Not really sure what Ole will do with ti game, I'll just guess at this.
Champions League Group F
Manchester United 3:2 Atalanta
OId Trafford
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- Wed, 20 October 2021 @ 8:00pm BST
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If Wednesday night comes round and I’m watching a game where the opposition are looking faster, technically superior with precise, quick passing, charging into space and opening us up time after time, whilst we’re slow in our build up, inaccurate in our passing and miscontrolling the ball, looking lethargic and frustrated - I’m going to scream.
I'd watch with some tea and honey then.
why would it? Pretty sure Atalanta will be used to way worse in Italy.
Old Trafford isn’t the fortress it once was, more like a circus tent nowadays.
Id turn on Squid Game on netflix if i were you.
You're going to scream
So just the usual then.
If Atalanta have enough fuel in them to press us consistently, we are in a big trouble. Dropping points against the Italians and losing to Pool will put Ole right on a super hot frying pan. The end is near it seems.4-4-2 . That's how I'd go it's not going to happen, though.
DDG. AWB, Lidelof, Maguire, Shaw.
Bruno..Mctom..Fred.. Pogba..
Ronny...Cavani. .. I'd even maybe put Bruno and Fred in CM and put Sancho on the left and Rashford on the right. Maguire has to push up Lindelof can cover behind when in possession , i can see that system working even better with Varane.Atalanta are unbeaten in away games this season. P5 W3 D2 F11 A6
The two draws was against inter and Villarreal both 2-2 results.
They won their 3 away group games in last season CL against Ajax, Liverpool, Midtjylland without conceding a goal and Liverpool had no shots on target in their 2-0 defeat in Anfield.
Sixy football
Becoming a bit more excited about this game the closer it's getting.
One thing just dawned on me, prob said by others but Pool get an extra days rest ahead of our game, when it's against you, every single little thing seems to pile up to make it that bit harder.
Don't they always?Sixy football
Becoming a bit more excited about this game the closer it's getting.
One thing just dawned on me, prob said by others but Pool get an extra days rest ahead of our game, when it's against you, every single little thing seems to pile up to make it that bit harder.
This will be the team most likely.Not really sure what Ole will do with ti game, I'll just guess at this.
He'll make some pointless subs around the 80 minute mark like bringing on Matic for McTominay or Lingard for Greenwood when we need a goal.Losing this game is unthinkable. Ole will revert to his tried and tested that has got him out the shit before. Loads of hate regarding McFred but Ole knows his biggest results against the best teams generally, they have played.Almost doesn't matter who we play, we will be shite. I expect the McFred nightmare to return. Hope we win.Atalanta is such an underrated side with crazy attacking talent. This could be really bad for Ole.
Prepare for it then. Atalanta are one of the best teams to watch in Serie A and have been for past few seasons. Whereas United are moments FC.What if they smash us 10 nil ?We will win this game 2-1 and everything will be rosy in the Utd camp. Then we will lose to liverpool.Time to start Edison Cavani.You can bet your life savings on a return of McFredI'd personally love to see this team:
_____________DDG
____Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Dalot_________________Telles
________Fred_____Pogba_____
____________Bruno__________
______Ronaldo___Cavani____
With a couple more days training added to the match he just played, Maguire should be closer to being up to speed.
Is Cavani ready to play? If so I agree with you. Give him and Ronaldo 60mins and bring on some younger legs for the last half hour.Drop the "non droppables" and have the attacking four press the opposition.
I would set up something like this below. Giving Sancho, Dalot and Donny strict instructions to press the ball in a pack, and Rashford, Matic and Shaw the same on their side. Bruno and Cavani press from the front and we can start looking like a team again.
With the hunger of Rashford, Sancho's deliveries into the box, Donny and Bruno breaking the lines with forward passes, I reckon we can get our noses a couple of goals up. Once this is established, stick Ronaldo on for his glory goal to cap the game off.
Dalot's lack of defensive qualities is a concern, but we need them to be worried about us, and not the other way around.
-----------------------------------------DDG----------------------------------------
-------Dalot-----------Lindelof--------------Maguire------------Shaw----
---Sancho-----Donny----Bruno----Matic---------Rashford--
----------------------------------------Cavani------I expect to see Uniteds strongest possible team out for the Forseeable future whilst Ole's job is under threat. Only problem is nobody knows what that team is.Atalanta are coming off the back of a 4-1 away win, whereas we're coming off the back of a 4-2 away defeat!
