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Manchester United 4:1 Bournemouth

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    Slightly nervous here. Tricky game I believe... we can't be making any stupid errors.
     
    Hoping for a continuation of what we saw in the previous 2 games. By that I mean a high line, pressing, recovering the ball fast. It should help transitioning from defence to attack easier.
    I love how we haven't systematically crossed the ball in those games. Interlinking between the lines and crossing when it is appropriate
     
    Disappointed to see no Dalot and Fred to some extent, probably looking at this:

    de Gea
    Young Lindelof Jones Shaw
    Matic
    Herrera Pogba
    Lingard Rashford Martial
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    Romero; Darmian, Bailly; Fellaini, Pereira, Mata; Lukaku​
     
    Jazz said:
    Slightly nervous here. Tricky game I believe... we can't be making any stupid errors.
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    Feeling the same thing, it's a lovely feeling, and I think we will make some mistake but that we still make one or two goals more than them. But it is enough, crushing them is perhaps too much. Better to get success in small doses so not all realism disappears.
     
    kouroux said:
    You are right. The thing is, does he ever even admit he got it wrong ?
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    I have never seen it. Others who watch him regularly can answer this btw.

    Some of his opinions on De Gea in initial days was just hilarious, never seen him admitting he got it wrong, think he said how De Gea improved.
     
    Any youth boys in the squad? Martial and Alexis there?
     
    OldPop said:
    Feeling the same thing, it's a lovely feeling, and I think we will make some mistake but that we still make one or two goals more than them. But it is enough, crushing them is perhaps too much. Better to get success in small doses so not all realism disappears.
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    I'd even take a 2-1. The 3 points are super important to keep the confidence high.
     
    Despite them being weakened this will be a much tougher game than our last two
    where they in truth offered little counter threat. Will be interesting to see if we change our approach at all.
     

    Ole on teaching our forwards

    “I wasn't born with the ability to move in front of goal. I studied finishing, I studied goals, I studied movement, I worked on my mentality because that's key.

    “You know you'll miss chances, but you can't do anything about them. It's all about the next one. You've got to be one step ahead as a striker to create that space you need as that's your best friend, apart from the ball, but you need that space.

    “My first job here, after I finished playing, was as a forward coach so I worked with Cristiano [Ronaldo], Wayne [Rooney] and Danny Welbeck. [Carlos] Tevez was here too. It was a good start for me. Seriously, that was my strength - to put the ball in the net. I'm sure I can give these boys a little bit of that detail into scoring goals because on talent and physical attributes, all these boys have got loads more than me.

    “I think Marcus Rashford has got the motivation and inspiration himself to become the best he can be. He practises a lot, he's got so much more than I had in the physical attributes - his pace and strength, striking from outside the box.

    “Maybe I can give him a little bit of that nous that I had in the box - your movement to get free, that little bit of calmness in front of goal. But it's easy to say when I was 27, 28 or 29 because Marcus is 21 and still learning.

    “But for me, the most important thing is to settle him down in front of goal. I've seen him rush a few finishes like 'I really need to get a shot off early'. Sometimes you just pass it past the keeper, because if there's a defender you just pass it past him or you go past him. That goal will never move. I'm really looking forward to having the amount of talent that I'm working with now up front.

    “I will [relay my experiences to them]. I'll get to that because now I’ve got to know all of the software and the videos that we've got. I want to get into their heads and how they are thinking because that's the only thing they can control really - how they approach different situations.

    “Throughout my life, ever since I played back home, instead of listening to the teacher, you were sat writing down your goals and your chances and thinking 'I should have done that' or 'I should have done this'. That's all I was thinking about really. I will get time to spend time with them.

    “I’m not shocked by the talented forwards we have at United because we've always had top, top strikers at this club. Always. I've played with so many good ones and, to win games, you need to score goals. To score goals, you need top strikers. We've got top ones. It's about confidence as well.

    “I've spoken about this in the Norwegian press. I've got a diary back home. After I met [sports psychologist] Bill Beswick when he came to the club, he made me aware of how important that confidence work is. I've got a diary of, not what we did, but how I was thinking and how I reacted to different situations in games.

    “It starts with 'I've had enough of bad performances and bad confidence'. That was as a 27-year-old. All of the ones we're talking about, apart from Alexis, are way younger than 27 so, of course, it's the mental bit we need to work with.

