United (H) - Sun 2nd Oct, 14:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[birchwoodgingerste]

How on earth are people suggesting 3 at the back?

Why would Pep drop a midfielder?

Have we played 3 at the back since Lyon?

Its not 3 its 5 it maybe be tighter to combat there counter.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Its not 3 its 5 it maybe be tighter to combat there counter.

Semantics. Pep hasn’t played that way in years. It gives us less control of the football, further back on the pitch.

I reckon there’s 0% chance of 5 at the back on Sunday.

That’s before trying to work out which youth player would be at centre half.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Semantics. Pep hasn’t played that way in years. It gives us less control of the football, further back on the pitch.

I reckon there’s 0% chance of 5 at the back on Sunday.

That’s before trying to work out which youth player would be at centre half.

It happens quite a bit on here: people suggest bizarre formations so they can fit players in their team, rather than considering the football side of it. There's also an irrational and inate fear of United due to the past and their incredible run of luck at the Etihad recently.

As if Pep goes for some utterly alien formation which doesn't suit any of our players against a team well below us in terms of ability and at home too.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It happens quite a bit on here: people suggest bizarre formations so they can fit players in their team, rather than considering the football side of it. There's also an irrational and inate fear of United due to the past and their incredible run of luck at the Etihad recently.

As if Pep goes for some utterly alien formation which doesn't suit any of our players against a team well below us in terms of ability and at home too.

It’ll be partially to stop the threat of counter attacks and partly because we did it in 2016 to accommodate Aguero and Jesus into the same side. It also gives people something to moan about if he does pick a mad formation and we do lose.

If we stop Eriksen, we stop the rags. We don’t need more people in defence, we just need to keep the ball in the fridge and take enough of our chances.

 

[wolfie1988]

All that is needed in this game is for Pep not to be silly and remove our "legs" from the team. They have runners so we need to counteract that by playing our energy players Bernardo and Foden. God forbid he plays Mahrez, Grealish and Gundogan in the same side

 

[deano ou812]

All that is needed in this game is for Pep not to be silly and remove our "legs" from the team. They have runners so we need to counteract that by playing our energy players Bernardo and Foden. God forbid he plays Mahrez, Grealish and Gundogan in the same side

Have to agree Bernardo and foden are a must or Alvarez for his manic pressing and harrying..

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

Not arsed what the team is, just smash the scum

 

[dadnlad]

just hope Phillips gets 90 minutes
it's disgraceful an injured player isnt playing more

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

just hope Phillips gets 90 minutes
it's disgraceful an injured player isnt playing more

He’s only got a sore shoulder. He needs to person up.

 

[blue ranger]

Its not 3 its 5 it maybe be tighter to combat there counter.

As if Pep will change the way we play. It's about keeping the ball to prevent the counter attack. That's why Grealish will play.