Rashford better not be at striker. Good to see Lukaku isn't undroppable anyway. Also, Matic is lucky not to be benched as well.
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Manchester United 2:1 Everton
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Who's up top though? Martial or Rashford? I really hope it's Martial, think he has better combinations and is the one most likely to keep Lukaku out of the side.Matic keeping his place is getting ridiculous.I said this yesterday, but we also need to change the way we play now that we have dropped Lukaku. Otherwise nothing is going to change.Very interesting: could be 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2 diamond, or 4-3-3.Last edited:
This is why we have to pray for a good performance and winHopefully this is the beginning of the end of ensuring Lukaku here, rather than a game’s ‘rest’.Great to see Lukaku dropped. Next that needs dropping is Matic.I'd like to be wrong but if it's Rashford as striker, I can't see there being any improvement in attack. He's not physical enough to give Zouma and Keane a tough time on the floor or in the air.
Zouma is no slouch neither so Rashford would have to be spot on with his runs in behind.
Can see Lukaku coming on and scoring.I thought this day would never come! Finally, Lukaku is dropped.
Could be a 4-4-2 diamond with Mata at the tip and Matic at the base.At last, we have played our £50m midfielder. At last, Lukaku has been dropped on account of being absolutely fecking useless. Shame Matic keeps his place.Very surprised that Lukaku has been dropped despite the rumours, I also thought Herrera was more likely to come into the midfield than Fred. I hope it's a diamond with Mata beind Martial and Rashford as a strike partnership.
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Doesn't have a choice, with no Fellaini and even Lukaku, we are an aerially weak side. Matic, Pogba (kind of) and Smalling are our only physical presences.
Albeit, we'll probably still concede from a setpiece.Everton line up looks decent.Lichsteiner could've been booked twice already. Instead, gets his first one.
The ref has been pretty poor today.Of course if this doesn't work, then everyone knows which two will be flattened under Jose's bus.Lukaku needs time on the bench .May focus his mind.Good team but Matic should be dropped too.Not really bothered about what happens today. Sad weekend for football. I think the emotion of it will make it a terrible game.Got 9/11. Well at least the bench has options if we somehow manage to feck this up. You can almost guess what Mourinho will say about Lukaku if we don't score today. It will be another 'told you so...'.Mata back on the wing or as a false 9? Either way I don't see it working.
Wrong thread.Fred in the middle, Mata on the right, Martial on the left and Rashford up top. Those aren't like -for-like switches at all.
Our shape has changed massively in only a few weeks. There's not a lot more that the manager can do, to be fair.
Will probably be Rashford. I think Mourinho prefers Martial to give width out of the two.4-4-2 would be interesting, I do feel Rashford has always looked so much better when with a partner. Martial is a natural goal scorer too.Nice to see a bit of a change in the line up but the manager and lack of any sort of attacking coaching and patterns is the problem so not expecting much different. Everton's cb's are a joke though so hope we get some joy.Lukaku dropped! United to score 3+ goals tonight, place your bets lads
Who would you have on the left and right? Pogba and Mata? 4-4-2 would be nice.So many people have an anachronistic way of thinking about strikers. They've got to bully defenders, beat them in the air, etc, but when you see the other successful clubs with dynamic movement and free flowing goalscoring football none of the above applies. Is Aguero bullying defenders, giving them a "hard" time physically? Is he beating them in the air? Is Jesus? Is Kane's physicality more important than the fact that his movement, first touch, technique and ball control is what sets him apart? So, we say, Rashford can't replace Lukaku; Martial can't, because they can't play with their back to goal, but then all that does is assume that we have to play target men.
What is wrong with Martial out left, Rashford central and Mata right with Rashford's role being one of constant running wide, in channels and dragging defenders wide? Instead, we've just pigeonholed ourselves into the illusion that there's no other way to play a forward........despite the best teams in the world proving otherwise.
Does it matter? Think most will see it for what it is.I thought Lukaku would get one more match (especially against his old team) until our other attacking options were fit enough to start. Surprised he's dropped already, although it does allow Fred to come into the team again. Hopefully he takes the chance.
Rashford up front by himself I presume. Really not a fan of him up there as he makes Lukaku's hold up play look like Drogba.
You replied me late re: Valencia
feck sake, this place has gone from moaning about reality to moaning about made up shit now
The amount of posters making up quotes to have a moan is at endemic levelsNo chance he just throws Rashford up top to chase long balls on his own...right?If we use the same rigid setup with Rashford in place of Lukaku we will look worse.
Along with him saying "I told you so"Fred lol !- Status
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Score Predictions
278,43,80
- Man Utd win
- Everton win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 20% Man Utd 2:0 Everton
- 19% Man Utd 2:1 Everton
- 12% Man Utd 1:1 Everton
- 11% Man Utd 1:0 Everton
- 7% Man Utd 3:1 Everton
- 6% Man Utd 3:0 Everton
- 5% Man Utd 0:0 Everton
- 4% Man Utd 1:2 Everton
- 3% Man Utd 0:2 Everton
- 2% Man Utd 4:0 Everton
- 2% Man Utd 2:2 Everton
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 Everton
- 1% Man Utd 0:1 Everton
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 Everton
- 1% Man Utd 5:1 Everton
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 Everton
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Everton
- 0% Man Utd 5:5 Everton
- 0% Man Utd 3:3 Everton
- 0% Man Utd 4:1 Everton
- 0% Man Utd 2:3 Everton
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Everton
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Everton
- Possession
- 54% 46%
- Shots
- 14 14
- Shots on Target
- 10 6
- Corners
- 8 4
- Fouls
- 15 12
Referee
Jonathan Moss
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replaced by Jesse Lingard
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replaced by Romelu Lukaku
