No appetite for mass changes here and certainly this is not the game to throw the youngsters into. I don't want to be setting people up to fail, the big earners at the club need to grow a pair and actually compete in this one. I am sure we all probably expected a poor result in this one even before the last two games due to the gulf between the sides but showing a bit of pride will matter. We do need a bit more fight in the team and some of the incompetence from Brentford cannot be ignored so I would switch some of the senior players around just to up the physical side of things.
DDG
AWB Maguire Varane Malacia
McTominay VDB
Sancho Bruno Rashford
Ronaldo
Toyed with the idea of Heaton in goal but whilst I do want DDG out in the longer run, in the short term he is still a better keeper and after Brentford he is going to be seriously motivated to put in a performance and you know shot stopping will be needed here. AWB over Dalot, both are awful and not even Championship quality but in a game where we will be getting battered those sliding tackles might be worth the lack of any other attribute. Tallest and best headers at CB. Could not stomach Fred and McTominay together so again I opted for the more physical player of the two as he will at least kick someone and not get bullied like Fred has in the last two games and by default Donny really is the best alternative as I am unconvinced by Eriksen in a deeper role and after Brentford I think he may have PTSD and another battering might finish him off as a United player. Very much a horses for courses line up with an eye to integrating new players and hopefully a couple of our best youngsters once this hurdle is out of the way.
