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Manchester United 2:0 Tottenham Hotspur

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    Rozay said:
    It’s a winning team because Sesko scored a winner. I think that would be a simplistic approach.
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    But we also didn't concede two goals until we had to bring on Ugarte and Sesko. Not necessarily blaming them directly, but Sesko misses a chance to put the game to bed 3-0 and Ugarte just doesn't look solid enough and the first defence splitting pass in the centre of the pitch comes when he's there, leading to the penalty, so the argument could be made.

    I don't think we started Solskjaer or whoever else in the next game whenever they scored us a late winner. It's a reasonable consideration to start Sesko, but I don't see one late winner being enough to replace any of our current starting front three.
     
    Havak said:
    But we also didn't concede two goals until we had to bring on Ugarte and Sesko. Not necessarily blaming them directly, but Sesko misses a chance to put the game to bed 3-0 and Ugarte just doesn't look solid enough and the first defence splitting pass in the centre of the pitch comes when he's there, leading to the penalty, so the argument could be made.

    I don't think we started Solskjaer or whoever else in the next game whenever they scored us a late winner. It's a reasonable consideration to start Sesko, but I don't see one late winner being enough to replace any of our current starting front three.
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    Nobody is asking for Ugarte to start. And Sesko didn’t put the game to bed at 3-0, but he put it to bed at 3-2. Mbeumo didn’t put the game to bed in 70 minutes either.

    Sesko may start, Mbeumo may start - but the notion that the team shouldn’t be changed because they won is simplistic given Sesko is the one who won the game himself. It’s basically saying his chances of starting would be strengthened if he did NOT score the winning goal instead, which of course makes little sense.

    Carrick will pick whatever team he sees best, but any reasoning for leaving Sesko out will not be because the team won. That would just be silly.
     
    Rozay said:
    Nobody is asking for Ugarte to start. And Sesko didn’t put the game to bed at 3-0, but he put it to bed at 3-2. Mbeumo didn’t put the game to bed in 70 minutes either.

    Sesko may start, Mbeumo may start - but the notion that the team shouldn’t be changed because they won is simplistic given Sesko is the one who won the game himself. It’s basically saying his chances of starting would be strengthened if he did NOT score the winning goal instead, which of course makes little sense.

    Carrick will pick whatever team he sees best, but any reasoning for leaving Sesko out will not be because the team won. That would just be silly.
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    I don't think you need to count 'winning team' purely as the last game either though. Dorgu was in the starting XI and Cunha had his place on the bench - rightly so. He comes in after good moments but mostly due to an injury. Sesko is in the same position as Cunha was the two games prior.

    That's how it should be IMO. There's something to be said for keeping a consistent XI, especially when some players are a clearer decline in quality than others. I'm still on the fence with Sesko but hope he does well when he gets his chances of course. We play a game a week, relationships are developing, we're playing well... So, stick with it for me. Sesko is our best option to come in if needed at the moment though.
     
    Huge bogey team the last decade, only 9 wins vs them in 23 matches in that span and 0 wins in the last 8 (5 losses in that span). Think that continues here, I know we've won 3 on the bounce but let's not ignore we've conceded 4 in the last 2 and needed late match goals to win both. We seem to have no luck against them
     
    Rozay said:
    Nobody is asking for Ugarte to start. And Sesko didn’t put the game to bed at 3-0, but he put it to bed at 3-2. Mbeumo didn’t put the game to bed in 70 minutes either.

    Sesko may start, Mbeumo may start - but the notion that the team shouldn’t be changed because they won is simplistic given Sesko is the one who won the game himself. It’s basically saying his chances of starting would be strengthened if he did NOT score the winning goal instead, which of course makes little sense.

    Carrick will pick whatever team he sees best, but any reasoning for leaving Sesko out will not be because the team won. That would just be silly.
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    I think it's just about assessing when the team has looked better, so the same XI will start in my opinion. The tough questions, for me, are Dorgu vs Cunha or leaving out Shaw to fit both in + Maz/Dalot but otherwise I think the team is pretty set until we see someone's standards drop off.
     
    tomaldinho1 said:
    I think it's just about assessing when the team has looked better, so the same XI will start in my opinion. The tough questions, for me, are Dorgu vs Cunha or leaving out Shaw to fit both in + Maz/Dalot but otherwise I think the team is pretty set until we see someone's standards drop off.
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    Dorgu is injured for a while, and I don’t see Cunha or Dorgu being a realistic debate over any length of time anyway. I see Dorgu as playing because we played the two top sides in the league. Cunha is in big trouble if he loses his forward spot to Dorgu. We’re talking of one of the league’s best forwards over the past year and a regular Brazil international (starter too) vs a player who there is still debate as to whether he is a forward or a defender.

    Regarding the rest, I think there’s definitely a conversation on profile between Mbeumo and Sesko. Sesko is the only player we have of his type - and has scored 4 goals in the last month. I don’t see him consigned to being on the bench, I think who starts up front is a genuine conversation if Sesko scores goals. He causes different problems to Mbeumo, so as long as there is no drop off in goal threat, I expect there to be changes there at times.
     