I think we'll scrape a 2-1 win, personally. But I can see the performance being dull, and Atalanta will definitely have chances.i would like to see Cavani, Lingard start, with Fernandes, I think they can press aggressively, perhaps Rashford on the left for his runs in behind.
Maguire shouldn't start so Bailly should replace him in the back 4.
probably a McFred in the middle is Ole's go to pairing but i hope its Fred & VdBI don't know how we'll line up but imagine it's something like:
De Gea
AWB - Lindelof - Maguire - Shaw
McFred
Greenwood - Bruno - Rashford
Ronaldo
1-2 to Atalanta.I'd rest a few for Sunday (Greenwood/Ronaldo/Bruno) and play a 4-3-3. Got to try something different...
De Gea
Dalot Bailly Lindelof Shaw
VdB Fred Pogba
Sancho Cavani Rashford
Anything short of a win here and we're almost certainly into the Europa league. If we can even finish 3rd.
Second is still salvageable I think, but feck me we’d be cutting it fine. A loss tomorrow might lead player unrest into overdrive. Ronaldo and Champions League Varane playing in the Europa League?
Imagine.
Does 4th drop into the Europa conference league?Second is still salvageable I think, but feck me we’d be cutting it fine. A loss tomorrow might lead player unrest into overdrive. Ronaldo and Champions League Varane playing in the Europa League? Imagine.
Solskjaer’s problem now is he’s damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. If he rests his 3 top scorers this season and you don’t win he’s a bit fecked with the criticism he’ll get and with there being so much money on the line in progressing in the CL. If he keeps his strongest (on paper) line up he risks looking like the ‘something’s got to change’ comment was just empty words.Would like to see this,
De Gea
AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Matic
McTominay Bruno
Sancho Cavani Rashford
I think we’ll need legs and this team is probably the hardest working team we have (minus Fred but he’s been shocking).Going to be a tough game, we'll do well to beat them.
Villarreal should've beat us 3-1- 4-1, they had chances galore and played right through but just couldn't find the right strikes. Any more freedom given like that and it will be a bad night.
If McTom is playing then coaching team have to recognize he's not in the games these days and needs to very much much involved, if it's not working on the pitch then Ole has get up and start telling players where they should be.I'm actually really looking forward to this as I think Ole will try something different and I want to see what he's got up his sleeve. If we go McFred-3-Ronaldo again I'll be disappointed.No-one is getting rested or rotated. We saw how that went against West Ham.
Funnily enough, I'd say thats probably the best we've played as a team in our last 7 games.
Not a high bar sure, but still.Ole will almost certainly set us up negatively for this. McFred are nailed on to start. If he still had Dan James he’d probably start him too. It’s usually what happens when Ole gets a pasting in a game - he sets up the next game with the sole purpose of not losing instead of scoring goals and dominating possession.
Can see this being a draw.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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27%
Bruno Fernandes
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20%
David de Gea
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8%
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
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8%
Fred
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5%
Marcus Rashford
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1%
Victor Lindelof
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1%
Luke Shaw
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1%
Paul Pogba
Player Ratings
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Compiled from 319 ratings.
Score Predictions
153,68,58
- Man Utd win
- Atalanta win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 20% Man Utd 2:1 Atalanta
- 11% Man Utd 1:1 Atalanta
- 10% Man Utd 1:2 Atalanta
- 9% Man Utd 2:2 Atalanta
- 8% Man Utd 2:0 Atalanta
- 8% Man Utd 3:1 Atalanta
- 6% Man Utd 1:0 Atalanta
- 5% Man Utd 0:2 Atalanta
- 4% Man Utd 3:0 Atalanta
- 4% Man Utd 1:3 Atalanta
- 4% Man Utd 3:2 Atalanta
- 3% Man Utd 0:1 Atalanta
- 2% Man Utd 4:1 Atalanta
- 2% Man Utd 4:0 Atalanta
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 Atalanta
- 1% Man Utd 0:3 Atalanta
- 1% Man Utd 2:3 Atalanta
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Atalanta
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 Atalanta
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 Atalanta
- 0% Man Utd 3:3 Atalanta
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Atalanta
- Possession
- 56% 44%
- Shots
- 22 13
- Shots on Target
- 9 6
- Corners
- 8 5
- Fouls
- 10 12
Referee
Szymon Marciniak
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Nemanja Matic
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replaced by Paul Pogba
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replaced by Edinson Cavani
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replaced by Jadon Sancho
