole point of having competition. It's healthy for any top team.

JPRouve · Aug 22, 2015

I gambled on a Fellaini start.

tob · Aug 22, 2015

littlepeasoup said:
Ahh. Forgot Fellaini was still banned. That's one of my subs wasted. 11/11 first team though.

Same here. Didn't realise until a saw your text. Good thing I only picked him as a sub though.

JinnerJamie · Aug 22, 2015

That 11

My prediction 9/11 :annoyed:

I kept Carrick and put Young back in...

United again! · Aug 22, 2015

JPRouve said:
I gambled on a Fellaini start.

He's still serving a suspension.

Brwned · Aug 22, 2015

Bastian said:
He really is not messing about with the back four. Hope Blind continues to prove doubters (incl. me) wrong.

Great to see Schweinsteiger given a start.

Only shame is Mata on the right, any chance that it may be Adnan on the right...?

The #10 in LvG's setup needs to be either the target man or the secondary mobile frontman, pushing up alongside and ahead of the striker as and when appropriate. Mata will never do that. He's much more suited to being the auxiliary playmaker from the right. The good thing about having Januzaj there is he rotates with Mata quite freely and picks good moments to do it.

Flying_Heckfish · Aug 22, 2015

11/11 as well. Glad to see Schweinsteiger is finally fit, I agree it sill be competition between him and Carrick.

RoadTrip · Aug 22, 2015

Schneidi-Schweini combo!

YzWayne · Aug 22, 2015

Tarrou said:
My Mum could've predicted the line-up today, no need to start jerking each other off over it

You never should have 'mum' and 'jerking off' in the same post. feel even more sorry for you.

Rezyuz · Aug 22, 2015

Yay 11/11

obvious he dropped carrick after that game and put in schweinsteiger after saying hes eddy to start XD

Kubalionzzale · Aug 22, 2015

JPRouve said:
I gambled on a Fellaini start.

You do know he's banned? :lol:

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