Newcastle United 1:4 Manchester United

Dve · Oct 4, 2020

Ole will play

................. De Gea

Bissaka - Bailly - Maguire - Shaw

........ Beek ...... McTominay

............ Fernandes

Mata - Greenwood - Rashford

Offside · Oct 4, 2020

bosnian_red said:
De Gea
Williams Smalling Maguire Telles
McTominay Fred Van de Beek
Bruno
Greenwood Rashford

Please for the love of god drop Wan Bissaka, Shaw and Pogba. Assuming Smalling isn't sold.. if he is, then start Tuanzebe? Mengi? Mess whoever.

Smalling is gone tomorrow mate.

Offside · Oct 4, 2020

De Gea
AWB Maguire Bailly Telles
Fred VDB
Fernandes
Mata Greenwood Rashford

3-1 United.

Hernandez - BFA · Oct 4, 2020

Excellent! An international break to fester over that incredible performance against Spurs.

BluesJr · Oct 4, 2020

No Sancho in any lineup so far is incredibly upsetting. Where is the muppetry?

AJ Bullet · Oct 4, 2020

Sancho and Cavani up front, toon in tears

Annihilate Now! · Oct 4, 2020

Offside said:
De Gea
AWB Maguire Bailly Telles
Fred VDB
Fernandes
Mata Greenwood Rashford

3-1 United.

I'd go with this but Lindelof in. Should be for Maguire but we know that won't happen, so for Bailly.

Red Royal · Oct 4, 2020

Annihilate Now! said:
I'd go with this but Lindelof in. Should be for Maguire but we know that won't happen, so for Bailly.

Id have Smalling starting. 2 weeks to get him integrated.

UnofficialDevil · Oct 4, 2020

We will play the counter attack against Newcastle like the midtable team we are.

bosnian_red · Oct 4, 2020

Offside said:
Smalling is gone tomorrow mate.

Was assuming he wasn't sold and what I would go for rather than any likelihood of it happening but yeah most likely is gone.

Ronaldo's ego · Oct 4, 2020

Let’s try and make it difficult for them.

Walters_19_MuFc · Oct 4, 2020

We need to find that balance and quick!

What I'd like to see:

Cavani
Rashford Fernandes Mata
Fred McTominay
Shaw Maguire Lindelof Wan-Bissaka
De Gea

Henderson Bailly Telles Pogba Van De Beek Lingard Ighalo

PitTon · Oct 4, 2020

Ole plays Bruno far away the middle, I am not sure it was where he played at Sporting. We need legs in the middle to keep the team balanced as Matic and Pogba not providing it.

That's why Fred and Tommy with a second striker Bruno worked well and the team was solid back then.

paulscholes18 · Oct 4, 2020

DDG
AWB Lindelof Maguire Telles
Bruno Fred VDB
Greenwood Cavani Rashford

Heinzesight · Oct 4, 2020

Gulp.

Offside · Oct 4, 2020

feck starting Shaw even if Telles ends up failing his medical. I’d rather see Curly from Coronation Street at left back after today.

starman · Oct 5, 2020

Greenwood
Pogba Bruno Rashford
Fred VDB
Telles Shaw Maguire Williams
De Gea

This is my preferred team, but with Martial in for Pogba, but would like to see Pogba in a advanced left sided attacking position, given that Martial will be suspended...
And if we don't sign a right winger, think we should be using Rashford there instead, he's probably the best crosser we have upfront, plus Martial is better than Rashford in cutting in from the left, imo, and Greenwood has the best instincts in the box.

As for the back, well, its a shambles but would play Maguire in as a RCB and Shaw LCB, to give balance to what is looking a completely disjointed defence, plus its no worst than playing Bailly and Lindelof there.
Telles and Williams will give natural width and support to the attack.
AWB, needs to be pulled out of the team for the moment, he offers nothing going forward and is now looking terrible in defence.

bsCallout · Oct 5, 2020

I'd like him to be bold now and play

Henderson
Laird Mengi Smalling Telles
VDB Fred McT
Bruno
Greenwood & Rashford

That might give a few players some hunger.

