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Liverpool 0:0 Manchester United

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    I know we’ve got injuries but our squad absolutely stinks.
     
    Trequarista10 said:
    Am I mad for thinking we have half a chance? :lol:

    I think having an actual midfield three, on paper at least, will give us a semblance of balance. Sit deep, scrap, and play on the counter with the front 3, with the occasional late run from McTominay. It has the ingredients for a scrappy away win.

    In reality though I expect we'll see McTominay far too high up the pitch (by instruction, not even really his fault).
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    Pretty mad, to be fair.

    No part of our team is elite and Liverpool are back
     
    evil_geko said:
    Yes, because Sancho is a petulant child.
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    is it sancho who is the petulant child or the one who insists on “please forgive me Mr. manager pretty pretty please with a cherry on top” ?
     
    Cantona in disguise said:
    Why? they are part of the squad. Good players and they have to step up when needed. If they aren't capable of playing in these games what's the point of having them?
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    I think ten hag is a dead man walking and I don't want to scar 18/19/20 year olds by getting battered here or be subject to loads of abuse online. In my head it's literally a free game given what we are right now. I'm not looking at this game like "let's put our best lineup out to give ourselves the best chance"... I'm looking at it like "what players do I not want to scar today".

    Of course nobody would ever do that, I'm just saying that's my view on it given how bad we play.
     
    SER19 said:
    the meltdown over captain choice is hilarious. We have how many players missing, including other captain choices. If rumours are believed varane and ten hag arent settled behind the scenes, and mctominay is one of a few players coming through recent weeks with a semblance of credit. Its one game with probably the first 5 choices in captain missing. Plenty moaning were probably calling for shaw to never play for united again after his performance here last season.

    Calm down you lunatics.
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    Haters will always hate no matter what.
     
    its a pretty physical team on paper. plenty of hard workers too. Hoping that at the very least we wont see another meltdown
     
    bosnian_red said:
    I'm whatever about Gravenberch still, and Endo is average. But our midfield is Amrabat who is average, McTominay who we all know what he is and isn't, and Mainoo who tbf is an elite talent but has played 2 games.

    Endo and Amrabat I put on the same level, hell even Gravenberch and Mainoo I don't think there is actually much in it. Szboszlai is class though.

    TAA is a generational talent, let's not kid ourselves there. Van Dijk was world class who had an ACL injury so took a while to get back in form like Vidic did in 2010 or whatever. Not what he was, still quality, still better than current day Varane and our other CB is Evans...

    Darwin is a constant threat in games, he's not amazing but he is capable of being an excellent player. I think Hojlund has huge potential but he's not there yet.

    Starting 11 wise there is a lot in it. But yes tactics will exacerbate that. It's not 7-0 difference. We should be able to be competitive in these games. But the lineup is pretty much mid table level today, something like Brentford or Crystal Palace level.
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    That’s what I meant, there may be small difference in quality but Liverpool are hardly lining up like galactico Madrid and nowhere near the player quality they had when they won the league.

    i still expect to lose but if we get best heavily by this Liverpool team it’s not because of the quality of their players
     
    SER19 said:
    its a pretty physical team on paper. plenty of hard workers too. Hoping that at the very least we wont see another meltdown
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    Michael Oliver is going to see to any plans we have of winning the physical game.
     
    Last 2 managers were sacked on Monday after playing Liverpool on a Sunday weren’t they?
     
    I'm really interested to see how that middle three works. Might be a disaster but if it works well we might have stumbled onto something.
     
    McTominay as captain is one of the biggest jokes of the last 10 years. Watch him do feck all again.
     
    90 + 5min said:
    Haters will always hate no matter what.
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    its insane. all the green smileys and freaking out as if theres some clearly obvious alternative. Fernandes, Martinez, Casemiro, Lindelof, Maguire would all be candidates. All are missing. So its with the player who's been at the club the longest and who has delivered in much needed moments this season. People acting like he's named Fred the Red captain. Just anything for a meltdown
     
    Really need Amrabat to step up and have one of those world cup or conference final type of performances today.
     
    Not going to be surprised at all when Shaw and Varane drop like flies and Willy Kambwala is limbering up in the 30th minute.
     
    Dec9003 said:
    I know we’ve got injuries but our squad absolutely stinks.
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    Tbf in the midfield we are missing Bruno, Eriksen and Case so I reckon for any team they would struggle to have 3 backups of good quality. The CBs are insane though, you remove Martinez and we are effectively crippled. Ditto in attack.
     
    I don't usually bet but doing a little build a bet, so I at least get financially compensated if we get destroyed to slightly lessen my anger

    So far got a red for us, Nunez to score at any time and stuck if I put them as scoring 4 or 5 :nervous:
     
    Pexbo said:
    Michael Oliver is going to see to any plans we have of winning the physical game.
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    Ya i thought the same. Straight on to the betting app to bet on several yellows for united
     
    OmarUnited4ever said:
    We keep it tight with Mainoo and Amrabat, and just use Garnacho and Hojlund pace for counter attacks, anything else and we get thumped
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    Both are high energy and good midfielders but neither are pure defensive midfielders. Amrabat you could make a case for but Mainoo being a DM is a complete misnomer.

    What both hopefully do bring is some high octane disruption in the middle and an ability to counter.
     
    United Hobbit said:
    I don't usually bet but doing a little build a bet, so I at least get financially compensated if we get destroyed to slightly lessen my anger

    So far got a red for us, Nunez to score at any time and stuck if I put them as scoring 4 or 5 :nervous:
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    just put more than 3.5 goals or something.
     
    10/11 i had AWB in for Dalot.
    Not sure why AWB isnt playing, hes twice the defender Dalot is.
     
    Pexbo said:
    Michael Oliver is going to see to any plans we have of winning the physical game.
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    Exactly!
    And i'm sure that they will try to outmuscle Garnacho, Antony and Mainoo with Oliver's help!
     
    bond19821982 said:
    Who is going to do that ? We don't have Bruno to provide that killer pass. We don't have the defence or midfield to shut them out. We don't have a shot stopper like prime DDG to help either.
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    Other teams stop them: we have to disciplined on the field. And focused, hopefully we won’t concede another goal from a cross because the full backs are asleep.
     
    SER19 said:
    its insane. all the green smileys and freaking out as if theres some clearly obvious alternative. Fernandes, Martinez, Casemiro, Lindelof, Maguire would all be candidates. All are missing. So its with the player who's been at the club the longest and who has delivered in much needed moments this season. People acting like he's named Fred the Red captain. Just anything for a meltdown
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    This is the fanbase. To many youngsters and to many haters.

    I have no problem that McTominay is captain today. Would I have him? Probably not. However, no problem with that.
     
    Think it’ll be much tighter than expected, maybe even a draw

    also think Hojlund breaks his duck
     
    bosnian_red said:
    Don't like that Mainoo, Garnacho or Hojlund are in. Don't think it's fair on them to be a big part of what is about to happen...
    Really hope I'm wrong, but I'm dreading it.
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    You are right, we will never win anything with kids
     
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  • Man Utd win
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  • 13% Liverpool 4:0 Man Utd
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  • 12% Liverpool 9:0 Man Utd
  • 11% Liverpool 5:0 Man Utd
  • 6% Liverpool 1:2 Man Utd
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  • 1% Liverpool 0:3 Man Utd
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  1. Liverpool
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Possession
69% 31%
Shots
34 6
Shots on Target
8 1
Corners
12 0
Fouls
13 8

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