I would have said so.
FA Cup Quarter-final
Chelsea 1:0 Manchester United
Stamford Bridge
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- Mon, 13 March 2017 @ 7:45pm GMT
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Darmian would be a natural choice at wing back, played well in that position numerous times for Italy and Torino.Wing backs?
Suggestion is Valencia and Darmian as the wing backs.
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Samuel Luckhurst
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Suggestion is #mufc will be playing wing backs with Rashford up front. Formation could see a defender pushed into midfield.
6:27 PM - 13 Mar 2017 · Malta
Darmian the super LWBWing backs?
Suggestion is Valencia and Darmian as the wing backs.
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Samuel Luckhurst
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Suggestion is #mufc will be playing wing backs with Rashford up front. Formation could see a defender pushed into midfield.
6:27 PM - 13 Mar 2017 · Malta
Wing backs?
Suggestion is Valencia and Darmian as the wing backs.
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Samuel Luckhurst
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Suggestion is #mufc will be playing wing backs with Rashford up front. Formation could see a defender pushed into midfield.
6:27 PM - 13 Mar 2017 · Malta
Please not Darmian. He offers literally nothing going forward and isn't great at the back either.Isn't Rashford injured?
EDIT: No worries - just clicked a page back.Why not Shaw on the left?
More familiar to the role than Shaw, and better positioning defensively, as far as that role is concerned. Has to be either Valencia + one of Young/Darmian.The only two teams to beat Chelsea (West Ham and Spurs) since they've changed to three at the back have played the same system against them.
343, Jose!Diego Costa is such a noble and venerable man, a player who referees adore and would never send off, and we should all be pointing out this fact, and maybe even starting threads about it
nothing more than a feeling... i felt like going out on a limb!
Amen
Darmian's not too bad as a wing back, to be fair.
Understood.
I opted for Valencia and Young as wing backs. I don't rate Darmian going forward.
Darmian should be kept far away from a football field.Waiting for the line up, and looking forward reading meltdown here
I put him in when I saw rumors about him joining the team. Hopefully he starts with Mkhi just behind him, would give Chelsea back three a lot to think about.
Cough!RASHFORD STARTS FOR UNITED!
We can exclusively reveal Marcus Rashford has been named in United's starting XI for tonight's FA Cup tie. Here's the full squad:
Back 3 it is then.
Fellaini hate incomng.
UnluckyDamn, I wanted Fellani upfront.Why's our best defender on the bench?343 to match them.We're going for it!
YES!!!!Would prefer Valencia and Shaw or Young as the wing-backs if Jose's going down that path. Darmian is just a non-entity, it'd be like playing with 10 men.
Rashford will start it seems, or perhaps he's fit enough to make a 20min cameo when legs are getting a bit tired.
Can't be long til the team is announced.So we're playing a three man defence which doesn't include our best ball playing defender who is on the bench. Makes sense...What the feck. Why would you pick Jones over Bailly????
Or the bus.Why no Mata???Don't really understand what Young is doing in there tbh
The reality is a threat to the heart as well.
He can cross a ball. Sometimes.Confidence all gone after I see Darmians name on the teamsheet.3-4-3 it seems. We'll try to nullify them.
All six of those players are capable of playing midfield. I don't see how that's too aggressive. I don't see the point of playing Mata on the right side. He doesn't offer any speed. In the middle, he'll be a bigger worry for Chelsea.
I'm not sure if JM will start Mkhitaryan anyway. I think that he'll be all in for Thursday's match and the lineup he puts out today will depend on what he wants to put out for Thursday.
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Man of the Match
Runners-up
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24%
David de Gea
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16%
Antonio Valencia
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5%
Marcus Rashford
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2%
Paul Pogba
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2%
Ander Herrera
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1%
Ashley Young
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1%
Phil Jones
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1%
Marouane Fellaini
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
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Compiled from 431 ratings.
Score Predictions
206,318,60
- Man Utd win
- Chelsea win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 17% Chelsea 2:0 Man Utd
- 16% Chelsea 1:2 Man Utd
- 15% Chelsea 2:1 Man Utd
- 9% Chelsea 0:1 Man Utd
- 7% Chelsea 3:0 Man Utd
- 7% Chelsea 3:1 Man Utd
- 7% Chelsea 1:1 Man Utd
- 3% Chelsea 1:0 Man Utd
- 3% Chelsea 0:2 Man Utd
- 2% Chelsea 2:3 Man Utd
- 2% Chelsea 0:0 Man Utd
- 2% Chelsea 5:0 Man Utd
- 2% Chelsea 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Chelsea 2:2 Man Utd
- 2% Chelsea 4:0 Man Utd
- 1% Chelsea 1:3 Man Utd
- 1% Chelsea 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Chelsea 3:2 Man Utd
- 1% Chelsea 4:1 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 0:3 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 5:5 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 3:4 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 2:4 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 1:4 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 4:5 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Chelsea 5:1 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Chelsea
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 73% 27%
- Shots
- 20 4
- Shots on Target
- 5 1
- Corners
- 10 2
- Fouls
- 7 14
Referee
Michael Oliver
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Jesse Lingard
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replaced by Marouane Fellaini
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