Manchester United 3:1 Liverpool

Bugzy · Sep 12, 2015

Wayne Rooney hamstring strain keeping him out of today's match. To be assessed again on Monday before flight out to the Netherlands.

Kaos · Sep 12, 2015

Will be funny if Fellaini plays an absolute blinder up front.

The depressing thing is Rooney will walk back into the team, even if Fellaini scores the perfect hattrick.

Sam · Sep 12, 2015

The White Pele said:
This is exactly the kind of match we should be using Schneiderlin for IMO

Aye. These are the exact matches I thought he'd been bought for

Raw · Sep 12, 2015

Could easily be a 0-0 game.

Shane88 · Sep 12, 2015

Gonna be funny watching an actual target man in Benteke compared to our knock off version.

DWelbz19 · Sep 12, 2015

Unlikely lad said:
Yeah, Carrick and Scholes wasn't exactly Usain Bolt on coke

At least we had pace out wide in that side. Mata is a slug, Ander is mobile but hardly rapid, and Memphis rarely stretches the pitch with his pace.

Shark · Sep 12, 2015

Browniee said:
What a time to go into a Liverpool game with no fit striker.. Going to be a long game

Rooney has been anything but a striker, so it makes no difference. Fellaini will be an improvement.

PlayerOne · Sep 12, 2015

LVG clearly going for experience with Carrick and Basti. Would think MS would be ideal for this game, we'll seem.

Señor · Sep 12, 2015

Scrumpet said:
Since when is Schneiderlin a safer pair of hands (feet?) than Carrick?

Tbf, Carrick has been pretty gash this season.

DomesticTadpole · Sep 12, 2015

iBoss said:
Liverpool bench is shite

The team is shite.

Bugzy · Sep 12, 2015

If we lose to Liverpool don't expect me to be active until Sunday

Truedevil · Sep 12, 2015

Martial

carlosp · Sep 12, 2015

Bugshot said:
Coutinho will have a field day against Carrick and Bastian. But I think LVG is confident with De Gea so he has opted to go without Schneiderlin.

Coutinho is not playing.

sizzling sausages · Sep 12, 2015

Surprised BFS starts after playing for Germany midweek, the rest is expected after the Rooney news.

Hoof the ball · Sep 12, 2015

Sam said:
Reminds me of when Fergie used to play Scholes/Carrick together away at Anfield, and they'd constantly get overrun.

LVG seems to have gone with experience for today, really hope it pays off, but my gut says its a big mistake

It's different though. The reason Scholes and Carrick got overrun was because SAF would play with a 4-4-2 which demands mobility from both CM's since the wingers will constantly be up and down. With 4-2-3-1, Carrick and Bastian are CDM's, deeper positioning, closer to defence, Herrera drops back and it becomes a midfield three, hence less likely to be overrun.

Lewis.no.9 · Sep 12, 2015

the midfield selection makes perfect sense. Rooney is missing so the vice captain has to play if fit. Carrick. Earlier games have shown that Schneiderlin and Carrick are too similar and too negative. So If Carrick has to play then Morgan doesnt and Bastian gets the nod instead.

PSingh · Sep 12, 2015

I feel like a midfield 2 of basti and Carrick is a mistake but I hope I'm wrong!

Gatti33 · Sep 12, 2015

J-Stander said:
Carrick and Schweinsteiger is possibly the slowest midfield pairing in history.

Xavi and Iniesta were pretty slow, if they play half as good as those two I'll be happy!

UnofficialDevil · Sep 12, 2015

Really disappointed about Rooney not playing. ffs

iBoss · Sep 12, 2015

DomesticTadpole said:
The team is shite.

That as well.

MAME DIOUF 32 · Sep 12, 2015

Carrick and Schweinsteiger will struggle. Carrick is old and Schweinsteiger is overweight. I see no reason to leave Schneiderlin out of this.

Bugshot · Sep 12, 2015

bosnian_red said:
Coutinho is suspendedd

Bugzy said:
T

The thing is mate, he is banned.

Firmino is playing in his place just saw it. That's a great news. Haven't seen Firmino play yet, is he any good?

Cooksen · Sep 12, 2015

Bugshot said:
Coutinho will have a field day against Carrick and Bastian. But I think LVG is confident with De Gea so he has opted to go without Schneiderlin.

Couthinho is out

Lay · Sep 12, 2015

This thread seems to be all over the place or is it just me? Its not aligned properly.

MyOnlySolskjaer · Sep 12, 2015

Not sure if it's a great idea leaving out Schneidi but all in all it's probably the best team we could put out.

Bugzy · Sep 12, 2015

prateik · Sep 12, 2015

Where are the goals going to come from?

Rozay · Sep 12, 2015

Fellaini as a 9 would surely need pace around him. Fellaini up top and Mata on the wing is walking football.

Devil may care · Sep 12, 2015

The old age CM pairing scuppered my 11/11. I don't get it, Bastian played both of Germany's qualifiers, 90 minutes in them as well, to put him and Carrick in against that hard running Liverpool trio is risky, this game was ideal for Schneiderlin.

As for Fellaini up top, this could get ugly really quickly.

Raw · Sep 12, 2015

We tend to win when we're unhappy with the lineup so there's a good sign :lol:

Ole's_toe_poke · Sep 12, 2015

Bugzy said:
If we lose to Liverpool don't expect me to be active until Sunday

Every cloud.....

Just joking, I don't even know who you are.

Rozay · Sep 12, 2015

PSingh said:
I feel like a midfield 2 of basti and Carrick is a mistake but I hope I'm wrong!

If it helps you add Herrera in a midfield 3.

PlayerOne · Sep 12, 2015

Rozay said:
Fellaini as a 9 would surely need pace around him. Fellaini up top and Mata on the wing is walking football.

Not like we play with much pace anyway.

Sam · Sep 12, 2015

I have a really really bad feeling about this one now.

Unlikely lad · Sep 12, 2015

Why the feck does Lovren keep starting ahead of Sakho? Not that I'm complaining, but it's just laughable

Akshay · Sep 12, 2015

I guess the logic behind the midfield being that Herrera will provide the legs? Also he doesn't push up as much as a second striker would, so he should be able to help out centrally more. Still would have preferred Schneiderlin, mind.

MyOnlySolskjaer · Sep 12, 2015

Hope we don't just pure hoof it, Belgium seem to get the best out of Fellaini because they're pretty unpredictable with their attacks and have a lot of variety of attacking approaches. Might be asking for a lot but I hope we're not so rigid today.

Señor · Sep 12, 2015

Ole's_toe_poke said:
Every cloud.....

Just joking, I don't even know who you are.

AngeloHenriquez · Sep 12, 2015

Shane88 said:
Gonna be funny watching an actual target man in Benteke compared to our knock off version.

You will regret that comment, I'll remember to quote you later

Sparky Rhiwabon · Sep 12, 2015

HOOOOOOOOOOOF!!!!!

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