    “To work on it, you focus in training, score loads of goals during training sessions. If you've not scored enough during the game, you finish the day off with some extra finishing. Finishing is different to shooting - I've always said that.

    “The thought process should be done in the training sessions, then naturally you will do it in the games. We can sit for hours and hours and hours talking about finishing practices and scoring goals because that's always been my passion. Whenever the training session and team sessions are done, I'll make sure I get time to work with the boys. There is one way of getting better and that is practising - on and off the pitch.”

    Ole on Martial's best position

    “He can play as a No9 of course because he's got strength and he's good at holding the ball up. But he is fantastic at one-on-one, so he can also play on the left or right wing.

    “As a defender you don't want to be dropping off towards your own goals with him running at you.

    “We need to get Anthony facing forward. I realised when I was a striker that when I ended up wide on the left or right, it can be so much easier to get space and face defenders up. I think Anthony enjoys playing wide, taking people on.”


    I am guessing Lukaku will at least be on the bench, and Martial will start.

    I used to dread these fixtures under Mourinho because of United's mixed record against the bottom ten teams.

    DeGea

    Young
    Jones
    Lindelof
    Shaw

    Herrera
    Matic
    Pogba

    Lingard
    Rashford
    Martial
     
    As a fan, I've made my peace with finishing sixth this season, but still really hoping we continue with this new found attacking approach, even if it means conceding more as the quality of opposition we face keeps getting better
     
    Think it will be the same team that faced Cardiff in Ole’s first game in charge.

    Hopefully we get a similar performance and result :D

    GGMU
     
    zenith said:
    As a fan, I've made my peace with finishing sixth this season, but still really hoping we continue with this new found attacking approach, even if it means conceding more as the quality of opposition we face keeps getting better
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    We will overhaul Arsenal and be close to 4th in my opinion.
     
    zenith said:
    As a fan, I've made my peace with finishing sixth this season, but still really hoping we continue with this new found attacking approach, even if it means conceding more as the quality of opposition we face keeps getting better
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    I think we will overtake Arsenal. Hopefully Chelsea start dropping points. The gap isn’t as bad as everyone makes out in my opinion. Could be an interesting second half to the season for us.
     
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    Between these feel good images and videos and the kind of this Ole has been saying, I feel giddy. I mean, when was the last time we saw the manager in front of the whole squad with them smiling and listening intently like at the end of that clip? Could just be me not having seen it, but it feels like spring after a real long winter.
     
    I really hate Michael Olivers face, only person with a more punchable face is Mike Dean
     
    At the Hotel

    The following players were spotted arriving at the hotel pre-match. Note: no Fred, Dalot, Valencia, Smalling, McTominay, Rojo or Sanchez.

    Goalkeepers (3): David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Lee Grant
    Defenders (6): Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, Matteo Darmian, Victor Lindelof
    Midfielders (5): Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic, Andreas Pereira, Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini,
    Forwards (5): Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial, Juan Mata

    That's the team I would like to see, with Lukaku playing on the right, Martial left and Rashford central.
     
    ManchesterYoda said:
    At the Hotel

    The following players were spotted arriving at the hotel pre-match. Note: no Fred, Dalot, Valencia, Smalling, McTominay, Rojo or Sanchez.

    Goalkeepers (3): David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Lee Grant
    Defenders (6): Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, Matteo Darmian, Victor Lindelof
    Midfielders (5):     Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic, Andreas Pereira, Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini,
    Forwards (5): Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial, Juan Mata

    That's the team I would like to see, with Lukaku playing on the right, Martial left and Rashford central.
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    Not convinced Lukaku and Martial start though.

    Could finish with both though
     
    Inigo Montoya said:
    We can’t overhaul them today though
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    We'll be 3 points behind them. We have a better defense than them and If Ole can keep this goal scoring glut going, it's only a matter of time.

    Chelsea will be hard to catch, but we will worry about that when we get to 5th first.
     
    Feed Me said:
    No, but it'll be a two point gap and the GD has narrowed a lot. Arsenal will have a poor second half to the season and fans will be in mutiny, mark my words.
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    Arsenal’s defence is shit of the highest order. Dick Emery must think he’s still in France
     
    Inigo Montoya said:
    Arsenal’s defence is shit of the highest order. Dick Emery must think he’s still in France
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    Their record of goals conceded after 20 league games is the worst since the 60s. After a promising start it's all gone to shit for them. They didn't spend anywhere near enough.
     
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