That run being new manager bounce and Tuchel being amazing aren't mutually exclusive. He didn't just suddenly appear at Chelsea. We've been saying he's incredible for years now.
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Manchester United 2:1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Old Trafford
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That run being new manager bounce and Tuchel being amazing aren't mutually exclusive. He didn't just suddenly appear at Chelsea. We've been saying he's incredible for years now.
Rashford has been great this season and playing with injuries. So him for one.
Have we? Most people have said he’s okay. Decent manager but off the top level. He’s done okay so far at Chelsea but it’s too soon to fully judge and personally I’m not convinced he’s brilliant.
Quite a few international players in our squad thanks!
We were lucky, like you with Cavani, that the South American Football Federation called off it's matchs due to covid, so that means Mac Allister (Argentina), Caidedo (Ecuador) and Alzate (Colombia) did not have to travel and play.
But Trossard scored twice for Belgium
Moder scored against England!
Sanchez called up for Spain
But Propper and Veltman both called up for Holland
Zeqiri called up for Switzerland U21, but Switzerland go out with England, though England would have obviously won the whole thing if Lamptey was fit!
No national team players ffs!
Today I learned Mac Allister is Argentinian. That's not a name you'd bank on belonging to a South American. Pretty cool.
Yeah, I can't believe anyone would think any PL team wouldn't have any internationals.
Some won't have as many playing for the top ranked nations as others, but they'll all have plenty of senior and U21 internationals from various countries.
According to the Brazilian based football journalist Tim Vickery there's plenty of Scottish links to the origins of football in Argentina.Brighton are a very well drilled team and I think Potter is an excellent manager. If they manage to stay up (which is looking likely at this point) and get in a decent striker and keeper, I think they’ll be the Aston Villa of next season. Trossard in particular is a fantastic player.
But you’re playing the Brighton of this season, and if their strikers don’t show up then I think you should win this pretty comfortably as long as you keep your composure and maintain a fluid rhythm.Henderson
Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Fred Pogba
Greenwood Bruno Rashford
Cavani
Good to have proper football back! Hoping we can field something like this and go for the kill. I actually think it would be a big step for us to win this game. I often (far too often) feel as if we don't take full advantage when our rivals slip up. We can set a real marker down here for 2nd place with a win.Brighton are the typical PL team, where if you don't turn up, if you don't come prepared you will drop points.
We often don't turn up for the first 10-20-45 mins in games, so I hope to see us well-prepared and playing on the front foot.
I do worry about this game for the reson you just mention! They were better than us last game and used our weakness in the back four repeatedly. Our slow Cb's couldn't get close to the quicker attackers, and the space behind AWB and Shaw who tucked in to much was found a lott of times.
I think they will score, and that means we need to score at least two, and that doesn't happens every game!
In the other hand Ole and the gang, should know what to do. Potter have played the same kind of football in every game I have seen, now matter the team he coach or what team he is up against.
2-1 win for United.
James looked quite good in the nationals I read, maybe him on the left if Rashford and Martial is injured. Amad to the right if Greenwood is injured. Cavani up front.
Pogba, Bruno, Fred.
Shaw, Maguire, Bailly, AWB.
DDG
For me the key to win this game is Shaw and AWB. If they got the defence in place and also find there moments to attack we will sort this out. Cavani score one or two.
They can't be that decent considering they're only 6 points above the relegation zone. They are coming off the back of a couple of wins, albeit against Newcastle and Southampton who are both struggling for form at the moment.
We'll win comfortably if we turn up, which is never a guarantee with this team admittedly.Picking the goal keeper is going to be a tough call for Ole, it's going to be under the media spotlight. Whatever choice he makes will get dissected and over analyzed. If DdG starts it will be painted as favouratism and unfair on Henderson, or if Henderson starts it will get painted as the end for DDG.
There isn't too much in quality between the keepers (although I would prefer Henderson based on form).We’re highly likely to win the game of football. But Brighton are also highly likely to ‘play better’ than us in the match itself.Another huge game (seems like we say that every week) in which we can put a 4 point gap between us and Leicester, and a 9 point gap on Chelsea in fourth. It will be a difficult game, but I also think Brighton will come here and try to play a little which should hopefully leave space for us to exploit. Clearly we're much better in those circumstances.
That's the big question. It's the first time Solskjaer has had to make a real call on that.
We've looked more assured at the back in De Gea's absence (perhaps with the exception of the Leicester cup game, but that team was heavily rotated) and Henderson has kept 5 clean sheets in his last 7. That would suggest Henderson has done enough to keep his place, though my suspicion is Solskjaer will still lean towards De Gea.
