Manchester United 1:0 Sheffield United

MyOnlySolskjaer · Jan 8, 2016

sunama said:
Pereira - awful games.
vs Middlesborough - this was the game where I saw him first, after all the hype.
vs Bournemouth.

Lost both games.

He wasn't awful against Middlesbrough.

sunama · Jan 8, 2016

MyOnlySolskjaer said:
He wasn't awful against Middlesbrough.

We must've watched a different game.

All our players were awful in that game.
Rooney was a slight upgrade to Wilson, but Rooney was also awful.
The match day thread for that game was more entertaining than the game itself.
We played for 2 hours and couldn't score a goal. And in fairness had we played another 2 hours, we'd not have scored. We were bad. I mean really bad.
Even when it came to penalties we were awful.

khoazany · Jan 8, 2016

sunama said:
All our players were awful in that game.
Rooney was a slight upgrade to Wilson, but Rooney was also awful.
Maybe I watched a different game.
We lost BTW.

Pereira certainly wasn't awful against Boro unless you expected him to single-handedly won us that game.

jimmyb2000 · Jan 8, 2016

Annihilate Now! said:
I'm actually confident we'll win this game tomorrow! It's a strange feeling...

You would hope so - Sheffield United have got 1 away win in the last 4 months, and 4 away wins out of 15 this season.

Sb_16 · Jan 8, 2016

Fully Fledged said:
His paper work hasn't gone through yet so want be available. LvG is hoping he can play for the u21's on Monday night.

Cheers!

pocco · Jan 8, 2016

Fully Fledged said:
His paper work hasn't gone through yet so want be available. LvG is hoping he can play for the u21's on Monday night.

Any reason for this, or is it just another cock up on our part? I read yesterday that we had until 5pm to get it sorted so that he could play.

Fully Fledged · Jan 8, 2016

pocco said:
Any reason for this, or is it just another cock up on our part? I read yesterday that we had until 5pm to get it sorted so that he could play.

From what LvG was saying he lacks match rhythm and needs some games @ u21 level anyway so I think they were never really pushing it.

Wednesday at Stoke · Jan 8, 2016

Anyone know what TV channel this is on in the land of the free, home of the brave?

Kearnkoff69 · Jan 8, 2016

Wednesday at Stoke said:
Anyone know what TV channel this is on in the land of the free, home of the brave?

Should be on Fox Sports 2 in the U.S.

Wednesday at Stoke · Jan 8, 2016

Kearnkoff69 said:
Should be on Fox Sports 2 in the U.S.

Mucho graciaś!

DomesticTadpole · Jan 8, 2016

United squad: De Gea, Romero, Varela, McNair, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Borthwick-Jackson, Herrera, Schweinsteiger, Fellaini, Mata, Pereira, Lingard, Memphis, Rooney, Martial, Keane
From M.E.N. Players who are at the Lowery.

Raw · Jan 8, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
United squad: De Gea, Romero, Varela, McNair, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Borthwick-Jackson, Herrera, Schweinsteiger, Fellaini, Mata, Pereira, Lingard, Memphis, Rooney, Martial, Keane
From M.E.N. Players who are at the Lowery.

No Carrick or Schneiderlin?

DomesticTadpole · Jan 8, 2016

Raw said:
No Carrick or Schneiderlin?

Or Young.

Sied · Jan 8, 2016

Tricky to pick a midfield 2 out of that selection. Presumably Herrera or Fellaini partnering Schweinsteiger?

Walters_19_MuFc · Jan 8, 2016

De Gea
Young Smalling Blind Darmian
Schneiderlin Carrick
Januzaj Herrera Martial
Rooney

Danny Boi · Jan 8, 2016

Walters_19_MuFc said:
De Gea
Young Smalling Blind Darmian
Schneiderlin Carrick
Januzaj Herrera Martial
Rooney

Young, Carrick, Schneiderlin and Januzaj arn't in the squad.

Damien · Jan 8, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
United squad: De Gea, Romero, Varela, McNair, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Borthwick-Jackson, Herrera, Schweinsteiger, Fellaini, Mata, Pereira, Lingard, Memphis, Rooney, Martial, Keane
From M.E.N. Players who are at the Lowery.

hmm

Romero

Darmian McNair Smalling Borthwick-Jackson
Schweinsteiger Herrera
Lingard Pereira Memphis
Rooney

Subs: De Gea, Varela, Blind, Fellaini, Mata, Martial, Keane

Tough one.

Walters_19_MuFc · Jan 8, 2016

Danny Boi said:
Young, Carrick, Schneiderlin and Januzaj arn't in the squad.

Seriously?! Cheers for that. Haven't really listened to any team news leading up to the game. Probably go with:

De Gea
Darmian Smalling McNair Blind
Schweinsteiger
Lingard Herrera Fellaini Martial
Rooney

jderbyshire · Jan 9, 2016

Slightly risky line-up prediction, but here goes...

De Gea
Darmian Smalling McNair Blind
Herrera Schweinsteiger
Lingard - Mata - Depay
Rooney

2-0 Depay, Herrera

Boring game, unspectacular performance, job done.

matherto · Jan 9, 2016

Kinda want this to go to a replay just to see if I can get a ticket and have a night out in Sheffield afterwards.

That apathetic towards the current team and LVG.

RK · Jan 9, 2016

We'll smash them, 4/5-0.
Our tactics are effective against teams that are more likely to make mistakes. They didn't work against 'Boro because defensively they're as good as a PL team. Should have no problem with a mid league 1 side.

