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Sunderland 0:3 Manchester United

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    Everyone above us winning or likely to win who have played today. I don't know if this means we'll struggle or not tomorrow. Normally we can never capitalise on others mistakes. Pickford will be like Spider-Man I know that much and I don't like this talk of Sunderland not scoring for ages. Boro hadn't before us.
     
    It's tough to say, but fight for 4th seems practically lost or very difficult, so I could understand if Mourinho rested some. Most probably he'll be force to do it against Chelsea at home.
     
    1-0 to us. They can't score for shit and neither can we, but we have the Ibra factor. While they have Defoe, but I reckon we'll kep him quiet. Januzaj should try to raise his game, but still sure we can handle it.
    Amazing that I can't be any more optimistic that us putting 1 past these.
    pseudo_canadian said:
    Will be pleasantly surprised if it's anything other than 1-1 or 0-0
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    What about a 1-0 to them?
     
    I hope to actually see us play well and maybe end the season doing so. We have been utter shite for months now. At least earlier in the season when we were drawing every week we were playing well. At the moment it's like having Van Gaal back.
     
    pseudo_canadian said:
    A player on loan can't play against their parent club.
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    I think they can, it's just PL teams specify in the loan that they can't? Or maybe it's just different in other leagues. Munir was just playing against Barcelona the other day.
     
    DWelbz19 said:
    I think they can, it's just PL teams specify in the loan that they can't? Or maybe it's just different in other leagues. Munir was just playing against Barcelona the other day.
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    Yes, it's a PL rule. Depends on the country. Some countries allow it, some don't...
     
    DWelbz19 said:
    I think they can, it's just PL teams specify in the loan that they can't? Or maybe it's just different in other leagues. Munir was just playing against Barcelona the other day.
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    I think it's kind of a gentleman's agreement between the clubs. Could be wrong though.
     
    We have to admit that our league is over and our only chance to play C.L football is the E.L so hopefully Mourinho be wise about it.
     
    Give fosu mensah minutes, try him in midfield, can't be any worse than Fellaini.
     
    If we don't beat Moyes we should just retire from football.

    Get some confidence up for the more important game against Anderlecht.
     
    I predicted 3-0 to you all. Zlatan is back and Sunderland are awful.
     
    We are going to struggle obviously. Their keeper will suddenly turn into a God tomorrow.
     
    Gutted that I can't watch the game.
    I have to go here with the wife, sister and mother.

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    I think tomorrow's team will tell us alot about jose's mindset. If we do not go full strength you can be sure he would have given up on top 4. had liverpool not won today, i think united would have gone full throttle but they won and i think jose will think, EL is a much better chance and there is nothing wrong about it.
     
    Maradona10 said:
    I think tomorrow's team will tell us alot about jose's mindset. If we do not go full strength you can be sure he would have given up on top 4. had liverpool not won today, i think united would have gone full throttle but they won and i think jose will think, EL is a much better chance and there is nothing wrong about it.
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    We have over 4 days to recover and a quick trip to Belgium, so we should be going full strength.
     
    I remember a similar feeling when we played Norwich over the Christmas period last season, & announced as bad as we are playing we should at least beat them as they were awful. As everyone remembers it was a shocking 2-1 home defeat, which summed our season up. So this time I am not predicting anything, even against a side as bad as this.
     
    AlwaysRed66 said:
    I remember a similar feeling when we played Norwich over the Christmas period last season, & announced as bad as we are playing we should at least beat them as they were awful. As everyone remembers it was a shocking 2-1 home defeat, which summed our season up. So this time I am not predicting anything, even against a side as bad as this.
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    That was with LVG as coach, though.
    And LVG had gone through the entirity of December, with no wins. It also didn't help that we completely relied on Rooney...who was useless at scoring goals.
    Jose, on the other hand, does want us to attack and our best attacker (Ibra) is playing.
    I can't really compare Norwich (last year) with Sunderland (this year).

    Now, lets hope I don't regret writing this. :p
     
    It’s been a bad week for United, the two draws particularly the one against West Brom have dented United’s challenge for the top four. It was going to be a hard ask given the run-in and it’s even harder now because we have to make up those two points lost against the harder sides in our run-in. If you United were to slip in this match against Sunderland then it would surely kill off our Premier League season realistically. The nature of the performances were also disappointing in those games, after the International break I expected United to be revitalised, but the performance levels were down in both games, but a win can do wonders and Sunderland should be straight forward. They are pretty much relegated, this might give them a sense a freedom in their minds to play proactively against us, they performed well for the first half against City recently, but United should be able to whittle away any last shred of confidence they have by taking control of the game with a goal and dominance with ball possession. I fully expect a United win and increase in their performance levels in this match.

