The level of the players is absolutely good enough as you say, but they are rusty and not match fit.
Europa League Group E
Manchester United 0:1 Real Sociedad
Old Trafford
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He isn't going to rotate the entire team.Dubravka; Wan-Bissaka, Malacia, Maguire, Lindelof; Fred, Casemiro; Antony, Elanga, Sancho; Ronaldo (my guess - VDB and Shaw are rumoured to be out)
And neither should he in his first European match as United coach against the strongest opponent in our group
They need to get match fit.Any chance this is called off if the Queen dies?Id be pretty happy if i showed up to that- casemiro, iqbal, Ronaldo and garnacho all exciting to see. But yeah id want Antony for 45 minutes
1. Back-up keeper (why does De Gea need a rest?)
2. Same back four as last season (depressing)
3. A midfield where the main attacking outlet it a kid.
4. A midfield and attack that hasn't played much together - how can you expect it to click straight away? It will be disjointed.
5. Expecting Ronaldo (who isn't quite physically/tactically up to speed with the rest of the squad) to score goals when the service is mostly coming from kids.
Feckin hope not.
Is there really a chance of that happening?
Sounds mad for someone who isn't from the UK.
I would have to guess yes and maybe even a league round get cancelled but with this year I have no idea where it would go.
Surely it's too late now. Would be a fecking joke if it is.I think the people that are expecting wholesale changes to the lineup tonight are going to be left feeling very disappointed. 4, maybe 5 max changes but doubt there will anymore than that.
DDG
Dalot Varane Maguire Malacia
Casemiro Fred
Antony Sancho Rashford
Ronaldo
Dubravka, Lindelof, Martinez, Iqbal, McTominay, VDB, B.Fernandes, Garnacho, Elanga
Manchester United 2-1 Real Sociedad
Yeah - sounds like she might die today.Real Sociedad are a good team, I’m really curious to see the lineup!I assume it will be cancelled if it’s announced prior to kick offDubravka
Dalot Maguire Lindelof Shaw
Casemiro Fred
Antony Bruno Elanga
Ronaldo
I think Dubravka will be our cup competitions goalkeeper similar to how Romero was, and seeing as Dalot was there in the press conference with ETH makes me think he will be starting this one as well. Tough one to predict how much he will rotate.If it is cancelled then they have a logistics nightmare as they'll have to refund all the travelling fans etc, it's far too late to cancel it now. It kicks off in a few hours.
More likely they'll do a silence or something before the match.
I doubt tonight’s game will but reckon all fixtures across the UK this weekend will be postponed if she does pass away today.
I reckon it’ll be a minutes silence tonight but that’s only if it is confirmed that she has died. Nothing has been confirmed so far and the game goes ahead as planned.
Should have a minutes applause and let us crack on with it.I think Ten Hag will want to get off to a good start however Palace away on Sunday is very tricky so we definitely need to rotate in key areas.
Interested to see the line up and what he goes with. Imagine Casemiro will play alongside Fred. Probably Bruno too. That gives Eriksen a rest.
Suspect Ronaldo may start and wouldn’t surprise me if Antony played too. Get some minutes in.
The biggest area of interest will be the back 4 who haven’t been rotated yet at all. Ideally could do with everyone getting a rest but not sure he’ll disrupt it that much. Possibly rest Varane and bring Shaw in for Malacia.
Dubravka might play if United want to get a look at him in terms of is he worth anything to us beyond a loan.
We are a ridiculous country mate. Don't write it off.I don't think we will see more than 3, max 4 changes:
1 in defense - probably Dalot or Varane
1 in midfield - probably McT
1 in attack - probably Ronaldo starting instead of Rashford
max one more change in midfield or defense
Plus another 4/5 changes in the second half. This way we can keep continuity and rest/give minutes to some players.
Yeah, and she's 96, it's not like a terror attack or a tragical accident happened.
Sounds disturbing to some, but all people die in the end.
Yes I know, football isn't the most important thing, but I don't see the point in cancelling everything.
Eric's son.I’m not convinced of the wisdom of giving Dubravka his first start for United in this fixture. Too bright a spotlight against a potentially difficult opponent.
This is good. We almost have 2 good teams now with the new additions.ETH is going to want to progress in this tournament so i don't think he'll make massive changes and bring in a bunch of youth playersDifficult lineup to predict, but I expect a lot of changes as we still can field a team which can easily compete with them. We should focus on a good run in EPL now, this is key.
I think the only players who will start from last game will be De Gea, Malacia and Antony.
If its a league game sure but this is europe. Dortmund got blown up by a bomb and still had to play the very next day.Dubravka
Dalot
Maguire
Martinez
Shaw
Casemiro
Sony
Bruno
Antony
Ronaldo
Rashford
Shaw was not training on Wednesday so I doubt he will play
Injured?Think team will be.
De Gea, Shaw, Lindelof, Maguire, Dalot, Casemiro, Fred, Bruno, Elanga, Ronaldo, Antony.
Going with a 3-1 win.
edit. Malacia if Shaw is out.Yeah think Dubravka won't get a chance in this competition until we have qualifiedIs it possible to postpone tonight’s match if the queen passed away ?
I’m sure they will postpone the next fixture of PL if that happened
I doubt it. Domestic fixtures would definitely be postponed but there's no room in the schedule for this fixture to be played before the World Cup as we are playing every few days.No first team players will play 90 minutes, but I think it will be
.................... Dubravka
Bissaka - Lindelöf - Maguire - Dalot
............. Casemiro - Fred
.................. Fernandes
... Antony - Ronaldo - Sancho
Subs.: Malacia (for Dalot), Elanga (for Antony), Garancho (for Sancho), Iqbal (for Fernandes).
Think it'll be this - with a possibility of Lindelof playing instead of Martinez.Looking forward to this.
No and rightly so.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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28%
Christian Eriksen
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11%
Anthony Elanga
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10%
Tyrell Malacia
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4%
Diogo Dalot
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2%
Harry Maguire
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2%
Casemiro
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1%
David de Gea
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1%
Antony
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1%
Alejandro Garnacho
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1%
Charlie McNeill
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1%
Cristiano Ronaldo
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 216 ratings.
Score Predictions
249,7,24
- Man Utd win
- Real Sociedad win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 30% Man Utd 2:0 Real Sociedad
- 24% Man Utd 2:1 Real Sociedad
- 12% Man Utd 3:0 Real Sociedad
- 10% Man Utd 3:1 Real Sociedad
- 8% Man Utd 1:0 Real Sociedad
- 6% Man Utd 1:1 Real Sociedad
- 3% Man Utd 4:0 Real Sociedad
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 Real Sociedad
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 Real Sociedad
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Real Sociedad
- 1% Man Utd 1:2 Real Sociedad
- 1% Man Utd 0:1 Real Sociedad
- 1% Man Utd 4:1 Real Sociedad
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 Real Sociedad
- 0% Man Utd 0:2 Real Sociedad
- 0% Man Utd 0:5 Real Sociedad
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Real Sociedad
- Possession
- 55% 45%
- Shots
- 15 8
- Shots on Target
- 3 3
- Corners
- 5 3
- Fouls
- 8 16
Referee
Marco Di Bello
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Charlie McNeill
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replaced by Lisandro Martinez
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replaced by Bruno Fernandes
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replaced by Jadon Sancho
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replaced by Alejandro Garnacho
