Martial will start instead of James I reckon.
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Southampton 1:1 Manchester United
Saint Mary's Stadium
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AWB Varane Maguire Shaw
Bruno McT Pogba
Sancho Greenwood Martial
Probably the strongest XI on paper for now but I doubt Ole will field that team. Not enough protection, especially away from homeDe Gea
AWB - Lindelof - Maguire - Shaw
McTominay - Fred
Sancho - Bruno - Pogba
Greenwood.
0-2 United.I wouldn't be chucking Varane as a starter, Lindelof just had a great match and I think that's half due to competition now, doesn't say much if you lose your spot after a great performance, what is he fighting for? A bit extra time to gel with his team mates won't be a bad thing for Varane either. The RW spot is a lot less competition with James for the moment and Sancho has played with several of these players before such as Maguire, Rashford, Shaw etc from the England fold, for me you don't change what isn't broke.
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AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Fred Mctominay
Sancho Bruno Pogba
Greenwood
Wouldn't mind Varane coming on and getting some minutes, Martial needs game time as well and possibly Cavani if he is readyDe Gea
Wan-Bissaka, Varane / Lindelöf, Maguire, Shaw
McTominay, Fred
Sancho, Fernandes, Pogba
Greenwood / Martial
1-0 United
I might be wrong but I seem to remember a quote from Ole after buying Sancho that pointed to the fact that we've been looking for a quality RW for a while, and he wanted to make sure we got the right one.
Tells us what he does think about DJ I feel. As he was supposed to be the answer.
I don’t think James was ever the answer? He was a 15m transfer from the championship. There aren’t many squad players about than Dan James. Id keep him because he hands Pep his ass every time we play City, Guardiola doesn’t know how to deal with him.
Anyway, here’s a stat I read on Reddit. We are undefeated in the last 26 games that James has played for us.Last edited:Due to our electric win yesterday, they’ll park the bus surely. So, we’ll need Sancho and not James for this one. It’s probably still fine to start with Lidelof and give more time to Varane to integrate into the team.
Not with Varane. He is a world superstar and doesn’t require any subtlety. It’s not like he needs to prove he is better than Lindelof - everyone simply knows this. Even if there is a competition for CB spot in the future, it will not be with Varane (with all due respect to our captain, Varane is a much more decorated player than him).
It’s similar to buying, let’s say, a Kimmich or a Lewandowski / Kane and thinking about subtle integration thereofLast edited:Sancho to start.
Dan James was ever supposed to be the answer to our starting right wing. He was a punt.
Anyway, doesn't matter who we select, we're going to win.Sancho to start. Think that might be the only change.I would imagine that it will be the same starting line up again, purely based on the players being at their fittest while a few others get up to speed. We were punished for playing unfit/half-fit players at the start of last season, and we shouldn't crowbar a player in because of name or them being a new signing. Start the same, and we can maybe get some more minutes into the legs of Sancho, Martial, Cavani, and possibly Varane too.Leeds and Soton are our perfect opponents. I fully expect a comfortable win, they’re going down this year barring a miracle given the owner is stripping the club. Actually feel a bit for them, they’re unequivocally fecked.Would expect one of Sancho and Varane to start this, probably Sancho.
Be interesting to see if McFred are given the nod again. I think they're a perfect duo for an opposition like Leeds, but this could be a good game for VDB to be given a deeper role.Not a good summer for them, they sold better players than they bought. Really no improvement and with Hasenhüttl, they can be open at times. Should be an easy game if we go for it. We can only beat ourselves here.
Think Ole wont change a lot, maybe one player in at max.
Yeah, read that. Mental. To be fair, he does do a shedload of defensive work and does win quite a few fouls
Was a punt but I think the hope was that he was one for the future that would develop into a cracking winger. I could be wrong though, just a notion I had at the time. Especially with all the X-factor talk back then.
Anyways, I suppose the point I was looking to make was that Sancho will take that position once he's considered ready, as Ole definitely doesn't consider DJ a starter now.
I agree with this. Varane is better than Lindelof but would be harsh for him to lose his place after the last game.
Also, Southampton are a poor team so later in the season these will probably the games for rotation to keep everybody fresh, with the likes of Lindelof getting minutes.
Varane, Cavani and Martial need minutes off the bench to gain fitness / settle in to the team. Hopefully we can get a good lead in the first half / first hour and then use the bench.
We have a great set of fixtures to gain momentum and set us up for a good season. It's time to be ruthless.I'd rather Sancho get his his first pl start in a home game although that might be a bit conservative. That would mean GW4 home to Newcastle. Only real change likely is the James position though. I'd be okay with Martial or Sancho getting the spot.Southampton are really stuttering under Hasenhüttl after a good patch. They've also lost some key components from that strong period, and questions remain about the replacements for those.
