[sallycinnamin]

For pronouncing I am struggling so I just say Midgetland.

 

[Gerald G]

De Gea
McNair--Smalling--Blind--CBJ
Fellaini--Schneiderlin--Herrera
Pereira--Rooney--Memphis

subs: Romero, Love, Carrick, Weir, Mata, Martial, Keane

If McNair is injured then start Love or Varela (depending on fitness).​

 

[Nate Dogg]

Is this game live on ITV4/CH5?

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Is this game live on ITV4/CH5?

BT. They have all the european football.

 

[Nate Dogg]

BT. They have all the european football.

Alright, didn't know that-guess it saves us the embarrassment of being on CH5/ITV4.

 

[Mibabalou]

Can anyone quote me if they know how to watch this in USA.

Is it on fox sports or ESPN or am I gonna have to find a dodgy stream at work...

 

[Norris]

De Gea
Love/Varela--Smalling--Blind--CBJ
Fellaini--Carrick
Lingard--Mata--Martial
Rooney

His team selections don't really surprise me anymore. Not that I have been doing well with the predictor anyways.
Fellaini might be important here. Midgetland might need a ladder to challenge him aerially.

 

[Niall]

What happened to all the prior info, like history of the opposition, team news etc. I usually like reading that.

@Invictus adds it after the match thread is created. Patience, it's there now

 

[Bwuk]

De Gea
Love - Smalling - Blind - CBJ
Carrick - Morgan
Januzaj - Mata - Martial
Rooney​

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Some fans will be bringing this to the game, utterley ridiculous that the club is making fans pay that much to watch turgid football. Fair play to them.

 

[caisenma]

De Gea
Love - Smalling - Blind - CBJ
Carrick - Morgan
Januzaj - Mata - Martial
Rooney​

januzaj is not eligible to play in the tournament, even if he was fit.

probably lingard to play again, or maybe depay.

 

[Norris]

@Invictus adds it after the match thread is created. Patience, it's there now

Thank you. Fun read as always

 

[3KDré]

I don't think Martial needs a rest as some say he does, didn't Sterling play as many at his age? And Messi maybe? Neymar? Ronaldo? They all seem to be fine.

 

[Havak]

As far as I know, these guys are still out: Darmian, Jones, Varela, Rojo, Januzaj, Young, Schweinsteiger, Valencia, and Shaw. It's hard to see if we could really rest anyone in preparation for Arsenal but...

de Gea
Love McNair Blind Borthwick-Jackson
Schneiderlin Herrera
Pereira Fellaini Memphis
Keane
---
Romero; Smalling; Carrick, Lingard, Mata; Rooney, Martial​

That's probably the only way to rest Smalling, Carrick, Mata, Rooney, Martial (and I suppose Lingard) for the Arsenal game. The side might look a little weak, even for such an opponent. However, we'd still have a return leg to fix this if we were to lose and I'm sure we can at least score an away goal over there even if we have one of our worst performances.

Edit: Just realised it's FA Cup weekend already, we play Arsenal the weekend after.

 

[jderbyshire]

Is McNair injured? Wasn't in the squad v Sunderland.

 

[Mike09]

As far as I know, these guys are still out: Darmian, Jones, Varela, Rojo, Januzaj, Young, Schweinsteiger, Valencia, and Shaw. It's hard to see if we could really rest anyone in preparation for Arsenal but...

de Gea
Love McNair Blind Borthwick-Jackson
Schneiderlin Herrera
Pereira Fellaini Memphis
Keane
---
Romero; Smalling; Carrick, Lingard, Mata; Rooney, Martial​

That's probably the only way to rest Smalling, Carrick, Mata, Rooney, Martial (and I suppose Lingard) for the Arsenal game. The side might look a little weak, even for such an opponent. However, we'd still have a return leg to fix this if we were to lose and I'm sure we can at least score an away goal over there even if we have one of our worst performances.

Edit: Just realised it's FA Cup weekend already, we play Arsenal the weekend after.

That backfour is so risky. McNair, Love and CBJ are just inexperience player. I will play the same backfour against Sunderland but McNair will be my right back instead. I'll rest Carrick. We ain't messing around in Europe League, so I will play both Martial and Rooney again. Midtjylland cannot be underestimated. We all know what happen if we play too many U21 players against MK Dons last season.

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

Some fans will be bringing this to the game, utterley ridiculous that the club is making fans pay that much to watch turgid football. Fair play to them.

Only 800 fans going so it's around £40k total increase on normal costs, don't really see why the Danish club have bothered, is it really worth all the negative press? It's not like they can buy a new player with all that extra cash or something is it?

