The usual proof that ole needs his best players on the pitch pulling off individual magic to get good results, where as proper top class managers can rotate and still pick up wins with weakened sides.
League Cup 3rd Round
Manchester United 0:1 West Ham United
Old Trafford
- Kick-off
- Wed, 22 September 2021 @ 7:45pm BST
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Discussion Your Lineup Prediction
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That’s a whole lot of space wastedWould be a shame to go out - chance of silverware/good comp to give players minutes in.
That said - if you're not winning the league cup, it's better just to bite the bullet and exit early.
Yep on replay VDB schoolboy defending for their goal.Poor slow start as usual and give a soft goal away. Noble commits miltiple fouls with no action from the referee and denies a certain penalty. Aimless crosses thrown into the box when we have little aerial threat.
I'd prefer we got him an hour's supply of cyanide.
True. Mata should go and may be Bruno or Mason can come in at half time.Casey pointing out the flaw in our plan of numerous crosses into the box
I have not been impress with him so far, but I think he will come good, time is needed, but how much time.
you don’t know what you’re talking about
This is definitely the way we have to go on the 60min mark. Need to free up Lingard and add more pace to the team.Right now I am unsure what it will take for Jadon's Utd career to really spark into life so if anyone has any ideas feel free to suggestPuzzled at people wanting to take Mata off when he's been our best player.
wrong, he’s in the right place. unlucky deflection.Average. Nobody been poor but nobody has stood out. Agree with the commentators though, our attackign players are coming to deep and not giving us any width. Lingard and Mata wondering all over the place.
Dony agree with the bring Bruno on messages, shouldnt be anywhere near this game, give the guy a rest. I expect to see Mcom, Greenwood and Elanga at some points in the second half.
If we show a bit more intensity which for me has been a problem all season despit eour possesion, there are definately goals for us in this game, we are too measured, slow and deep at the moment, but not awfulI'd go Greenwood for Mata at half time.
Personally think it would be a disaster to be knocked out.How the feck has Noble not been booked yet...I've counted 3 fouls, and a clear pen not given against him. Outrageous ref decisions once again.
He’s not a DM or even a central midfielder really, he’s a 10. I don’t really expect him to come alive defensively in those positions and it’s why he gets limited time.
What a load of horseshit.Same old story. A team with inferior players in all 11 positions is managing to produce more than us. Same tepid start to a game. I wonder why...Martial I cant stand his positioning and movement not good enough, hes playing as a forward so get in the box more!, I saw him standing waiting for ball to feet outside box while 4 or 5 players were infront of himDalot definitely has put in some good crosses with pace. Also, a very effective switch ball that somehow went uncommented on (no surprise there). The issue, as usual, is that without Cavani or Ronaldo we don't have players with any instinct, and also numbers in the box to attack them. We don't pack the box like City do, for example. You see it time and time again with them when the ball is outside right of the 18 yard, the players are already looking for the angled cross. With us, there's one, maybe two, but always looking to receive ball to feet and coming short instead of anticipating the deep cross.Played quite well since the goal, if only we had come out from kickoff like that. They just ran past us easily to tap the ball in.
We need Greenwood on up front I feel.How does Mark Noble always get away from being booked with all kind of clumsy fouls?Oh, and Jon Moss is a certifiable twat!Casey Stoney should be on more often.
wrong. he does the right thing covering the front post but it deflects off lindelof back out
Oh comon the game is not finished yet!If we dont score in the next 10 minutes i hope we substitute Bruno and Greenwood for Mata and Sancho.Mata doing ok but not enough.Telles with a mixed bag. VDB has done well, that will earn him more trust. Most of them have played well. But we just need more cutting edge.
Maybe greenwood for mata will make a difference. We might lose a bit of control but gain some threat.
It's one of those weird things in football. I have to assume it's intentional because these are never given but for the life of me I can't understand why.Greenwood for Martial
Elanga for Mata
Lingard at 10, Elanga on the left, Sancho on the right
We’ve reached semi finals in these cups pretty regularly, fielded weak teams often too.I have to say, its looking increasingly unfortunate that we missed out Trippier in the summer.Terrible performance so far
Yeah, no need to dig in when Neville can do it for ya.Such a welcome thing to see a competent right back playing all kind of passes.Think people are hugely overrating this performance against West Ham's 2nd XI. Honestly thought it was pretty rubbish, most players have been poor. Lingard's definitely been the standout for us. Our full backs have looked especially poor, and we are crossing the ball way too much. The good moments have been where we've just kept it simple and passed the ball. Mata's passing has been solid even if it hasn't been particularly creative. VDB has had some good and bad moments but he improved as the half went on, extremely poor for the goal. Matic has been good imo.
Martial made a decent run and has had a few chances to score but overall he's not offered much of a target to aim for up front (not that he should be used like that anyway). Sancho really poor again, he should be running the game against this level of team, not being put under pressure either as West Ham are mostly just sitting back, no real excuse for going into hiding here. I expect we'll get a goal soon, moreso down to West Ham just inviting pressure. Might need Greenwood and Bruno to come on to provide the breakthrough though as the creativity has been pretty nonexistant.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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18%
Mason Greenwood
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12%
Dean Henderson
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10%
Nemanja Matic
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10%
Victor Lindelof
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4%
Jesse Lingard
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2%
Jadon Sancho
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2%
Diogo Dalot
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1%
Juan Mata
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1%
Bruno Fernandes
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1%
Eric Bailly
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 237 ratings.
Score Predictions
218,16,17
- Man Utd win
- West Ham win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 25% Man Utd 2:0 West Ham
- 24% Man Utd 2:1 West Ham
- 10% Man Utd 3:1 West Ham
- 9% Man Utd 3:0 West Ham
- 8% Man Utd 1:0 West Ham
- 6% Man Utd 3:2 West Ham
- 5% Man Utd 1:1 West Ham
- 4% Man Utd 1:2 West Ham
- 2% Man Utd 4:0 West Ham
- 2% Man Utd 4:1 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 0:1 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 0:5 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 2:3 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 West Ham
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- West Ham
- Possession
- 61% 39%
- Shots
- 27 9
- Shots on Target
- 6 3
- Corners
- 7 5
- Fouls
- 4 6
Referee
Jonathan Moss
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Anthony Elanga
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replaced by Mason Greenwood
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replaced by Bruno Fernandes
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