Just what the doctor ordered really.
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Stoke City 1:1 Manchester United
Britannia Stadium
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- Thu, 1 January 2015 @ 12:45pm GMT
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Just what the doctor ordered really.Let's have a strong second half of the season lads. Full faith in LVG.
Stoke got a hard working team. Walters is underrated.I'm actually glad to see Young at RB. Would prefer Rafael but he isn't 100% fit yet. Beats Valencia at RB from an attacking point of view. To be fair Antonia was a reliable definsive option.Doesn't look good for Rafael, when Young is above him at RB/RWB. Otherwise decent line-up, happy to see Herrera and Januzaj on the bench again, this time we have options to change the game too
LVG has commented on Shaw's fitness before, he seems to be the type that needs a few games to really get going - and he's played less football for us than Rafael has this season. I could be wrong but Shaw has only played ~15minutes in the last game since he's been injured.
Rafael has come on as a sub twice already clocking up ~35 minutes or so.
Thankfully the fat feck is on the bench!
Damn, I only got 10. And I came so close to putting Shaw in
Just what the doctor ordered really.
Joint 26th in the league though, so still not doing too badly, hopefully Herrera and Wilson get subbed on
And now you've gone and jinxed it. Which one will pick up an injury first? I'm predicting Jones, 18th minute.With that team/formation, I think we could actually see some decent delivery from our wing backs. Valencia is very inconsistent with his delivery, Young has improved a lot.
Honestly the 2nd half prob sticks in my mind more. Was doing things around the house during the first half lol. But I'm not sure what it is I just don't like the 3-5-2. Give me a 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 all day.Perfect line up. I'm delighted Rafael isn't starting. He's vastly over rated on here. Brilliant in attack and awful in defenceYoung is our in form player. Putting him in the side is something which LvG will always think of even if it may be on the right this time or it could be a 4-4-2 with Jones or Smalling at right back
As if that'll stop him.
Awful in defense? Thats not true but carry on.
If we play like we did in the first half v Spurs for a full match, you'll be sold on the 3-5-2Any links to rivers, my usual watering hole has died.I'm fully expecting Stoke to revert to the long ball technique today.
I never said they have flair players. I said they have changed their style and are trying to play proper football352 again. Hope we Nick a goal.The serious concern right now has to be whether RvP and Falcao have enough in the tank to deal with Stoke's parked bus. Sparky has to be thinking bore draw/smash grab.Glad to see Smalling back in defence, hopefully that makes us a bit more solid. Generally happy with the team, not sure about Young at right wing-back. Wasn't great there the last time he played, far less impressive than he was on the left.So what's the formation then? As in who will play where?why play 352 when you got a full back 4 ready to go.
Gaal hubris may just cost us top 4
lulwut?Smalling
Good to have Herrera and Januzaj back on the bench.Is it just me that thinks Young's crossing is much better from the left.
Mainly because Rafael is not ready to start in this kind of game I'd guess.
but we don't have enough midfield options to protect the 4 (fellaini, blind, herrera)
That reminds me of another thing. Let's hopefully put together at least an 85 min performance this game. Seem to be a serious struggle to put together a full game performance this season.If we play like we did in the first half v Spurs for a full match, you'll be sold on the 3-5-2
Hope we catch them on a shit day cuz when they are shit, there really shit.Anything but 3 points would be disastrous. More pressure from teams below us than before.
He was poor when he was switched to the right against villa.Young was garbage on the right against ten man Villa, this will be interesting...Falcao for Cleverley and Shaw for Evra are the only changes to the 11 that lost 2-1 to Stoke last season.Nojan is good news for us. We should be able to handle this, just need to quieten the crowd and hope the referee doesn't give Stoke everything at home (as usual)Good to see Ander and Adnan on the bench.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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13%
Chris Smalling
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8%
Michael Carrick
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7%
Juan Mata
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5%
Phil Jones
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3%
Luke Shaw
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2%
David de Gea
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2%
Wayne Rooney
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1%
Ashley Young
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1%
Ander Herrera
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
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Compiled from 448 ratings.
Score Predictions
405,38,54
- Man Utd win
- Stoke win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 27% Stoke 1:2 Man Utd
- 20% Stoke 0:2 Man Utd
- 12% Stoke 1:3 Man Utd
- 8% Stoke 0:1 Man Utd
- 8% Stoke 1:1 Man Utd
- 7% Stoke 0:3 Man Utd
- 4% Stoke 2:1 Man Utd
- 2% Stoke 0:0 Man Utd
- 2% Stoke 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 1:4 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 3:1 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 1:0 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 5:5 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 2:5 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 3:3 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 2:4 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 1:5 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Stoke
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 34% 66%
- Shots
- 11 6
- Shots on Target
- 2 2
- Corners
- 11 7
- Fouls
- 8 12
Referee
Michael Oliver
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Rafael
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replaced by Adnan Januzaj
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replaced by Ander Herrera
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