Agreed. Pereira will have his chances I'm sure.
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Burnley 0:2 Manchester United
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That's just a cliche, City walked the PL last season on pure attack, not defense, neither of the teams Mourinho cited have great defenses that allow them to attack, they attack well because they have great attacking coaches.I find it really hard to like us at the moment and just looking at that team hasn't helped. I think we'll probably get the win comfortably, with a bit of a push from Burnley at some point, but we aren't inspiring at all.
Burnley will try and out-muscle us for shore. Makes sense to try and combat that.
We have better players.I've hated Fellaini but I'm glad he's in. We need someone who will do the ugly shit and get stuck in. We needed someone who would actually tackle for the ball and that isn't Fred.
Midfield looks more balanced now and with Hart in goal we should be ok.
True.Strong bench that. Would obviously prefer to stick with fred instead of dropping right away but whatever. Hopefully Sanchez isnt trash (and the team overall).Matic has not had a decent game for us for along time, completely missing last week Jose has lost the plot.Not sure what to make of the team. More changes in defence, which is jot surprising some we've no clear first choice defenders. Bit of a surprise that Fred has been dropped.editNo just better more experienced players.
Mou doesn’t like Bailey beyond his performances I don’t think, something in the attitude is my guess. He was dropped at the end last season for many games.
And a bit of dependibilitisation. Fred is too rash.The positivity on here is contagious
That is not a legitimate word. Do not attempt to tell me otherwise.Can't complain about the team, decent 11. Midifield should be alright against Burnley.
That's right, and the excuse was that the 2 England CB's needed games before the World Cup which made no sense as Southgate had already disgarded Smalling.And people thought we will play the same high press intensity.
Can't wait until Mourinho leaves.
Dependibilisation? A perfectly cromulent word.Bit disappointed to see Fred on the bench but I can understand protecting him whilst he finds his feet. Ultimately whether or not we win will come down to how the front three play anyway, we need to score some goals desperately, because we're likely to concede at least one.Lindelof badly needs a performance here.What a boring lineup.That first XI looks so boring to me. Fred at least brought some flair to the midfield, and he needs games.
Our MF should've been ok against Brighton..
As does Alexis Sanchez
Tbh I'm not a fan of downgrading the technicality in our midfield to match up with an inferior Burnley midfield but if it works then we can't fault Jose's reactivity. The end could justify the means.
There is never a need for Fellaini ever. As soon as he plays you know any pretence of any decent football is completely sacrificed. He would be the top name of any player to leave the club, so a manager couldn't put the tool up front.
It better be a good one. Against Spurs, he couldn't wait to get rid of the ball.
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But that midfield did have Andreas and Fred in it. Matic and fellaini are a bit more trustworthy and stable Pereira must have farted on Mourinho’s pillow or something. Another match, another exclusion from the match day 18. Baffling.Get the 3 points please. Even Arsenal are on 6 and they are supposed to be the punching bags this season.
Well it's a cliche from a man who new a thing or two about winning titlesNo Fred is shame. He's not been superb but there are signs he can be the player we need in midfield. I understand the tactical argument for bringing Fellaini in but I'd much rather persevere with the more technically astute player, I find it a little irksome how quickly Jose seems willing to compromise against any and all opposition.
That said I'm looking forward to this one. We need to put the Brighton and Spurs debacles behind us.
They dont do the same job, I dont really get your point.
The entire team needs a performance, a convincing one at that.
Not sure Fred would have started the season had we had all of our midfielders available. New players are normally introduced slowly, as they get used to the league.
Think he's done well enough, but as I said, he's still settling. Course it doesn't help that we've started the way we have.
Dropped after couple of disastrous performances with no control over himself let alone controlling midfield. It would be bad for Fred to start him again in this form.Our new £50m signing dropped for Fellaini after 3 games!!!
That has to be the most Mourinhoist move ever hahahaha. #BANTER FC
I bet Mourinho can't wait for Shaw's first poor game so he can drop him for Young!
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Man of the Match
Runners-up
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25%
Luke Shaw
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17%
Marouane Fellaini
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5%
Alexis Sanchez
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2%
Paul Pogba
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2%
Jesse Lingard
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1%
Victor Lindelof
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1%
Chris Smalling
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 505 ratings.
Score Predictions
405,136,94
- Man Utd win
- Burnley win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 18% Burnley 0:2 Man Utd
- 14% Burnley 1:2 Man Utd
- 13% Burnley 0:1 Man Utd
- 9% Burnley 1:1 Man Utd
- 7% Burnley 0:3 Man Utd
- 6% Burnley 1:0 Man Utd
- 5% Burnley 1:3 Man Utd
- 5% Burnley 2:1 Man Utd
- 4% Burnley 5:0 Man Utd
- 4% Burnley 2:0 Man Utd
- 4% Burnley 0:0 Man Utd
- 3% Burnley 0:4 Man Utd
- 2% Burnley 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Burnley 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Burnley 3:1 Man Utd
- 1% Burnley 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Burnley 1:4 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 5:5 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 3:3 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Burnley
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 47% 53%
- Shots
- 9 21
- Shots on Target
- 2 9
- Corners
- 2 5
- Fouls
- 7 13
Referee
Jonathan Moss
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Eric Bailly
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replaced by Ander Herrera
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replaced by Marcus Rashford
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