Manchester United 9:0 Southampton

Schmeichel's Cartwheel · Jan 30, 2021

It’s at OT & they are a high pressing team. We can’t pass for shit yet insist on playing out from the back. We can’t defend corners & they have the best corner taker in England...

Gonna need several beers for this one.

I’ll be optimistic, 2-1. Nervy finish (as always)

Wednesday at Stoke said:
That sucks, he was a spark plug last season.

Spark plug... Really? He had like 3 good games. I know the caf love them some academy lads, but sheesh.

Shane88 · Jan 31, 2021

3 losses on the bounce with only 2 goals in their last 5 games but it doesn't matter as they are massive game raisers. Draws against Chelsea and Arsenal, a win against Liverpool, we only scraped past them, City scraped past them.

They're only interested in playing the big teams. Pathetic mentality, to be honest.

Ali Dia · Jan 31, 2021

This is going to be harder than Sheffield United. I’m thinking it’ll be a draw. We are probably going to concede a stupid goal at some stage and we aren’t scoring enough to blow teams away

RedIan · Jan 31, 2021

I expect to see a reaction in this game. The players know they have dropped off. DVB needs to play to freshen up midfield. Rest Pogba or Bruno.
Our forwards have all lost form at the same time so god knows who will play. maybe time to give greenwood a game at centre forward? I’d also play James with Rashford So there is a real pace threat... Rest Martial and cavani.

Feed Me · Jan 31, 2021

RedIan said:
I expect to see a reaction in this game. The players know they have dropped off. DVB needs to play to freshen up midfield. Rest Pogba or Bruno.
Our forwards have all lost form at the same time so god knows who will play. maybe time to give greenwood a game at centre forward? I’d also play James with Rashford So there is a real pace threat... Rest Martial and cavani.

I agree that the team needs fresh impetus. The forwards are all in wretched form, and none of them really can complain at being dropped. I think we have to start Cavani for balance.

TwoSheds · Jan 31, 2021

Southampton were pretty crap against Villa and have a small squad so can't imagine they're getting any fresher. In saying that they still probably deserved a draw against Villa, they're battlers and it won't be an easy game by any means.

De Gea
AWB Maguire Bailly Shaw
Greenwood DvB Fred Pogba
Bruno
Rashford

Red00012 · Jan 31, 2021

TheGame said:
Team needs some freshening up.

No it doesn’t he’s making 4/5 changes every game and it’s breaking rhythm

RedDevilRoshi · Jan 31, 2021

This lot always make it difficult against us as they press us like mad men.

It’ll be probably similar again with either side scraping a narrow one goal win or a draw.

Inigo Montoya · Jan 31, 2021

Red00012 said:
No it doesn’t he’s making 4/5 changes every game and it’s breaking rhythm

He’s made changes last 2 games based on injury otherwise it hasn’t been vastly different

At any rate, it’s about the way we’ve played not who’s played.

Castia · Jan 31, 2021

1-1 draw this. We aren’t playing well and creating next to nothing.

dannyrhinos89 · Jan 31, 2021

Probably be 0-0 tbh.

Jonno · Jan 31, 2021

We're not playing well. Our creativity has gone, our goals have dried up, 1-1

sunama · Jan 31, 2021

We haven't had any penalties in a while.
If we can get a penalty, we can win the match, but without a penalty, it could be tough.

Offsideagain · Jan 31, 2021

We must avoid giving away free kicks within 30 mts of our goal or it’s trouble. I would give the lad Diallo twenty minutes near the end if we are comfortable. We will have to wake up soon or this will be another draw or loss if this slow passing back and sideways continues. We need to run at them relentlessly. If they get tired, put a sub on.

LawCharltonBest · Jan 31, 2021

Drop martial and don’t bring him on.

That’s all we need to do to win.

Its that simple

1-1

Lee565 · Jan 31, 2021

------de gea
Awb-bailly-Maguire-shaw
------------mctominay
-------vdb----------pogba
----Mata--cavani-bruno

Okey · Jan 31, 2021

I'm feeling strangely very optimistic for this one. We're due a clinical performance in front of goal. Win this comfortably and we could start another good run. February is going to be a big month, and will set our expectations for the rest (final third) of the season.

UnofficialDevil · Jan 31, 2021

Diallo, Walcott, Romeu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jannik Vestergaard, Mohammed Salisu, and Nathan Tella all injured and will miss the game,

7 players injured no excuses we have to win.
Then again we've said that before.

RuudTom83 · Jan 31, 2021

Another game already! bloody hell, it’s just a case of rest and go again...not much the coaching staff can do differently really with 48 hours.

