Southampton 1:1 Manchester United

Kaos · Aug 19, 2021

Won't happen, but I'd like to see us trying a midfield 3 of Fred, VDB and Bruno, with Pogba on the left and Sancho on the right.

Ali Dia · Aug 19, 2021

Ole should drop AWB and play Dalot cause cop the feck on man! Dalot will be fine and he needs games if he’s going to get any better for us.

glazed · Aug 20, 2021

TrustInJanuzaj said:
I mean in theory yes but I don’t think it’s that likely that Lindelof suddenly becomes world class while Varane can’t push him out. Varane is a proven top class defender and not only that he offers certain attributes that we severely miss and could use. I think for what it’s worth Lindelof will still play at the weekend with a view to being in Varane either next week or after the international break.

Yeah Vik will mess up soon enough. But I like the idea that people play on merit. We had years of Rooney coasting on his reputation before Jose finally confronted him.

PoTMS · Aug 20, 2021

glazed said:
Surely the whole point is that Varane has to get his place on merit. If Lindelof suddenly becomes world class because of the competition then that's good. Didn't something similar happen to Shaw?

I'm sorry but the gulf in class between Lindelof and Varane is huge. Lindelof will never be world class, Varane already is. You can't really compare to the Shaw situations as Telles was bought to be the backup player to Shaw and Shaw was the better player out of the two.

GreenFieldsGoldenBarley · Aug 20, 2021

PoTMS said:
I'm sorry but the gulf in class between Lindelof and Varane is huge. Lindelof will never be world class, Varane already is. You can't really compare to the Shaw situations as Telles was bought to be the backup player to Shaw and Shaw was the better player out of the two.

I don't think you can run a football club like that. As Glazed said above, that's how you get players coasting on reputation and staying in the starting 11 when they're not performing. Varane is better so trust that he'll get his chance soon and take it when he does. What's the harm in that?

glazed · Aug 20, 2021

GreenFieldsGoldenBarley said:
I don't think you can run a football club like that. As Glazed said above, that's how you get players coasting on reputation and staying in the starting 11 when they're not performing. Varane is better so trust that he'll get his chance soon and take it when he does. What's the harm in that?

It would be the surprise of the decade if Lindelof kept Varane out of the first XI. But he has the right to try

Iron Tulip · Aug 20, 2021

I can see Southampton being the whipping boys this season. Really poor defence, should be a show by our attackers again.

Red Royal · Aug 20, 2021

Iron Tulip said:
I can see Southampton being the whipping boys this season. Really poor defence, should be a show by our attackers again.

Much more confident for this game than I was for Leeds, and that turned out well. No need to change it up too much, Sancho for James being most likely. Really need Varane to be 100% ready for whenever his first game is.

UncleBob · Aug 20, 2021

It's not the easiest situation to handle, there's pros and cons with instantly throwing Varane in.

Most likely he'll be our first choice cb next to Maguire, and given the schedule we have in October->November (Leicester, Liverpool, Tottenham, City, Watford, Chelsea, Arsenal), it would be a decent idea to get him adjusted to the league asap.

Lindy performed well against Leeds, even came up with an assist...Ole needs to read the situation correctly

Relfy · Aug 20, 2021

Could be a touch too soon for Varane. Only been training with the squad a few days so it depends on his level of fitness first and foremost. I think Sancho in for James is more likely, but he may be limited to an hour or so to get him up to speed.

We should be burying these. They've lost their best defender and main goal threat. We still need to be wary of giving away set-pieces in and around the box with JWP in their team.

0-3 win for United

Mike Smalling · Aug 20, 2021

UncleBob said:
It's not the easiest situation to handle, there's pros and cons with instantly throwing Varane in.

Most likely he'll be our first choice cb next to Maguire, and given the schedule we have in October->November (Leicester, Liverpool, Tottenham, City, Watford, Chelsea, Arsenal), it would be a decent idea to get him adjusted to the league asap.

Lindy performed well against Leeds, even came up with an assist...Ole needs to read the situation correctly

No. Stop it.

UncleBob · Aug 20, 2021

Mike Smalling said:
No. Stop it.

Linda?

Mike Smalling · Aug 20, 2021

UncleBob said:
Linda?

"Lindo" would be more in line with how Ole typically assigns nicknames, but it still isn't great.

UncleBob · Aug 20, 2021

Mike Smalling said:
"Lindo" would be more in line with how Ole typically assigns nicknames, but it still isn't great.

swedish cnut, then

Mike Smalling · Aug 20, 2021

UncleBob said:
swedish cnut, then

I can get behind that.

Kaizane · Aug 20, 2021

There's no reason not to start Sancho and would love to see Donny get a start against a team who will setup not to lose. As good a time as ever to see how one holding might pan out for the season.

