Manchester United 0:1 West Bromwich Albion

Walters_19_MuFc · May 1, 2015

Devil may care said:
Yes unfortunately, with RvP up top instead of Falcao I imagine. Given we are at home I'd love to see a risk like playing Pereira in midfield and Rooney up top, but it's highly unlikely.

Be a great reward with him signing a new contract, but as you said, it's highly unlikely.

Walters_19_MuFc · May 1, 2015

JR10 said:
I think that match was more of a "Go and enjoy yourself".

Wonder if SAF enjoyed himself, though? We were 3 nil up at one stage. :lol:

theyneverlearn · May 1, 2015

de Gea
Valencia Smalling Jones Young
Blind
Herrera Di Maria
Mata - - - - - - Fellaini
Rooney
________________________________

Devil may care · May 1, 2015

Walters_19_MuFc said:
Be a great reward with him signing a new contract, but as you said, it's highly unlikely.

Yeah, it'll be the same midfield line-up as against Chelsea with maybe Jones and RvP in for McNair and Falcao.

Walters_19_MuFc · May 1, 2015

Devil may care said:
Yeah, it'll be the same midfield line-up as against Chelsea with maybe Jones and RvP in for McNair and Falcao.

Fair enough. Either way, I think we should have enough to see off West Brom.

Devil may care · May 1, 2015

Walters_19_MuFc said:
Fair enough. Either way, I think we should have enough to see off West Brom.

I hope so, no doubt LvG put a rocket under them this week as he was not pleased at how lackluster we were against Everton. My worry is the slow forward line will be slower than ever and it wont be easy to get in behind a defensively well drilled Pulis team.

Walters_19_MuFc · May 1, 2015

Devil may care said:
I hope so, no doubt LvG put a rocket under them this week as he was not pleased at how lackluster we were against Everton. My worry is the slow forward line will be slower than ever and it wont be easy to get in behind a defensively well drilled Pulis team.

That's true. Recently, against Chelsea and Everton - two teams that have defended deep and narrow against us, we have really struggled to break them down and create chances. For this one, we should probably think about going with width on both flanks, in order to try and stretch them and maybe look to whip some crosses in, as I can imagine it'll be very congested through the middle.

Devil may care · May 1, 2015

Walters_19_MuFc said:
That's true. Recently, against Chelsea and Everton - two teams that have defended deep and narrow against us, we have really struggled to break them down and create chances. For this one, we should probably think about going with width on both flanks, in order to try and stretch them and maybe look to whip some crosses in, as I can imagine it'll be very congested through the middle.

I agree, I know he looks well below his best and low on confidence but I'd be inclined to play Di Maria on the left and move Young to the right, he'd give us an injection of pace and could stretch West Brom to create some space.

Walters_19_MuFc · May 1, 2015

Devil may care said:
I agree, I know he looks well below his best and low on confidence but I'd be inclined to play Di Maria on the left and move Young to the right, he'd give us an injection of pace and could stretch West Brom to create some space.

Ye, as good as Mata has been, he lacks that pace in the wide areas and cuts in too much, which can sometimes close up the space for our midfielders.

Devil may care · May 1, 2015

Walters_19_MuFc said:
Ye, as good as Mata has been, he lacks that pace in the wide areas and cuts in too much, which can sometimes close up the space for our midfielders.

Definitely, if LvG wanted to still play Mata then risk him in Fellaini's role, move Fellaini to the #8 and push Rooney up top. Whichever route LvG goes pace to stretch West Brom on the flanks is essential I think, I just can't see us passing through them.

Walters_19_MuFc · May 1, 2015

Devil may care said:
Definitely, if LvG wanted to still play Mata then risk him in Fellaini's role, move Fellaini to the #8 and push Rooney up top. Whichever route LvG goes pace to stretch West Brom on the flanks is essential I think, I just can't see us passing through them.

Ye, well last time we played West Brom, we went with Mata and Fellaini (Herrera taken off at half time) as our centre midfielders, so it's definitely an option.

Sandikan · May 1, 2015

Shaw's out again? Sigh... Stick Young back there, and let Di Maria come back in.
Meaning Blind can do the Carrick role so we don't completely ruck things up.

JTW95 · May 1, 2015

theyneverlearn said:
de Gea
Valencia Smalling Jones Young
Blind
Herrera Di Maria
Mata - - - - - - Fellaini
Rooney
________________________________

Is that Fellaini left wing?

I think that will be the line-up but with Fellaini and Di Maria swapped.

Ringo 07 · May 1, 2015

..............de Gea
Valencia Smalling Jones Blind
...........Herrera
...........Di Maria
Mata.....Fellaini...... Young
...........Rooney

Šjor Bepo · May 1, 2015

Ringo 07 said:
..............de Gea
Valencia Smalling Jones Blind
...........Herrera
...........Di Maria
Mata.....Fellaini...... Young
...........Rooney

this would be my team also....Herrera really impressed me against Chelsea in that role, i thought he wont good but he was(apart from few 2 terrible passes in dangerous area).

theyneverlearn · May 1, 2015

JTW95 said:
Is that Fellaini left wing?

I think that will be the line-up but with Fellaini and Di Maria swapped.

Di Maria got into the team of the year in that position.

Fellaini will be slightly inside left, with Young creating the width. He'll sit in the hole between midfield and defence causing problems as usual.

Gerald G · May 1, 2015

De Gea
Valencia--Jones--Smalling--Blind
Herrera
Rooney--Fellaini
Mata--van Persie--Di Maria

subs: Valdes, McNair, Blackett, Pereira, Januzaj, Young, Falcao

or

De Gea
Valencia--Jones--Smalling--Young
Blind
Herrera--Fellaini
Mata--Rooney--Di Maria

AngeloHenriquez · May 2, 2015

Id like to see Rooney on the bench, especially if his fitness isnt quite there, perhaps..

