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

[lasereyes]

We're overdue a league win against them. Even though our recent record against them isn't great, we tend to win when it really matters and we've only lost one of the last six at Old Trafford. Think Gundogan should start this one, although not sure who I'd drop for him. De Bruyne is badly out of sorts but you'd always start him in the biggest games.

Grealish. I'd like to see Foden on the left running at the Scum defence as he did at Anfield

 

[Briggs1969]

Not optimistic.

And with good reason to be fair.

Just said on the Palace post match thread.

I feel like derbies under Pep have become a game where we gift the Rags 3 points.

Final Whistle we get to see Pep chasing Noddy down the touchline trying to dry hump him.

Weird team selections, and with them tactics, to make the Rags look like peak 70s Brazil.

Be nice if we picked a team to play to out strengths this weekend, and turn up.

Bobby Manc should be brought back for derbies :-)

Agree with this. Pep please just play our best side and no resting Foden, Silva etc!

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I would consider Zinchenko at left back. I know Cancelo has been good, apart from yesterday, but if out back four are all right footed we can look unbalanced and less fluent because the left sided players are coming inside more with their passing, taking an extra touch or two.

 

[come-on-barney]

I would consider Zinchenko at left back. I know Cancelo has been good, apart from yesterday, but if out back four are all right footed we can look unbalanced and less fluent because the left sided players are coming inside more with their passing, taking an extra touch or two.

We look much better with Zinnybat left back.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Steffen

Walker
Stones
Dias
Cancelo

Rodri
Kdb
Bernardo

Jesus
Foden
Grealish

 

[kaz7]

Fucking hell there are 28 games to go. A lot of the posts I’ve read today are unbelievably knee jerk three weeks ago we were the best team in the countray.

Did you mean to quote me ? I am just complaining about the time !

 

[NeilMcnabTwoFooted]

Not optimistic.

And with good reason to be fair.

Just said on the Palace post match thread.

I feel like derbies under Pep have become a game where we gift the Rags 3 points.

Final Whistle we get to see Pep chasing Noddy down the touchline trying to dry hump him.

Weird team selections, and with them tactics, to make the Rags look like peak 70s Brazil.

Be nice if we picked a team to play to out strengths this weekend, and turn up.

Bobby Manc should be brought back for derbies :-)

sad to say, this is my thoughts exactly, for all Peps exceptional abilities as manager, far too many reasons that dross from trafford and their garden gnome manager have beaten us, it’s frankly unacceptable, and i’d love to have Mancini flown in to manage us in these Derby’s, it drives me mad because they are garbage & if we play to the best of our abilities and pep doesn’t overthink things we should brush them aside with ease, c’mon Pep lad sort it out saturday ffs!

 

[Nihilist]

Should actually be an easy game this one , use our best 11 , keep Cavani and Ronaldo isolated up front like we did Lukaku and Wener , put massive pressure on their mistake-prone defense and you just know they're going to fk up like they did in almost every game they played this season.
Key will be our players not having a day off , the way we kept Chelsea (a better team than Manure) from having shots on target should not be impossible to do against a team with a midtable midfield.

 

[BolinCell]

Nial Quinn probably get his head on some of Mahrez's shots

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

thought Cancelo was shit yesterday and tbh apart from a few games last season he doesn’t impress me as a left back. Zinchenko gives the team more balance. Whoever plays we need to stuff them fuckers good and proper.