I believe a Bielsa or Nagelsman could have that team playing incredible stuff.

Bondi77 · Oct 5, 2020

We have no hope as relegation beckons and top 4 is knocking on the door for the Toon.

Enfant terrible · Oct 5, 2020

Dve said:
Ole will play

................. De Gea

Bissaka - Bailly - Maguire - Shaw

........ Beek ...... McTominay

............ Fernandes

Mata - Greenwood - Rashford

I think Ole will feck em up properly after tonight.

bsCallout said:
I'd like him to be bold now and play

Henderson
Laird Mengi Smalling Telles
VDB Fred McT
Bruno
Greenwood & Rashford

That might give a few players some hunger.

I believe a Bielsa or Nagelsman could have that team playing incredible stuff.

I would like him to be bold and play a completely different 11.

Everyone who started against Spurs should be assigned as ball boys. Or better, make them warm up from minute one to minute 90.

Bla, bla.... tHIs iS noWhErE nEaR gOoD.. bla, bla... feck off losers. It's always the same story.

We folded like a bunch of spineless cowards.
I would make them piss blood in training sessions. Embarrassing, cowardly, gutless.

Havak · Oct 5, 2020

Agree it's time to test the diamond as it's pretty much forced at this point unless Ole opts to go with Ighalo/Mata instead of Donny.

de Gea
Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Matic
van de Beek Pogba
Fernandes
Greenwood Rashford

This is what I expect, but I'd hope Telles or Williams play in this formation.

I'll take 3 points here regardless of how it comes, 100th minute own goal after another dross performance will do as long as the players gain fitness more. I don't fancy us in most of our other fixtures coming up so 3 points here is pivotal just to stay out of the bottom three I bet :lol:

Superden · Oct 5, 2020

it'll be the same team. we'll probably win, rinse and repeat.

Havak · Oct 5, 2020

Superden said:
it'll be the same team. we'll probably win, rinse and repeat.

Martial suspended so at least one change is forced!

Expect Lindelof to come back in too after Maguire & Bailly were even worse than he was against Palace!

MrBest · Oct 5, 2020

I am not sure how maguire gets into a lot of the teams here. I think big changes need to happen in this squad for the next game.

Henderson
Williams Smalling Bailey Telles
Fred DVB
Bruno
Lingard Greenwood Rashford

Subs:
De Gea, Shaw, TFM, Cavani, Pogba, Matic, James

I do not want to see Maguire in this team at all. He needs headspace to sort himself out, he has been awful. Williams at right back, his natural position, shows more drive than most our players. Keep Smalling, literally beg him to stay. He is easily our best centre back. Shaw needs to be dropped after that game, throw Telles in. Ole needs to have the ball to drop Pogba who has been awful. At fault for 2 goals against spurs and 3 against brighton. Pogba is full of shiye, wants to play but is lazy. I'd put lingard on the right as im not convinced we will sign anyone there and he is ahead of james and ighalo in that team, cavani has not played since March.

Big changes are needed, a total refresh. What we are doing right now, is not working.

Schmeichel's Cartwheel · Oct 5, 2020

DDG, AWB, Bailly, Lindelof, Telles, Fred, VDB, Bruno, Mata, Rashford, Greenwood

Subs- Henderson, Shaw, Maguire, Matic, Pogba, Lingard, Cavani

Although I can’t see ole leaving Maguire out the 11 or Mctominay out the squad.

londonredmaniac · Oct 5, 2020

Dve said:
Ole will play

I don't know, he's getting on a bit but could probably do a job on the right....

MrBest · Oct 5, 2020

bsCallout said:
I'd like him to be bold now and play

Henderson
Laird Mengi Smalling Telles
VDB Fred McT
Bruno
Greenwood & Rashford

That might give a few players some hunger.

