The words deckchairs and titanic come to mind when I think about the lineup.
Champions League Group F
Villarreal 0:2 Manchester United
Estadio de la Cerámica
- Kick-off
- Tue, 23 November 2021 @ 5:45pm GMT
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I know the first change I’d make to United’s recent teams, but I don’t sense the same Ole-less set of coaching staff will be the ones to move on from De Gea.Likely to be more of the same, Ronaldo to save our blushes in the final 5 minutes.
To who?1-1 Villareal are nothing special, we will have some sort of bounce from the sacking, draw will be fine for our purposes.
Henderson for sure right now. He deserves a proper shot at it and we have nothing to lose by giving him it. By the end of the season, I at least want to know whether I am continuing with Henderson or looking to buy a new keeper.
De Gea absolutely has no future as a top level goalkeeper. He’s liable in every aspect of his game bar shot-stopping.
How we went from a position of strength with an in-form De Gea, Romero as an excellent #2 and Henderson developing nicely on loan to where we are now is embarrassing.Bit of hope for this one now.
Why? Do you think Carrick is actually going to change anything? He has been part of the problem.
Honestly, with the kind of mess this club is, I have no idea if anybody is really responsible for anything, but as the technical director of a major club, that is what Fletcher SHOULD be responsible for. In reality, I don't even know wtf he has been doing, if anything at all. Could be that he is just a guy who calls up potential recruits and tells them how nice United is. That really isn't what the extent of technical director's responsibilities should be though. Sigh
If you think the last few defeats have been embarrassing, imagine how it would have been without De Gea.
I mean, fecking hell
There is always a bounce. I have zero desire for Carrick but the next few games will now have a different outcome regardless. Probably not Chelsea though.
What do you mean there is always a bounce?
Whenever a manager is sacked/a new one comes in there’s always usually some sort of reaction and I’m pretty confident we’ll get a result in this game now. We would have lost with Ole.
The players have been listening to his voice as part of the failed regime. He is not the new Manager, just a face to front up for the next game. This does not lend itself to a "bounce".
In all seriousness, much of United’s frailties at the back stem from having a one-dimensional goalkeeper. He cannot confidently move and pass the ball when we are being pressed, he cannot distribute it accurately over distance, he is a non-entity when defending set pieces and has no natural inclination to rush out. The goals might not be directly contributable to De Gea, but they are a symptom of his lack of contribution. Would you want to be a defender in a team with David De Gea?If you think the last few defeats have been embarrassing, imagine how it would have been without De Gea.
I mean, fecking hell
De Gea hasn’t even been in good shot-stopping form over this run. We’d have conceded fewer with even average shot stopping too.2-2 draw this one. Donny should start and Sancho on the right. Just now though, we couldn’t beat the Dog and Duck sunday team so a draw would be a good result.Don't expect much different. Players who don't deserve to keep their place will continue to start.I should feel more excited about this after finally getting rid of Ole... but its Carrick and the rest of the same staff, so I don't expect any difference. At least I can go back to wanting us to win. With Ole here, you just knew that any win would mean he is safe to stay on and lead us nowhere. Such a sad state of affairs when you have to hope for a defeat bad enough that the board will decide to pull the plug on the manager, so at least that's over with. Not sure what hope we'll have for anything this season with them seemingly having no clue on what to do next.
I'll be optimistic for Uniteds future if we get Zidane as interim through the Ronaldo links and then bring in Ten Hag next summer. If our next full time manager is Pochettino or Rodgers, I'll be pessimistic about the club again. Wait and see I guess.
For this game... I dunno. What does Carrick know. He'll probably just pick the same as Ole, pretty sure Ole just trusted Carrick and McKenna and Phelan so I think all 4 would be equally shit.I would be more than happy with a draw. We're a mess even with Ole leaving (his staff continue so expect same kind of performances) and usually struggle against Spanish teams.We need to win. Not doing so puts extra pressure on the last match as all three will most likely be level on 8pts.
I expect Carrick will go 3 at the back in order to prepare for Chelsea. Outside of that, I really don’t see any ground breaking changes here. Certainly don’t see any kind of bounce.I hope Carrick isn't just an extension of Ole. Really hope he grows a pair and starts with Donny and Sancho, and we don't get more of this McFred nonsense.Dave
AWB, Lindelof, Harry, Shaw
Fred
Bruno, VDB
Sancho Rashford
RonaldoTime to rock the boat.
