Southampton 0:0 Manchester United

Zlatattack · May 16, 2017

quietest pre-match thread ever?

iKnowNothing · May 16, 2017

GrandJury said:
Play the youths. If we're going to lose, let's lose with giving them minutes.

We have a home game against Palace on Sunday so I'm torn between playing youth and giving the first team some match practice before the EL final in this game.
Decisions..decisions.

jderbyshire · May 16, 2017

Can we not just simulate this one?

Feel for the fans having to travel all that way for a dead rubber.

el3mel · May 16, 2017

Zlatattack said:
quietest pre-match thread ever?

Wait for the Palace one then. Will be a desert.

RedEM10 · May 16, 2017

Who even cares :lol:

Terminator · May 16, 2017

top1whoisman · May 16, 2017

DDG didn't travel. Good bye, David.

Confirmed United squad members

Sergio Romero
Joel Pereira
Kieran O'Hara

Matteo Darmian
Axel Tuanzebe
Eric Bailly
Phil Jones
Chris Smalling

Demetri Mitchell
Michael Carrick
Ander Herrera
Scott McTominay
Jesse Lingard
Marouane Fellaini
Juan Mata
Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Wayne Rooney
Anthony Martial
Marcus Rashford

Penna · May 16, 2017

Just had a text from the club offering me away tickets for this, I'm usually not eligible. Says a lot about the level of interest in the game, well done to those who make the journey!

JoaquinJoaquin · May 16, 2017

Talk about a dead rubber...

Adisa · May 16, 2017

JoaquinJoaquin said:
Talk about a dead rubber...

I don't think it should. No way we should be going into a final with one win in 6.

AgentP · May 16, 2017

OK based on the pre-match conference, my line up would be

Romero
Bailly Smalling Jones
Tuanzebe Herrera Fellaini Darmian
Mata Rashford Mkhi

MyOnlySolskjaer · May 16, 2017

top1whoisman said:
DDG didn't travel. Good bye, David.

Didn't Mourinho confirm in advance that Romero will start one of the last 2 League games?

Ixion · May 16, 2017

It makes sense Romero would play a game if we want to keep him sharp.

top1whoisman · May 16, 2017

MyOnlySolskjaer said:
Didn't Mourinho confirm in advance that Romero will start one of the last 2 League games?

He did. He also said that Pereira will probably make his PL debut. And there's no reason why DDG wouldn't have travelled as a sub GK, as he's done that all around Europe this season.

top1whoisman · May 16, 2017

Ze presser.

Gerald G · May 16, 2017

Romero
Bailly--Smalling--Jones--Darmian
Herrera--Fellaini
Mkhitaryan--Mata--Martial
Rashford

subs: Pereira, Tuanzebe, Mitchell, Carrick, McTominay, Lingard, Rooney

Android1974 · May 16, 2017

abhayselvan said:
OK based on the pre-match conference, my line up would be

Romero
Bailly Smalling Jones
Tuanzebe Herrera Fellaini Darmian
Mata Rashford Mkhi

Unless we're playing the final with that formation, I find it unwise to choose one just for this game.

Android1974 · May 16, 2017

Hope Valencia isn't injured.

top1whoisman · May 16, 2017

Android1974 said:
Hope Valencia isn't injured.

“I’m trying to get people to be the best they can be. This is a period in one week where I have to give one day off, give [Antonio] Valencia a day off. And, against Crystal Palace, two or three more [players], and against Southampton, two or three more. And that’s to try to arrive in the final in the best possible condition.”

Valencia's had some small problem for weeks now, so he'll only play the matches he really has to. Interesting to see after the season whether rest is enough or if there'll be an operation of some kind.

jderbyshire · May 16, 2017

Android1974 said:
Hope Valencia isn't injured.

