Heaton and Henderson on the bench, maybe thinking of doing like Stuart Pearce with David James.
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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Overall not a bad line up.
Guess it gives us all another chance to marvel at how effortlessly Martial strolls around the place doing fcuk all.
The midfield is by far the biggest change, finally 3 in midfield that looks balanced.
Maybe because the obvious replacement (Matic) can't play 3 games a week and Pogba is injured.
Bruno also hadn't had a single shot on target in 12 games apparently. Not sure how true this is but if it is he deserves benching.
Our midfield options are dire. Truly truly dire.
There's also the fact that it's only a couple of days since the last game and we've Chelsea at the weekend.
I like that!This is pretty much how I think we'll progress with the ball.
1. Martial will drop deep and slightly inside to leave space for Telles on the left to overlap and to combine with him.
2. Sancho on the right will do the oppose to Martial. He'll hold width and AWB will tuck in and stay conservative/deeper to not block VdBs channel.
3. VdB will play more as a proper 10, or a 'free 8', more as a midfield three with McFred, rather than as a second striker as Ole played him. He'll probably have some freedom to hit the channel between Ronny and Sancho (esp. if Sancho stays wide).
4. Think Fred will stay in DM, McTominay will be more advanced. Standard '8' position.
5. Maguire will carry the ball past Fred at times if Fred is marked. McTominay playing a little higher will give him some space to run into.
6. Ronaldo will do Ronaldo shit. Siuuuuuu!
Agreed we have been leaking goals left, right and center, so here is hoping that there will be less distance between attack, midfield and defense. We will stay compact, trying to play through the lines, dribbling and quick short passes, instead of sitting extremely deep and trying to counter attack. Collective attacks and collective defending as a unit is what I am hoping for. Less turnovers should help defend better as well.Last edited by a moderator:Good to see Shaw and Bruno dropped. This will only help them regain their form. Would’ve liked VDB alongside Scot in midfield with maybe Lingard in front of them. Let’s see how this goes
And Mctomminey who just jogs around hiding behind players has? I repeat again, have you actually paid attention to Mctomminay's perfomances this year? It's like with playing with 10 players, he is hardly involved even in physical duels, let alone anything that involves playing decent football.I need to go out shortly and will miss the game, which is probably a good thing for my health.
I can't believe it, they've stuck with McFred again. Ole's coaches should have gone with him; Ole didn't coach the team. Put the Under 23s manager in for tonight then sort out a manager; leaving Ole's useless coaching team in place changes nothing.
What an embarrassing shambles the people running this club are. They can't even sack someone properly.
At least VDB, Telles and Martial are getting a chance. God knows how the game will go; we are a rudderless ship.
It's slim pickings, that's for sure.
No idea who the manager will be by the time January comes around, but hopefully the new football/technical team (Murtough & Fletcher) have started tapping up central midfielders.Only got 7 in the line up..
Lowest yet
Pleased DVB starts . And Sancho
Wasnt going with. McFred.Scholes gone in on Carrick, McKenna and Phelan apparently.Well, he picked McFred again. It was to be expected as I think the reason why Ole chose McFred was Carrick.
DVDB is in there, though. So that's a plus.
Basically, he replaced:
- Bruno with VDB
- Rashford with Martial
He's not eligible.
Correct. It's an unforgivable circus yet again from the Glazers and Woodward. Bastards.
Those 3 coaches need to be dismissed asap.
Agree to disagree, this discussion isn't going anywhere mate.Wes Brown looking good on MUTV.Hope Carrick gives Amad a few minutes tonight. Might as wellI'd have liked this line up better if it was not against Villarreal who are just going to sit back and soak up. That midfield is more balanced but is also lacking in firepower. Too many "safe" playing players out there who'd keep engaging in short exchanges. Bruno should have started just to make it more dynamic with his creative passes though I'd like for him to be dropped in bigger games against the likes of Chelsea wherein we may want more control on the ball.
Obviously not.
Agreed, he's spot on.
You are not the only one - I think he has been dreadful and should be transfer listed.
He is a good bench option, though.Mates, I've been having such a bad day at work and normally when that happens, the team does even worse. Hope life and Martial prove me wrong.
I would like to think that Carrick playing a 4-3-3 would be telling scott you cant just sit there and hide next to your holding partner like he does many a time when they play that 4-2-3-1/4-2-4 abomination. You've either got to put in a real shift as a DM if hes the deepest of the three, or if hes going to be on the right side of the midfield to actually fulfill his box to box role
or maybe it's just the typical 4-2-3-1 again and he'll be shit.
Why is this game on so early?Martial due a masterclass. It’s been far too long
They didn't sit back and soak up at OT. No way they're doing it at home.Have we signed Cappuccino as our manager yet?
Gives us more time to come to terms with it before bed.
He's all froth and no caffeine.
Because someone scheduled it to that time.Hoping its 433 at least, firm up the midfield and we should stand a decent chance.Hargreaves on BT still reckons Lingard deserves a chance.... seriously don't understand how anyone can still be of this opinion.
Why is Pogba injured so much...
Its also about cohesion. Nobody really knows the true level of some of our players right now. A change in system is probably more important than the personnel.Interesting to see Martial in
Fair enough.
I just want to ask you, do you think Scott's performances over the last year or so warrant him a starting place in a top10 premierleague side? He is not starting for Scotland in midfield, so what makes him a Manchester United midfield starter?
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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
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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
