Manchester United 0:0 Real Sociedad

Mark Pawelek · Feb 25, 2021

No idea what the team will be. Ole should play:

------------ Henderson
Williams ---- Tuanzebe ---- Bailly ---- Telles
------ Galbraith ---- van de Beek
---- Diallo ---- Mata(c) ---- James
------------ Greenwood

But he won't.

Vidyoyo · Feb 25, 2021

Would love to see us field our under-14 team and Henderson but I won't hold my breath.

SuperiorXI · Feb 25, 2021

Vidyoyo said:
Would love to see us field our under-14 team and Henderson but I won't hold my breath.

AgentSmith · Feb 25, 2021

Playing a team full of youngsters could get uncomfortable real quick if Sociedad get an early goal. Use it as a game to rest the big players and give 90 minutes to the fringe players who need it. Then the youngsters in the second half.

Henderson
Tuanzebe Bailly Lindelof Telles
Fred Matic
Diallo Mata James
Martial

Then get Williams, Shoretire, Galbraith etc. on at 1/2 time.

crossy1686 · Feb 25, 2021

Hope Greenwood starts. It's about time he got a run given the form of Martial. Throw Diallo on at some point as well.

jackal&hyde · Feb 25, 2021

I hope Diallo starts.

kirk buttercup · Feb 25, 2021

alot of people With Martial in baffles me . He isnt plating his way into form that is for sure. His problem is his attitude .

give Greenwood his shot up top Start James and Amad either side , Put Mata in the bruno role and lets see how we get on . We have a 4 goal cushion if its not Working out we can change it .

Henderson
AWB
Bailly /Tuanzebe ( If fit , im not sure )
Maguire
Telles
Fred
Matic
Mata
Amad
James
Greenwood

AgentSmith · Feb 25, 2021

kirk buttercup said:
alot of people With Martial in baffles me . He isnt plating his way into form that is for sure. His problem is his attitude .

give Greenwood his shot up top Start James and Amad either side , Put Mata in the bruno role and lets see how we get on . We have a 4 goal cushion if its not Working out we can change it .

Henderson
AWB
Bailly /Tuanzebe ( If fit , im not sure )
Maguire
Telles
Fred
Matic
Mata
Amad
James
Greenwood

It’s mainly to give Rashford and Greenwood a rest before Sunday while Cavani is still out injured.

I doubt there’s many people on here who actually want to see Martial anywhere but the bench atm.

Wednesday at Stoke · Feb 25, 2021

Martial
James Mata Amad
Fred Matic
Telles Maguire Bailly Williams
Henderson

Walters_19_MuFc · Feb 25, 2021

Really excited to see some of the fringe and youth players tonight.

Fair play to Ole and the boys for wrapping up, what most would have described as, a tough game against a pretty good Sociedad team.

Devil81 · Feb 25, 2021

I'd really annoyed to see Shaw, Fernandes, Rashford or Maguire getting any sort of minutes tonight, I wouldn't even put them on the bench if I were Ole.

Williams, Axel, Diallo, VDB and Mata all need game time.

AngeloHenriquez · Feb 25, 2021

Withnail said:
No chance. Who's partnering Matic in midfield?

Its highly unlikely anyway given Ole's comments last week. We'll go another goal or two up and he'll take some of the above off:

“Of course we’ve got Newcastle first but we’ll put a strong team out because it’s about creating momentum.

“We’ve been through a difficult spell and I found tonight, or I thought we found ourselves a little bit tonight.

“I thought the boys had got that little bit of zip in their legs again so it was important to be able to take some players off.

“We still rotated the team. We’ll rotate, definitely, but, no, we’re not going to take the game lightly

Never said it was likely but who would I start?

Henderson
Williams Bailly Tuanzabe Telles
Matic VDB
Diallo Mata Martial
Greenwood

If by 60 minutes we aren't losing by more than 1, Shoretire can come on, it would be great to just rest all our main people and just try to contain the game.

Annihilate Now! · Feb 25, 2021

kirk buttercup said:
alot of people With Martial in baffles me . He isnt plating his way into form that is for sure. His problem is his attitude .

It's a throw away game and he's a warm body to put on the pitch basically. Nobody expects anything from him, and on the odd chance he grabs a goal and finds a tiny bit of form then that's a bonus.

