Of course we could. At lease we are coming up against our old friend Steve Bruce.
FA Premier League
Newcastle United 1:4 Manchester United
St. James' Park
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And who ll play instead of him? Bailly and Lindelof haven't hit top form either. Rest are injured or recovering
Fred has some really good performances before Bruno though. Brilliant when we beat city away
He didn't say that. He said they were a well organized side with players like Saint Maximin who can hurt us, like any normal manager would.
No plan? He just said that he picked Fred and McT to protect back four. Plan is to sit deep. We are scared now of bloody Newcastle.
Pogba's clearly not done the job as a defensive midfielder then has he?We’ve been playing matic & Pogba in the pivot of the 4-2-3-1, what are you on about
OGS will try to "stop them" then maybe try to keep us in the EPL.
What game?
To be fair... our other CBs options are worse.
The only game they've started together was the 3-0 win over Brighton. McTominay even scored.
They also played the second half against Tottenham after we went down to 10 men. But by that point, the game was already over.
Ole could have easily played VDB in place of James. When you don't have a RW you simply accept you don't have a RW. Why shoehorne somebody in that position for the sake of it, I don't understand. Play VDB instead as AM.Dont worry lads, the bench is strong enough to change the game.
Yeah this and James inclusion tells me we'll be playing defensive counter this gameHow our lineups get worse every season after more and more millions are spent is quite a mysteryOle making sure he gets sacked before the run up of big games. There's a good lad.Was not tempted to pay £15 before the lineups were know, even less bothred to watch now I know them, not even finding a stream to watch.
sorry state of affairs when the club has 6 cb on the books and they are all shite
Captains privilege apparently
5 signings, €100m spent, not one new player in the starting line-up. That's a bit bollocks.
Partly down to us leaving it so damn late in the window again. We are such amateurs it's ridiculous.
A lot of posters on here claimed that Fergie tried to "get back to the basics" after a humiliating loss. Not trying to defend Ole but maybe it's what he's trying to do here? Put out a more reserved team to try to nick a win, not necessarily because he is scared of Newcastle.
Starting to think the stories that Ole didn't want him are true which is bad in more ways than one.
If we are a club that are buying players without the manager's input we are totally screwed as a clubI was pretty sure he was full of crap so didn't listen to him at all. Unfortunately he still got closer than I did. He got 8/11, I got 7
Ugh I put Mata in the team on his say so. But took out two others. Norway guy sucks.So many haters in here that it is unreal. Take it easy.
I would have loved Matic (Mctominay) and van der Beek (James) but I am still behind this team. Mata playing is beautifle to see.
They've had basically one training session for the team. They'll get a chance. It's a long season.Any words on greenwood?
Might aswell be in the Maguire thread; no ones ever at fault in this team if their face suits.
Doing your job as a holding midfielder & be fantastic at it aren’t the same thing. We were walked through as a midfield with them in it on multiple occasions last season; that’s not a no.10s fault.
& he was terrible against Burnley at home. . .
Fantastic for long periods they were not.
Well it would be worse sitting at home as he would have to pay £15 to watch it.Great lineup, for a relegation battle.
So we play a defensively inclined midfield to protect our 80m DefenderAs long as we're gonna keep playing this 4231 that's the two that should be starting in midfield in my opinion. Really wish we could just stop trying to make 4231 work, and play to the strength of our best players instead though.
Anyways, actually feel better about this than I would if it was 4231 with Pogba and Matic. Scrappy win incoming.This is the sort of team Jose would have picked in his third season.
Back 6. Make it difficult for them. Don't even care if we score or not. Feck you Ed. Sack me.
Thanks!Wasn't our plan with him as a coach to play bloody football. With McT and Fred midfield and James in attack we will not play footbal and we never did.
I don't know what to say anymore....this approach to the game is a killer. Hard work? We need to play hard work tactics against Newcastle. feck off!! Play bloody football. Be creative
Well 1 of them isn't even at the club. The other is an 18 year old lad from South America.
Cavani should have been brought to the club far, far sooner. Bit of a mystery why the other two lads aren't starting though. We look to be shutting shop defensively and going back to basics, it's going to be ugly today. I'm going to need a whiskey or three.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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26%
Marcus Rashford
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18%
Bruno Fernandes
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6%
Harry Maguire
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4%
David de Gea
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 390 ratings.
Score Predictions
173,101,55
- Man Utd win
- Newcastle win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 22% Newcastle 1:2 Man Utd
- 12% Newcastle 0:2 Man Utd
- 9% Newcastle 2:1 Man Utd
- 9% Newcastle 1:1 Man Utd
- 6% Newcastle 2:0 Man Utd
- 6% Newcastle 1:3 Man Utd
- 5% Newcastle 2:2 Man Utd
- 4% Newcastle 3:1 Man Utd
- 3% Newcastle 0:1 Man Utd
- 3% Newcastle 3:0 Man Utd
- 3% Newcastle 0:3 Man Utd
- 3% Newcastle 5:0 Man Utd
- 2% Newcastle 0:0 Man Utd
- 2% Newcastle 2:3 Man Utd
- 2% Newcastle 1:0 Man Utd
- 2% Newcastle 2:4 Man Utd
- 2% Newcastle 1:4 Man Utd
- 1% Newcastle 5:1 Man Utd
- 1% Newcastle 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Newcastle 4:0 Man Utd
- 1% Newcastle 2:5 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 3:3 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 4:1 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 4:3 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Newcastle
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 36% 64%
- Shots
- 7 28
- Shots on Target
- 4 14
- Corners
- 0 7
- Fouls
- 9 12
Referee
Craig Pawson
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Nemanja Matic
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replaced by Paul Pogba
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replaced by Donny van de Beek
