Southampton 2:3 Manchester United

RonaldoVII · Sep 20, 2015

mitchmouse said:
Looks as if Rooney is playing in midfield. Oh, boy.... one of the biggest clubs in the world and we ado this. The sooner Pep gets the job the better

How exactly is playing in the #10 spot classed as midfield? It's a 2nd striker, as he has been for most of his career.

Annihilate Now! · Sep 20, 2015

Ash_G said:
I like seeing martial start but I worry the 3 behind him have opposing ideas. Rooney wants to spread it wide, Depay and mata want to come inside. Hopefully they can make it work thiugh.

I'm slightly concerned he'll just keep wanging it at Valencia in the dugout.

Diabo_Sam · Sep 20, 2015

Hammerfell said:
Who would you swap him for?

Valencia or Fellaini

JTW95 · Sep 20, 2015

DomesticTadpole said:
Same here and it wasn't Herrera, in my infinite wisdom I decided to drop Martial.

I didn't expect Martial to start with Rooney being back. It wasn't a bad shout to drop him.

Golo · Sep 20, 2015

4-2-3-1?

Schneiderlin-Carrick
Depay-Mata-Martial
-------Rooney

Shady · Sep 20, 2015

Varun said:
Where's Wilson? Why the hell isn't he on the bench?

Van Gaal probably thinks he is nowhere near good enough to have any sort of impact. And I would agree. We should have kept Hernandez.

Annihilate Now! · Sep 20, 2015

Ekeke said:
Crazy for Ander to be the one left out. Would take out Mata or Rooney, or make a space for him in CM. One of the first names on the sheet for me

He's been a bit naff in our last two games to be fair... yet Mata's been worse, so work that one out.

If anything, Young is the bloke who's unlucky to be dropped.

mitchmouse · Sep 20, 2015

RonaldoVII said:
How exactly is playing in the #10 spot classed as midfield? It's a 2nd striker, as he has been for most of his career.

LVG doesn't play two up top.... show me when he has done so since arriving at OT

Varun · Sep 20, 2015

Shady said:
Van Gaal probably thinks he is nowhere near good enough to have any sort of impact. And I would agree. We should have kept Hernandez.

Then why cancel the loan deals at the last moment?

JTW95 · Sep 20, 2015

Golo said:
4-2-3-1?

Schneiderlin-Carrick
Depay-Mata-Martial
-------Rooney

I think it will be more like

Mata--Rooney--Depay
-------Martial

Hammerfell · Sep 20, 2015

Diabo_Sam said:
Valencia or Fellaini

I don't think he'd offer more than either of them, to be honest.

Cassidy · Sep 20, 2015

Ekeke said:
Crazy for Ander to be the one left out. Would take out Mata or Rooney, or make a space for him in CM. One of the first names on the sheet for me

Dont think he had a good game vs PSV at CM tbh, but I like Herrera

Raw · Sep 20, 2015

mitchmouse said:
LVG doesn't play two up top.... show me when he has done so since arriving at OT

You forgot about Falcao and RVP that quickly? :lol:

Rooney's obviously playing behind the striker in this game.

Stormsurfer21 · Sep 20, 2015

11/11. Happy with that! It' s a good line-up in my opinion. Hopefully Martial can prove his worth again after the Liverpool game.

Ole's_toe_poke · Sep 20, 2015

Not sure how Mata keeps getting a start.

Sassy Colin · Sep 20, 2015

fecking sodding, pissing, cnuting bastard Rugby

I know this would happen, the place where I planned to watch the football is showing that fecking shite instead. Bunch of fecking cnuts. The quest is now on, I have 45 minutes to find a pub showing football.

Shane88 · Sep 20, 2015

Rojo beside Smalling will be our undoing.

mitchmouse · Sep 20, 2015

Ole's_toe_poke said:
Not sure how Mata keeps getting a start.

totally agree

thejtrain · Sep 20, 2015

RonaldoVII said:
How exactly is playing in the #10 spot classed as midfield? It's a 2nd striker, as he has been for most of his career.

