Arsenal 1:2 Manchester United

Sammyjunn · Nov 22, 2014

Walters_19_MuFc said:
Wouldn't be much different if we played him LCB. I mean, he'd still have to move over to the left when defending, with the RWB covering at right back.

Alternative, no Blackett at all.

RedChip · Nov 22, 2014

SirAF said:
Whose idea was it to open ut the matchthread to newbies again?

Hey not all of us newbies are brainless nitwits, I will have you know. No sir!

DWelbz19 · Nov 22, 2014

Barthez said:
I really do think today maybe the turning point in our season

We've felt that way too many times this season. I'll believe it when we stop getting three injuries each week.

Blue always red · Nov 22, 2014

DWelbz19 said:
We've felt that way too many times this season. I'll believe it when we stop getting three injuries each week.

And last season :lol:

We're becoming the new scousers

Walters_19_MuFc · Nov 22, 2014

Sammyjunn said:
Alternative, no Blackett at all.

So who do we play there if Shaw's injured?

Catt · Nov 22, 2014

Barthez said:
I really do think today maybe the turning point in our season

Nah. We'll turn it around eventually but I can't see us putting a run together before we get a settled back four. Whether that happens with the current crop is anyones guess. I'm convinced we'll lose today.

Cee90 · Nov 22, 2014

Mr Rooney will be our saviour today.

Also, I would love to see Herrera play if he's fit as he would be perfect for this game IMO.

Not sure if he's just not fit or LvG has gone off him.

Sammyjunn · Nov 22, 2014

Walters_19_MuFc said:
So who do we play there if Shaw's injured?

Rather have a 352 and play Young LWB, I'm 100 % sure Blackett will cost us if he starts.

Dylan94 · Nov 22, 2014

Barthez said:
I really do think today maybe the turning point in our season

No. Not today. One day, but not today.

Walters_19_MuFc · Nov 22, 2014

Sammyjunn said:
Rather have a 352 and play Young LWB, I'm 100 % sure Blackett will cost us if he starts.

Ye but who would you play at centre back? Surely we'd have to play him, especially if we go with three at the back.

BarstoolProphet · Nov 22, 2014

I would REALLY like to see Herrera today. Fellaini has been good, but we lack something without Herrera and AdM in a midfield three.

bosnian_red · Nov 22, 2014

Sammyjunn said:
Rather have a 352 and play Young LWB, I'm 100 % sure Blackett will cost us if he starts.

Yeah, we looked solid enough at the back with a 3-5-2 for the most part, we were just too bland going forward. Partly due to cleverley and fletcher being our 2 in midfield...

thejtrain · Nov 22, 2014

Freak said:
I can't say I'm excited about this fixture. In fact I can't say I'm excited about watching football or united these days.

Ditto that all.

Sammyjunn · Nov 22, 2014

Walters_19_MuFc said:
Ye but who would you play at centre back? Surely we'd have to play him, especially if we go with three at the back.

Ah completely forgot, we're fecked if Shaw isnt fit.

bosnian_red · Nov 22, 2014

With the suggestions of the 3-5-2 being used maybe if Shaw is not fit, I wouldn't really mind it thinking about it.

De Gea
Smalling McNair Blackett
Carrick
Valencia herrera di maria young
Rooney Van persie

Gets everyone in their best positions, and this time we have an excellent midfield trio with energy, creativity and defensive solidity, compared to mata, cleverley and Fletcher before.

dannyrhinos89 · Nov 22, 2014

I hope we go back to the diamond.

Arsenal aren't a particularly physical side so fellaini isn't needed we need more technical players

Carrick in for injured blind

Herrera and Di Maria as CMs

Mata as 10

Rooney and RVP up top

It should be a high scoring game Best we can hope is to outscore them as our defence is beyond a joke.

Walters_19_MuFc · Nov 22, 2014

bosnian_red said:
With the suggestions of the 3-5-2 being used maybe if Shaw is not fit, I wouldn't really mind it thinking about it.

De Gea
Smalling McNair Blackett
Carrick
Valencia herrera di maria young
Rooney Van persie

Gets everyone in their best positions, and this time we have an excellent midfield trio with energy, creativity and defensive solidity, compared to mata, cleverley and Fletcher before.

Not a big fan of three at the back, but I wouldn't mind that team at all.

Dylan94 · Nov 22, 2014

Freak said:
I can't say I'm excited about this fixture. In fact I can't say I'm excited about watching football or united these days.

Same here unfortunately. We just seem to be in a huge mess at the moment with all our injuries and bad performances & results against teams we should have beaten, I'm amazed that we're still in touching distance of the top 4 although that's mainly down to other teams constantly messing up as well as us. I do think we will start to get considerably better in the 2nd half of the season when players get fit and are able to hit some form. And I believe in LvG 100% and I'm sure that we'll start playing better, winning more games, and become more exciting to watch before too long. Right now it's just a rough, gritty patch that we've got to try and grind some results out through in anyway possible.

thejtrain · Nov 22, 2014

Frst time in years, Arsenal go into the game as clear favorites against us.

ryan cook · Nov 22, 2014

Really hoping Shaw is fit for Arsenal. The way he has played for the last month has gave us a breath of fresh air. He is incredibly quick and should be utilised by his overlapping which would give any opposition fullbacks nightmares.

bosnian_red · Nov 22, 2014

Walters_19_MuFc said:
Not a big fan of three at the back, but I wouldn't mind that team at all.

