If going with what worked before lockdown it should be Matic and Fred in the double pivot. McTominay hadn’t reasserted himself as a first choice pick when play was suspended.
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Tottenham Hotspur 1:1 Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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- Fri, 19 June 2020 @ 8:15pm BST
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Lockdown was a long time ago. We obviously need to pick the best team available now, not the best team available two and a half months ago.
I believe that is our best team to play Tottenham. Pogba can earn his place in the following game
Given how he has wanted away for a long time and been injured so much, I worry about how much Pogba will be "in" these next few games and everything that is at stake for United. Champions League qualification is absolutely vital for getting the kind of players (Sancho) this summer who the club wants in order to get back to the top. Pogba has been injured, or trained, this season, that's basically it, and with the break as well I wonder if he's going to get on the pitch and trot around and be sluggish, pulling out the odd brilliant pass. I know Fred and McTominay will get after the other team and compete properly in midfield with the kind of physicality that has been key in United's best performances this season.
Jack Grealish @ 00:29.
Bergwijn is a good talent from PSV who scored on his debut vs City. Kane has scored twice against us now.
i was just saying now Spurs’ best players are fully fit the odds are longer than what they were before lockdown as even without Rashford and Pogba we were bang on it and they were looking dire.As long as we do not have any good RW/ RF, i would prefer a 4-2-2-2 or a 4-4-2 diamond. But I think Ole will use the 4-2-3-1 or the 5-3-2
5-3-2
de Gea
Wan Bissaka - Bailly - Maguire - Shaw - William
McTominay
Pogba
Fernandes
Rashford
Martial
or 4-4-2
de Gea
Wan Bissaka - Bailly - Maguire - Shaw
McTominay
Fred Pogba
Fernandes
Rashford
Martial
or 4 - 2- 2-2
de Gea
Wan Bissaka - Bailly - Maguire - Shaw
Fred McTominay
Fernandes Pogba
Rashford
Martial
or 4 - 2-3-1
de Gea
Wan Bissaka - Bailly - Maguire - Shaw
Fred Pogba
Greenwood (James) Fernandes Rashford
Martial
He can't earn anything until he plays. Ole won't be making team choices based on pettiness about agents and that sort of thing. He'll be assessing who the best men for the job are in training. Maybe that will be Pogba, or maybe it won't.Someone should change the 'Next Game' banner on the home page, since the game is 6/19 not 3/15. Are fans allowed? Where is the game being played?We know how Mourinho will approach this and I think a midfield 3 of Pogba/Fernandes/one other might be a little risky
Think I'd start with Pogba and Fernandes in free roles. Jose will play 2 DM and it will free up space for a box to box player like Fred or McT. As the players tire the likes of James, Greenwood etc could really capitalise
think I'd start
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------------Fred--------Matic-------------
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----------Martial--Rashford-----------Right I've updated the match details so the kick-off is correct now. However, I still need to do some work to get the lineup prediction league working with 5 subs
Thanks Niall. Finally can submit my lineup!Right I've updated the match details so the kick-off is correct now. However, I still need to do some work to get the lineup prediction league working with 5 subs
Took your sweet timeRight I've updated the match details so the kick-off is correct now. However, I still need to do some work to get the lineup prediction league working with 5 subs
With Bruno in and the attack finally having a bit of quality, there isn't as much of a burden on Pogba to be the only creative outlet, so I don't see any reason why he wouldn't be able to function well in a deeper role like he did for France at the WC. We just need to get the defensive balance in the midfield right.
Did Dele Alli grow a mustache there?I strongly believe it's going to be a diamond
I think it'll be a pivot with Ole's usual formation of 4231. McTominay or Matic probably join Pogba in that pivot.
Diamonds are for teams with attacking fullbacks to provide the width. Our fullbacks are more defensive, so we should be playing a 4123, with the forwards providing the width in my opinion. Ole is possibly more likely to play 4213, but then again we've never seen him try and fit Pogba and Bruno into the same side so we don't know how we'll play that.
I'd say a pivot right now with Pogba in it is a bit risky to try against a tougher opponent. Then again it's what we played against Chelsea but that was after a full preseasonDiamond makes no sense with such lethargic full backs. Will be the normal pivot with pace on the wings.--------------Martial
Rashford--Bruno--James
------Pogba-------McTominay
Shaw-Maguire-Lindelof-AWB
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Greenwood, Ighalo, Fred, Matic, Mata, Williams, Bailly, Tuanzebe, RomeroLast edited:
Honestly even during Mou's time and Ole after him, every time we've had a full squad neither had hesitated to play Pogba in a pivot in big games. Ole has mostly come to deviate from the 4231 because he didn't have the full squad available but when everyone is fit he still favor the 4231.
Remember we played Chelsea at the start of the season with a pivot of Pogba and Scott while Lingard occupied that 10 spot. Ole kept that formation until we got ravaged by injuries so he needed a lot of tweek to make up for them.
Unlike what these boards seem to believe, managers(Jose or Ole) never had any problem playing Pogba in a 2 against the big sides, in fact it's their go to formation when everyone is fit and I don't see it changing. The difference I see that'll be between that Chelsea game at the start of the season(4-0 win) and the upcoming game against Tottenham will be Bruno replacing Perreira.
