I think this too. Maybe with Lingard instead of james.
FA Cup Quarter-Finals
Norwich City 1:2 Manchester United
Carrow Road
- Kick-off
- Sat, 27 June 2020 @ 5:30pm BST
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Discussion Your Lineup Prediction
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Didn't know they have beaten us more often in the FA Cup than we have won against them. But they are very poor and we really should be winning this without straining too much. But the look at the teams with lost to this season... Let's hope we don't revert to sitting back and letting them get into the game
Yes.
most of our outfield players just like 70 minutes and we were at home. They'll be fresh as daisies by Norwich.
IMO we should beat them comfortably then use the 5 subs again. Perhaps start Fred instead of Matic and Wiliams instead of Shaw, that's all I would change.--------------------Romero--------------------
Dalot - Maguire - Bailly - Williams
------McTomminay ------Fred----------
----------------------Pogba-------------------
---------James-----------Greenwood--
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Bring Pogba off at around 60 minutes. I'd rather he played to keep sharp, given how long it's been since he regularly featured. We can't afford to not have Maguire at the back, our defence is a shambles without him.I hope we field 80% reserves. We seriously cannot afford injuries to our starters and the bench is big enough to give others a chance and still beat Norwich.
If we fail, we can fully focus on the PL and the EL afterwards.Need to rotate.
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Dalot--Bailly--Maguire--Williams
--------Fred---------McTom
---------Not Lingard
Mata-------Ighalo--------James
It's times like this you realize that we still need another option for AM.
Thank you, that made me laugh.Ole says Lingard will play tomorrow. If you can't play well against a soon to be Championship team, then it's time to go Jesse.
Ole will be mass-rotating for this game according to his pre-match presser, which means one of Lingard or Periera will be starting, possibly both.
Lingard is confirmed to play.
Likely to start because he doesn't play at all so far the two games.
That's the thing isn't it, injury to Bruno and we're back to a mess.. well unless Pogba is given greater license to focus more on freely attacking.The game will be shown on free to air television on BBC One.
Yes. That's why i do understand the need for a class DM but an AM is a bigger priority for me. I think i'd rather play Chong on the wing and Mata central. And i don't rate Chong at this time.
Injury to Bruno and we play Pogba in a free role in front of Matic and Fred. Injury to Pogba and we saw how well a midfield of Bruno Matic and Fred did before the restart. What's your solution if our only DM Matic gets injured?
Because we've seen last season Pogba as the only creator, he did a great job with the number of goals and chances created, but one player can be marker or just out of form and then we look blunted. I never want us to be in a position where we have only one creative outlet. We need a great DM too in order to take over from Matic, but given the choice now, i would rather take McTom as DM and have 2 proper creators in front of him.
Well what if it's a creative DM like Carrick? Is a Carrick Fred and Pogba midfield lacking enough creativity?
That would be by far my preferred choice, but where do you find a player that is great like Matic at being at the right place at the right time and have the passing range and vision, a Carrick 2.0? United has never played with a destroyer anyway but that player is so rare to find.
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It's definitely rare to find. Shame we passed up on Fabinho but I think there are a few young DMs that are like that. Off the top of my head are Kalvin Phillips, Marc Roca and Koopmeiners. None of them are popular names but they are all performing in their respective leagues (not sure about Roca) and are better DMs than Mctominay. It's quite a risk but a low risk given their cheap cost. It's also better to get one now that we have both Matic and Carrick in our team to learn from them and adapt to the league before Matic leaves
If we can find a young ish one that is ok with maybe sitting on the bench at times to learn from Matic it would be great. I just think that this is a position very, very difficult to find the right player and i understand if the manager decides to try McTom rather then splash the cash on some pure destroyer like Rice.
DM is just an extremely difficult position to find. It took SAF ages until finding Carrick and then the team was transformed from a decent one to probably the best we ever had. Best bet IMO is that Matic can keep going because when in form, he is superb.
I'd 100% agree with you, expect Ole already admitted as much he will be playing.
Yeah I agree it's a difficult position to find. Good example is City replacing Fernandinho with Rodri. But this even makes getting a DM right now quite important because while we know Matic is in superb form, we can't get on him to keep going as he's ageing so he needs sort of like a successor that can be learning and adapting to the team and league for now before taking over. I get the feeling Mctominay is who the club sees as the successor but I personally don't see it and we should instead get a creative DM as the successor
Ideally that would be great, but then, Ole doesn't seem interested. Were he ever deployed Pogba in that role? nope, always deeper. The closest he gets is playing a more adventurous free role as one of the CMs in 3 man midfield but that's last season, manager is obsessed with 4231 now, no chance. Everytime Ighalo starts, he always score.