Hmm the fact is, Rooney isn't a good #10 either.

sizzling sausages · Sep 20, 2015

Like that attack, think Rooney and Martial will do well together.

Catt · Sep 20, 2015

Good lineup so we'll lose this one.

Mrs Smoker · Sep 20, 2015

With all the bonus points and Early Bird prediction enabled, 14/14.

Organic Potatoes · Sep 20, 2015

10/11. Thought Martial would come off the bench with Rooney back.

iKnowNothing · Sep 20, 2015

mitchmouse said:
Looks as if Rooney is playing in midfield. Oh, boy.... one of the biggest clubs in the world and we ado this. The sooner Pep gets the job the better

What are you on about?

JTW95 · Sep 20, 2015

Sassy Colin said:
fecking sodding, pissing, cnuting bastard Rugby

I know this would happen, the place where I planned to watch the football is showing that fecking shite instead. Bunch of fecking cnuts. The quest is now on, I have 45 minutes to find a pub showing football.

Most pubs I know would have two tvs. One with Rugby and one with football. The true battle is which one gets the sound.

Walters_19_MuFc · Sep 20, 2015

mitchmouse said:
Looks as if Rooney is playing in midfield. Oh, boy.... one of the biggest clubs in the world and we ado this. The sooner Pep gets the job the better

Hardly. We all know Van Gaal likes his 10's to play quite high up the pitch - almost as a second striker.

JPRouve · Sep 20, 2015

mitchmouse said:
LVG doesn't play two up top.... show me when he has done so since arriving at OT

LVG explicitely said that he had a preference for an attacker behind the striker.

Ekeke · Sep 20, 2015

Annihilate Now! said:
He's been a bit naff in our last two games to be fair... yet Mata's been worse, so work that one out.

If anything, Young is the bloke who's unlucky to be dropped.

Last time out sure, the one before that he did his job

And Young would be first choice leftback for me

sizzling sausages · Sep 20, 2015

Ole's_toe_poke said:
Not sure how Mata keeps getting a start.

We struggle to score as is, we can't drop one of our most productive players.

Shane88 said:
Rojo beside Smalling will be our undoing.

I don't think so, they did well together last season.

nemanja15 · Sep 20, 2015

Only 8/11

Had Schweinsteiger, Young (who I was almost certain would play after Mata's horror show vs PSV) and Herrera.

DomesticTadpole · Sep 20, 2015

Wonder if Herrera and BFS will start against Ipswich. Those two will be good guiding any of the kids that start.

thejtrain · Sep 20, 2015

Ole's_toe_poke said:
Not sure how Mata keeps getting a start.

His productivity is insane. Yes he goes invisible a lot of times, he almost gets a goal or assist every two games and that right now is too good a stat for any of our players.

Ixion · Sep 20, 2015

Ole's_toe_poke said:
Not sure how Mata keeps getting a start.

Most productive attacking player we have if you look at goals and assists.

rockerlad · Sep 20, 2015

Play rojo at left back ffs

Annihilate Now! · Sep 20, 2015

I think this game has 0-0 written all over it.

Hope I'm wrong of course.

World Game · Sep 20, 2015

Pexbo said:
Blind at LB, Rojo central is good and bad news.

Shady said:
Blind is both a better LB and CB than Rojo.

Agree with both. Better attacking play down the left at the sacrifice of organisational leadership at the back.

Varun · Sep 20, 2015

Ole's_toe_poke said:
Not sure how Mata keeps getting a start.

Because our 2nd best RW is Valencia?

Kubalionzzale · Sep 20, 2015

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Empire · Sep 20, 2015

mitchmouse said:
LVG doesn't play two up top.... show me when he has done so since arriving at OT

Louis van Gaal said in an interview he prefers the second striker to the third midfielder, that's why he wanted to try Depay and later Januzaj instead of Herrera.

Litmanen and Muller in his opinion were second strikers.

Kubalionzzale · Sep 20, 2015

Varun said:
Because our 2nd best RW is Valencia?

Young can play on the right wing too and he's surely better than Valencia there.

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