Fantasy team sorted. Optimism for the domestic treble at its highest. Ready for this season! United to ease past Swansea to give LvG his first official win.
FA Premier League
Manchester United 1:2 Swansea City
Old Trafford
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- Sat, 16 August 2014 @ 12:45pm BST
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injury free and ready for the match.I'm nervous for this, far more so than last season. I'm worried old Trafford will place a pressure on the players that will see them revert to last season's timid displays at home. We need to be brave, ferocious even, and show everyone that last season was a blip and we mean business.
Away teams came to have a good time last year, visiting OT has to become the hardest fixture of the season for everyone again.
Put this lot to the sword and put the shits right up the rest of the league
I want 5 minimum ;-)
Agree with this. Need to rebuild the fear - destroy teams in the tunnel before the game even begins, not concede any penalties, win dubious penalties, add extra minutes to injury time magically etc etc. Basically everything that comes with us being dominant at OT
Problem wasn't defense, problem was defending.Our problem at OT last season was the inability to score goals. It is very important to correct that now.Cannae wait. Im properly giddy
feck, I have James in fantasy. Might have to switch him for Blackett.I don't think i've been this excited for a new season since the year we signed Hargreaves, Nani & Anderson.
Rafael may be fit but he won't start, he's only played 1 game - and LVG places a big emphasis on fitness hence him scolding Shaw and explicitly saying RVP wont play until he's fit and ready.Where can i watch this in Istanbul? Any good places?Is it true some fans are going to have a "Woodward out banner"?-------------------------De Gea
---------------Jones----Smalling------Blackett
Rafael--------Herrera----------------Fletcher--------Young
---------------------Mata-------Kagawa
-------------------------Rooney
Amos
Cleverley
Fellaini
James
Januzaj
Kagawa
HernandezAnyone have any idea how Swansea will line up?
If that's true, expect the big word of last summer to be brought out and justifiably so, embarrassing.
Newbies are still here! Cool.
I cant get my Fantasy team done. There seems to be no way to put Mata, Fabregas, Sanchez, Rooney and Costa in the same team. And Ramsey.
I hope not
They'd look less silly if they had a Veruca Salt banner saying "I want an Oompa Loompa! - I want an Oompa Loompa now! - I want you to get me an Oompa Loompa right away!"De Gea
Smalling
Jones
Blackett
Young
Fletcher
Herrera
James
Mata
Rooney
Januzaj
3-0 United.
Honestly I'd probably support such a banner.
Or at the very least a Golden Goose bannerDe Gea
Jones
Smalling
Blackett
Young
Fletcher
Herrera
James
Mata
Rooney
Chicharito
Dunno about formation, but probably like this:
--------Fabianski
Taylor--Williams---Rangel--Bartley
-----Ki--Shelvey--Sigurdsson
----Dyer--Bony---Gomes
I think Routledge will play.Please no Chicha, dont like him since his transformation, he is imitating Rooney and RVP by dropping back and trying to influence the game, not making runs anymore, and being in the box..It's here once again.
I haven't even fully processed last season. I still think of us as the champions.Hope that Old traffod put a massiv presure on the swans, and we win 3-1.
Stand up and cheer for the united GGMU
Exactly this. Hoping for:
Ddg
Jones
Smalling
Blacket
Young
Fletcher
Herrera
James
Mata
Kagawa
Rooney (c)
come on united - old trafford must be a fort again this season really hope januzaj11 starts
xAnybody think RVP will come on as a sub? I heard LVG said he wasn't at full fitness, he could give him a 10 minute run at the end if things are going well.Good thing about LvG in charge a defeat it two in our first few games won't shatter confidence, you can tell the players believe in him already.
Moyes never had a vision to get behind so when results went bad the players never had any hope.Pretty sure the lineup is
DDG
Jones - Smalling - Blackett
Rafael - Fletcher(Fellaini?) - Herrera - Young
Mata
Rooney - ChicharitoI've gone for...
Starting XI
David de Gea
Rafael
Phil Jones
Chris Smalling
Tyler Blackett
Juan Mata
Ashley Young
Ander Herrera
Darren Fletcher
Wayne Rooney
Javier Hernandez
Edit: Wilson's injured? Damn. Probably would have easily got minutes if fit
Gone for similar to you. Only change is Reece James to come on for Rafael as he's not going to be fully fit.We've been playing 3-4-1-2 all pre-season. How can anyone believe that we'll change to 3-4-2-1 all of a sudden just because Welbeck is out?it would be refreshing for Hernandez to have a good game if he starts...
i hope we get an early goal and we will destroy them
I have the exact same lineup and subs except for Januzaj instead of Wilson.I've gone for...
Starting XI
David de Gea
Rafael
Phil Jones
Chris Smalling
Tyler Blackett
Juan Mata
Ashley Young
Ander Herrera
Darren Fletcher
Wayne Rooney
Javier Hernandez
Edit: Wilson's injured? Damn. Probably would have easily got minutes if fitLine up submissions are closed?! What's that all about @Damien ?!In two hours it's the return of the Premier League season under the van Gaal era. Who is excited?
A bit of déjà vu going on as we played them in the first league game of the Moyes era where we won 4:1.
From the team that started that match, only two are likely to start this time around (de Gea and Jones). Vidic, Ferdinand and Evra have left, Giggs has retired and Valencia, Carrick, van Persie and Welbeck are all either injured or not fit enough.I keep forgetting to pick subs for my lineup, apart from the goalie. If I was manager we would be buggered if we needed to make changes.
Fergie did that against Liverpool a season ago to be fair.I keep forgetting to pick subs for my lineup, apart from the goalie. If I was manager we would be buggered if we needed to make changes.
God I feel so nervous.
Really hope for a good start.
Clean sheet, some goals an keep the momentum going!- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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25%
Adnan Januzaj
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19%
Wayne Rooney
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10%
Tyler Blackett
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7%
Ander Herrera
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3%
Chris Smalling
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2%
Nani
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2%
David de Gea
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2%
Marouane Fellaini
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1%
Ashley Young
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1%
Jesse Lingard
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 458 ratings.
Score Predictions
710,6,26
- Man Utd win
- Swansea win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 27% Man Utd 3:0 Swansea
- 23% Man Utd 2:0 Swansea
- 18% Man Utd 3:1 Swansea
- 10% Man Utd 2:1 Swansea
- 8% Man Utd 4:0 Swansea
- 4% Man Utd 4:1 Swansea
- 2% Man Utd 5:0 Swansea
- 2% Man Utd 1:0 Swansea
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Swansea
- 1% Man Utd 1:1 Swansea
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 Swansea
- 0% Man Utd 2:2 Swansea
- 0% Man Utd 0:5 Swansea
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 Swansea
- 0% Man Utd 5:3 Swansea
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Swansea
- 0% Man Utd 1:2 Swansea
- 0% Man Utd 5:2 Swansea
- 0% Man Utd 0:1 Swansea
- 0% Man Utd 3:3 Swansea
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Swansea
- Possession
- 60% 40%
- Shots
- 14 5
- Shots on Target
- 5 4
- Corners
- 4 0
- Fouls
- 14 20
Referee
Mike Dean
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Adnan Januzaj
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replaced by Marouane Fellaini
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replaced by Nani
