Manchester United 0:1 Arsenal

soapythecat · Nov 1, 2020

Arteta won’t set up to allow us to attack. A win at OT is a relatively easy task: sit deep and tight and hit us on the counter. We need to score first to open the game up.
Arteta has a good record against Ole. 0-0 or 0-1 Arsenal win.

Web of Bissaka · Nov 1, 2020

Bwuk said:
He wouldn’t be playing.

True but just in case sudden injuries happen again to our usual suspects.

Cantona'sCollar said:
Weirdest post of the year goes to

Oh come on. Maybe do some serious thinking first. Given the ability to think but don't want to use it...

Maguire was last week (or 2/3 weeks ago?) injured and missed a game, and then we play him in every games after that. Is he totally fit? doubt it, but he soldiered on like always kudos. Axel also have a track record of sudden injuries.. even during warming up. AWB play so many games now, possibility of getting injured is there (last season he even suddenly get injured early in the season). Then there's Shaw.. we know how he is, and with Telles confirmed missing. How is Williams form again? not really that good isn't it, a poor choice to face pacy team.

Confirmed
RB: Wan-Bissaka
CB: Axel, Maguire, Lindelof
LB: Shaw
FB: Williams

Litch · Nov 1, 2020

Must admit, want to beat Arsenal more than any other team this season.....

hubbuh · Nov 1, 2020

Web of Bissaka said:
True but just in case sudden injuries happen again to our usual suspects.

Oh come on. Maybe do some serious thinking first. Given the ability to think but don't want to use it...

Maguire was last week (or 2/3 weeks ago?) injured and missed a game, and then we play him in every games after that. Is he totally fit? doubt it, but he soldiered on like always kudos. Axel also have a track record of sudden injuries.. even during warming up. AWB play so many games now, possibility of getting injured is there (last season he even suddenly get injured early in the season). Then there's Shaw.. we know how he is, and with Telles confirmed missing. How is Williams form again? not really that good isn't it, a poor choice to face pacy team.

Confirmed
RB: Wan-Bissaka
CB: Axel, Maguire, Lindelof
LB: Shaw
FB: Williams

So what's your point? We desperately need TFM because we're probably going to suffer an injury?

Maciej · Nov 1, 2020

Litch said:
Must admit, want to beat Arsenal more than any other team this season.....

Why is that?

IAmAWinner · Nov 1, 2020

We'll smash them. We're better in every area. I'm very relaxed about this game.

Beans · Nov 1, 2020

De Gea
AWB Lind McGuire Shaw
McT
Fred Pogba
Bruno
Green Beans

RedPed · Nov 1, 2020

Litch said:
Must admit, want to beat Arsenal more than any other team this season.....

Maciek said:
Why is that?

I also admit I'm with @Litch on this. It's because it's Arsenal. It's the Arteta thing and the free pass he gets even though Solskjaer is doing a better job than him. It's those insufferable fans. It's the meltdowns you want to see. It's about wanting to see them implode. It's about going above them in the table. It's about giving them 3 Ls on the bounce. It's about maintaining their poor record against the top 6 sides and their record at Old Trafford.

It's everything about that club. I hate them.

Maciej · Nov 1, 2020

RedPed said:
I also admit I'm with @Litch on this. It's because it's Arsenal. It's the Arteta thing and the free pass he gets even though Solskjaer is doing a better job than him. It's those insufferable fans. It's the meltdowns you want to see. It's about wanting to see them implode. It's about going above them in the table. It's about giving them 3 Ls on the bounce. It's about maintaining their poor record against the top 6 sides and their record at Old Trafford.

It's everything about that club. I hate them.

Well, that's nothing special.

You're going to write something like this ahead of Liverpool, Chelsea and City game, too. Right?

Let's not compare who we want to beat more - let's beat 'em!

Santoryo · Nov 1, 2020

NJM78 said:
Will be five in a row including our final home league game of last season. I pray he doesn't revert to Mata, James etc and set up like v Chelsea.

Actually it's already 5 games in a row. We didn't win our last 2 games last season at home(draws against Southampton and West Ham).

