We need a 5-3 win against West Ham (or any win by 3 goals) to be able to lose to Leicester by 1 goal and remain ahead of them. Any less convincing win differs from a draw only in relation to our fight with Chelsea, not with Leicester.
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I agree! That was basically my initial point: we can't really know whether being safe will help or hinder West Ham but there's no need to resort to armchair psychology about it because we should beat them either way.
Tend to agree. Teams with no mental pressure on them to need the three points play more expansively and are willing to take risks.
I hate West Ham and fully expect them to raise their game against us.
Absolutely must get the three points here though, I would not like to go into the Leicester game needing a win with this tired team.
That said I'm not sure why the team looks as tired as it does.
A 5-3 is only enough if we don't lose 1-0. If we beat West Ham 5-3 and lose 1-0 to Leicester, we'll have the same number of points and a completely identical goal difference, as well as tied head-to-head results. It would go down to a neutral playoff game in that case. A 5-3 win and then a 2-1 defeat is good enough though.I have a feeling we will play well here.Soucek is deadly from set pieces.We have to bounce back here and get the 3 points to take into the Leicester game. We also need a fast start so we can settle any nerves and pin West Ham back to avoid them getting an early foothold in the game - I am not confident when we are being pushed back.
This. I've just only realised this now and came here to post
Really want to finish 3rd and still think we might but id take 4th now if you offered it.
Getting top 4 this year is fundamental to be able to kick on next year. Next season I won't accept anything less than 80pts as a bare minimum. We have enough talent to achieve that points total and if we have CL football coming we will invest to improve even more.We fail to win this I could then see Leicester beating us on the final day. This game is huge.
No fecking Dan James, McT, Fred etc. Play our best players and bring in Romero for De Gea.A team that has been a spoiler for us before and managed by the ghost of failed United managers past, all this combined with a couple of poor performances in a row and the team looking increasingly fatigued.
I don't think Ole will change much, Romero has claim to start over de gea but wont, and AWB looks so worn out I'd be tempted to play TFM, but again i doubt Ole will. Rest of the 11 will be as usual with Williams still at LB and Matic partnering Pogba, though I'd say Mctominay is a half shout as he's the freshest midfielder we have.They're going to be coming into this well rested, full of positivity and on the front foot.
We are going to have to be clinical with our chances, and careful with set pieces.
I can see this one following a similar trajectory to the Southampton game. It will be decided by margins and we'll need a big response from yesterday.Fact is we can't afford to be beaten by Leicester on the final day, and can't secure top 4 on Wednesday. With that in mind, I'd give those needing a rest the midweek off. Wouldn't drop De Gea, no point with 2 games remaining. He knows he done bad, and he's a seasoned pro at this stage.
De Gea / Williams / Maguire / Lindelof / TFM / Fred / McSauce / Lingard / Mata / James / Ighalo
Win lose or draw, winning on Sunday gets us into the CL.Tempted to say start with the team that finished against Chelsea, then bring AWB and Rashford back in, fresher, against LeicesterI think a lot of our fans did not pass GCSE Maths.
I think we'll win this comfortably, but there will be nervy moments as there always seems to be when we're chasing anything at all! In hindsight, I would have preferred that Wan-Bissaka, Matic, and Bruno didn't play against Chelsea. I think Ole kind of misjudged it as in my opinion, they were the three in most need of sitting a game out entirely to be fully fresh for our final two fixtures. With the changes he made, he probably should have just selected Dalot, McTominay, and Mata instead.
I think de Gea should be dropped, but I don't think he will be. Put Dave in your line-up prediction guys, Romero isn't playing until LASK on August 5th. I just hope he doesn't cost us points.
Williams looked off it to me. Understandable due to the knock he took but there was at least one occasion where he pulled out of a header and I think he played a big part in us conceding the first two goals (nowhere near Azpilicueta for the first goal and played the loose pass straight to Mount for the second). I would be tempted to play Fosu-Mensah again or just go with Shaw if he's recovered. If it's only a twisted ankle I could see him training today. But, if it's more of a sprain he might not be back until Leicester or even later.
We're in a position where Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Matic, Pogba, Bruno, Greenwood, Rashford and Martial have to start now. There isn't an alternative way to do it, so I wouldn't bother predicting anything else. The only decision to make is Left Back and the goalkeeper, but that will be de Gea:
de Gea
Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Fosu-Mensah
Pogba Matic
Greenwood Bruno Rashford
Martial
Just have to trust these guys to react and I think they will. We'll play this team against West Ham and Leicester, beating both. Only change is probably at Left Back depending on who's fit.
