tjb
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I really want to see if he would be willing to play a 3 in midfield. Maybe we could also see a reversion to last season, where Matic drops deeper to create a 3 when building up from the back.
Sigh.Haha every time we started Matic every single team always sliced us up in the midfield and ended up dominating and creating a ton of chances.
The dude has no legs.
Good chance this is the reply of West Ham game. Sheffield will score early and then we will turn it around after half time.
Either way get ready for Sheffield dominating in the first half.
Ole is just beyond clueless.
Why? He's a squad level player and he's fulfilling his potential.Poor donny. His agent was absolutely right. He'd be better leaving asap.
Haha every time we started Matic every single team always sliced us up in the midfield and ended up dominating and creating a ton of chances.
The dude has no legs.
Good chance this is the reply of West Ham game. Sheffield will score early and then we will turn it around after half time.
Either way get ready for Sheffield dominating in the first half.
Ole is just beyond clueless.
No. He could pick 11 balon d'Or winners and still get flak.Is there a single 11 that Ole could pick without moaning galore on here? Seems like people want to moan for sake of it.
We don't win this game it's on the players not Ole. That team he's fielded is very strong. Nothing wrong with it. The front 6 from project restart and only Telles and Hendo as newbies.
This is on the players now. They match their effort and we will win barring a red card or disaster class from the officials.
Yup you're right, just 4 PL games in a row (Sheffield, Brighton, Bournemouth, Villa).With exception of Henderson and Telles, didn't we go on a run where we won a few games in a row by atleast 3 goals?
None, United v UnitedAnd at worst?
We've got a lot of games coming up and Leeds are bloody machines. Fred getting a rest makes sense as long as we get the pts tonight.Can’t really complain with the team. Would have gone with Fred over Matic myself.
??????Next time Ole talks about burnout with his players im switching off. If he can't rest players against teams like SU (no offence to them) then WTF is the point of having a squad?
This has all the makings of the plucky underdog getting a result.At the same time, our forwards will know his weaknesses at least. I’m clutching at straws here.
You're going to completely batter usTime to log off and endure this then. Enjoy
The prev game vs City and praising it as best performance against them reminded me of Mourinho's time.Old man Matic in midfield paired with Pogba. Reminds me of Mourinho's midfields.
Its safe to conclude at this point that Ole doesn't believe in rotation or ever resting anyone in defence.What is up with our center back substitutes? Where is Tuanzebe since the PSG game?
Wait. I just check. No CB at all, only Shaw.Tuanzebe, injured? Strange to not include a centre back on the bench..
Id happily let him go tooWe'll be gassed by January at this rate. If I was Donny, I'm handing my transfer request yesterday.
My opinion differs from yours. Scott and Fred should play as 2 in the games against better quality or pressing teams with Donny as 1st choice substitute.Why? He's a squad level player and he's fulfilling his potential.
Erm, he has continually chopped/rested and changed the team.Next time Ole talks about burnout with his players im switching off. If he can't rest players against teams like SU (no offence to them) then WTF is the point of having a squad?
Right after the January transfer window, against teams that didn't know how to play against us with Bruno in the team.That's the post-lockdown midfield where we looked like a good team for a while, right? Only changes to that whole 11 are Telles and Henderson.
Feel confident about this one.
BTW have we accepted the Cavani charge? If not, could we have, and this game would have counted towards the ban?
Possible, and I thought might be the case too. If that's the case, it's good man management.Few years back Dudek made a terrible mistake for Liverpool. Every body was calling for his head and wanted Kirkland to replace nim. After that particular game (can't remeber which one was it) Dudek was expected be dropped. Houlier gave him one more game where Dudek kept a clean sheet and then fot dropped. I wonder (i doubt IT anyhow) IT Ole is doing the same thing qith DDG here.
You know who we are play, right?Not a fan of the Matic Pogba midfield but hopefully we can scrape a win.
Yeah, I'm not saying it's the way to go, always. But I think this might work to our advantage tonight. At least we've got 3 midfielders on the bench if it's not working. And Fred gets a rest before being required to run non-stop for 90+ minutes against Leeds.Right after the January transfer window, against teams that didn't know how to play against us with Bruno in the team.
But opposition managers figured us out pretty quickly after that. The last 5 or 6 games were characterised by us consistently losing the midfield battle.
Pogba+Matic are not a press-resistant duo with patience in possession. But if we can prevent Sheffield from exploiting those weaknesses, United should be fine. On paper, Wilder doesn't have the players to do that.
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