Manchester United 2:0 Nottingham Forest

Sassy Colin · Feb 1, 2023

Jacob said:
Is Sabi on the bench?

Of course, he's been around almost a day. Plenty of time to learn how to play in Ten Hag's system.

HookedOnAPhelan · Feb 1, 2023

I'd think Erik is in a much better position to judge when a player is in need of a rest than people on here.

Raven · Feb 1, 2023

I wish ETH would be a little more adventurous in his team selections.

Adam-Utd · Feb 1, 2023

Jev said:
To not give Pellistri an outing in this match is quite frankly ridiculous. I hope for him he leaves and finds another club.

He will get on i'm sure.

ETH is making a point of wanting winning consistency. It's up to the team to prove to him they can win without the main 11.

HookedOnAPhelan · Feb 1, 2023

Bondi77 said:
No

Okay then.

pseudo_canadian · Feb 1, 2023

I trust that ETH knows what he’s doing in his lineups and what the stamina limits are for our regular starters.

Our squad rotation players aren’t good enough and he clearly doesn’t trust them. Wants to continue to build cohesion with the best players available, which is smart.

Fully Fledged · Feb 1, 2023

2 man midfield said:
Surely Shaw, Varane and Casemiro could’ve had the night off

Shaw and Varane haven't played for 2 matches. Who would you put in instead of Casemiro?

LARulz · Feb 1, 2023

Varane, Case and Bruno I would happy if he didn't start. They need breaks

pauldyson1uk · Feb 1, 2023

stronger team than I thought.
6/11 but happy enough

croadyman · Feb 1, 2023

LARulz said:
Varane, Case and Bruno I would happy if he didn't start. They need breaks

Casa & Bruno but Rapha hasn't played since Arsenal so got no issue with that one. Trouble is with McTominay out and Sabitzer only just signed we haven't players available to rest either.

evil_geko · Feb 1, 2023

HookedOnAPhelan said:
I'd think Erik is in a much better position to judge when a player is in need of a rest than people on here.

You would think so right? All the rotation moaning on here is doing my head in. Like Ten Hag doesn't know when his own players need a rest so he needs Caftards to tell him. :lol:

CloneMC16 · Feb 1, 2023

Casemiro was always going to play this. He probably gets a rest if McT was fit. Same with Bruno. VDB is injured and likely plays here if he were fit.

Unam333 · Feb 1, 2023

Getting the routines in. I like it.

stu_1992 · Feb 1, 2023

Strong team but recent lineups made it clear he would to that way. At least Rashford is rested and I just hope that we're still comfortable by half time so we can see some changes early. It would be great to see Sancho back on the pitch and Martial clearly needs minutes to build up fitness too.

Lights Out · Feb 1, 2023

He knows how important a trophy is and isn’t willing to risk anything at this stage.

Waynne · Feb 1, 2023

HookedOnAPhelan said:
I'd think Erik is in a much better position to judge when a player is in need of a rest than people on here.

This.

Lights Out said:
He knows how important a trophy is and isn’t willing to risk anything at this stage.

Also this.

Pronewbie · Feb 1, 2023

Strong team is great. Just like last week I'm putting my money on United

AdNani · Feb 1, 2023

First game in a long time where the bench looks good as well as the line up

Ian Reus · Feb 1, 2023

Perfect.
Get to the final.
Win cup.
Keep confidence and momentum thereafter.

House Mkhitaryan · Feb 1, 2023

Hope to see Sancho, Mainoo & Pellistri come on

Tom Van Persie · Feb 1, 2023

LARulz said:
Varane, Case and Bruno I would happy if he didn't start. They need breaks

Varane hasn't played since Arsenal.

JustinC00 · Feb 1, 2023

Always funny when the Caf is in that FM mindset of just play all youth & backups up 3-0 in a 2nd leg and see it out. But real football isn't FM, Forest gets 1 and it's eh. Then they get a 2nd and it's uh oh twitchy bum time.

Reminder, 10-man Reading 1-0'd a side that didn't have Bruno, Casemiro, Varane and Martinez for the last 30 minutes of the match this weekend

Gandalf Greyhame · Feb 1, 2023

I did not expect such a strong lineup. What on earth.

Nicoseth · Feb 1, 2023

Glad to see Rashford get a break. Strong team - get a couple of goals in the first half then sub like there's no tomorrow.

RedPed · Feb 1, 2023

evil_geko said:
You would think so right? All the rotation moaning on here is doing my head in. Like Ten Hag doesn't know when his own players need a rest so he needs Caftards to tell him.

I swear the Caf has the most miserable feckers in football. It really is so tiresome. Next, it will be resting players in the league to save them for Barcelona. It's a joke!

Loony BoB · Feb 1, 2023

Has anyone with MUTV been watching Iqbal play for reserves or youth or anything lately? I really am curious as to what has caused him to not even be a sub in this game.

FrankDrebin · Feb 1, 2023

Strong line up.

croadyman · Feb 1, 2023

Loony BoB said:
Has anyone with MUTV been watching Iqbal play for reserves or youth or anything lately? I really am curious as to what has caused him to not even be a sub in this game.

Yeah clearly something isn't connecting

mu4c_20le · Feb 1, 2023

Varane is becoming a break glass in case of emergency type reserved only for the big games, the way some here are going on about him

r3idy · Feb 1, 2023

Whats happened to Jack Butland, thought he was under study to DDG on loan?

FiiiiveTenHaaags · Feb 1, 2023

No need for Casemiro, Licha or Varane. If Casemiro gets injured this will be such a bad decision.
Hopefully he limits Casemiro’s minutes at least.

MyOnlySolskjaer · Feb 1, 2023

r3idy said:
Whats happened to Jack Butland, thought he was under study to DDG on loan?

He’s third choice.

Glorio · Feb 1, 2023

charlenefan said:
Starting Varane seems an unnecessary risk, Casemiro as well though I get midfield options are short

He's been out of the team for ages. Man needs game time, else he's gonna need a pre-season!

Sassy Colin · Feb 1, 2023

Raven said:
I wish ETH would be a little more adventurous in his team selections.

Like who?

always_hoping · Feb 1, 2023

JustinC00 said:
Who are you playing instead of Casemiro? McTominay isn't fit and Sabitzer wasn't registered in time

Varane was rested this weekend.

Mainoo Fred. And Varane should have been rested again tonight with the amount of games coming up.

FrankDrebin · Feb 1, 2023

Atleast our attacking options in the squad are looking good now.

dalriada · Feb 1, 2023

For all the talk of wholesale rotation, it's clear that ETH isn't going to throw in a load of players from the youth teams, it's not his style. He also has limited options for rotation with several injuries, so has probably rotated as many as he dares for a semi-final leg, even if we are 3-0 up.

SirAnderson · Feb 1, 2023

I've skipping over all the pages and came straight to the last page; knowing I will be joining, in solidarity with the Cafe, the task of losing my shite at the sight of the line up.

Enough is enough. Surely we know better!!!

Jev · Feb 1, 2023

Adam-Utd said:
He will get on i'm sure.

ETH is making a point of wanting winning consistency. It's up to the team to prove to him they can win without the main 11.

Impossible when they don't get the chance to prove it. There's literally zero percent chance we'd go out today even if Pellistri replaced Antony or Bruno.

SirAnderson · Feb 1, 2023

SirAnderson said:
I've skipping over all the pages and came straight to the last page; knowing I will be joining, in solidarity with the Cafe, the task of losing my shite at the sight of the line up.

Enough is enough. Surely we know better!!!

Or do we have a unicorn?
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