Manchester United (A) - Sat 6 Nov 12:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[Nihilist]

Lindelof might be injured....might scupper their 3 at the back plan, fingers crossed.

who cares , lindelof is trash

 

[domalino]

who cares , lindelof is trash

I literally explained that in the second half of the comment you quoted, but if you want the longer version -What do these results all have in common?

20/21
City 2-5 Leicester
West Ham 1-1 City
Porto 0-0 City
Chelsea 1-0 City (FA Cup)
Chelsea 2-1 CIty
Brighton 3-2 City
Chelsea 1-0 City (CL final)

19/20
City 0-2 Wolves
Newcastle 2-2 City
Wolves 3-2 City
City 0-1 M. United
M. United 2-0 City
Arsenal 2-0 City (FA Cup)
Lyon 3-1 City (CL)


They're all games when the opposition played 3 at the back. 12 of our last 18 losses including ones that knocked us out of the last 2 FA Cups and Champions Leagues.

So I care if Lindelof is injured because really the last thing I want is to play United in the 3 at the back formation that Solksjaer put them into on Saturday.

And not only do we lose these games, but they're invariably the shittiest, most annoying losses because there's no space, no way to break them down.

Thank fuck we got a pretty lucky deflection in the Chelsea game the other week because it was the only way we were going to score.

United have beaten us playing 4 at the back, but that's normally been our fault (like Jesus giving away a penalty in the first few minutes and then everyone else just not turning up). When it's 352 we quite often play very well and still lose.

 

[Newman Noggs]

A shit team with a decent striker v a good team with no striker. Could go either way.

 

[I remember the kool kats]

Trust me on this one,,,,
drop kevin.

heres the team.
ederson,
walker dias stones zinchencho
cancelo rodri foden
jesus gundoghan grealish.

 

[Gundog’s Gundog]

I literally explained that in the second half of the comment you quoted, but if you want the longer version -What do these results all have in common?

20/21
City 2-5 Leicester
West Ham 1-1 City
Porto 0-0 City
Chelsea 1-0 City (FA Cup)
Chelsea 2-1 CIty
Brighton 3-2 City
Chelsea 1-0 City (CL final)

19/20
City 0-2 Wolves
Newcastle 2-2 City
Wolves 3-2 City
City 0-1 M. United
M. United 2-0 City
Arsenal 2-0 City (FA Cup)
Lyon 3-1 City (CL)


They're all games when the opposition played 3 at the back. 12 of our last 18 losses including ones that knocked us out of the last 2 FA Cups and Champions Leagues.

So I care if Lindelof is injured because really the last thing I want is to play United in the 3 at the back formation that Solksjaer put them into on Saturday.

And not only do we lose these games, but they're invariably the shittiest, most annoying losses because there's no space, no way to break them down.

Thank fuck we got a pretty lucky deflection in the Chelsea game the other week because it was the only way we were going to score.

United have beaten us playing 4 at the back, but that's normally been our fault (like Jesus giving away a penalty in the first few minutes and then everyone else just not turning up). When it's 352 we quite often play very well and still lose.

Interesting stats. How many games have we won in that period against 3 at the back ?

 

[Dirty Harry]

My guess at their line up (barring injuries) would be :-

De Gea
AWB
Slabhead
Varane
Lindalaff
Shaw
Fred
McTominey
(Forming a back/defensive 8, he’s kidding nobody).
Rat face
Cavani
Ronaldo

Can see how the game will be played out already, so up to us to put in a performance and TAKE OUR FUCKIN CHANCES !

 

[Nihilist]

I literally explained that in the second half of the comment you quoted, but if you want the longer version -What do these results all have in common?

20/21
City 2-5 Leicester
West Ham 1-1 City
Porto 0-0 City
Chelsea 1-0 City (FA Cup)
Chelsea 2-1 CIty
Brighton 3-2 City
Chelsea 1-0 City (CL final)

19/20
City 0-2 Wolves
Newcastle 2-2 City
Wolves 3-2 City
City 0-1 M. United
M. United 2-0 City
Arsenal 2-0 City (FA Cup)
Lyon 3-1 City (CL)


They're all games when the opposition played 3 at the back. 12 of our last 18 losses including ones that knocked us out of the last 2 FA Cups and Champions Leagues.

So I care if Lindelof is injured because really the last thing I want is to play United in the 3 at the back formation that Solksjaer put them into on Saturday.

And not only do we lose these games, but they're invariably the shittiest, most annoying losses because there's no space, no way to break them down.

Thank fuck we got a pretty lucky deflection in the Chelsea game the other week because it was the only way we were going to score.

United have beaten us playing 4 at the back, but that's normally been our fault (like Jesus giving away a penalty in the first few minutes and then everyone else just not turning up). When it's 352 we quite often play very well and still lose.

Cool story, Brighton played 3 at the back and we beat them 4-1 just 2 games ago.

 

[Nihilist]

A shit team with a decent striker v a good team with no striker. Could go either way.

Yeah, Cavani is pretty decent

 

[domalino]

Cool story, Brighton played 3 at the back and we beat them 4-1 just 2 games ago.

No one is saying we lose 100% of the games we play against 352.

I'm pointing out that the overwhelming majority of our important defeats in the past 2 seasons have been against 352.

If you can't see the difference or why that might be relevant I don't know what else to say.

 

[Ric]

Lindelof might be injured....might scupper their 3 at the back plan, fingers crossed.

I think he'd probably play Shaw as LCB and use Telles as wing back if Lindelof is out.