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    I must say, I was very confident before Casemiro’s inevitable suspension. I’m confident that our best XI has the answer to all of their strengths, then from there it’s about us causing them problems.

    It is also very important for me that Ten Hag picks what I consider to be the right back four. That is no Dalot and no Malacia. Shaw has done well at centre half, but we need him at LB. Saka was skinning Malacia all day in the first game, and I think Shaw can handle him far more comfortably. Likewise Wan Bissaka against Martinelli. Martinez will be fine against Nketiah centrally. Casemiro would have been able to handle Odegaard and Fred Xhaka. Now with Odegaard up against Scott, I can foresee problems.
     
    VP89 said:
    This is such a wank preview :lol:
    Rashfords position is wrong and based on mental gymnastics from a ten hag statement.

    Also he's not playing two left footers at holding midfield. Martinez hasn't played CDM for a long time.
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    Absolutely. Martinez probably won’t be in midfield. If he did he would be next to Eriksen, not Fred who is left footed.

    Bruno will be on the right, Rashy left.
     
    DDG
    Lindelof - Varane - Shaw - Malacia
    AWB - Martinez
    Bruno - Eriksen - Rashford
    Weghorst​

    We can't start McFred in a game like this. Casemiro out is a blow but we have somewhat of a like-for-like replacement in AWB. He can tackle, break up play and 1v1 be just as good as Case. Spider-Butcher has the potential to be one of the best double pivots in the league. It's something we should build towards with Case aging and on his last legs.

    Lindelof at RB isn't ideal but has to be done with Dalot missing. Shaw is unmovable from CB after pocketing Yeti.

    Also possible to go for the 3 atb option:

    DDG
    Maguire - Varane - Shaw
    Lindelof - AWB - Martinez - Malacia
    Eriksen
    Bruno - Rashford​
     
    Samid said:
    DDG
    Lindelof - Varane - Shaw - Malacia
    AWB - Martinez
    Bruno - Eriksen - Rashford
    Weghorst​

    We can't start McFred in a game like this. Casemiro out is a blow but we have somewhat of a like-for-like replacement in AWB. He can tackle, break up play and 1v1 be just as good as Case. Spider-Butcher has the potential to be one of the best double pivots in the league. It's something we should build towards with Case aging and on his last legs.

    Lindelof at RB isn't ideal but has to be done with Dalot missing. Shaw is unmovable from CB after pocketing Yeti.

    Also possible to go for the 3 atb option:

    DDG
    Maguire - Varane - Shaw
    Lindelof - AWB - Martinez - Malacia
    Eriksen
    Bruno - Rashford​
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    No.
     
    sunama said:
    McFred = non existent midfield.
    If we do use them, we may have to focus on counter-attacking Ole ball.
    Or just hit long balls.
    This is a winnable game, but if we attempt to "outplay" them, I think we'll lose.
    We need to play in a way that our midfield gets bypassed as McFred will get utterly dominated.
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    With Eriksen acting as dlp it is not McFred.
     
    DJ_21 said:
    If we planning on playing on the counter then we have to stick rashford up top and garnacho left. Rashford scored both goals through the middle against them last time.
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    Actually Rashford didn't score those goals until after he moved over to the left when Ronaldo came on. He did get his assist to Antony while he was playing upfront though.
     
    Walters_19_MuFc said:
    With Martial not travelling, I'd much prefer us to start with Weghorst up top, as it will allow us to bring on Garnacho to make a difference as he did against City.

    Weghorst will also give us the option of going long, which could be an option to beat Arsenal's high press.
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    The issue about Weghorst is that he’s slow. So that option going long against high line wouldn’t be effective if Weghorst himself can’t outrun arsenal defenders. Weghorst seems to be better option against the lesser teams or mid table teams. Weghorst would be good option against arsenal only if we can dominate the possession but at this stage, we are yet to reach the level of dominating possession against arsenal.
     