I seriously reckon that our club should refund our loyal travelling fans the difference (out of Memphis's wages ) IMO. Then when the FC Midgitland fans come to us we should charge them 350% higher prices for their tickets too!

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

Can anyone quote me if they know how to watch this in USA.

Is it on fox sports or ESPN or am I gonna have to find a dodgy stream at work...

On Fox - from site:
TUNE IN FS2 AT 1:00PM ET FEB 18, 2016

 

[Planky]

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...e=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=ManUtd

TRAVELLING SQUAD TO FACE FC MIDTJYLLAND

De Gea, Romero, Love, McNair, Smalling, Blind, Poole, Riley, Carrick, Herrera, Schneiderlin, Lingard, Pereira, Weir, Mata, Memphis, Martial, Keane.

 

[ZupZup]

So... Rooney is injured and hasn't travelled.

Martial in the middle and a run out for Memphis on the left?!

 

[Stobzilla]

De Gea

Love/Riley
Smalling
McNair
Blind

Herrera
Schneiderlin

Lingard
Mata
Memphis

Martial

I'd say, can't see both Love and Riley getting first starts together.

 

[Rolandofgilead]

That is a young squad.

 

[Danny Boi]

I know we have a lot of injuries and it's good to give the young players a chance but 8 youth players in an 18 man squad is too much.We have the same number of senior outfield players as we do academy players.Our squad depth is appalling and really needs to be addressed in the summer, particularly by replacing the likes of Jones and Rojo with players that can actually stay fit.

 

[RedDF]

Ddg, McNair, smalling, Carrick, blind, Morgan, Herrera, Pereira, lingard, Memphis, martial

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

So do I get all my money back from the line-up prediction if poole or Riley are picked?

 

[Devil may care]

Obviously the first noticeable absence is Rooney but where is CBJ?

I'd rather Pereeira got a start than Memphis.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

No Rooney or CBJ...

 

[ZupZup]

Ddg, McNair, smalling, Carrick, blind, Morgan, Herrera, Pereira, lingard, Memphis, martial

Carrick at centre back with Smalling? I actually quite like that idea and that line-up...

 

[LawCharltonBest]

Serious question..

Why aren't we taking the Europa League seriously? Surely it's now our best shot at CL qualification? It's really confusing me.

 

[RedDF]

Carrick at centre back with Smalling? I actually quite like that idea and that line-up...

Yea and that team really should beat mytjilland or whatever their name is

 

[Ventura]

So who's our fullbacks? Could be Blind Love, but then who's at CB ... McNair Smalling I guess. And this must be the sort of opposition Memphis will be able to handle. Hopefully Pereira will at least get a few minutes. A start would be good actually.

 

[ZupZup]

Serious question..

Why aren't we taking the Europa League seriously? Surely it's now our best shot at CL qualification? It's really confusing me.

I think we are taking it seriously. The only player who I think we haven't put in the squad for anything other than an injury/fitness issue is maybe Fellaini? That could be a discipline reason as I know there were stories the other day about a nightclub altercation...

 

[CM]

Seems daft to omit Borthwick-Jackson from the squad. Has Rooney been left out too or is he injured?

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

De Gea
Love Smalling McNair Blind
Morgan Herrera
Lingard Pereira Martial
Memphis​

 

[ZupZup]

Seems daft to omit Borthwick-Jackson from the squad. Has Rooney been left out too or is he injured?

I heard yesterday evening that Rooney is injured and will be out for a few weeks (maybe more!)

At the time I was sceptical as you never know when people claim to have any inside info... but now I'm thinking it's maybe legit

 

[Red_Beans]

I think we will miss Fellaini, don't these score plenty from set pieces?

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

Seems daft to omit Borthwick-Jackson from the squad. Has Rooney been left out too or is he injured?

Perhaps LvG reads this blog: http://www.unitedrant.co.uk/data/data-rant-cameron-borthwick-jackson/

 

[Zoo]

Please start Pereira.

 

[jderbyshire]

Think this could be the line-up, then:

De Gea
Love Smalling McNair Blind
Carrick Schneiderlin
Lingard Mata Memphis
Martial
​

Chance for Memphis to step-up.

Imagine if we had Blind and Love playing centre back. Blind Love. Get it? Blind Lo... oh forget it.

 

[Gentleman Jim]

Midgetland are not too bad a team. If this goes wrong LVG will have reached new lows of misjudgment.
Having said that perhaps we should wait for the presser to see how much the squad selection was imposed on him?