I believe a Bielsa or Nagelsman could have that team playing incredible stuff.

Not sure about throwing Laird and Mengi in together, but I like the formation and exclusion of pogba maguire and shaw.

Berbasbullet · Oct 5, 2020

MrBest said:
Not sure about throwing Laird and Mengi in together, but I like the formation and exclusion of pogba maguire and shaw.

I think the diamond is the best way to get the most out of our players to be fair, we are stocked in CM and now we have a left back who can cross (maybe drop AWB).

Matic at the base as he’s the best with the ball in that position, Fred on the left of it, VDB on the right, Bruno at 10 (or the other way around), and 2 of martial rashford cavani and Greenwood.

It actually plays to our strengths really wel and will probably be more defensively secure.

1988 · Oct 5, 2020

4312: de Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelöf, Smalling, Shaw; van de Beek, McTominay, Pogba; Fernandes; Greenwood, Rashford.

Let's win eh.

::sonny:: · Oct 5, 2020

2-1, 3-1

Annihilate Now! · Oct 5, 2020

Quite amazed that people still want Pogba to start this game....

(unless these line-ups are what you think Ole will do, in which case, my bad)

Dolf · Oct 5, 2020

----------- De Gea ----------
AWB - Bailly - Smalling - Telles
--------------- Matic ----------------
------ Bruno ------ VdB -------
Greenwood - Cavani - Rashford

Mcking · Oct 5, 2020

Henderson
Williams Bailly Maguire Shaw
VDB Fred Pogba
Greenwood Cavani Rashford

Siorac · Oct 5, 2020

Annihilate Now! said:
Quite amazed that people still want Pogba to start this game....

(unless these line-ups are what you think Ole will do, in which case, my bad)

I love, in theory, the idea of he and Fernandes pulling the strings, spraying passes to the forwards, and so on. It's a shame we saw that what, two or three times after lockdown?

We can try Matic, van de Beek, Fernandes... but honestly I suspect it doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things. Slight tweaks or a couple of changes in personnel won't fix this malaise.

Bobcat · Oct 5, 2020

-------------------Henderson-------------
AWB----Lindelof---Maguire*--Telles
---------------------Matic----------------------
-----------Fred----------Pogba-------------
-------------------Bruno-----------------------
------Rashford-----Greenwood--------

* If he has pulled his slabhead out of his arse by then.

Think October is going to be a critical month for Ole. If we keep being as shite as we have so far this season, he wont last until Christmas

Chaky_Best · Oct 5, 2020

We'll play Saturday against Newcastle and then Tuesday against Paris, so probably we will field two different teams.

Eventually we will loose a little 4-1

My guess for Newcastle

Henderson

Wan Bissaka
Maguire
Lindelof
Telles

Mc Tominay
Fred

Greenwood
Van de Beek
Rashford

Cavani

JPB · Oct 5, 2020

What's up with Tuanzebe? Smalling and Tuanzebe should get a chance together in the next game. I'll bet anyone if Smalling should play for us again he'll have a good performance, as long as he doesn't have to play next to Jones or Lindelof.

Annihilate Now! · Oct 5, 2020

Siorac said:
I love, in theory, the idea of he and Fernandes pulling the strings, spraying passes to the forwards, and so on. It's a shame we saw that what, two or three times after lockdown?

We can try Matic, van de Beek, Fernandes... but honestly I suspect it doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things. Slight tweaks or a couple of changes in personnel won't fix this malaise.

I mean if you went to Fred and McT at least that would give you a solid - if uninspiring - base to start from. Suspect it's time to see what DvB can do too, but we've only really seen him in the Bruno role so far.

GenZRed · Oct 5, 2020

4-4-2 Diamond

Henderson
Williams Bailey Maguire Laird
Matic
McT Fred
Fernandes
Greenwood Rashford

Shame we have no other centre backs who are good enough to play in Maguire's position.

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