Anything less than a 7-0 win here and Jose should hang his head in shame.
FA Premier League
Manchester United 0:0 Southampton
Old Trafford
- Kick-off
- Sat, 30 December 2017 @ 5:30pm GMT
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) look forward to a new life under Ruben Amorim. What system will we be playing? What players will impress? and how will it all go? We also say goodbye to Ruud Van Nistelrooy and review United's 3-0 win at home against Leicester City.
Discussion Your Lineup Prediction
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I would like youngsters like Tuanzebe and Gomes given a chance bit there is no chance in hell for that to happen.
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Young Jones Lindelöf Shaw
Matic Pogba
And Rashford, Lukaku, Lingard and Martial to stop being so bloody inmobile. Lingard is the best of that lot to find space. All 4 should pass and move move move. With Pogba coming from behind
Holy shit, calm down!. All I said was we used to have good form in December. And that optimistic posters would expect us to drop points. Even though you seem to be a liability to try reason with here are the points totals from fergusons last 7 decembers
16/18pts 2012
15/18 2011
10/12 2010
12/18 2009
10/12 2008
15/18 2007
15/18 2006
93/114
An interesting coincidence is that 114 available points is 38 games or a seasons worth of fixtures. We got 93 points, but yes please forgive me and continue on your utter moaning rant for no reason because I said we used to have good form in December.Last edited:I'll be giving my expert opinion on this one.
Stay tuned.
No one's posted for 2 minutes, the suspense is killing us.
Few hours from kick off yet. I'll be inactive until then. Whatever you do don't be concerned by this, I repeat don't.
By the time The Roses play I'll be primed and ready to deliver.
Ok, bud, take your time. Tonight's is the biggest game in the club's history.Heart over head again, but I fancy us to batter these today... Someone is going to get and today may well be that dayWe just have to win today. By any means necessary.
If we drop points today, we’ll be ending the year in third placeConfirmed United squad members
David de Gea
Sergio Romero
Joel Pereira
Phil Jones
Marcos Rojo
Axel Tuanzebe
Victor Lindelof
Ashley Young
Daley Blind
Nemanja Matic
Paul Pogba
Jesse Lingard
Juan Mata
Marcus Rashford
Romelu Lukaku
Anthony Martial
I'd like to see Pogba and Matic behind Mata in the 10 spot with Lingard and Martial either side interchanging with Radford up front. Huge attacking threat, great mobility, with Mata the fulcrum.
Ray Radford- scorer of wonder goal for Hereford or John, member of Arsenal double winners?
I think it was Ronnie Radford who scored the famous Hereford goal in 1972. A bit of useless trivia there.
I didn't try for a ticket for this one, so it's BT Sports for me. Famous last words, but I can't see us dropping more home points today. A comfortable 3-0. Three at the back or go for 4-4-2?
Did I miss that auto-correct? Damn.
Excellent.
But if we won't play.. I was just thinking, our forward options are dreadful, if not quality wise then the depth is awful. No true winger and when one of Rashford or Martial is out we don't really have anyone to play on the wings. I mean we can play Mata or Lingard or Young but that's not really something is it. Good players on their day but not as wingers.
No Shaw? Is that everyone or just those that have been spotted?
Not everyone, just those spotted. Think Young is likely to start this one anyway.I'm going for 2 - 1.
We don't seem able to keep a clean sheet, recently, but Southampton are even worse than us at the moment.
But no Shaw ?? Jeez, you've got to feel for him when Blind and Lindelof can make the squad....
Only 16 spotted. Match squad is usually around 20 which gets whittled down to 18, so Mkhitaryan, Herrera, Shaw and Zlatan are likely those in the squad not seen.
I don't think Shaw would start this or the Everton game anyway
I'm sure he will too, but I expected Young on the right and Shaw left given Valencia and Darmian are unavailable.
I'd start him today, in order to give him some momentum, if he's available.Will be interesting to see how we manage to make our opponents look like world-beaters again today.
Guess it will be another draw. Our form at the moment is just too bad.And Lukaku involved in the goal we concede? If we conceded?
My guess is Lindelof Jones Rojo Young
Burnley didn't look like world beaters and neither did Leicester.
I'm expecting Shaw to alternate games for now. With what Mourinho has said about him in the past, I doubt Jose thinks he can play every match over this busy period. So since he played against Burnley, he'll miss this match and then hopefully start against Everton. That's my expectations anyway.Bloody heck talk about negative Nelly's!
Tonight will be a win, by two goals at least!
I think so. We really need a performance today.I think we'll win this one, but I can't help but feel extremely indifferent towards the league now.
We tore open Leicester and missed 3 1v1s. Burnley were camped in their own half for the 2nd half and had to do some last ditch defending several times.
Both of those games were like last season; where we were the better team but got draws out of them.
All the positive Pollies were out before Burnley and ended up looking like cnuts.
You've absolutely demolished him with this post.
I didn't even do it to do that, would say it's the most unnecessary and incorrect moan I've ever been on the end of here. Sums up the attitude of so many on the forum, go round moaning and griping at everything, the don't bloody bother engaging when a counter opinion is put forward pretty clearly.
Mood of the forum is very much say what I want, do what I want and feck anybody else
I thought it was a really reasoned response that completely shut it down.
Best thing you can do when someone is being a dick to you.
I'll be using that stat at the pub during the United-Saints game this evening!
That applies to everyone who isn't a City fan. The league is done; our aim must be to win as many as we can in all competitions. Improvement, and there's still much to play for.
I bet my mortage on 2-2 draw with Lukaku being involved in at least 1 goal for them.16:08
'Missing players' spotted
Luke Shaw, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ander Herrera or Henrikh Mkhitaryan were not spotted by the MEN photographers arriving at the Lowry.
But Mkhitaryan, Shaw and Herrera are definitely there as they have just been spotted getting off the team coach.
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Man of the Match
Runners-up
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10%
Juan Mata
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8%
Phil Jones
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8%
Ashley Young
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5%
Victor Lindelof
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5%
Luke Shaw
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5%
Paul Pogba
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4%
Jesse Lingard
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2%
Anthony Martial
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2%
Nemanja Matic
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2%
Romelu Lukaku
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1%
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 290 ratings.
Score Predictions
366,21,49
- Man Utd win
- Southampton win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 27% Man Utd 2:0 Southampton
- 15% Man Utd 2:1 Southampton
- 12% Man Utd 3:0 Southampton
- 9% Man Utd 1:0 Southampton
- 8% Man Utd 4:0 Southampton
- 7% Man Utd 3:1 Southampton
- 7% Man Utd 1:1 Southampton
- 3% Man Utd 5:0 Southampton
- 3% Man Utd 2:2 Southampton
- 2% Man Utd 0:0 Southampton
- 1% Man Utd 1:3 Southampton
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 Southampton
- 1% Man Utd 4:1 Southampton
- 1% Man Utd 1:2 Southampton
- 1% Man Utd 5:1 Southampton
- 1% Man Utd 0:2 Southampton
- 0% Man Utd 5:2 Southampton
- 0% Man Utd 3:2 Southampton
- 0% Man Utd 1:4 Southampton
- 0% Man Utd 0:1 Southampton
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Southampton
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Southampton
- Possession
- 55% 45%
- Shots
- 15 8
- Shots on Target
- 3 3
- Corners
- 10 7
- Fouls
- 12 13
Referee
Craig Pawson
Man Utd Lineup
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