JJ12 · Nov 1, 2020

Part of me wants us to set up the same way as them and just beat them with better talent.

But I also love the diamond.

The first game we played against Arteta we were missing a few players and they constantly out numbered us down their left flank - a tactic Ole never adjusted to.

Interesting encounter. I hope it’s not like Chelsea, there for the taking but being too cautious.

Thepinhead · Nov 1, 2020

Could see Axel starting this one to counter Aubameyangs speed. Maybe Cavani will start as well.

Judas · Nov 1, 2020

We should win, and that's sadly the danger with us. I'll be really disappointed if we can't beat Arsenal at home, and once again there will be a lot of serious questions asked.

Adisa · Nov 1, 2020

Time to start putting points on the board.

Inigo Montoya · Nov 1, 2020

Judas said:
We should win, and that's sadly the danger with us. I'll be really disappointed if we can't beat Arsenal at home, and once again there will be a lot of serious questions asked.

Looks like you’ve already started

Inigo Montoya · Nov 1, 2020

Adisa said:
Time to start putting points on the board.

A win for Nobby!

Judas · Nov 1, 2020

Inigo Montoya said:
Looks like you’ve already started

I think we'll win, pretty relaxed. But I feel like this is how I always feel before we play this lot at home.

Certainly expect a much better performance than the last time they came to OT.

Inigo Montoya · Nov 1, 2020

Judas said:
I think we'll win, pretty relaxed. But I feel like this is how I always feel before we play this lot at home.

Certainly expect a much better performance than the last time they came to OT.

We should have seen that one out if it wasn’t for some casual play by Axel.
But you have to expect that from gifted ball playing cbs

jderbyshire · Nov 1, 2020

UNITED ACADEMY said:
Arteta is going to sit back and very deep. I don’t see playing 5 defenders will be effective enough against such a team. It has to be 442 diamond or 4231.

Mark Goldbridge "is hearing" that we're gonna play this midfield/attack:

McTominay Fred
Mata Fernandes Rashford
Greenwood

I hope not, though.

I would go with the diamond again like you say and dominate the midfield, attack them.

Leftback99 · Nov 1, 2020

Some of the most disappointing results in recent seasons have been the failure to beat average Arsenal sides.

Its about time we got a result against them but I'm not as confident as the predictions here. They have a knack of doing just enough against us. Bookies also give us less than 50% chance of winning.

No Idea For Nickname · Nov 1, 2020

8-0
Rashford x2, Greenwood, Cavani x2, Bruno F., DVB, Maguire.

Bruno on TV: "We saw some weirdo Aftv guy, saying we should be afraid of them, so I asked boss about biggest win against them...so... There you go"

Robbie: "Ty, you absolute bellend"
Ty: "I was right, cheating Manc cnuts, they should have been afraid of us, they weren't and this is what happened. If they were afraid, cheating Neville cnuts, we would have won it."

hubbuh · Nov 1, 2020

Maciek said:
Well, that's nothing special.

You're going to write something like this ahead of Liverpool, Chelsea and City game, too. Right?

Let's not compare who we want to beat more - let's beat 'em!

I enjoy beating Liverpool and Arsenal more than I do City and Chelsea. There's something extra special about it.

jamesjimmybyrondean · Nov 1, 2020

No Idea For Nickname said:
8-0
Rashford x2, Greenwood, Cavani x2, Bruno F., DVB, Maguire.

Bruno on TV: "We saw some weirdo Aftv guy, saying we should be afraid of them, so I asked boss about biggest win against them...so... There you go"

Robbie: "Ty, you absolute bellend"
Ty: "I was right, cheating Manc cnuts, they should have been afraid of us, they weren't and this is what happened. If they were afraid, cheating Neville cnuts, we would have won it."

Really?

MyOnlySolskjaer · Nov 1, 2020

Samid said:
The gang

David de Gea, Dean Henderson, Nathan Bishop; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Axel Tuanzebe, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw, Brandon Williams; Scott McTominay, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, Donny van de Beek, Fred, Bruno Fernandes, Juan Mata; Daniel James, Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, Edinson Cavani

Good stuff, no surprise injuries.

