League Cup Quarter-Final

Manchester United 3:0 Colchester United

Old Trafford

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Wed, 18 December 2019 @ 8:00pm GMT
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    I have a fun team in mind.

    DDG
    AWB-Lindelof-Maguire
    Laird-Fred-McTominay-Williams
    Hannibal
    Greenwood-Martial​
     
    Play a strong team. We haven't got many other chances to win a trophy.
     
    Inigo Montoya said:
    Utd should compete on all fronts. If we throw this game because ‘ the PL is more important,’ we really have turned into a mid table side
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    I think it's actually the other way around.

    Big clubs usually prioritises PL or CL over FA and LC. Look at Liverpool for the last couple years for example, they always somehow got out of FA or LC pretty early.

    Small clubs - mid table teams usually priorities FA and LC as it's their only hope for a trophy.

    The only team that can compete on all front atm is City imo.

    And of course we should not throw the game, no game should be threw anyway. Just play a young team and save the first XI for the prem. If we win, good. If not, not a big deal and the youngsters got the minutes.
     
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    Knowing us we’ll probably be trying to hit these lot on the counter attack.
     
    We'll most likely make a lot of changes in the first team and the football won't be pretty. Should win it though.
     
    Romero

    Laird Tunazebe Jones Williams

    Garner Matic

    Gomes

    Periera Greenwood Chong

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    4-0 United.



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    Agree we should go with a mixture of experience/inexperience.

    Surprised to see Dalot & Jones on so many line up predictions. Dalot is on the way back to fitness, not fit enough to start a competitive game & Jones is Jones, he always looks nervy and has a mistake in him. Although this is a lower tier team, one thing we need is a bit of composure at the back, i'd pick ANY of our available CB's before Jones.

    I'd play Greenwood from the start, Martial needs to be benched.

    Going for a 3-0 win
     
    No Gomes, Dalot or Levitt in the squad, Chong is there though
     
    All I want to see is movement and creating options to pass.

    If we can't do that against Colchester, I don't know what some of these players doing in Premier League.
     
    Strelok said:
    May I ask why ?
    I could not care less about this League Cup tbh.
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    colchester are truly crap according to an old friend of mine (he's a life-long fan of them!). I know we were crap against rochdale but I'm presuming we cannot be that poor again (but, as I also said, that probably jinxes everything)
     
    roonster09 said:
    I think we will go with the team that played against AZ Alkmaar with very few changes

    Romero

    Dalot Tuanzebe Jones Williams

    Matic Garner

    Mata Pereira Gomes

    Greenwood
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    Don't think we should risk the first 11 players for this game, considering it's league 2 team and at OT. Hopefully Chong, Laird, Ramazani comes on as a sub.
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    I wouldn[t put Jones in the Colchester side! :wenger:
     
    Looking at Mr Coote's record... he hands 4-5 yellows a game on average. so that's Jones inside the first 10 mins then and possibly a midfielder too :devil:
     
    Confirmed United squad members
    Sergio Romero, Lee Grant,
    Ashley Young, Axel Tuanzebe, Harry Maguire, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Brandon Williams,
    Scott McTominay, James Garner, Nemanja Matic, Andreas Pereira, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard,
    Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Tahith Chong, Mason Greenwood
     
    mitchmouse said:
    colchester are truly crap according to an old friend of mine (he's a life-long fan of them!). I know we were crap against rochdale but I'm presuming we cannot be that poor again (but, as I also said, that probably jinxes everything)
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    Ah ok I see your point now.

    However as they managed to draw against Spurs with Ali and Moura I don't think they're that crap.

    Btw if you ask any fan of any team most of them gonna say their team are crap you know, even the best teams (just have a look around the caf and you'd see :lol:)
     
    Strelok said:
    Ah ok I see your point now.

    However as they managed to draw against Spurs with Ali and Moura I don't think they're that crap.