DFreshKing · Feb 25, 2021

Rumours Galbraith may start is there an option to add him to the lineups?

kirk buttercup · Feb 25, 2021

AgentSmith said:
It’s mainly to give Rashford and Greenwood a rest before Sunday while Cavani is still out injured.

I doubt there’s many people on here who actually want to see Martial anywhere but the bench atm.

fair enough. Im just a bit done with him tbh . Frustrates me to watch him and the lack of effort

Judas · Feb 25, 2021

Seeing as Martial should be no where near the starting lineup for PL games, of course it makes sense for him to start this one?

FrankDrebin · Feb 25, 2021

DFreshKing said:
Rumours Galbraith may start is there an option to add him to the lineups?

What rumours ?

Withnail · Feb 25, 2021

AngeloHenriquez said:
Never said it was likely but who would I start?

Henderson
Williams Bailly Tuanzabe Telles
Matic VDB
Diallo Mata Martial
Greenwood

If by 60 minutes we aren't losing by more than 1, Shoretire can come on, it would be great to just rest all our main people and just try to contain the game.

If we're still well ahead he will likely make all 5 changes.

However, starting Diallo at this stage is an absolute non-runner. He will be eased in and rightly so.

VDB isn't fit though is he?

Withnail · Feb 25, 2021

kirk buttercup said:
fair enough. Im just a bit done with him tbh . Frustrates me to watch him and the lack of effort

He'd be fine if he played as CF and was in the box rather than everywhere else.

Adcuth · Feb 25, 2021

Can see the bailly/Lindelof combo tonight

Inigo Montoya · Feb 25, 2021

Vidyoyo said:
Would love to see us field our under-14 team and Henderson but I won't hold my breath.

There'd be some safeguarding issues there :lol:

Walters_19_MuFc · Feb 25, 2021

Adcuth said:
Can see the bailly/Lindelof combo tonight

With Lindelof's back issues, to play him tonight, and what I would assume on Sunday too, would be a risk.

Could be wrong, but I think the quote 'My Captain shall always play' springs to mind.

There's also a chance that Tuanzebe could lineup next to Bailly. Guess time will tell.

Inigo Montoya · Feb 25, 2021

Withnail said:
If we're still well ahead he will likely make all 5 changes.

However, starting Diallo at this stage is an absolute non-runner. He will be eased in and rightly so.

VDB isn't fit though is he?

Nope

Walters_19_MuFc · Feb 25, 2021

Inigo Montoya said:
There'd be some safeguarding issues there

Not if they look like this guy:

Withnail · Feb 25, 2021

FrankDrebin said:
What rumours ?

Debunked further back in the thread. It was posted by a spoofer on twitter. Ole did say he was called into the squad though.

Gavinb33 · Feb 25, 2021

Everyone saying Donny should play missed the press conference yesterday he is injured.

I think Mata and James are nailed on to start and Fred and Matic other than that not sure, be nice to see Amad get 60/70 minutes at OT

Adcuth · Feb 25, 2021

Walters_19_MuFc said:
With Lindelof's back issues, to play him tonight, and what I would assume on Sunday too, would be a risk.

Could be wrong, but I think the quote 'My Captain shall always play' springs to mind.

There's also a chance that Tuanzebe could lineup next to Bailly. Guess time will tell.

Is Tuanzabe fit? Thought he was injured

Walters_19_MuFc · Feb 25, 2021

Adcuth said:
Is Tuanzabe fit? Thought he was injured

Maybe? Ole confirmed that Paul Pogba, Scott McTominay, Donny van de Beek and Edinson Cavani will still be out. No mention of Tuanzebe, though.

“They'll still be missing,” explained Ole to us. “They've not joined training so they won't be ready. no. Paul has been outside on the grass and is starting to step up his recovery but he's not near the team for this game.”

https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/team-news-for-man-utd-v-real-sociedad-on-25-february-2021#

Ali Dia · Feb 25, 2021

AgentSmith said:
Playing a team full of youngsters could get uncomfortable real quick if Sociedad get an early goal. Use it as a game to rest the big players and give 90 minutes to the fringe players who need it. Then the youngsters in the second half.