3/3 starts and scored each time.
that's true. But I remember there was alot of noise when Mctominay and Fred duo were performing while Pogba was injured, people were expecting Pogba to come back from injury and replace Lingard/Pereira instead and play alongside Pogba Mctominay and Fred. That was before we bought Bruno and Matic's resurgence
That's rubbish though. Last year he played him in his Juve role as a mezzala with Herrera. Pogba has never played as a 10 inspite of what some United supporters think; not for United, not for Juve and not for France. Just because he is mega talented it doesn't mean he fits the nr. 10.Expect considerable rotation. Starters need to be fit and firing for the Brighton game (where we've lost the last two seasons) against a team that have come back from the restart with purpose. Norwich are poor.Tweet
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@Web of Bissaka is talking about the free role Pogba played last season with Herrera and Matic in midfield. I don't think people really mean he should play the 10 role but the free role he played last season which he excelled inOle’s presser pretty much confirms that Lingard is going to be starting. Would be good if it was mind games to give Norwich some bit of optimism going into this game but I doubt it. Of course there will be changes made to the team but I still fancy us to advance comfortably into semi’s. Will have a few strong options on the bench in case we need to call on a player or two to help us get over the line.
Starting XI
Romero
Dalot
Bailly
Maguire
Williams
McTominay
Fred
Mata
Lingard
James
Ighalo
subs:
Grant
Wan-Bissaka
Shaw
Pereira
Matic
Pogba
Greenwood
Chong
Rashford
Score Prediction:
Norwich City 0-2 Manchester United i thought ole had forgotten he existed
They left Cantwell and Pukki out of their last game, so might actually be going all in for this cup.Honestly play the reserves for this for all I care, I do not want any injury to any key parts in the tournament that means the least this season.
Could be that they weren't fit.
Definitely possible.
Something we'll have to manage very well ourselves with such a rammed schedule.
Superb squad management on Wednesday though, making those 5 changes!RomeroI feel goals for Greenwood in this one, and James too if he plays on the left.
Dalot Bailly Maguire Williams
McT Fred
Greenwood Lingard Rashford
Ighalo
Early changes if winning (half time or 60 mins): James for Rashford, Garner for Fred.
Later change: Gomes for Greenwood (into #10, Lingard RW)
Farke wanted to change his attack (Pukki, Cantwell and Buendia) after their poor performances against Southampton and wanted to try something new too after just 3 goals in their last 11 PL games.Romero
Dalot Bailly Maguire Williams
Fred McTominay
Mata Lingard James
IghaloI expect nothing less than a 2+ goal win. I imagine the deadwood will be getting minutes and we will rest the starters, I think we'll see Pereira from the start, and Lingard as a sub.
Romero
Dalot Maguire Bailly Williams
Fred Pereira McTominay
Mata Ighalo JamesI’d play the subs who actually deserve game time and can be trusted to deliver with the first XI filling the gaps. Those on the way out can sit on the bench and only come on if the situation allows. No more Lingard and Pereira holding us back for the love of God.
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Dalot Bailly Maguire Williams
.... McSauce Fred Mata
... James Ighalo Rashford
I’d like to play Bruno, Pogba, Matic, Martial etc. every game, but we are playing twice a week until the end of the season and it isn’t sustainable.Watch Lingod make an appearance tomorrow night and grab himself a brace.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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18%
Odion Ighalo
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9%
Bruno Fernandes
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7%
Paul Pogba
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4%
Luke Shaw
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2%
Anthony Martial
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1%
Nemanja Matic
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 251 ratings.
Score Predictions
188,8,2
- Man Utd win
- Norwich win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 35% Norwich 0:2 Man Utd
- 23% Norwich 0:3 Man Utd
- 15% Norwich 1:2 Man Utd
- 10% Norwich 1:3 Man Utd
- 6% Norwich 0:4 Man Utd
- 2% Norwich 0:1 Man Utd
- 2% Norwich 1:4 Man Utd
- 2% Norwich 2:0 Man Utd
- 2% Norwich 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 5:0 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 1:1 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 2:4 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 2:1 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 2:3 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Norwich
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 34% 66%
- Shots
- 10 36
- Shots on Target
- 1 8
- Corners
- 2 12
- Fouls
- 8 12
Referee
Jonathan Moss
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Anthony Martial
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replaced by Brandon Williams
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replaced by Mason Greenwood
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replaced by Marcus Rashford
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replaced by Paul Pogba
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replaced by Nemanja Matic
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