He travelled with the squad to London.
League Cup Final
Southampton 2:3 Manchester United
Wembley
- Kick-off
- Sun, 26 February 2017 @ 4:30pm GMT
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Squad omissions
The likes of Fosu-Mensah, Darmian and Schweinsteiger likely to be in club suits today.
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Samuel Luckhurst
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Mourinho adds it 'will hurt to leave some players out. There will be some fantastic players who don't even make it to the bench'. #mufc
2:09 PM - 26 Feb 2017Lots of people very confident like they were before the Liverpool game.
Was it him who predicted Herrera won't start vs St. Etienne at home or something.Squad omissions
The likes of Fosu-Mensah, Darmian and Schweinsteiger likely to be in club suits today.
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Mourinho adds it 'will hurt to leave some players out. There will be some fantastic players who don't even make it to the bench'. #mufc
2:09 PM - 26 Feb 2017
I remember him being wrong about one player and people panicked over it predictably.
That Liverpool game brought me right down to earth, I over estimated the capabilities of our team way too much.Went with the attacking approach.
De Gea
Valencia - Bailly - Smalling - Blind
Herrera - Pogba
Lingard - Mata - Martial
Zlatan
Lingard should run his socks off, along with Herrera and Mata. Martial and Zlatan to score, and Pogba to run the show! Bring it on
What do we reckon, Bailly-Rojo or Bailly-Smalling?
Travelled on the coach. Had a suit and luggage. Even Paddy Crerard said something like 'that doesn't look like an injured player to me'. Fingers crossed.As I said when it happened, I reckon Bailly's relatively poor form the last couple of games may have cost him a start here, and Rojo will come in to replace him.
He does come out with some tosh, I post his stuff for the entertainment value if nothing else.EricThey had a picture of the United dressing room and the shirts were hung up with the names hidden.This will be a tough game no doubt.Have some family birthday to go to. It's at 6 so luckily I'll catch at least 1st half. Hopefully we're manage to score a goal or 2 so I can be less nervous.
Indeed. Expecting a close game like that one myself. Could go either way.
I saw the same picture on Instagram. Sorry for quoting you so much.Not confident but I never am before a big game. Mkhi missing is annoying. Him and Mata have developed a nice understanding on the pitch.
I'm seeing a lot of 4-2-3-1. I personally would go 4-3-3. Saints are good in midfield and play with a diamond at times whereas the area they are weak in is their defence (no van Dijk, no fonte). Control the midfield and we will score eventually.
De Gea
Valencia - Bailly - Smalling - Blind
Carrick
Herrera - Pogba
Mata - Zlatan - Martial
Later in the game, if we are still not ahead, take Carrick off and bring Rashford on to go with a 4-2-3-1.
Were the numbers hidden too DT?
It's OK. Strange they have done that. They aren't usually bothered about showing the odd, obvious shirt.I saw the same picture on Instagram. Sorry for quoting you so much.
May be there are 6 changes:
Romero -> DG
Young -> Valencia
Blind -> Rojo
Carrick -> Herrera
Fellaini -> Rashford/Rooney (possibly Rashford)
Mkhi -> Martial
I never predicted an easy win against LFC. LFC at the time, were the 2nd most in-form team, so it was always going to be close. Maybe 1-0, at best. As it was it finished 1-1.
Now, Southampton is a different story. They are not a very good team and are there for the taking. The negative is that it is at a neutral ground, so we have no home advantage.d
I predicted 2-0.
Pointless and unnecessary.Have a feeling the match will be decided on penalties. We have been getting closer to it in the past year as we were 30, 10 and 8 minutes away from a shootout against Everton, Palace and Leicester respectively in our last three visits to Wembley. Hopefully, it doesn't come to that considering our awful record recently in shootouts.
Everyone travelled in the squad, it's a final so that's to be expected.
Miki isn't playing, Mou's already mentioned that enough.
I wouldn't be completely surprised. It's quite obvious Mourinho isn't completely happy with his left backs, and I expect him to try Rojo there again in the not-too-distant future (most likely in a match against a team with big powerful forwards). And if it works when he tries it he may very well continue that way until the end of the season.
I personally don't think it'll be this game, but it wouldn't be a huge shock for me if it were.
Noted!
I was simply answering someone's innocent enquiry - not saying it's what I believe.
You, however, have made a definite statement that might come back and bite you on the arse. If I can be bothered!Leaked starting XI
Unconfirmed, but the team for today is believed to be:
- De Gea
- Valencia
- Bailly
- Smalling
- Rojo
- Herrera
- Pogba
- Lingard
- Mata
- Martial
- Ibrahimovic
Daley Blind has under-performed in recent months, Matteo Darmian has not produced a truly good display in over a year and Luke Shaw will be fortunate to make the bench.
In attack, the suggestion is Jesse Lingard has got the nod ahead of Marcus Rashford. Mourinho might be counting on Lingard’s previous outings at Wembley and his excellent link-up play with Mata against Leicester and Stoke earlier this season.
What counts against Rashford are his forgettable performances on the right and the fact he has never started behind the striker this season.
Should add teams have occasionally featured the odd deliberate mistake amid Mourinho’s mole hunt, so don’t be surprised if the United Twitter graphic is slightly different.Panic over Lingard in 3,2,1..I am glad there are a lot less rats this time around
Compare this to the last game
They have their get out clause in the last paragraph if this is nothing like the team.
Rojo as LB and Lingard Sack Jose
You thingk that will stop the panic?They have their get out clause in the last paragraph if this is nothing like the team.
I was told that team a couple of hours ago, think it will be legitThey have their get out clause in the last paragraph if this is nothing like the team.
If that's true then I got 10/11
Had Carrick in as part of a 3 man midfield and Lingard to come on as a sub instead of starting.Watching the other League Cup finals on MUTV. Would love an easy romp again like we did against Wigan.Rojo as LB and Lingard Sack Jose
If Rooney makes the bench I'm on board with this.
Are we getting Griezmann this summer?Lingard starting isn't a surprise really but Rojo at left back in a major concern. Never once has he looked good at left back, he excels in the centre and struggles in wide positions in my opinion.Surely not Rojo at left back.- Status
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Score Predictions
506,29,27
- Man Utd win
- Southampton win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 27% Southampton 0:2 Man Utd
- 27% Southampton 1:2 Man Utd
- 18% Southampton 1:3 Man Utd
- 7% Southampton 0:1 Man Utd
- 6% Southampton 0:3 Man Utd
- 3% Southampton 1:1 Man Utd
- 2% Southampton 2:1 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 1:4 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 5:0 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 2:0 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 2:4 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 3:1 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 3:5 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 4:5 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 5:5 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 3:0 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Southampton
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 48% 52%
- Shots
- 10 12
- Shots on Target
- 6 5
- Corners
- 3 12
- Fouls
- 11 13
Referee
Andre Marriner
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Marcus Rashford
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replaced by Marouane Fellaini
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