    Btw if you ask any fan of any team most of them gonna say their team are crap you know, even the best teams (just have a look around the caf and you'd see :lol:)
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    If poch was their manager at that time then comparing that draw won't make sense
     
    Starting XI

    Romero

    Young
    Tuanzebe
    Jones
    Williams

    Garner
    Matic

    Lingard
    Mata
    Chong

    Greenwood

    subs:
    Grant
    Maguire
    Shaw
    McTominay
    Pereira
    Rashford
    Martial

    Score Prediction:
    Manchester United 3-0 Colchester United
     
    Really frustrating no Gomes, but Ole and the coaching staff see him everyday, and I hope their judgment is better than ours.
     
    ayushreddevil9 said:
    If poch was their manager at that time then comparing that draw won't make sense
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    Yeah but according to the caf isn't Poch much better than Ole ;) ? Just kidding don't take that seriously.

    Honestly I've no idea how good/bad this Colchester is. However as they're playing in the League Two then logically even our B team should be able to beat them with ease. If not, it'll just show how shit our reserved players are, which shouldn't be any surprise I think ?
     
    Predicted

    Romero

    Young Tuanzabe Maguire Williams

    Garner Matic

    Lingard Mata Rashford

    Greenwood

    Subs, Chong Pereira Jones
     
    Angel Gomes gives pre-match interview
    "It’s another tournament and a way to get the season started and another trophy as well which we always look to win and we’re always competitive and always look to playing in it. It’s going to be a great occasion for the lads."
     
    Samid said:
    Angel Gomes gives pre-match interview
    "It’s another tournament and a way to get the season started and another trophy as well which we always look to win and we’re always competitive and always look to playing in it. It’s going to be a great occasion for the lads."
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    Well that is awkward.
     
    Sandikan said:
    Genuinely interested, is there a different type of "stream" that is called a "river", or is it simply people trying to be funny?
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    Are you asking for a stream? Because that's illegal. Asking for a good river to fish in however is not.
     
    This is going to be one of those matches which is awful to watch as a United fan. Just Lingard/Mata/Pereira passing the ball around just outside their box for 70-80 minutes without ideas and then they'll score from a random corner or free kick.

    We should still win. But I'm not that confident.
     
    Inigo Montoya said:
    He fielded a weaker team but didn't finish with it. Eriksen, etc all came on to try and win it but Colchester held firm and won a penalty shoot out. Embarrassing it was but Colchester survived a battering somehow.

    One of those days
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    Colchester had two of those days as they beat Palace in the previous round.

    If United start as i expect with Mata,Matic,Jones,Young,Pereira tonight it will be arguably be a weaker team than the one Poch started v Colchester. They will come with a double decker bus to Old Trafford. An early United goal could ruin their tactics hopefully no repeat of the scare v Rochdale anyway.
     
    I see Ole went with the nuclear option in front, leaving nothing to chance here.

    Colchester has scored 1 or fewer goals in 9 of their 13 latest contests. Go on Phil Jones, prove your worth
     
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Man of the Match

Marcus Rashford image Marcus Rashford 63% of 140 votes

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Score Predictions

245,6,1
  • Man Utd win
  • Colchester win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 40% Man Utd 3:0 Colchester
  • 23% Man Utd 2:0 Colchester
  • 12% Man Utd 4:0 Colchester
  • 6% Man Utd 3:1 Colchester
  • 5% Man Utd 1:0 Colchester
  • 5% Man Utd 5:0 Colchester
  • 3% Man Utd 2:1 Colchester
  • 2% Man Utd 4:1 Colchester
  • 1% Man Utd 1:2 Colchester
  • 0% Man Utd 0:1 Colchester
  • 0% Man Utd 4:2 Colchester
  • 0% Man Utd 0:3 Colchester
  • 0% Man Utd 0:4 Colchester
  • 0% Man Utd 5:1 Colchester
  • 0% Man Utd 0:5 Colchester
  • 0% Man Utd 5:4 Colchester
  • 0% Man Utd 1:1 Colchester
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Colchester
Possession
74% 26%
Shots
26 5
Shots on Target
6 2
Corners
7 2
Fouls
7 10

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David Coote

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