If James is really at RWB I feel sorry for him, he's barely played in the last few months and now he'd be in an unfamiliar role on his weaker side.
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Leicester City 2:2 Manchester United
King Power Stadium
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Has to be 3-5-2 in my opinion! Axel was great at RB against Everton so surely would start ahead of Bailly if it’s a flat back four?You have to love how one injury to our only RB has resulted in us having to completely change shape
The trippier rumours do make sense.Don't like this line up.
But I'm fully waiting for Ole to prove me wrong.
He's better on the left as was shown against NewcastleI went mad before the Leeds game & Ole was right but I must say that line up has sucked the excitement out of me. Looks quite negative.You have to love how one injury to our only RB has resulted in us having to completely change shape The trippier rumours do make sense.
Fancy a bet?
That is never going to happen.
Granted Telles pushes forward more than Shaw, but Shaw’s not as reluctant as you make out.Shaw and creativity in the same phrase
The man who crossed the half way line twice since 2015
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Depends. Wait for the first few minutes to see before making that judgement.
Leeds preoccupation with Fernandes released McT into an attack so we don't knowHighly doubt James will play RWB against Barnes.
Yep. Seeing as half this thread is ready to turn on him again and the game hasn't even started yet
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Well I didn't say they hadn't done well did I? I was just responding to the post saying that you can't have lesser players on the field and those players on the bench.
My point was that none of those players had been good enough that they couldn't be left out for this match.
Cavani - played well and scored, missed some key chances, was never meant to start every match. Can see him coming on later.
Matic - good player, too slow for today in my opinion.
Pogba - never going to be starting every time given recent events. Played well last time in terms of passing but loses the ball so frequently and can't be bothered to chase it back when he does. Fred or Fernandes wouldn't be caught doing that.If James was capable of beating a man I would be all for him starting ahead of Greenwood. But let’s be honest his Oles love child.Great to see McT back in but I am worried about Bailly. Which minute will he go down with a head injury?! Seriously though, this is going to be tough but they should be shitting it against us.
Close one niller to us.
Shaw is another prime example of a player that is nowhere near as bad as people here make out.
He links well with Rashford usually and when possible, depending on the opponent, he does get forward.
Solid player defensively.On current form I would give ourselves the Edge here. Although, consistency is not something we have achieved throughout Ole's reign. On a man for man basis we have better players, looks like Bailly is doing a man marking job on Vardy. We need his pace. If Fred and McTominay can plug the gaps and dominate the midfield, then we should have enough to put them to the sword, but anything can happen on the day. Martial needs to have a good game.
Surely firepower on the pitch is betterThese types of situations are always going to happen under Ole. He's not an attacking manager nor is he one with a philosophy and I can't really discredit this pragmatic, last minute, system changing efforts because beneficially its yielding us results.Not a fan of the lineup but wasn’t vs Leeds too. Rotating is key which Ole is doing. Firepower off the bench to save our arses if/ when we go behind as per usual.
Check what you're watching, because you're clearly not watching us playShaw and creativity in the same phrase
The man who crossed the half way line twice since 2015
Didn't work out too badly last time.Wait so we play with a James/Lingard style headless runner again?
That's ridiculous. We've barely seen any of Dan James over the past year. He definitely has his uses at times, though.Ole says Bailly is at CB, so I guess James is at RWB with a back three.Look at that bench. Ole starting James for the lolz. Brendan would not have seen that coming. Tactics ftw!
Agree, sometimes you just want to see all the teams best players on the pitch
Maybe Lindelof RB? I’d have expected to see Telles starting if it was 3 atbcan we not microanalyse every kick and every decision?
The big picture is what matters. The festive schedule and January is manic. We need to use the squad. Shit as some of them are.
he kept the same team as Leeds apart from the injury
I've seen Telles outperform Shaw
Shaw is a good defensive full back but playing 5 at the back, having a more positive player in Telles would give more balance in a 3 5 2
Not when we have poor first half showings with said firepower on the pitch. But recently (last game) we have started much better, so let's see.
That bench, though. We have options there to change things up if they either don't work or if we want to freshen things up. That bench can potentially strengthen or improve the team, rather than weaken it. Having a strong bench is very underrated. If we had all of our best players on the pitch and the game was stuck at 0-0, we'd have nowhere to go.Is it 3-5-2?
I have to celebrate you baby..
It's the same as vs Leeds bar Bailly.I really don't know which United will show up and that's the biggest worry
Hopefully clinical fast United show up
He isn't tinkering then.
fingers crossedI initially thought it would be Lindelof at RB but lots of people saying 352 which would be odd. Unless it’s for Lindelof to step into midfield and get closer to Maddison?
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Man of the Match
Runners-up
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17%
Fred
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Luke Shaw
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1%
Edinson Cavani
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Daniel James
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Marcus Rashford
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Harry Maguire
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Eric Bailly
Player Ratings
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Compiled from 280 ratings.
Score Predictions
131,16,37
- Man Utd win
- Leicester win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 26% Leicester 1:2 Man Utd
- 17% Leicester 1:3 Man Utd
- 10% Leicester 1:1 Man Utd
- 9% Leicester 0:2 Man Utd
- 8% Leicester 2:2 Man Utd
- 5% Leicester 0:1 Man Utd
- 3% Leicester 2:1 Man Utd
- 3% Leicester 0:3 Man Utd
- 3% Leicester 2:3 Man Utd
- 3% Leicester 2:4 Man Utd
- 3% Leicester 1:4 Man Utd
- 3% Leicester 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 3:3 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 4:1 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 5:0 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 1:5 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 3:1 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 1:0 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Leicester
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 55% 45%
- Shots
- 10 9
- Shots on Target
- 3 4
- Corners
- 5 0
- Fouls
- 10 17
Referee
Mike Dean
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Edinson Cavani
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replaced by Paul Pogba