Whilst that's true it's leaving too much of a risk. A red card or bad injury for us at Leicester and it's curtains.
If we win by 3 goals versus Westham, Leicester's task becomes ten times harder. That's what we should be aiming for.It's just 2 more games and the entire effort could be worthwhile. I'm just thinking about what happens if we're 2-0 or 3-0 up at around 65 mins. Do we rest players for Leicester or do we go for 5-6 so GD becomes a (relative) non-issue? Though at this point it seems like wishful thinking.This will be really tough against a well rested West Ham side. I can't see any chance of a 3 goal margin win people are hoping for.
That's because it will be a 4 goal marginHopefully West Ham are on the beach already, because we have not been very convincing this past week, look really leggy and mentally shattered.Lots of lads on here saying we are tired, leggy, mentally shattered etc etc.
How the hell do you know!
We are talking about elite athletes here.
Give it a rest ffs.
We are well able for the task if we have the right attitude.
Nó reason we can't beat Leicester either.De Gea
Dalot--Lindelof--Maguire--Williams
McTominay--Pogba
Greenwood--Pereira--James
Martial
While that is true, it's different in that we would need a win vs. win/draw against Leicester on the final day.I know I will get a lot of stick from some... but I see this as an ideal game for Lingard instead of Greenwood.
He looked lively against Palace, and if we have got a tired first XI, then he will at least run around harrasing the opposition. We have 5 subs so if it doesnt work, or later in the game bring on Greenwood.
The ideal game for Lingard is LASK at home - he can do no real damage to us in that one. In a must-win game his lack of attacking output means we're handicapping ourselves for no reason.Let’s go for the jugular! There’s a high chance a 5-0 or better will ensure top four qualification and dropping points isn’t the end of the world!Full strength team for me here, have to go into the Leicester City game with the advantage. Put the pressure on them to win.Think this might be the first time since the re-start that having no fans there will be beneficial to us, and certainly if we're not 2-0 up after 65 minutes.
De Gea
Laird Lindelof Matic Timbo
McTominay Fred
Fernandes Pogba Rashford
Martial
For selfish reasons(FPL)hope Soucek gets a hat-trick so i'll go for 5-3
why not make it 6 goals for Soucek. you want us to win but not increase our goal difference just in case we lose to leicester. how about he gets zero goals and we crush them so we get some breathing room.
I wouldn't paint this as some kind of proof of Shaw's awesomeness. He has and continues to have almost zero competition to his position. Because his backups are way worse.
Shaw has improved of course, pretty much like everyone else in the team.Strange scenario. A 2-0 win is no better than a draw going into the Leicester game. It will be a tough game but the team needs to start fast. A good 5-0 would wrap up 4th.
That only takes into consideration us v Leicester in race for top 4. A win v West Ham puts added pressure on Chelsea who have 2 hard games to go.
Yeah cos that's really gonna help with my FPL team if he gets -3, cheers
Fair point. Hopefully Chelsea lose the next 2.
How many posters would have been saying that a year back? It's quite hilarious
We beat Leicester and it's academic I think, they'll still qualifyRice is going to be an arse in this game.
I rather win this game and avoid loss against Leicester.- Status
Man of the Match
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Harry Maguire
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8%
Anthony Martial
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5%
Nemanja Matic
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David de Gea
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Victor Lindelof
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Aaron Wan-Bissaka
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Paul Pogba
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Score Predictions
230,11,15
- Man Utd win
- West Ham win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 18% Man Utd 2:0 West Ham
- 17% Man Utd 3:0 West Ham
- 17% Man Utd 2:1 West Ham
- 16% Man Utd 3:1 West Ham
- 9% Man Utd 4:0 West Ham
- 5% Man Utd 5:0 West Ham
- 4% Man Utd 1:0 West Ham
- 3% Man Utd 4:1 West Ham
- 3% Man Utd 1:1 West Ham
- 2% Man Utd 2:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 1:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 1:4 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:3 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 0:1 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 0:2 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 3:2 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 0:5 West Ham
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- West Ham
- Possession
- 57% 43%
- Shots
- 11 12
- Shots on Target
- 4 3
- Corners
- 2 3
- Fouls
- 10 9
Referee
Paul Tierney
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replaced by Odion Ighalo
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