Henderson
Tuanzebe Bailly Lindelof Telles
Fred Matic
Diallo Mata James
Martial

Then get Williams, Shoretire, Galbraith etc. on at 1/2 time.

perfect.

looking forward to the game. I don’t mind if we lose the match but win the tie playing a few youth players. They aren’t going to get many other chances this season to get a match or even half in the first team.

Robbie Boy · Feb 25, 2021

Can't wait for this. Scored seven in our last 2 so here's to hoping we get another 3 or 4 here.

RUCK4444 · Feb 25, 2021

Judas said:
Seeing as Martial should be no where near the starting lineup for PL games, of course it makes sense for him to start this one?

It does, but I hope he doesn't.

Zlatattack · Feb 25, 2021

Henderson
Williams Bailly Taunzebe Telles
Fred VdB
Diallo Mata James
Greenwood

It's important to keep playing James as he's doing well, give Diallo a start and VdB, also give Greenwood a shot leading the line.

Brightonian · Feb 25, 2021

Lot of people sounding really cocky about defending this lead with a bunch of kids. Sociedad are a really good side. Our big win was an outlier in their season. They've only conceded more than two goals in one other game this season (3-1 vs Betis). They've got results against Barca, Madrid and Napoli. And most importantly, they've dished out 4-0, 4-1 or 3-0 thrashings eight times already this season. Yes, those have been lower La Liga teams mostly, but do we really think a gaggle of United children and misfits is that much tougher an opponent? This team can rack up goals against a vulnerable opponent, and they'll be geared up to do exactly that if we let them.

I still think we should take advantage of the 5 substitutes rule by starting a good number of senior players then taking a couple off at half time and a couple at 60 minutes.

londonredmaniac · Feb 25, 2021

I get the enthusiasm to play promising youth talents, but as others have pointed out, you have to be a touch careful.

This lot are no mugs, and the likes of Amad, Shoretire and Mebrji just don't play against fully grown men.

I'd certainly like to see Diallo and Shoretire second half if things are still comfortable. The last thing you need is to turn this game into a drama.

Martial, DVB, Telles, Henderson, Williams, Matic, Tuanzebe? 45 minutes for Greenwood etc. Part of me has wondered whether he might dip in Diallo from the start of the sly...

Dan James should play n all, on a decent little run

DFreshKing · Feb 25, 2021

FrankDrebin said:
What rumours ?

Online MEN articles

Inigo Montoya · Feb 25, 2021

Walters_19_MuFc said:
Not if they look like this guy:

Bit strange looking for an U14?

Inigo Montoya · Feb 25, 2021

londonredmaniac said:
I get the enthusiasm to play promising youth talents, but as others have pointed out, you have to be a touch careful.

This lot are no mugs, and the likes of Amad, Shoretire and Mebrji just don't play against fully grown men.

I'd certainly like to see Diallo and Shoretire second half if things are still comfortable. The last thing you need is to turn this game into a drama.

Martial, DVB, Telles, Henderson, Williams, Matic, Tuanzebe? 45 minutes for Greenwood etc. Part of me has wondered whether he might dip in Diallo from the start of the sly...

Dan James should play n all, on a decent little run

Solid defence first, then add any flair players

dinostar77 · Feb 25, 2021

Devil81 said:
I'd really annoyed to see Shaw, Fernandes, Rashford or Maguire getting any sort of minutes tonight, I wouldn't even put them on the bench if I were Ole.

Williams, Axel, Diallo, VDB and Mata all need game time.

Yes agreed those 4 should be rested. If we some how cockup a 4 nil lead at home then thats on the XI on the pitch. Bruno especially should be rested.

prateik · Feb 25, 2021

The squad players need games too.. before the reserves.
--------------- Henderson
Williams - Axel - Maguire - Telles
--------------Fred - VDB
----------------Mata
Amad------Greenwood----James

with a strong bench..and hopefully we get to see Shola and Galbraith come on ..

Actually, considering the shit form Martial is in.. I wouldnt mind him starting and getting minutes and Amad coming on for him after 60 mins.

GMoore23 · Feb 25, 2021

I wouldn't be getting complacent here. R Sociedad have a pretty decent side and we could embarrass ourselves playing kids.

I'd go for

Henderson
Tuanzebe - Bailly - Maguire - Telles
Fred - Matic
Mata
Greenwood - Martial -James

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