Nah, just giving him a good rest ahead of the final.

leontas · May 16, 2017

I really think we should be using these games to field our younger players, who are hungry to prove themselves to Jose. This is a relatively risk-free platform for them to actually get some minutes in the first team.

jderbyshire · May 16, 2017

Gone for this line up:

Romero
Tuanzebe Bailly Smalling Darmian
Herrera Fellaini
Mata Rooney Martial
Rashford

Subs: Pereira, Jones, Mitchell, Carrick, McTominay, Lingard, Mhkitaryan

Android1974 · May 16, 2017

top1whoisman said:
Valencia's had some small problem for weeks now, so he'll only play the matches he really has to. Interesting to see after the season whether rest is enough or if there'll be an operation of some kind.

That's what I think too, but I'm always afraid he finally got really injured.

jderbyshire said:
Nah, just giving him a good rest ahead of the final.

Don't think so. Surely he's not going to start against Crystal Palace, so that's a 13 days rest, just too much.

MadDogg · May 17, 2017

Android1974 said:
Don't think so. Surely he's not going to start against Crystal Palace, so that's a 13 days rest, just too much.

For most players I agree and I expect a line-up similar to what we'll play in the final. But Valencia is...well, Valencia. I could be wrong but I tend to think Mourinho just wants to give him a good rest and will trust him to come straight back in for the final.

Schmiznurf · May 17, 2017

I read that McTominay and Demetri Mitchell should be given starts tonight.

glazed · May 17, 2017

If Jose plays anyone he's hoping to start against Ajax then he's out of his gourd. So no Herrera Fellaini
Martial or Rashford, I hope.

redshaw · May 17, 2017

20 points separating 6th and 8th, could be more if we weren't in the Europa final.

I was looking at previous seasons. 6th-8th is mostly about 3-10 points difference and once was 16 points. Of course the season is not over but the top six have really had an impact.

Ole90+3 · May 17, 2017

Surely tonight's lineup should be close to the team that will play next Wednesday. 2 weeks without a game can't be good for match fitness.

red4ever 79 · May 17, 2017

Difficult to predict the line up. Is Fellaini back?

GM K · May 17, 2017

VorZakone said:
Too much rest can result in losing match rhythm. Most of the XI should be players who'll start vs Ajax.

I agree but what's the definition of 'too much rest'?

Not playing for two or three weeks cannot be too much rest in football if you are training regularly and playing none competitive football on the training pitch.

Not sure I will want to risk any injuries right now. The big game is just a week away.

top1whoisman · May 17, 2017

Phil Jones 79 said:
Difficult to predict the line up. Is Fellaini back?

Yes.

red4ever 79 · May 17, 2017

top1whoisman said:
Yes.

Thanks

GM K · May 17, 2017

GrandJury said:
Play the youths. If we're going to lose, let's lose with giving them minutes.

Totally with you here. The youths plus a few fringe players who might be useful in the cup final.

There are some players you absolutely don't want to lose to injury right now. Those ones can be kept sharp in training.

2 man midfield · May 17, 2017

top1whoisman said:
Ze presser.

"Thank you Michael Oliver, if we'd gone to the FA cup semi it would've been a disaster."

Aza Boy · May 17, 2017

Don't care about tonight game...just hope Yoshida and Stephens are playing for adding point in my FF...

AndyJ1985 · May 17, 2017

It's a meaningless game so I'm looking forward to it.

el3mel · May 17, 2017

I'll probably pass this game unless youngsters are going to play. No point in seeing Rooney playing tbf.

Android1974 · May 17, 2017

el3mel said:
I'll probably pass this game unless youngsters are going to play. No point in seeing Rooney playing tbf.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't expect any youngster to be starting today. Besides Pereira and Tuanzebe, probably more 3 or so in the Crystal Palace one, though.

el3mel · May 17, 2017

Android1974 said:
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't expect any youngster to be starting today. Besides Pereira and Tuanzebe, probably more 3 or so in the Crystal Palace one, though.

I don't expect many, too, but if 2 or 3 get their debut I may watch.

Think Crystal Palace is the game we may land to many youngsters.

Android1974 · May 17, 2017

el3mel said:
I don't expect many, too, but if 2 or 3 get their debut I may watch.

Think Crystal Palace is the game we may land to many youngsters.

If Mourinho wants to stick with 4-3-3 today, maybe McTominay or Tuanzebe again in midfield could start, but I didn't like the experience, so I'm hoping he doesn't repeat it.

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