However, when United come to town they always seem to have a good go at it. We were 2 down last season before Cavani turned it around, and it always seems like a tight game where we have to grind out some points at best.
Ole has to get his tactics and 11 right on this one. No room for a slow start as we've seen us do all too regularly, and especially against Southampton home or away.
Different and tougher task that Leeds I'd imagine.Sancho in for James, rest of the team will stay the same.
Varane will start against Wolves.Southampton to score the first goal
The commentator to say "well that wasn't in the script"
United to then score 3
3-1 to United.--------------------------De Gea--------------------
Wan-Bissaka Varane Maguire Shaw
-----------------Fred--McTominay-------------
Sancho-----------Fernandes-------Pogba
-----------------------Greenwood-----------------
Need Cavani to get some time.Lindelof deserves to start. James on the other hand didn't have a good game so he might be replaced by Sancho. Rest should remain sameWell, as one of my ex blokes used to say, This could be a tricky fixture.Any chance VdB features or is it fan fiction?
If Varane is fit, he'll start.
Nobody is benching Varane for Lindelof and Southampton is as easy as it gets to introduce a defender in considering they've sold Ings.
It doesn’t do any good for any player to feel that they own a position a f some competition is m always good. The same for Varane. It brings out the better in the players. At the same time we want players who dare, and not to become afraid of failing, so it’s a balance of course.Expect Sancho to come in for James, other than that same team i'd imagine. Hoping Greenwood gets a decent run as no 9.
Would like to see VdB get a game at no 8 but i wouldnt risk changing either of McFred at this stage, and thought both played well vs Leeds.
Varane has been better than Maguire in the past but we need to focus on the now and the future. Old decorations don’t mean much, I mean many other RM players have their houses full of CL and La liga medals but no one thinks Isco is better than Bruno or Nacho better than van Dijk.
I personally think Varane is better than Maguire. But he is unproven in the PL. I think he will adapt to the PL but one can never know. The physical game and the intense press is little different from what he is used to in the more technical la liga.
I believe Varane and the team will benefit if he is treated like everybody else and get his spot based on performance here and now and not old decorations. (I have no doubt that he will earn it, but it is the right way to do it. ) That’s my personal opinion.They might nick a goal through a set-piece or something, but we really should be beating them if we want to challenge for the title - no excuses!
Hope Sancho and Varane both start.
People are just making stuff up to shit on James now
Dave
AWB Varane Maguire Shaw
McFred
Sancho Bruno Pogba
Greenwood
I wanna see more of Greenwood upfront. Hopefully Varane could help defend their set pieces.
3-0 to us
Pleeeeease?James Ward Prowse on corners and set-pieces is going to be their obvious threat. So would be tempted to get Henderson in place of De Gea.(if he is available)
Yep surely Ole will bench one of his favourite players Scott, who had one of his best games in our shirt. Players are fresh and will only get match fit with playing. McFred will start, they as dependable as it gets. VdB would only cause another inbalance as things stand now - i.e. he hasn't showed he's nowehere near good enough defensively as the two, albeit in his limited time here, and unfortunately even less going forward with his neverending lay offs putting other players under pressure instead of mixing it up with a bit of dribble out of pressure, which he seems to avoid and is crucial for a CM.
Otherwise I agree with the line up, Lindelof had a good one and Varane will not be match fit just yet. Fully expect him to start GW3 though.
Sancho will need to start, because how terrible James was, even if he plays only 60-70 minutes, should be much fitter after one week of training and with 25 minutes under his belt. There's not time to feck around. Nothing will get him more match fit and in sync with other players than playing.
Will be the same pattern as last year, keepers will play until they make a mistake. and Henderson is not all that much better than deGea on set pieces, even though he tries to be brave..People are just making stuff up to shit on James now
Ole:
"If we had signed someone else then we would have had a right winger. It’s about getting the right characters."
Not dumping on James, just pointing to the fact that even though James was bought a few years back for the position in question, from Ole's comment, it's obvious he (in addition to a shedload of fans and pundits btw) felt we were lacking the required quality in that position before Sancho.- Status
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Score Predictions
321,8,10
- Man Utd win
- Southampton win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 27% Southampton 0:3 Man Utd
- 24% Southampton 1:3 Man Utd
- 17% Southampton 0:2 Man Utd
- 10% Southampton 1:2 Man Utd
- 6% Southampton 0:4 Man Utd
- 5% Southampton 1:4 Man Utd
- 4% Southampton 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Southampton 1:1 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 2:1 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 0:1 Man Utd
- 1% Southampton 2:5 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Southampton 1:0 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Southampton
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 36% 64%
- Shots
- 8 15
- Shots on Target
- 3 4
- Corners
- 7 7
- Fouls
- 12 10
Referee
Craig Pawson
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