Bristol City 2:1 Manchester United

Alabaster Codify7 · Dec 20, 2017

Decent team. Let's go at them, no excuses, give them a tuning.

RedDevil@84 · Dec 20, 2017

Ooh Ibra starts... Zlat-cap

Treble · Dec 20, 2017

Apart form Pogba and Martial/Rashford, this is our B team. And it looks stronger than City's B team last night. They have some excellent players on the bench in Gundogan, Bernardo and Jesus/Aguero but their squad is definitely smaller.

bosnian_red · Dec 20, 2017

Pogba, Martial, Rashford and Ibra together... Get in. Shaw as well. Should be good. Wonder who will be the 10 in that system, or if it'll be 2 wingers.forwards either side of Ibra.

sammsky1 · Dec 20, 2017

OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:
Really thought Smalling would play, with them having that giant centre back going up for corners.

Smalling has played 8 or 9 games on bounce I think. In need of a mental and physical rest as much as Matic and Valencia.

Home&Away · Dec 20, 2017

Please be blind at CB instead of LCB pleaseeeeee

Android1974 · Dec 20, 2017

Damien said:
If there's an injury at wing back, it is simple enough to change formation. Lindelof has played RB before and Blind has played LB before.

Redlyn said:
He could easily change the formation at any time and play a back 4.

The idea a manager has to change formation because of a singular injury is near sheer incompetence.

sammsky1 · Dec 20, 2017

bosnian_red said:
Pogba, Martial, Rashford and Ibra together... Get in. Shaw as well. Should be good. Wonder who will be the 10 in that system, or if it'll be 2 wingers.forwards either side of Ibra.

that 4 has not started together very often, not this season I think?

Ephrem · Dec 20, 2017

City played Foden yesterday....and yet we cant give Tuanzebe a bench option !! ...Hope he stays down and wait for his chance...why cant we have atleast two or three accademy players on the bench against Bristol City !! ??

dichinero · Dec 20, 2017

Unless Tuanzebe is injured it really doesn't make sense not starting him given how our defenders fall like files.

Android1974 · Dec 20, 2017

bosnian_red said:
Pogba, Martial, Rashford and Ibra together... Get in. Shaw as well. Should be good. Wonder who will be the 10 in that system, or if it'll be 2 wingers.forwards either side of Ibra.

The #10 is Ibrahimović himself, because although the striker, he goes back so much (even Lukaku ends up there)…

Paul_Scholes18 · Dec 20, 2017

Expected team I think. Only strange thing is Mkhitaryan not even starting this one. 10/11 from my expected lineup though.

Android1974 · Dec 20, 2017

Home&Away said:
Please be blind at CB instead of LCB pleaseeeeee

Why? Where's the logic to that? Shouldn't the best fullback be the leftcenterback?

onemanarmy · Dec 20, 2017

Paul_Scholes18 said:
Expected team I think. Only strange thing is Mkhitaryan not even starting this one. 10/11 from my expected lineup though.

I think he’s a goner.

peridigm · Dec 20, 2017

Should do the job. Surprised Rashford and Martial are both starting.

SqualorVictoria · Dec 20, 2017

reddevilzZ said:
City played Foden yesterday....and yet we cant give Tuanzebe a bench option !! ...Hope he stays down and wait for his chance...why cant we have atleast two or three accademy players on the bench against Bristol City !! ??

Because you have a big squad. Pep was reluctant to give the youngsters even the League Cup last year as he had the likes of Fernando and co. still in there. Then he made it smaller Van Gaal style; other than the injuries that is.

Android1974 · Dec 20, 2017

I confess I'm a bit surprised with Mourinho trusting the midfield to Pogba and McTominay. I guess the youngster's height might be a criteria for his choice ahead of an out of form Herrera which won't in all probability start Leicester.

Ban · Dec 20, 2017

reddevilzZ said:
City played Foden yesterday....and yet we cant give Tuanzebe a bench option !! ...Hope he stays down and wait for his chance...why cant we have atleast two or three accademy players on the bench against Bristol City !! ??

City this City that.

Android1974 · Dec 20, 2017

peridigm said:
Should do the job. Surprised Rashford and Martial are both starting.

Not me.

Android1974 said:
Since unfortunately Mkhitaryan is unlikely to start, I would like to see a 3-4-3 (which would end up being a 3-4-1-2) looking like this upfront:

Rashford Martial
Ibrahimović

pauldyson1uk · Dec 20, 2017

6/11

I give up

Android1974 · Dec 20, 2017

Bratt · Dec 20, 2017

sammsky1 said:
that 4 has not started together very often, not this season I think?

