Unfortunately, that speeks more about our central defence than about Evans himself...
FA Premier League
Burnley 0:0 Manchester United
Turf Moor
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- Sat, 30 August 2014 @ 12:45pm BST
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It's not really 3-5-2, that looks like:
CB CB CB
RM CM CM CM LM
ST ST
This is what we play
CB CB CB
RWB.................LWB
I.....CM.....CM.....I
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ST ST
Who did look good against MK Dons? Evans wasn't the only player to underperform, far from it.Fletcher should not be playing after last week's horror show..Going for a 3-1 win. 1-1 at the break with us cutting loose in the second half.
Let's be honest here - Evans is nothing more than an average defender. I think Jones and Smalling are better than him. How he still gets games I have no idea.
Is Smalling injured?Hard to see a win here, fletcher and di Maria looks attacking but weak defensively. Nevertheless, cmon United!Young and Valncia...why...just why200m spent yet just take a look at that squad ;/
ughhQuite a few questions about injuries, so here's an estimate of what injuries we have:
Kagawa (concussion, no return date but seems he's on his way to Dortmund anyway)
Smalling (groin, no return date)
Herrera (ankle/foot injury, return date after international break)
Fellaini (ankle/foot injury, return date after international break)
Lingard (knee, no return date)
Shaw (hamstring, return date after international break)
Rafael (groin, no return date)
Carrick (ankle/foot injury, return date 5th October)
And Rojo still absent due to lack of work permit
May be he has watched only the last match. Or may be its because Evans don't make crunching tackles like Jones; you know, after losing the ball/letting an attacker through with shit positioning.If anyone has a decent river I'd appreciate if they would pass it on my way. Thanks..The game didn't even started and people already complaining
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I have my facts straight, Rojo played as an LB in the WC because of the lack of players in that position for Argentina, and Blind was awarded player of the year in Eredivise last season as a DM.
However, lets agree to disagree and look forward to the game instead, the Evans discussion is for another thread I am so excited to see Di María walk onto the pitch today in a red shirt
We have 11 injuries, you do know that right?Surprised Rafael missed out. I'd play him over Valencia anyday.Any extreme outcome to this match could be devastating to the rest of our season.
If we lose, obviously the meltdown will be fully on.
If we smash them, LVG might be stupid enough to think he doesn't need to go after another stud midfielder in the next 2 days.Is it me or does scholes says "we" when he was speaking about Man United just now.Reminder to not post streams in match thread. If someone asks for a stream, send it to them via pm if you must. We give warnings for streams posted in match thread.
He wasn't worse than Keane, but, yes, he should have done better. So should basically every Utd player that game. He wasn't the only player to underperform. At least his error was a freak mistake. I'd be more worried if he was constantly out of position, which he wasn't. Rio and Vida made freak mistakes also. People are going way overboard on his performance.Midfield looking very light and unbalanced to me and we all know the problems we have had with this back 3 system.
I maybe wrong, will see what happens.
Mata should drop in and make it a 3 but he does looks a liability there from midfield runners.
Not the strongest aspect of his game by any means unless Rooney does that job instead.
Asking a lot from Di Maria playing alongside Fletcher today.
With injuries and departures its expected from Gaal to be honest but again goes to show how big a problem CM is for us, even with Blind.
Our attacking players really need to take the game by the scruff of the neck and dominate.
Yeh and even if all of them come back our midfield still wouldn't be greatly balanced.looks like Di Maria playing as a no.8 - don't underestimate his defensive ability
Who else plays? Anderson?
Hopefully Blind is in ASAP and Carrick can come back asap ..... would fix all of those issues.
Have you watched Anderson at all?
Jones maybe had a shout of getting in over Fletcher, some people even think Perreira but no way does Anderson.
In all honesty I think we'll manage with Blind either way until we move in for Strootman come January. And I also very much doubt that's the way van Gaal thinks.
Fletcher is not even close to being anywhere near being a premiership holding midfielder
Anderson won't be an improvement. Wait for Blind to come in and we will have a better replacement.
And you think Anderson would be better? At least Fletcher offers something defensively. It's all irrelevant because Van Gaal would never have even considered starting Ando ahead of Fletch.
Really? Ok drop Fletcher ,who instead of him?1 CM?
I hope generic Englishname #1 and Englishname #2 don't overrun us in midfield todayours is still such an unbalanced side, still hoping for a first victory!
Ah okay. Nothing new in that case. Shame, he and shaw would be great instead of young and Valencia.I have my facts straight, Rojo played as an LB in the WC because of the lack of players in that position for Argentina, and Blind was awarded player of the year in Eredivise last season as a DM.
However, lets agree to disagree and look forward to the game instead, the Evans discussion is for another thread I am so excited to see Di María walk onto the pitch today in a red shirt
Rojo is an orthodox LB, look it up. Blind started his career as LB, only recently was tested as DM, but played the LWB role in the WC.
Good shout Jones but seriously as bad as Anderson has been Im shocked that Fletcher is ever to pull on red again.Reckon we will beat them today. Hopefully get our season started. 3-1 to united!
Rafael get hurt again during training trying to get fit? We really need a backup RB.Can someone send me a stream please? Preferably Sopcast, if not Flash, Thanks!
Are you for real?In the Premier League era, we have only faced Burnley twice before. The last time we faced them at Turf Moor, Burnley beat Manchester United 1:0, with Carrick missing a penalty too.
Starting XI's from that match:
Burnley: Jensen, Alexander, Carlisle, Mears, Bikey, Jordan, Elliott, McCann, Fletcher, Paterson, Blake
Manchester United: Foster, Brown, O'Shea, Evans, Evra, Park, Anderson, Carrick, Giggs, Owen, Rooney
Just two players from that Manchester United XI start today: Rooney and Evans- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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16%
Phil Jones
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7%
David de Gea
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2%
Tyler Blackett
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2%
Anderson
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1%
Antonio Valencia
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1%
Ashley Young
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 473 ratings.
Score Predictions
559,189,81
- Man Utd win
- Burnley win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 17% Burnley 1:2 Man Utd
- 12% Burnley 0:2 Man Utd
- 11% Burnley 1:3 Man Utd
- 10% Burnley 0:3 Man Utd
- 7% Burnley 5:0 Man Utd
- 6% Burnley 2:1 Man Utd
- 6% Burnley 1:1 Man Utd
- 4% Burnley 0:4 Man Utd
- 4% Burnley 0:1 Man Utd
- 3% Burnley 2:0 Man Utd
- 3% Burnley 1:4 Man Utd
- 2% Burnley 2:2 Man Utd
- 2% Burnley 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Burnley 3:0 Man Utd
- 2% Burnley 3:1 Man Utd
- 2% Burnley 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Burnley 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Burnley 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Burnley 2:4 Man Utd
- 1% Burnley 4:0 Man Utd
- 1% Burnley 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 5:1 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 3:3 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 5:2 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 3:5 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 4:2 Man Utd
- 0% Burnley 4:5 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Burnley
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 36% 64%
- Shots
- 9 7
- Shots on Target
- 3 2
- Corners
- 3 6
- Fouls
- 10 14
Referee
Chris Foy
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Anderson
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replaced by Adnan Januzaj
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replaced by Danny Welbeck
