Newcastle United 0:1 Manchester United

Varun · Mar 4, 2015

4-3-3. Nice to see.

Raoul · Mar 4, 2015

Finally Rooney as lone striker.

IhabX7 · Mar 4, 2015

I had hopes for Rafael, but it seems the damage has been done, for unknown reasons.

YouOnlyLiveTwice · Mar 4, 2015

I imagine LvG is playing games with Steve Bates :lol:

El-Manos · Mar 4, 2015

Mata for Fellaini and that would look good. Hopefully Di Maria performs.

LS17 · Mar 4, 2015

If it was Mata for Fellaini I would have been even happier with that. Shame for Januzaj but sure he'll come on at some point.

DomesticTadpole · Mar 4, 2015

Twigginater said:
Is this genuinely not on tele? Fuming

BT Sports 1.

|Neo|x · Mar 4, 2015

Disappointed not to see Mata or Januzaj get a start but at least Rooney is back up front.

Raw · Mar 4, 2015

It could be Rooney as a lone striker

Or Rooney and Di Maria up front
Or Rooney and Fellaini up front

We'll never know

ariel · Mar 4, 2015

Actually same line up as Saturday with Fellaini replacing Falcao...

Mystry · Mar 4, 2015

Well at least Falcao is dropped. Would much rather Mata playing behind Rooney instead of Fellaini but I'll take it.

DomesticTadpole · Mar 4, 2015

ariel said:
Actually same line up as Saturday with Fellaini replacing Falcao...

At least there is a modicum of continuity there.

Sassy Colin · Mar 4, 2015

I give up with the line ups game

Silverman · Mar 4, 2015

Please let it be 4-3-3.

pseudo_canadian · Mar 4, 2015

That is a good team. Hoping for a 4-3-3.

caisenma · Mar 4, 2015

Pretty sure Fellaini is playing because we'd be pretty soft otherwise...

Frasbul · Mar 4, 2015

anyone else getting zero points in the lineup game?

owsterix · Mar 4, 2015

Raw said:
It could be Rooney as a lone striker

Or Rooney and Di Maria up front
Or Rooney and Fellaini up front

We'll never know

Is Rooney in midfield and Di Maria and Fellaini up front unthinkable?

Damien · Mar 4, 2015

Frasbul said:
anyone else getting zero points in the lineup game?

Can take a few secs/mins for the points to refresh.

TheSamulator · Mar 4, 2015

LONG BALLS!

Sean_RedDevil · Mar 4, 2015

bosnian_red said:
Evans is right footed too, played there last week.

Trigg said:
I'm confused. Jones is replacing a right footed defender so nothing changes?

I know Evans is right-footed but his right-foot is so good like his left-foot

The left-foots of Smalling and Jones are poor therefore we'll see both never together under Van Gaal

Nick 0208 Ldn · Mar 4, 2015

Is Shaw still too fatigued then?

The Stain · Mar 4, 2015

That means.. that we're guessing the formation until kick off, nothing new there. Could be 4-4-1-1, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 3-5-2..

Raw · Mar 4, 2015

owsterix said:
Is Rooney in midfield and Di Maria and Fellaini up front unthinkable?

A whole new world of formation possibilities! Under LVG it'll never be certain.

united_99 · Mar 4, 2015

Glad he hasn't dropped Di Maria!

sizzling sausages · Mar 4, 2015

Good team, I would have liked to see Mata start but going with Fellaini instead is probably the right choice as Newcastle are a pretty direct team.

Frasbul · Mar 4, 2015

Damien said:
Can take a few secs/mins for the points to refresh.

thanks!

bosnian_red · Mar 4, 2015

Silverman said:
Please let it be 4-3-3.

4-4-1-1/4-3-3/4-2-3-1 are all essentially the same thing. They change depending how the game goes. Fellaini is better as a target man then a midfielder anyways so I'd rather him further up.

Moriarty · Mar 4, 2015

TheSwagginator said:
LONG BALLS!

Fellaini as the target man then.

Raptori · Mar 4, 2015

Colin129 said:
I give up with the line ups game

It's ridiculous isn't it :lol:

Infra-red · Mar 4, 2015

Unsure of the system, 3-5-2, diamond, 4-3-3 variants all look possible; decent personnel though (Mata absence aside).

Raw · Mar 4, 2015

Nick 0208 Ldn said:
Is Shaw still too fatigued then?

LVG said he had a tight hamstring and the 'too tired' thing was false.

El-Manos · Mar 4, 2015

Raoul said:
Finally Rooney as lone striker.

Nah sure his hairy buddy will partner him up front.

Silverman · Mar 4, 2015

To be fair to LVG, he is changing his tactics and formations when he sees them not working.

Devil may care · Mar 4, 2015

I pretty much like the look of that line-up, it'll be interesting to see if Rooney or Fellaini plays the furthest forward.

shabadu84 · Mar 4, 2015

bosnian_red said:
I feel like half the people on here don't know that Evans is right footed... It's weird, they keep banging on about the same thing but Rojo is the only left footed center back we have. And Blackett but he's a reserve.

Sure but have you seen Evans with his right? Only logical conclusion is that he's actually left-footed.

trollol

Sassy Colin · Mar 4, 2015

Nick 0208 Ldn said:
Is Shaw still too fatigued then?

He's only a baby

Raw · Mar 4, 2015

What's with Valdes anyway? Been seeing more of Lindegaard on the bench lately.

Paul the Wolf · Mar 4, 2015

9/11 prediction and all 3 subs on the bench

paulscholes18 · Mar 4, 2015

Twigginater said:
Is this genuinely not on tele? Fuming

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