    Right now Frank is telling his team, boy's it's United, game is ours. Can't be having that - I have faith that Carrick will set things right and back to normal. Crazy because had this game been under previous manager, would have put good money on losing 0-1 and then subbing 2 or 3 defenders on while trying to at least get a tie.
     
    They have not faced the proper United for some time so i'd hope their players are feeling overconfident.
    Frank, on the other hand, will probably be very wary of what we have become.
    I think we're gonna have to work hard for this one.
     
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    They have 2 wins from their last 15 PL games. That’s dreadful form. We really should win it - no excuses.
     
    Another 3 pts please reds. But most importantly a decent performance. We owe these a leathering from the Europa league final.
     
    Rozay said:
    Dorgu is injured for a while, and I don’t see Cunha or Dorgu being a realistic debate over any length of time anyway. I see Dorgu as playing because we played the two top sides in the league. Cunha is in big trouble if he loses his forward spot to Dorgu. We’re talking of one of the league’s best forwards over the past year and a regular Brazil international (starter too) vs a player who there is still debate as to whether he is a forward or a defender.

    Regarding the rest, I think there’s definitely a conversation on profile between Mbeumo and Sesko. Sesko is the only player we have of his type - and has scored 4 goals in the last month. I don’t see him consigned to being on the bench, I think who starts up front is a genuine conversation if Sesko scores goals. He causes different problems to Mbeumo, so as long as there is no drop off in goal threat, I expect there to be changes there at times.
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    It's more about the difference in their skillsets - Dorgu on the LW offers a different proposition to Cunha, who also really isn't an LW and I think will eventually replace Bruno at 10 (if we keep playing this setup) given the attributes he has. When both are fit, it's a great tactical choice to have.
     
    It feels like forever since we beat them and they're terrible. This being at OT, and our form, we really should give them a good old slap.
     
    This is a huge game for us. Liverpool will likely drop points so a 3 points here would be huge. A draw too in all honesty wouldn’t be the worst result but given our form and their season, it would be dissapointing. In any case, this is more of a must not lose game rather than a must win game IMO as far as our CL aspirations are concerned.
     
    I think we need to get all 3 points here. We are at home, well rested, and we have to reverse this trend against them. Need a non-shit ref, mind.
     
    tomaldinho1 said:
    I think it's just about assessing when the team has looked better, so the same XI will start in my opinion. The tough questions, for me, are Dorgu vs Cunha or leaving out Shaw to fit both in + Maz/Dalot but otherwise I think the team is pretty set until we see someone's standards drop off.
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    Dorgu is out for ten weeks. Expected back for the Leeds game.
     
    Defensively, they're solid, but going forward, they are really, really bad... Like among the worst 3 or 4 attacking sides in the entire league, bad.
     
    Escobar said:
    In case we learn how to dominate home games, we will win this easily
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    I doubt we’ll be able to dominate this game. We’re neither a match for them athletically, nor are we a brilliant possession team. What we do have though is the superior attacking quality so that should hopefully decide things.
     
    Rozay said:
    I doubt we’ll be able to dominate this game. We’re neither a match for them athletically, nor are we a brilliant possession team. What we do have though is the superior attacking quality so that should hopefully decide things.
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    Spurs are 14. If we dont dominate or at least control them I wonder
     
    Escobar said:
    Spurs are 14. If we dont dominate or at least control them I wonder
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    We couldn’t dominate or control Fulham… right now I’m just bothered about the 3pts. As long as we play some decent football and look solid and come away with 3pts then it’s all good. We’ll never be able to dominate games properly with the midfield we have as we always have to bring our best one of in like 70mins.
     
    Bastian said:
    I think we need to get all 3 points here. We are at home, well rested, and we have to reverse this trend against them. Need a non-shit ref, mind.
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    Didn’t think these existed in our league.
     
    DJ_21 said:
    We couldn’t dominate or control Fulham… right now I’m just bothered about the 3pts. As long as we play some decent football and look solid and come away with 3pts then it’s all good. We’ll never be able to dominate games properly with the midfield we have as we always have to bring our best one of in like 70mins.
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    Fulham is in much better form and do much better
     
    One of the few ETH games I enjoyed is the battering we gave these lot in 2022, with something like 28 attempts, and travesty it ended only 2-0. A complete 90 min domination of Conte's team.

    Would love a similar performance and result to shut them up!
     
    A win here will be so amazing. With Liverpool meeting Man City, we can stretch our lead over Liverpool or close in on Man City or better still, both!
     
    I just hope we play a lot better than we did against Fulham, who dominated us for large portions of the game.
    This is a vital 3 points, as the next game will be as well.

    Spurs might be awful, but their comeback against City last weekend, shows they can be dangerous, if they manage to build any confidence and raise their game.
    It ended as a 2-2 draw, but came close to Spurs turning over City’s 2-0 lead.

    We have to hope that result wasn’t a platform for Spurs turning around their fortunes this season.

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    Really looking forward to this. Finally an early Saturday kick-off as well. We should smash them!
     
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