The players have had three months off so no need to rest anyoneGot to expect some rotation here but I think Norwich will go first XI as they know they’re down in the league so might as well chuck the lot in for the cup.
Romero
Dalot Bailly Maguire Williams
Fred McTominay
Greenwood Mata James
Ighalo
Can see him having most of the usual starters on the bench but he’ll want the guys who’ve hardly played since we came back to get some minutes.
Not a fan of that starting XI but hard to tell what he’s going to do
The players have had three months off so no need to rest anyone
No need to make that many changes.We’ve got another game Tuesday. We have to rotate.
And score the winner. Was he supposed to do that too?Thats what he's supposed to do
fecking right!And score the winner. Was he supposed to do that too?
Why is Krul at Norwich? He seems like a really great keeper, at least against us he keeps making nearly impossible saves. Canaries fought hard and made us look pedestrian. Oh well. Onwards.
He looked exhausted about 70 minutes. He is great to have on the pitch because he wants to attack attack attack always, and whenever the goal opens up he shoots. I think it's good for the rest of the players to feel less pressure when they shoot. I think he's a brilliant player. He didn't really shine beyond the others out there today though, maybe everyone was a little tired. He had an off day.From what I could see Fernandes was a class above everyone else.
I agree, we cannot be taking such backward steps. That said I can see O-Dog's point, Smalling is likely (to a degree) a victim of the shit show that was United for a number of years, he is and always was a good professional but what is done is done.Smalling is not the answer to this teams problems he needs to be sold along with Jones they’ve had their chances we have to move forward and going back to Smalling is moving backwards.
I just thought whenever he got on the ball he looked a cut above. He knew what he wanted to do. Ok it didn't always come off but he'd have a picture in his mind. He'd take a touch to buy himself time on the ball. He never looked rushed or pressured.He looked exhausted about 70 minutes. He is great to have on the pitch because he wants to attack attack attack always, and whenever the goal opens up he shoots. I think it's good for the rest of the players to feel less pressure when they shoot. I think he's a brilliant player. He didn't really shine beyond the others out there today though, maybe everyone was a little tired. He had an off day.
I agree, we cannot be taking such backward steps. That said I can see O-Dog's point, Smalling is likely (to a degree) a victim of the shit show that was United for a number of years, he is and always was a good professional but what is done is done.
It is onwards and upwards under Ole. The rebuild is well underway, the club culture has been restored and there is great unity within the squad.
Ole has played some master strokes in this rebuild, no longer do we have players thinking they are bigger than the club, no longer do we have all the stupid and embarrassing social media. The players know the meaning of representing Manchester United and we are on our way back to the pinnacle of domestic and European football over the next couple of years.
Totally agree. He really is different class from the rest of 'em. He's also the type of player that makes everyone around him better because he always wants the ball, and you know his 1st and 2nd and maybe even 3rd choice option is going forwards. I love him.I just thought whenever he got on the ball he looked a cut above. He knew what he wanted to do. Ok it didn't always come off but he'd have a picture in his mind. He'd take a touch to buy himself time on the ball. He never looked rushed or pressured.
The spaces those 3 are taking should go to academy players. We don't need 3 alternate CBs on crazy money. We have our 2 starters (Maguire, Lindelof), 1 alternate starter (Bailly), then 2 academy players. The academy needs to do better if those academy players aren't up to snuff.Smalling is a solid squad player would have absolutely no problem with him being in the squad but to his credit when he was told he would be in that role this season he said he wanted to play so asked to leave. That's the sort of character you want your players to have to many have been happy sitting around old Trafford on big contracts not playing.
The issue at centre back really is Lindelöf for me is to similar to Maguire so they don't make a good pair both have the same weakness. The two lads who might blend with Maguire Bailly and Tuenzebe are still fairly inexperienced and also injury prone. I do think Bailly is on his last chance if he doesn't stay fit now we simply have to move on which means buying another centre back which will cost silly money. You can't rely on injury prone players you're always better off getting shot of them and buying guys who you can rely on to stay fit and healthy.
This summer Smalling, Jones and Rojo should all be getting moved on but with Covid that's unlikely to happen now but certainly all 3 players should be out somewhere on loan next season even if we can't sell them.
Young guy called Teden Mengi - already training with the first team. A very bright future indeed and sometimes you are worried about young guys and the physicality of moving into the first team - not this guy!As far as I know there's not much in the academy that looks first team ready in terms of centre back options so if we had injuries it would likely be someone like Matic stepping in as a centre back in an emergency.
Keeping Jones would be such a mistake for United. He's always injured and when he is healthy he's not good anyway. Move on. Give Tuanzebe those opportunities.If they don't trust Bailly they'll probably keep Jones around as he's unlikely to go anywhere and it'll be just hoping that one is fit when the other one is injured.
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