Yeah, obviously we'd all prefer a 4 at the back, but not if both Shaw and rafael are out. Valencia and blackett at a back 4 would be a disaster. If nothing else with our 3-5-2 we looked solid at the back and had decent control of the ball, the problem was everyone was clueless on how to make a chance. Having di Maria, Carrick and herrera would surely help that.

villain · Nov 22, 2014

What's all this talk about 3-5-2 coming from?

MaNNe- · Nov 22, 2014

Freak said:
I can't say I'm excited about this fixture. In fact I can't say I'm excited about watching football or united these days.

Same here and the amount of injuries is making it even worse. Can't say that I'm feeling at all optimistic about today. Hopefully I'll be proven wrong.

BarstoolProphet · Nov 22, 2014

vi1lain said:
What's all this talk about 3-5-2 coming from?

Steve Bates' tweets where he said LvG tested that formation during training yesterday.

RedDevil-85 · Nov 22, 2014

I really hope Di Maria has a better game today than he did vs Chelsea and City.
We need him at his best to win this match.

BarstoolProphet · Nov 22, 2014

RedDevil-85 said:
I really hope Di Maria has a better game today than he did vs Chelsea and City.
We need him at his best to win this match.

I just wish to see him in a central position, not out on the wing. Rather have Rooney on the wing if that means AdM can be moved to his preferred position. A waste of a sublime player.

The Messenger · Nov 22, 2014

RedDevil-85 said:
I really hope Di Maria has a better game today than he did vs Chelsea and City.
We need him at his best to win this match.

Di Maria has already become to 2nd Valencia. I don't even hope that he scores.

Macern · Nov 22, 2014

Isn't Shaw fit?? Source?

ottosec · Nov 22, 2014

The Messenger said:
Di Maria has already become to 2nd Valencia. I don't even hope that he scores.

Is this some kind of reverse jinx?

Adzzz · Nov 22, 2014

The Messenger said:
Di Maria has already become to 2nd Valencia. I don't even hope that he scores.

Possibly the most ridiculous thing ever posted.

jaimoe · Nov 22, 2014

felipe said:
Oh, yeah, we played fantastic against the likes of Sunderland, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Leicester, West Brom, etc. The times we've played decent football is when Di Maria was unplayable in the midfield and due to his brilliance won us some games. Since the formation change tho we're only hoofing the ball to Fellaini, a tactic people were slagging Moyes off when he used it in some games (Fulham). The truth is that we're playing dull and we had 21 points after 12 games last season. That would equal being third this season.

Shoulda, woulda, coulda. All our players shoulda been healthy and if they were we woulda been honing the new tactics earlier and then we coulda avoided this altogether.

Nobody is disputing that they are not playing up to their capabilities but a new system, masssive injuries, what were you expecting? Blackett, McNair and Wislon to lead us to the promised land this fast? Be patient, grasshopper, it will come.

That Leicester City match was the bottom, no way to go from there but up.

J-Stander · Nov 22, 2014

MUTV predicted lineup.

DDG

Valencia
Smalling
Blackett
Shaw

Mata
Mop
Carrick
Di Maria

Rooney
RVP.

DJ Jeff · Nov 22, 2014

Horrible lineup if true.

DWelbz19 · Nov 22, 2014

The Messenger said:
Di Maria has already become to 2nd Valencia. I don't even hope that he scores.

What does this even mean?

pseudo_canadian · Nov 22, 2014

J-Stander said:
MUTV predicted lineup.

DDG

Valencia
Blackett
Smalling
Shaw

Mata
Mop
Carrick
Di Maria

Rooney
RVP.

Really hope that Herrera is playing. He would be so perfect against this Arsenal team.

Chrissypop · Nov 22, 2014

LVG has lost it if he doesn't play Herrera again...

DomesticTadpole · Nov 22, 2014

DJ Jeff said:
Horrible lineup if true.

Absolutely no creativity in CM. Carrick and Fellaini just slow everything down. We are playing scared. Hope I am wrong.

prateik · Nov 22, 2014

SO thats
--------Carrick
Fellaini-------Di Maria
---------Mata
-van Persie-Rooney

OK..
Di Maria central. Mata starts. Not all bad

Shyftyy · Nov 22, 2014

pseudo_canadian said:
Really hope that Herrera is playing. He would be so perfect against this Arsenal team.

He would be yes. Is he still injured? I wonder what is going on with him otherwise to warrant having to sit on the bench for this long.

jaimoe · Nov 22, 2014

Freak said:
I can't say I'm excited about this fixture. In fact I can't say I'm excited about watching football or united these days.

Then support another club, I get so excitedfor match days I can't stand it. This season with these long fecking breaks has been awful. Perhaps your issue is with football rather than just Utd.
Try watching the NFL, you'll be back quickly; or even better, the NBA.

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