I actually think fitting Bruno and Pogba will be a piece of cake and seamless. It's basically that formation that thumped Chelsea at the start of the season but now you just replace Perreira with Bruno, the rest remains the same.Since their manager is Mou, their likeliest lineup...?
LlorisAlli is probably the only dangerman here, depending on who we pick at midfield. McT and it'll be fine. Fred or Matic and it'll be risky. AWB can handle Son. Doubt Son will be on their RW, to contain Rashford. Moura if he play and perform well may create problems to our left side of defense. James pace can create problems to Vertonghen.
Aurier -- Alderweireld -- Sanchez -- Vertonghen
Dier -- Sissoko
Lamela/Moura -- Dele Alli -- Son
Kane
This please:
De Gea
AWB - Lindelof - Maguire - Shaw
Fred
Bruno --- Pogba
Greenwood --------------------- Rashford
Martial
Subs - Williams, James, Ighalo
By the way, teams are allowed 5 subs.
I'd agree with most of that but I think he's more likely to go with McTominay and unlikely to start Greenwood against a Mourinho side so I'd say he'll start James for his pace.
You've got 5 subs for these Covid games btw. If you start Fred, would you not bring on McT for some energy in the last half an hour?
Last year's diamond vs Spurs with Rashford and Martial pushing high and wide at pace worked quite well so could be repeated.
Cant play without a proper DM when up against Kane, Son and Dele
This is the Premier League, not some school team where the best player is benched bacause he came late to practice last week. Pogba starts if he’s fit, he’s our best player, levels above all our other central midfielders even with his hands tied to his back.We’re potentially 6th for god’s sake, no more time to waste.- - - - - - - - - - De Gea - - - - - - - - - -
AWB - - Bailly - Maguire - - Shaw
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James - - - Martial - - - Rashford
Ighalo, Greenwood, McTominay, Lindelof and Williams subbed on.
Forgot about the 5 subs. McTominay and Mata so.
Would love to see this, yes. It'll more likely be James in place of Greenwood. Wouldn't be surprised to see something like a McT, Fred, Pogba, Bruno diamond either.So this is happening then. What a massive test for OGS.
I would favour Davies and Winks to start instead of Dier and Vertonghen.
Sanchez was not involved in their training match, so maybe he is injured and Vertonghen or Dier could play as center back alongside Toby. Lo Celso did not participate either, but if he is fit for the game, I assume he will start as he was Spurs´ best performer before the break, likely instead of Moura or Sissoko. Maybe even Ndombele could feature if he does well in training, from what I saw from the training match he looked a lot leaner and more agile than during the season.
His first real one to be fair.What's with the question marks about Pogba and Bruno being in the same lineup? It literally doesn't make sense.
Pogba has been one of the two central midfielders in the 4-2-3-1 formation with a number 10 ahead (Lingard, Pereira or Mata earlier in the season) and Bruno has played in the 10 role. So where's the issue? Pogba will obviously go beside Fred, McTominay or Matic and Bruno will continue in the 10 role.
De Gea
AWB--Lindelof--Maguire--Shaw
Matic--Pogba
James--Bruno--Rashford
Martial
Right side is weak going forward but I think initially I'd prefer to start James on the right away to Tottenham than Greenwood. I think that's slightly to adventurous. James tracks back better too and is a bigger threat on the counter.
Saw that mooted in the press too, How does that formation even work? I think it won't have enough width.
That's pretty much the team I expect to see now.
The width would have to come from Rashford and Martial pulling wide along with the fullbacks.
Although I can't see Ole going for it as it leaves little on the bench for midfield replacements.
Same here. I have no idea where it's coming from. It has left me scratching my head. I think some people just want to find any issue with having Pogba featuring in the line up for some odd reasons. There can't be any reasonable explanation as to why it's inconceivable to some people to have both Pogba and Bruno feature together in the team when it's the most natural thing to do given the manager preferred formation.
It's almost as if he bought Fernandes to improve a weak area of his first team.- Status
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- Man Utd win
- Tottenham win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 25% Tottenham 1:2 Man Utd
- 19% Tottenham 0:2 Man Utd
- 13% Tottenham 1:3 Man Utd
- 11% Tottenham 1:1 Man Utd
- 5% Tottenham 0:1 Man Utd
- 4% Tottenham 0:3 Man Utd
- 4% Tottenham 0:5 Man Utd
- 4% Tottenham 0:0 Man Utd
- 4% Tottenham 2:2 Man Utd
- 2% Tottenham 2:3 Man Utd
- 2% Tottenham 0:4 Man Utd
- 2% Tottenham 2:1 Man Utd
- 1% Tottenham 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% Tottenham 5:5 Man Utd
- 1% Tottenham 2:4 Man Utd
- 1% Tottenham 1:4 Man Utd
- 1% Tottenham 1:0 Man Utd
- 0% Tottenham 4:5 Man Utd
- 0% Tottenham 5:0 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Tottenham
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 39% 61%
- Shots
- 10 12
- Shots on Target
- 3 6
- Corners
- 7 6
- Fouls
- 17 18
Referee
Jonathan Moss
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Nemanja Matic
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replaced by Paul Pogba
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replaced by Eric Bailly
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replaced by Odion Ighalo
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replaced by Mason Greenwood