........... Henderson
Bissaka - Bailly - Maguire - Telles
Fernandes - Fred - Donny
Sancho - Ronaldo - LingardDave
Bissaka Bailly Maguire Telles
Bruno Donny Fred
Sancho Ronaldo RashfordI think this will go badly and our CL adventure will be over. I don’t see a reaction from removing the manager when the coaching staff are the same.This needs to be a statement match. A message to United fans that things are changing in a major way.
De Gea
AWB
Bailly
Lindelof
Telles
VDB
Bruno
Fred
Sancho
Lingard
Ronaldo (C)
VDB needs to start from here on out. We need to convince him to stick around and be an integral part of the midfield moving forward.@villain pressure is on!I hate it ffs, not sure how athletes cope with the pressure
hoping I get luckier than @Reditus
Slipped from 8th to 11th, gutted!
I had a shocker too, not sure how I held on to the top spot, i'm definitely losing it this week!
Slipped from 8th to 11th, gutted!
Bloody Carrick
Who knows what he'll come out with!
Could be a total shake up to send a message or it could be a carbon copy of a Ole line-up.Carrick and co won't take any risks, they'll go mostly with the standard Ole 11 bar the inclusion of VdB surely, hopefully we'll nick a point.
De Gea
AWB Lindelof Bailly Shaw
VDB Fred
Sancho Bruno Martial
Ronaldo
Far from ideal. I'd love to see AWB and Shaw dropped but the magnitude of the game means that'd be suicidal.
If he’s still here in a fortnight, fine, complain then. But it’s nonsensical to complain when we sacked our manager on Sunday and the team are travelling abroad 24 hours later. Who else are we getting in at that notice?
There'll be something different for sure, I think Donny starts - only questions are the formation and whether its Rashford or McTominay/Matic who's dropped for him - my bet is McTominay right now. But we'll see.Bloody Carrick Who knows what he'll come out with!
Could be a total shake up to send a message or it could be a carbon copy of a Ole line-up.
Is Rashford injured??Carrick and co won't take any risks, they'll go mostly with the standard Ole 11 bar the inclusion of VdB surely, hopefully we'll nick a point.
Keep it simple, 4-4-2.
Definitely!Carrick's first real test.
Will he drop Shaw, Maguire and McT?
Are you being serious?
After Liverpool 5-0 and City 2-0 any sane club would have interim replacement lined up, terms agreed and ready to go short of signing. Spurs got Conte, permanent manager, immediately after 3-0 defeat with us, single horrible game, we had series of horrible games and didn't have even interim lined-up?
How can you possibly excuse this crap?- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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36%
David de Gea
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11%
Fred
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8%
Cristiano Ronaldo
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4%
Victor Lindelof
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2%
Bruno Fernandes
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1%
Juan Mata
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1%
Donny van de Beek
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1%
Alex Telles
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 307 ratings.
Score Predictions
70,77,75
- Man Utd win
- Villarreal win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 20% Villarreal 1:1 Man Utd
- 16% Villarreal 1:2 Man Utd
- 12% Villarreal 2:0 Man Utd
- 9% Villarreal 2:1 Man Utd
- 8% Villarreal 2:2 Man Utd
- 6% Villarreal 0:0 Man Utd
- 5% Villarreal 0:2 Man Utd
- 5% Villarreal 3:1 Man Utd
- 4% Villarreal 3:0 Man Utd
- 3% Villarreal 1:3 Man Utd
- 3% Villarreal 1:0 Man Utd
- 2% Villarreal 0:1 Man Utd
- 2% Villarreal 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Villarreal 4:1 Man Utd
- 1% Villarreal 5:0 Man Utd
- 1% Villarreal 0:3 Man Utd
- 0% Villarreal 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Villarreal 2:4 Man Utd
- 0% Villarreal 1:4 Man Utd
- 0% Villarreal 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Villarreal 0:5 Man Utd
- 0% Villarreal 3:2 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Villarreal
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 51% 49%
- Shots
- 13 11
- Shots on Target
- 3 6
- Corners
- 8 6
- Fouls
- 9 5
Referee
Dr. Felix Brych
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Bruno Fernandes
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replaced by Nemanja Matic
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replaced by Marcus Rashford
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replaced by Juan Mata