MyOnlySolskjaer · Nov 1, 2020

jderbyshire said:
Mark Goldbridge "is hearing" that we're gonna play this midfield/attack:

McTominay Fred
Mata Fernandes Rashford
Greenwood

I hope not, though.

I would go with the diamond again like you say and dominate the midfield, attack them.

Could be:

McTominay Fred
Mata Bruno
Greenwood Rashford

RedIan · Nov 1, 2020

jderbyshire said:
Mark Goldbridge "is hearing" that we're gonna play this midfield/attack:

McTominay Fred
Mata Fernandes Rashford
Greenwood

I hope not, though.

I would go with the diamond again like you say and dominate the midfield, attack them.

And he also said midweek for the champs league that Mctom was a definite starter as he was in the press conference with ole.... so thats one i got wrong in my 11.

Delano · Nov 1, 2020

Cagey game on the cards here.

Arteta will bring his bus and try and hit us on the counter. The ability of our midfield to create chances will decide the game.

Robbie Boy · Nov 1, 2020

I have faith he'll go with the right lineup today and we'll get a good win. Hopefully no more of the over cautious stuff we saw against Chelsea.

groovyalbert · Nov 1, 2020

So important to score first. If they're able to park it, we're going to really struggle.

Deery · Nov 1, 2020

Anyone else feeling confident about this one?

Think we can definitely get the win today and should be an exciting game to boot.

Come on United!

CM · Nov 1, 2020

I don't think the diamond is a long-term answer for us but we should use it today. It gets our best players on the pitch, if we play as we did against Leipzig our midfield should dominate theirs.

BluesJr · Nov 1, 2020

CM10 said:
I don't think the diamond is a long-term answer for us but we should use it today. It gets our best players on the pitch, if we play as we did against Leipzig our midfield should dominate theirs.

If it allows us to get our best players on the pitch why shouldn’t it be a long term solution?

TJ Reid · Nov 1, 2020

RedPed said:
I also admit I'm with @Litch on this. It's because it's Arsenal. It's the Arteta thing and the free pass he gets even though Solskjaer is doing a better job than him. It's those insufferable fans. It's the meltdowns you want to see. It's about wanting to see them implode. It's about going above them in the table. It's about giving them 3 Ls on the bounce. It's about maintaining their poor record against the top 6 sides and their record at Old Trafford.

It's everything about that club. I hate them.

That’s a bit harsh

CM · Nov 1, 2020

BluesJr said:
If it allows us to get our best players on the pitch why shouldn’t it be a long term solution?

Because ignoring the right side of the pitch for another decade probably isn't a viable tactic

ThatsGreat · Nov 1, 2020

Not feeling confident about this. Maybe if Arteta plays a low block.

Shark · Nov 1, 2020

Even though it's Arsenal and they're at least a decent team, failure to win here will look really bad. We really need to start getting points on the board.

Schneiderman · Nov 1, 2020

Really don't think Arsenal are that good. Arteta's made them a bit more solid and that's about it. Comfortable 2-0

GenZRed · Nov 1, 2020

jderbyshire said:
Mark Goldbridge "is hearing" that we're gonna play this midfield/attack:

McTominay Fred
Mata Fernandes Rashford
Greenwood

I hope not, though.

I would go with the diamond again like you say and dominate the midfield, attack them.

Don't take him too seriously tbh. I don't anymore after the way he gloated that Sancho was practically on his way to Man United.

At least now I can do better things with my time then stare at my computer listening to him talk nonsense.

tomaldinho1 · Nov 1, 2020

Arteta has got a lot of flak on here, mostly because people seem riled up that Ole gets more criticism than him but he's done well steadying that ship and they've easily had one of the hardest starts to the PL. It's hardly a poor job by Arteta that's he's lost in tight games to City, Pool and Leicester. We should win but it will be a slog unless we get a peno early!

Shane88 · Nov 1, 2020

Arsenal's fresh legs will make all the difference.

We had an intense CL game mid-week with the full first team, they got to rest everyone for a nothing EL match.

European hangover performance incoming.

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