Very unlikely, since Zlatan hasn’t started a match since his injury.

Classical Mechanic · Dec 20, 2017

Treble said:
Apart form Pogba and Martial/Rashford, this is our B team. And it looks stronger than City's B team last night. They have some excellent players on the bench in Gundogan, Bernardo and Jesus/Aguero but their squad is definitely smaller.

Danilo, Toure, Mangala, Bravo?! Seems you won't miss an opportunity to talk up your boy Pep though.

Kapardin · Dec 20, 2017

Android1974 said:
I confess I'm a bit surprised with Mourinho trusting the midfield to Pogba and McTominay. I guess the youngster's height might be a criteria for his choice ahead of an out of form Herrera which won't in all probability start Leicester.

I expected it. McTominay-Pogba is enough to hold the fort against Bristol, and a back 3 will strengthen the defense. Even if it is not and we lose, I don't think Mourinho cares too much to be honest. Matic needs rest and McTominay has merited a trial ahead of Herrera in current form.

Ban · Dec 20, 2017

Android1974 said:

bosnian_red · Dec 20, 2017

sammsky1 said:
that 4 has not started together very often, not this season I think?

Ibra hasn't started at all this season, though I don't remember them all starting together at any point last season either. Was always one of Martial/Rashford, only both when Ibra got injured.

SwansonsTache · Dec 20, 2017

Will be exciting to see McTominay try to hold the midfield in a two tonight.

Would save us a lot of moolah if we could find a rotational\replacement player at #6 for Matic within the ranks.

Bratt · Dec 20, 2017

I was really hoping to see Gomes om the bench tonight.
Is he injured?

Paxi · Dec 20, 2017

Damien said:

Oof! That's a strong looking team.

Tom Van Persie · Dec 20, 2017

Android1974 said:

Krits · Dec 20, 2017

What channel is this on in India?

Android1974 · Dec 20, 2017

Kapardin said:
I expected it. McTominay-Pogba is enough to hold the fort against Bristol, and a back 3 will strengthen the defense. Even if it is not and we lose, I don't think Mourinho cares too much to be honest. Matic needs rest and McTominay has merited a trial ahead of Herrera in current form.

My issue is with neither Pogba nor McTominay being a #6 or being able to be the deeper midfielder, like Herrera can.

AltiUn · Dec 20, 2017

Are we playing Blind, Rojo and Lindelof in a back 3?

sammsky1 · Dec 20, 2017

SwansonsTache said:
Will be exciting to see McTominay try to hold the midfield in a two tonight.

Would save us a lot of moolah if we could find a rotational\replacement player at #6 for Matic within the ranks.

Yeah. Am gonna watch him closely tonight as this level is a good level to judge him at this stage I'm his career.

Android1974 · Dec 20, 2017

AltiUn said:
Are we playing Blind, Rojo and Lindelof in a back 3?

I think so. We did it away to Swansea with Tuanzebe, Smalling and Lindelöf, also away in this cup against a team that doesn't play 3 at the back. It's our best formation right now.

Paul_Scholes18 · Dec 20, 2017

AltiUn said:
Are we playing Blind, Rojo and Lindelof in a back 3?

Yeah I think so. It might be a 3-4-3 really. We have played with a 3 man defense a lot of the time before and it have worked well.

Paul_Scholes18 · Dec 20, 2017

Android1974 said:
My issue is with neither Pogba nor McTominay being a #6 or being able to be the deeper midfielder, like Herrera can.

We have 3 defenders behind them so we don't need a defensive midfielder as much in a 3-4-3 formation though. I think for this type of game Pogba in the middle should dominate this game.

Rozay · Dec 20, 2017

So annoyed. I was just hovering outside the top 40 (42) on the lineup chart and I got so busy I was unable to enter a prediction. I can’t have gotten more than 2/11 with this lineup

Android1974 · Dec 20, 2017

Paul_Scholes18 said:
We have 3 defenders behind them so we don't need a defensive midfielder as much in a 3-4-3 formation though. I think for this type of game Pogba in the middle should dominate this game.

Well, even with Matić there we rarely have control of midfield, so I wouldn't be that confident.

pauldyson1uk · Dec 20, 2017

Rozay said:
So annoyed. I was just hovering outside the top 40 (42) on the lineup chart and I got so busy I was unable to enter a prediction. I can’t have gotten more than 2/11 with this lineup

I put a lot of thought in mine and still only got 6

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