    UNITED ACADEMY said:
    The issue about Weghorst is that he’s slow. So that option going long against high line wouldn’t be effective if Weghorst himself can’t outrun arsenal defenders. Weghorst seems to be better option against the lesser teams or mid table teams. Weghorst would be good option against arsenal only if we can dominate the possession but at this stage, we are yet to reach the level of dominating possession against arsenal.
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    Yeah I feel a bit for Wout because not had chance to see if he can impact game as sub due to yet another Martial injury
     
    Samid said:
    DDG
    Lindelof - Varane - Shaw - Malacia
    AWB - Martinez
    Bruno - Eriksen - Rashford
    Weghorst​

    We can't start McFred in a game like this. Casemiro out is a blow but we have somewhat of a like-for-like replacement in AWB. He can tackle, break up play and 1v1 be just as good as Case. Spider-Butcher has the potential to be one of the best double pivots in the league. It's something we should build towards with Case aging and on his last legs.

    Lindelof at RB isn't ideal but has to be done with Dalot missing. Shaw is unmovable from CB after pocketing Yeti.

    Also possible to go for the 3 atb option:

    DDG
    Maguire - Varane - Shaw
    Lindelof - AWB - Martinez - Malacia
    Eriksen
    Bruno - Rashford​
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    This is mental.
     
    Nicoseth said:
    This is mental.
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    Yeah sure is still can't get my head round we have to cope with no Casa. Damn why couldn't we have shown ruthlessness and put game away. Will definitely be left with thoughts of what might have been unless we somehow can produce a miracle and avoid defeat
     
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    my guess for the formation is: -

    DDG
    AWB Varane Licha Shaw
    Fred Mctominay
    Bruno Eriksen Garnacho
    Rashford
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    Arsenal will definitely have more possession since I am not confident McFred will help in ball movement, the hope here is that they are at least combative and help stop/block Arsenal's midfield, and Arsenal's defense will surely push up against us, so we will need Rashford threat in running behind their defenders, and Bruno can play on the right but will move centrally at times to help with releasing the ball to our quick attackers.
     
    Just hoping for a strong ref performance. We’ve had some absolute howler or decisions go against us in the last few seasons at Emirates
     
    MadDogg said:
    Actually Rashford didn't score those goals until after he moved over to the left when Ronaldo came on. He did get his assist to Antony while he was playing upfront though.
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    You sure? That first goal when Bruno played that lovely through ball he was definitely through the middle.
     
    Don’t think Fred and eriksen will be enough to win the midfield battle. Wonder if he’ll go eriksen, Fred and mctominay and use Bruno on the right again. Should be garnacho and rashford as part of the front 3 but not sure ETH will start garnacho in a big game.
     
    OmarUnited4ever said:
    my guess for the formation is: -

    DDG
    AWB Varane Licha Shaw
    Fred Mctominay
    Bruno Eriksen Garnacho
    Rashford
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    Arsenal will definitely have more possession since I am not confident McFred will help in ball movement, the hope here is that they are at least combative and help stop/block Arsenal's midfield, and Arsenal's defense will surely push up against us, so we will need Rashford threat in running behind their defenders, and Bruno can play on the right but will move centrally at times to help with releasing the ball to our quick attackers.
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    Same line up I’d go for.
     
    I wouldn't have been confident going into this game even if we had Casemiro,
    what with our 3 games in 8 days and all that...

    But the gulf in quality without him is too big.
    McFred is a disaster waiting to happen,
    Eriksen with either of them is also bad, plus he is gassed as feck.

    and Rashford + Antony need to be at their absolute best...

    shite. I'll be fine with a draw.
     
    It's so depressing that with just one injury we're likely back to a midfield of McFred. When will we move on? When they retire must likely!
     
    Can't be confident with McTominay starting away at Arsenal. We've made massive progress, but as we can all see are just one injury/suspension away from being half the team.
     
    Personally, I would go

    De Gea

    AWB - Varane - Martinez - Shaw - Malacia

    Fred - Eriksen

    Bruno

    Weghorst - Rashford​
     
    Mike Smalling said:
    I'd argue we haven't had a convincing performance away from home this season, so I'm pretty worried here.