    Moyes is fundamentally a cautious manager who will be determined not to lose against us here, it's difficult to work out precisely how he will format his defence, and it's also uncertain whether he'll play a three-man defence or a back four. Whatever shape they play Sunderland’s defence has been leaky, and the man to fear for United could be Jordan Pickford. Opposition goalkeepers have had a habit of performing very well against United this season and this fine young shot stopper has been super for Sunderland all season. Let’s hope he doesn’t have one of those days against us here! The full-backs/wing-backs Sunderland have are good going forward but not the most reliable in a defensive sense so the centre-backs can be exposed when they push forward. Ibrahimovic is not the man to expose this, although he can make well-timed runs in-behind he likes to drop deep, link play before charging into the box to finish off moves. United will need pace going in-behind at turnovers so they can cause Sunderland problems in this area so Rashford and Lingard make perfect sense in the wide positions to try and expose this. When Sunderland are defending organised, Ibrahimovic will be crucial, he is a creator, as well as a penalty box presence United don’t have an obvious candidate for linking play both Rashford and Martial tend to run in behind rather than playing a hold-up role, while Rooney has struggled in this area for a few seasons now. United will look to him to provide combinations with the other attackers or maybe get on the end of the some ball in from the flanks.

    Whoever Moyes plays in midfield I expect Sunderland to form a solid midfield trio in that zone, which will allow their attack-minded full-backs to push forward. They may press United heavily, but I don’t expect that to last. The big question from United’s standpoint is how do they format their midfield zone? Mourinho has switched between 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 this season. It’s basically do we use Carrick deep or play with a number 10? I don’t see a huge need to fill the midfield in this game so I would opt with Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the number 10 role attempting to work with Ibrhaimovic’s link play. Carrick could be used later on the game to control things and may be a better opition in the Europa League game on Thursday night. Pogba and Herrera shouldn’t have too many problems in deeper midfield against a team that lacks the ability to find space between the lies.

    With Januzaj unavailable Sunderland lack creativity in attack. They will be based around pace and intensity with Jermain Defoe is likely to lead the line solo for long periods. United should cope with him as they have plenty of aggression and mobility with Rojo and Bailly at the back. It’s hard to see Sunderland scoring. The main question in the United defence is who will start at left-back? This week could be a turning point in Luke Shaws career at United under Mourinho and hopefully he is selected to play because he clearly is United’s best left-back option.

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    Subs – Romero, Darmian, Blind, Fosu-Mensah, Carrick, Fellani, Martial.
     
    marukomu said:
    Gutted that I can't watch the game.
    I have to go here with the wife, sister and mother.

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    A few years ago I would not pass up watching United even to go to somewhere like this. I'd be there in a heart beat now.
     
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    I'm really sad to see this is the best team United can put, after spending almost a half billion pounds/dollars in the last 3-4 yrs. It looks so ordinary. So average, compared to other top teams. That defence, midfield, and attack are so lack of quality.

    The only bright spark about the future is we have Mourinho as manager who is a winner, and won't be stand still, nor satisfied without his team become champions. If his summer signings will be as good as last summer, we'll be back on track as top teams. The waiting should be worth it.
     
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  • Man Utd win
  • Sunderland win
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Detailed Results

  • 32% Sunderland 0:2 Man Utd
  • 15% Sunderland 0:3 Man Utd
  • 10% Sunderland 0:1 Man Utd
  • 9% Sunderland 1:2 Man Utd
  • 8% Sunderland 0:0 Man Utd
  • 6% Sunderland 1:3 Man Utd
  • 6% Sunderland 0:4 Man Utd
  • 4% Sunderland 1:1 Man Utd
  • 3% Sunderland 0:5 Man Utd
  • 2% Sunderland 1:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Sunderland 5:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Sunderland 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Sunderland 3:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Sunderland 2:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Sunderland 2:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Sunderland 5:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Sunderland 2:2 Man Utd
  • 0% Sunderland 2:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Sunderland 3:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Sunderland 1:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Sunderland 4:0 Man Utd
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  1. Sunderland
  2. Man Utd
Possession
30% 70%
Shots
9 18
Shots on Target
4 9
Corners
4 5
Fouls
14 20

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