But it’s the same for every team so fingers crossed Southampton are more tired than United.

KiD MoYeS · Jan 31, 2021

We will start slow but hopefully can get a win. Think we're a shattered side with no actual belief we can win the league, to be fair us fans don't really believe either.

Borys · Jan 31, 2021

Feed Me said:
0-0.

That's my fear as well. Not that Ole has been negative lately, but because I don't see our front line scoring these days.

UnofficialDevil · Jan 31, 2021

RuudTom83 said:
Another game already! bloody hell, it’s just a case of rest and go again...not much the coaching staff can do differently really with 48 hours.

But it’s the same for every team so fingers crossed Southampton are more tired than United.

They will be, we rotate up to 6 players between each game, they have got 7 players injured missing the game.

Giggsy13 · Jan 31, 2021

Ole needs to stop fecking around and playing Rashford out of position. Rashford and Shaw can be devastating on the left for us, and have established a great chemistry that Ole has now disrupted for far too long. While our right side remains a black hole, I’d probably go back to Greenwood or playing one of VDB or Pogba out wide. Not ideal but Joel Glazer the football guru, vetoed a move for Sancho from his yacht in Florida this past summer.

slored1 · Jan 31, 2021

De Gea
AWB-Lindelof-Maguire-Shaw
Pogba-Fred
Greenwood-Bruno-Rashford
Cavani

1-0 United, Bruno pen.

McGrathsipan · Jan 31, 2021

Shane88 said:
3 losses on the bounce with only 2 goals in their last 5 games but it doesn't matter as they are massive game raisers. Draws against Chelsea and Arsenal, a win against Liverpool, we only scraped past them, City scraped past them.

They're only interested in playing the big teams. Pathetic mentality, to be honest.

This is what worries me. I would prefer to be playing Liverpool.

We are like a wounded animal and not one that lashes out, one that takes more abuse.

united_99 · Jan 31, 2021

UnofficialDevil said:
They will be, we rotate up to 6 players between each game, they have got 7 players injured missing the game.

They have played 24 games this season, we have played 33.

Shark · Jan 31, 2021

This absolutely reeks of more dropped points. Southampton will play their best game since they beat Liverpool.

Feed Me · Jan 31, 2021

Borys said:
That's my fear as well. Not that Ole has been negative lately, but because I don't see our front line scoring these days.

Yep, that’s why I’ve plumped for 0-0. Hopefully a bit of muscle memory kicks in for Cavani after his brace earlier in the season and we can edge it.

ivaldo · Jan 31, 2021

We'll win this by at least 2.

Feed Me · Jan 31, 2021

ivaldo said:
We'll win this by at least 2.

I hope you’re right! It’ll be a great tonic for the club after a couple of shitty results.

Jean claude van hire · Jan 31, 2021

I feel a comprehensive win coming, don’t know why I just do :keano:

Ajr · Jan 31, 2021

Terrible fixture, all our strikers are out of form. Bruno playing miserable, our defense looks slow as anything.
8-2, martial hatrick and bruno double

Swearing Budgie · Jan 31, 2021

1-0 Southampton

James Peril · Jan 31, 2021

Unlike against Arsenal, we play a Southampton that have lost their spark and don’t look as good as earlier. They’re 11th and falling, absolutely no excuse to not beat them and playing well.

Feed Me · Jan 31, 2021

Swearing Budgie said:
1-0 Southampton

Come on...

Okey · Jan 31, 2021

Jean claude van hire said:
I feel a comprehensive win coming, don’t know why I just do

Good to see I'm not the only one getting this vibe.

Feed Me · Jan 31, 2021

Okey said:
Good to see I'm not the only one getting this vibe.

Same. But optimism from me is usually ruinous. :lol:

Ronnie O'Sullivan · Jan 31, 2021

Another 0-0 or 1-1 draw. Ole's 3rd purple patch has well and truly ended and we will be struggling for goals and wins.

RashyForPM · Jan 31, 2021

First and foremost, get Diallo on the bench for this. Ole’s comments, his performance against Pool, the fact that he was a bench player for a club who went as far in the CL last year as we have since 2011 and my sheer certainty that he’s a better player than James prove that he’s ready. It’ll provide a lift to the team and the fans too.

DDG
AWB Bailly Maguire Shaw
Fred Pogba
Greenwood VdB Rashford
Cavani

Our strongest team at this moment imo, and we’ll need to use it against a very competent team who would have battered us back in November had they not massively bottled it.

Prediction: 2-1, Cavani and Mason.

Annihilate Now! · Jan 31, 2021

When was the last time we won a league game 2-0? Surely we're due a straight forward 2-0 at some point?

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