    Brentford (0-4) - Obviously awful, but early in the season.
    Southampton (1-0) - Narrow win. Not a great performance.
    Leicester (1-0) - Narrow win. Not a great performance.
    Man City (3-6) - Battered.
    Everton (2-1) - Decent, but against one of the worst teams in the league.
    Chelsea (1-1) - Arguably our best performance given the opposition. Still didn't win.
    Aston Villa (1-3) - Really poor performance.
    Fulham (2-1) - Late and narrow win.
    Wolves (1-0) - Narrow win based on Rashford magic.
    Crystal Palace (1-1) - Bad performance in the second half.

    We have a 50% win record, and haven't beaten a side by more than one goal away from home. Hoping for the best tomorrow, but it will be a really tough game.
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    Agree with that. We're poor away from home. Although no one else has a great record this season apart from Arsenal.
     
    OmarUnited4ever said:
    my guess for the formation is: -

    DDG
    AWB Varane Licha Shaw
    Fred Mctominay
    Bruno Eriksen Garnacho
    Rashford
    ​
    Arsenal will definitely have more possession since I am not confident McFred will help in ball movement, the hope here is that they are at least combative and help stop/block Arsenal's midfield, and Arsenal's defense will surely push up against us, so we will need Rashford threat in running behind their defenders, and Bruno can play on the right but will move centrally at times to help with releasing the ball to our quick attackers.
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    This is my choice too. Crowd the midfield, play a slightly conservative game and look to break on the counter.
     
    Escobar said:
    I am not. Our midfield is a serious worry, it will be difficult to have much control.
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    Less is more, we've seen that against City and Arsenal in the first fixture. Casemiro missing is huge but still, I'm confident we'll get a lot of chances on the counter.
     
    Without casemiro , a CS becomes more tough. Arsenal have scored in all their home games . I think we getting anything from this games all comes down to our inability to take the chances and taking too many misses to score one goal. We need to have one of those days where our chances start going in and we get the luck of the VAR as arsenal will score
     
    This defence should be able to soak up the pressure and we just hit them on the counter much like the Ole days of old.
     
    PoTMS said:
    With today's results, we can afford a defeat here now without denting our top 4 hopes. I'd still be disappointed to lose but without Casemiro, it's not looking great at the home of the league leaders.
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    Spurs will be just 6 points behind.
     
    With the league as it is this is basically a free hit. A draw doesn’t do anything for anyone so let’s go for the win.

    Also absolutely no chance Garnacho starts, he’s our X factor off the bench
     
    C'est Moi Cantona said:
    No way ETH goes with McFred, I'm expecting him to do something with a bit more finesse than that.
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    Cometh the hour

    Cometh the man

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    Who cares

    This club is run by people who need to leave and not swallow all my season ticket cash and dump poopy stuff that makes me sick ps make sure you set a strong password on your redcafe accounts
     
    Mcking said:
    Rashford will go through on goal at least once. If he converts, we win.
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    Ye can see him having a lot of chances by running in behind. It’s all about if he can time his runs. Arsenal will no doubt play an high line but then again Arteta may of learnt his lesson and he’ll know that’s how we scored 2 goals past them at OT.
     
    Bulldog United said:
    Who cares

    This club is run by people who need to leave and not swallow all my season ticket cash and dump poopy stuff that makes me sick ps make sure you set a strong password on your redcafe accounts
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    You seem fun. What are your other Caf account handles?
     
    DJ_21 said:
    You sure? That first goal when Bruno played that lovely through ball he was definitely through the middle.
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    Obviously not everyone is static. The play was over on the right side of the pitch and pretty much everyone in both teams had moved over that way. Ronaldo had come over to the right to get closer to the ball and Rashford had drifted more central (still the furthest left player in our team though). He's being covered by the fullback and makes his run between him and the right centre back. Indeed that's just about Rashford's trademark run which he scores a significant amount of his goals from.
     
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