Because he’s been better than both on both club and national team the last year?
FA Premier League
Manchester United 0:3 Tottenham Hotspur
Old Trafford
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I've heard worse ideas. Though he's worse in the air than he should be given his height. Wouldn't be relying on him to be cutting out crosses.
I don't know if you have a hard time reading the lineup, but we have Shaw and Valencia on the flanks.
you're going to need an early goal. The longer it stays level the more it favours United.Will be interesting to see how Matic gets on if he is indeed deployed as rumoured. Sky didn't seem to much emphasis on the idea.
Semi-groundless rumours claim he has till November, so I doubt it.Sky saying it is back 4
When was the last time anyone played with a sweeper?
It'd be cool to see but I reckon it'll be a bog-standard 3 at the back, if Matic is playing in defence.
True. Meant it more like putting as many defensive players as reasonably possible on the pitch and leaving the attackers out, but anyway. Not expecting much but half expecting us to put in a half decent performance and justify it.We will win this one by 2 or 3 and then loose our next match to Burnley. Anyone else noticed our pattern in the last 3 years of winning a big game vs top 4 then losing to a minnow the next game ?4-4-2 diamond ?Played a football game so I am completely knackered. This will either:
1) Contribute to my relaxation
2) not matter because I have no energy to get angryI don't know what the function of a sweeper is. Can anyone explain it to me?I'm kind of looking forward to this game on a sick level. Sport is like that sometimes. Let the blood flow.NBC showing as 4-4-2 Diamond.??Signs point to a back four
Sky have just shown Valencia, Jones, Smalling and Shaw being put through a training drill. No sight of Matic.An organised defence, a disciplined midfield and a coherent attack is the order of the day. Surely not too much to ask given ability within the squad.Motherfecking Mourinho - he's a icon parking attendant rather than Man United manager these days.this lineup looks like a bus to meDele to get red card. Can't stand that guy.
Lads it's Spurs, the European powerhouse, we'd be lucky to get a draw.I don't know what to make of that line up
Jose moaning about the press in the pre-match presser.
shockerMatic gives more experience
Mourinho offered the following explanation for why Andreas makes way today:
"I always expect the same (from Matic) he's a guy who always gives to the team and gives us experience. The kid Andreas was playing really well for us but Matic is a different, not a different level of quality, but I would say a different level of experience and I think we need that."Could be a diamond in midfield?
Oh well that changes my opinion completely! A pair of real quality attacking full-backs there, I'm sure we'll see numerous dangerous crosses and bursts into the opposition box....
oooohhh...Aren't you ard!
Don't think so. 3142 just as spurs play.
He is average player and with him in first 11 we will be here where we are. Miles away for title challenge.back 4 for spurs is a surprise.
Furthest defender back to "sweep" up through balls and then start attacks from the back. They always used to be very good passers and composed defenders (as opposed to the usual blood and thunder centre backs).
Where?Jose moaning about the press in the pre-match presser.
shocker
For those asking what a sweeper does , as far as I remember a Sweeper used to sit behind the defender as last man before keeper and sweep up any balls or runs in behind
Just saw all four defenders warming up together.I'm confused as to who some people think deserve to be playing. Bar Alexis, who is coming off a knock, the rest have been bad, very bad.
I think the sweeper role developed into the classic DM. They moved forward a little to help with playing teams offside. Think you still sometimes see players like Busquets and Mascherano sitting between the CBs in spells, the latter even became a CB himself later in his career, but you're right. It's not used now at all.
Sweet dreams, kouroux!
Shaw - and he is.
I'm sure that's how it looks from an armchair managers perspective.Looks very similar to an Atletico Madrid lineup in a 4-1-3-2.
Fullbacks push on with lots of central midfield cover while Herrera and Pogba would play like Koke & Saul drifting wide to support the overlap but also tucking in to cover Eriksen and Dele.
Lingard in a Griezemann style role and Lukaku as the Costa.
Baresi was outstanding in this role!The diamond is interesting, but both Fred and Herrera in there seem overkill.
Hopefully we perform well, but hopefully we just win.
Come on United!Jose moaning about the press in the pre-match presser.
shocker
Ooo what did he say?Jose moaning about the press in the pre-match presser.
shocker
People moaning about Jose in the match day thread.
Shocker.
^people also moaning about people moaning, so everything is normal here.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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2%
David de Gea
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2%
Fred
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1%
Phil Jones
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1%
Marouane Fellaini
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1%
Jesse Lingard
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1%
Chris Smalling
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1%
Paul Pogba
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1%
Antonio Valencia
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
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Compiled from 514 ratings.
Score Predictions
368,253,151
- Man Utd win
- Tottenham win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 16% Man Utd 2:1 Tottenham
- 15% Man Utd 1:0 Tottenham
- 13% Man Utd 1:1 Tottenham
- 11% Man Utd 1:2 Tottenham
- 9% Man Utd 2:0 Tottenham
- 6% Man Utd 0:2 Tottenham
- 4% Man Utd 1:3 Tottenham
- 4% Man Utd 0:0 Tottenham
- 3% Man Utd 0:1 Tottenham
- 3% Man Utd 0:3 Tottenham
- 3% Man Utd 0:5 Tottenham
- 3% Man Utd 3:1 Tottenham
- 2% Man Utd 2:2 Tottenham
- 2% Man Utd 3:0 Tottenham
- 2% Man Utd 5:0 Tottenham
- 1% Man Utd 0:4 Tottenham
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 Tottenham
- 1% Man Utd 4:0 Tottenham
- 1% Man Utd 1:4 Tottenham
- 0% Man Utd 1:5 Tottenham
- 0% Man Utd 4:1 Tottenham
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Tottenham
- 0% Man Utd 2:3 Tottenham
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Tottenham
- Possession
- 57% 43%
- Shots
- 23 9
- Shots on Target
- 5 5
- Corners
- 5 2
- Fouls
- 11 16
Referee
Craig Pawson
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Alexis Sanchez
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replaced by Marouane Fellaini
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