DDG
AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Matic
Bruno Pogba
Sancho Greenwood Martial

dwd · Aug 20, 2021

Kaizane said:
There's no reason not to start Sancho and would love to see Donny get a start against a team who will setup not to lose. As good a time as ever to see how one holding might pan out for the season.

DDG
AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Matic
Bruno Pogba
Sancho Greenwood Martial

This post makes no sense. Did you forget to put him in or something?

Kaizane · Aug 20, 2021

dwd said:
This post makes no sense. Did you forget to put him in or something?

Yes, I did.

Damien · Aug 20, 2021

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Kaizane · Aug 20, 2021

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Sassy Colin · Aug 20, 2021

It's going to be kinda tough on Lindelof, when he gets subbed off for Varane, some time in the 2nd, half, never to be seen again, until the League Cup games.

He's been pretty solid and reliable, all told. Great to have as the 3rd choice defender.

sincher · Aug 20, 2021

I think Sancho will start having had a bit longer with the team. Not sure about Varane, might be seen as too soon.

Red Royal · Aug 20, 2021

Would be very happy to contribute to Ralph Hassenhuttl getting off to a bad start this season. He always seems to have negative comments about Man United, and the media love him for some reason.

Teja · Aug 20, 2021

Southampton like to press high, so similar tactics to Leeds from us I'd think. McFred in the middle, Pogba on the left.

I wonder if Sancho / Cavani will come in for James.

Adam-Utd · Aug 20, 2021

Chairman Steve said:
All set for JWP to slam in his annual free kick against us.

He's just signed a new deal too. Like Clockwork.

Red Royal · Aug 20, 2021

Teja said:
Southampton like to press high, so similar tactics to Leeds from us I'd think. McFred in the middle, Pogba on the left.

I wonder if Sancho / Cavani will come in for James.

Sancho yes, Cavani I doubt. But they would brick it if he comes on at half time after last season!!

DWelbz19 · Aug 20, 2021

Really hope Sancho starts. Buzzing for this one.

Loon · Aug 20, 2021

Don't care about pivots and presses and all that other crap. Just win and don't let last week's result be a damp squib.

chris123 · Aug 20, 2021

Kaos said:
Won't happen, but I'd like to see us trying a midfield 3 of Fred, VDB and Bruno, with Pogba on the left and Sancho on the right.

I think he'd probably go with McTominay rather than Fred in a scenario like this, but I don't think it's too far off. Strikes me as an easy way to play a more "attacking" set-up against weaker sides set up defensively. Most people would probably just want to see Pogba drop deeper, but until Rashford comes back I think playing VDB and Pogba together could be a nice solution.

PoTMS · Aug 20, 2021

Bets on which twunt will give away a cheap free kick on the edge of the box for Ward-Prowse to score from. I'm going with Lindelof.

RedDevil@84 · Aug 20, 2021

0-9. Bruno 4 goals. Sancho hatrick.

RedDevilRoshi · Aug 20, 2021

RedDevil@84 said:
0-9. Bruno 4 goals. Sancho hatrick.

Thats 7

GreenFieldsGoldenBarley · Aug 20, 2021

RedDevilRoshi said:
Thats 7

Martial and Greenwood. Pogba with 6 assists and Souness chokes on his toupee live on TV after the game

Escobar · Aug 20, 2021

Ole will start the same XI imo, Sancho for James might be the exception

VP89 · Aug 20, 2021

Red Royal said:
Would be very happy to contribute to Ralph Hassenhuttl getting off to a bad start this season. He always seems to have negative comments about Man United, and the media love him for some reason.

What negative things has he said?

RDCR07 · Aug 20, 2021

The United of the past few years would absolutely smash one game and then either tie or lose the next one to bring everyone back down to earth. One step forward and two steps back. Let’s see if we have taken that next step and if we can continue this momentum up until the international break and go 3 for 3.

Olecurls99 · Aug 20, 2021

VP89 said:
What negative things has he said?

He had a go at us for celebrating after a last minute winner and I think he had a few cheeky words after they had their last minute equaliser the year before. Definitely something in it

TrustInJanuzaj · Aug 20, 2021

I’m really excited for this. Wish it was on tomorrow really as the Leeds game has just given the club such a feel good factor. Hope we can carry it on this weekend and put a poor Southampton team to the sword. Hoping Sancho starts and looks the part and I’d love to see Varane play too!

OverratedOpinion · Aug 20, 2021

GreenFieldsGoldenBarley said:
Martial and Greenwood. Pogba with 6 assists and Souness chokes on his toupee live on TV after the game

"When you cost 220 million and ran over my cat 9 assists per game is what you expect from the boy."

RedDevil@84 · Aug 20, 2021

RedDevilRoshi said:
Thats 7

Not really bothered.

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