Norris · Jan 9, 2016

De Gea
Darmian Smalling PaddyMcNair(Jones if fit) Blind
Schneiderlin Carrick
Lingard Mata Martial
Rooney

diarm · Jan 9, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
Or Young.

@LennonNL owes me €100 or £3.78.

It's worrying that even Louis' most ridiculous decisions are now predictable.

khoazany · Jan 9, 2016

De Gea
Varela McNair Blind CBJ
Schweinsteiger Pereira
Lingard Herrera Memphis
Martial

shabadu84 · Jan 9, 2016

They have everything to gain from a draw so can't see them trying to attack much. If they play compact and sit back, we will struggle to break them down like we always do.

Mani · Jan 9, 2016

RonaldoVII said:
Two holding midfielders vs Sheffield United? Should be Herrara and one other I think.

I mean to say,give more freedom to Schneiderlin in CM area and Carrick covering him.

Norris · Jan 9, 2016

khoazany said:
De Gea
Varela McNair Blind CBJ
Schweinsteiger Pereira
Lingard Herrera Memphis
Martial

Do you really think he will give CBJ and Varela a chance and rest the likes of Rooney and Smalling ? This is van gaal's most realistic shot at a trophy and the next match isn't for another 6 days, so there is no need for rotation is there ?

Edit: Sorry it's 4 days, my mistake. But even then, do you think he will give so many young players an opportunity ?

khoazany · Jan 9, 2016

Ijazz17 said:
Do you really think he will give CBJ and Varela a chance and rest the likes of Rooney and Smalling ? This is van gaal's most realistic shot at a trophy and the next match isn't for another 6 days, so there is no need for rotation is there ?

Edit: Sorry it's 4 days, my mistake. But even then, do you think he will give so many young players an opportunity ?

No I was just messing about.Smalling really need to be rested though.Too important for us right now.If he's out injured it's Top 4 gone for us.

Norris · Jan 9, 2016

khoazany said:
No I was just messing about.Smalling really need to be rested though.Too important for us right now.If he's out injured it's Top 4 gone for us.

Lol. More than Smalling, it's probably Martial that needs a rest. He looks knackered. If Smalling is rested, you need a figurehead in that defence. Blind does a great job at CB primarliy because of Smalling. But with the likes of McNair, Blind will have to be the one who goes in hard on tackles and clean up the pieces. I'm not sure he can do that. Jones maybe, but I think he is getting his grove on in the doctors office.

Mciahel Goodman · Jan 9, 2016

Playing away, this game would slightly worry me*. At home? Gonna smash them.

*Playing lower opposition away is a nightmare.

khoazany · Jan 9, 2016

Ijazz17 said:
Lol. More than Smalling, it's probably Martial that needs a rest. He looks knackered. If Smalling is rested, you need a figurehead in that defence. Blind does a great job at CB primarliy because of Smalling. But with the likes of McNair, Blind will have to be the one who goes in hard on tackles and clean up the pieces. I'm not sure he can do that. Jones maybe, but I think he is getting his grove on in the doctors office.

Yes ideally we should have a figurehead in defence but sometimes we should trust our other players a little bit more especially when we have 4 defenders out injured.McNair was our best player in the FA Cup tie vs. Cambridge last season.I expect us to dominate the match since it's a home match so I think we can get through with that defence.I would keep Martial in the line-up to bring us goals and we can sub him for Rooney/Keane later on if thing goes well.

DomesticTadpole · Jan 9, 2016

Ijazz17 said:
De Gea
Darmian Smalling PaddyMcNair(Jones if fit) Blind
Schneiderlin Carrick
Lingard Mata Martial
Rooney

Not in squad.

Mciahel Goodman · Jan 9, 2016

Gone for this:

Norris · Jan 9, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
Not in squad.

is it ? But there were no reports on it in the presser ! Also saw the training session video on the club's website and they seemed fine.

green_smiley · Jan 9, 2016

De Gea
Varela McNair Blind Darmian
Schweinsteiger Fellaini
Lingard Pereira Memphis
Rooney

DomesticTadpole · Jan 9, 2016

Ijazz17 said:
is it ? But there were no reports on it in the presser ! Also saw the training session video on the club's website and they seemed fine.

They named the squad in the Manchester Evening News last night going by the players who arrived at The Lowery Hotel. No Carrick, no Morgan and no Ashley Young.

Norris · Jan 9, 2016

Damn... Atleast Morgan should have been included. He's hardly been given much minutes recently. it's Martial and Smalling that need the rest.

Norris · Jan 9, 2016

khoazany said:
Yes ideally we should have a figurehead in defence but sometimes we should trust our other players a little bit more especially when we have 4 defenders out injured.McNair was our best player in the FA Cup tie vs. Cambridge last season.I expect us to dominate the match since it's a home match so I think we can get through with that defence.I would keep Martial in the line-up to bring us goals and we can sub him for Rooney/Keane later on if thing goes well.

yeah, we should too strong for them even with that line up. But we all saw how it turned out last year.

DomesticTadpole · Jan 9, 2016

Ijazz17 said:
Damn... Atleast Morgan should have been included. He's hardly been given much minutes recently. it's Martial and Smalling that need the rest.

So does Mata. This red zone he talks about. I would love to know how he decides who is in it.

prath92 · Jan 9, 2016

diarm said:
@LennonNL owes me €100 or £3.78.

It's worrying that even Louis' most ridiculous decisions are now predictable.

he said Young is in the red zone and probably won't feature today. Carrick and Schneiderlin too maybe. It's more sensible for them to be fresh for PL

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