David De Gea
Valencia Smalling Jones Young
Herrera Blind Di Maria
Mata Van Persie Januzaj

Valdes McNair Evans Periera Rooney Wilson/ Fellaini

Sean_RedDevil · May 2, 2015

If Carrick, Rojo, Evans, Rafael and Shaw are all out then......

Bench: Valdes, McNair, Pereira, Young, Januzaj, Van Persie, Falcao

Special note: Valencia is lucky boy that we don't have currently another right-back in the squad.

Sam · May 2, 2015

I reckon we'll see Di Maria in for Mata, and possibly Mcnair for Valencia. There would probably be more changes but for the injuries.

I'd really like to see a Di Maria - Rooney - Mata front 3 for once though. In theory, that should be our best 3. But Young has outperformed Mata in the 2 defeats, so going by LVG's logic, Mata will the one to make way.

Tyrion · May 2, 2015

What I want:

DDG

Valencia Smalling McNair Young

Blind
Herrera Fellaini
Mata Rooney ADM

What I expect:

DDG
Valencia Smalling Jones Blind
Rooney
Herrera Fellaini

Mata RVP/Falcao Young

WPMUFC · May 2, 2015

------------DDG----------------
Valencia Smalling Jones Blind
-----------Rooney-------------
------Herrera Fellaini---------
-Mata -----RVP -------Di Maria

Silva · May 2, 2015

Why would Rooney be the DM if he's in midfield? He'd have a similar role to the Chelsea game where Herrera was holding.

tob · May 2, 2015

-------------De Gea
------Smalling----Jones
Valencia----------------Blind
-------------Herrera
-------Rooney---Fellaini
Mata-------------------Young
------------van Persie

It would be nice to see Di Maria getting into the starting eleven though. Would be interesting to see if he would take the opportunity to show us that he belongs in the starting line-up.
Giving him 20-15 min in a game doesn't seem to work out.

So I'd put Di Maria on instead of Fellaini.

Roosney · May 2, 2015

MyOnlySolskjaer said:
Teams in knockout phase next year as things stand:
Sevilla/Valencia (Same points)
Monaco
Bayer Leverkusen
Roma
Fenerbache/Galatasaray/Besiktas (Top 3 are all on 60/61 points so could be either)
Sporting Lisbon
Celtic

I think Celtic and Monaco could be trouble if we finish 4th. Others, mehhh.

togg · May 2, 2015

A nice emphatic win today please.....

YouOnlyLiveTwice · May 2, 2015

DDG
Valencia Smalling Jones Young
Blind
Herrera Fellaini
Mata Rooney ADM

I have some fears about this game after getting sucker-punched by Everton last week, but were at home where we have the second best record i think so hopefully we will turn up and get the win.

suheilsworld · May 2, 2015

Devil may care said:
Rojo wasn't mentioned at all so most are assuming he must still be injured.

Still injured it seems

Browniee · May 2, 2015

Great, Rooneys been injured and back in the team. He'll have his usual shocker after injury today.

Need to smash these after the last couple of weeks.

Burrow · May 2, 2015

Time for Kellet to step ut?

LawCharltonBest · May 2, 2015

Didn't United lose this fixture last season? Not going to be easy.

theyneverlearn · May 2, 2015

LawCharltonBest said:
Didn't United lose this fixture last season? Not going to be easy.

Based on last season it's more accurate to assume we lost games than won them.

ice-bionic red · May 2, 2015

Perfect game to introduce Di Maria back into the team

sunama · May 2, 2015

tob said:
It would be nice to see Di Maria getting into the starting eleven though.
So I'd put Di Maria on instead of Fellaini.

One thing about LVG - he does not care how much a player earns, cost or what how big his name is.
Ribbery was shocked when he was introduced to this process, at Bayern.
If a player doesnt fit into the system, he wont play.

The last time Di Maria started, he got a red card and effectively ended the (FA Cup) tie at Old Trafford. He isn't going to be rewarded for that.
Since then, our team went on a very good run of performances without Di Mara.
A combination of these factors have kept Di Maria out.

Now, after our poor performance at Everton, it is quite possible that Di Maria will get a start today. I think its 50-50.
But to replace Fellaini - our most 'hard to play against' player - that just wont happen.

My only worry about being so reliant on Fellaini is that it seems that if you stop him, you stop Man Utd. Chelsea and Everton marked him out of the game and basically, we were done for.

sunama · May 2, 2015

Its quite surprising that fans are scared of a team several places below us, at Old Trafford.
I expect an easy win; we usually score 3 at OT, so that's what I expect today.
Have some confidence guys and stop with the negativity. We are paying WBA, not Bayern Munich.

Adisa · May 2, 2015

Di Maria has to start. Would love LVG to take the risk and start Pereira. We should still be able to win comfortably.

Sammyjunn · May 2, 2015

Ddg, valencia, smalling, jones, mcnair, young, blind, herrera, mata, di Maria, rooney (or isnt 352 allowed anymore)?

Pexbo · May 2, 2015

Browniee said:
Great, Rooneys been injured and back in the team. He'll have his usual shocker after injury today.

Need to smash these after the last couple of weeks.

It'll be difficult for him to get back form after a long stretch out.

Empire · May 2, 2015

Excited about this game because I anticipate next season we will be facing a lot of parked buses, teams conceding possession to us and drilling themselves well trying to counter with a long ball and pace up top to exploit our high line.

I hope there are a lot of positives, we need to be very patient in possession but also intelligent pulling the opposition out of position and stretching them across the pitch to create space to attack whilst preventing the counter attacks.

Mrs Smoker · May 2, 2015

Easy 5+ goal win.

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