It is a difficult choice with no real "right" call he can make, especially as he De Gea was basically on paternity leave!
Also tend to play much better in the last 10-20-45 mins in games.
That we do, but it can become frustrating when we often enter that period of the game behind or being outplayed.
Like every other game on hereReading this thread, you’d swear we were playing Pep’s Barca
Players back from injury, Brighton are a nice but easy team to play against – 4-0.
We as in "me and admirers of his", not as in "Caf members". I love to be proven wrong, but I have the feeling they'll be ahead of us on the table this time next year.
Anyway, Brighton. They're shit, but they actually try to play football. Give them the ball and clap them on the counter. We've mostly struggled with the anti-football crowd, not these kind of teams.
3-0 win.
Hopefully they don't get relegated.Last edited:
Great season? No injuries meant he's not been great. Even if I gave you that (which I don't), give me a forth out of 22 players?
I would pick DdG because of his reaction- safes. Last game they did find a lot of finishing in close range. (Not Henderson's strength).
I still rate DdG higher then Henderson, but I see Henderson as the future and would sell DdG if anyone payed some money to get him this summer.
Whatever the reson of Ole picking one or the other, I do expect him and the staff to have the leadership knowledge to explain why without making players leaving, if it need to be explained there is. They are grown up professionals and should be abel to meet some resistens in there willingness to grow as footballers without demanding this or that.I hope we smash them. I still can't believe I read an article on a well know football website claiming Brighton are superior to us in midfield.....
Agreed, so many worrying about us playing a team placed 16th in the league says a lot about our current situation. People in the stands or not
Some of us have watched them recently rather than just basing all our judgement on league position.
That should be the tipping point for Henderson to start. DDG didn’t suffer an injury, he made a conscious choice to leave. DDG can start Thursday.
They beat a relegation form Newcastle and Southampton recently and before that they haven't been getting any results. Also missing 4 regulars. Anything but 3 points here is a massive let down
It wasn't really a choice for any man who is not a complete and utter cnut.
It’s not like he is losing his paycheck & job, he just shouldn’t start today. There’s always Thursday.Ive just looked at the table. We could cement top 4 today if we win. 9 points ahead of chelsea in 4th looks good. Dont care where we end up as long as it top 4.Fecking brighton probably going to try and have the game of their lives.
Good point. The coaches are privy to details that the fans and media are not, and are in a better position to make these calls.
I don't want to trash DdG despite this prolonged dip in form, or pretend that Henderson doesn't make mistakes, because he does, I just think, in my humble opinion as a fan, that he should get most of the games for the rest of the season because
- We need to assess if Henderson is the future or if we need to sign someone else.
- If he is the future of the club he will need games to build confidence and experience. These are things he cannot get on the bench.
- His mistakes can be chalked up to inexperience, and you hope that he learns from it. With DdG it's just frustrating and a bit sad.
Some of us don't base every performance on the last one either.
Untied have proved they can be really good amd on any given day beat anyone however the inverse is also true. We can be shite just as equally. The pattern is that its how United play that dictates a result. We rarely get outclassed which is encouraging.
If we play well we'll win. Its Brighton not Barcelona.
Same here. Sites analysing expected goals (I know people don't like them) also have them around 6th so it's not just based on what I've seen either. They are better than their league position suggests.
We’ll get the first but absolutely no chance of the second, especially against a team like Brighton who I wouldn’t be surprised if they controlled most of the game.
There is alot to be said for an early goal. For us.
Its normally the other way round.
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Man of the Match
Runners-up
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Luke Shaw
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Bruno Fernandes
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Harry Maguire
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Fred
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Victor Lindelof
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Marcus Rashford
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Paul Pogba
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Score Predictions
186,10,12
- Man Utd win
- Brighton win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 28% Man Utd 2:0 Brighton
- 21% Man Utd 2:1 Brighton
- 15% Man Utd 3:0 Brighton
- 11% Man Utd 3:1 Brighton
- 7% Man Utd 1:0 Brighton
- 4% Man Utd 4:0 Brighton
- 4% Man Utd 1:1 Brighton
- 2% Man Utd 1:2 Brighton
- 2% Man Utd 4:1 Brighton
- 1% Man Utd 0:2 Brighton
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Brighton
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 Brighton
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 Brighton
- 0% Man Utd 0:3 Brighton
- 0% Man Utd 0:4 Brighton
- 0% Man Utd 0:5 Brighton
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Brighton
- Possession
- 58% 42%
- Shots
- 15 5
- Shots on Target
- 7 3
- Corners
- 5 6
- Fouls
- 14 7
Referee
Mike Dean
Man Utd Lineup
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