Europa League Match Day 7

Manchester United vs Rangers

Old Trafford

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  • Onana shouldn't start after that horror show, Mazraoui was awful too so I'd give him a rest. Collyer needs to start alongside Ugarte to give us that energy in the middle. Amad should be RWB so at least one side is attacking. We should have enough to beat these without stupid mistakes killing us off. These are the games Rashford usually bags a couple in but I'm guessing he isn't available for selection again.

    Garnacho Hojlund Bruno​

    Dalot Collyer Ugarte Amad​

    Martinez Maguire Yoro​

    Bayindir​
     
    I first joined here when we played Rangers in 2003 to hurl strong abuse (before the Caf went soft) at a Rangers contingent who had joined to try and wind everyone up. Prior to that, I'd been lurking just to see if we'd signed Ronaldinho (oh to be back in those days)

    They soon fecked off when Forlan and Ruud sent them back to the land of Porridge, Haggis and Irn Bru with their tails between their legs.
     
    Interesting Ruben said in the Press conference today that United are finding it tougher to play in Old Trafford than away games. As a team are more nervous, anxious in Old Trafford and can feel it in the stadium and the best way to overcome that is probably scoring the first goal.
     
    Erm...out of interest & after the awful performance vs Brighton & Ruben's comments after that game, will he consider starting some youth players in this game?
     
    Onana shouldn't start after that horror show, Mazraoui was awful too so I'd give him a rest. Collyer needs to start alongside Ugarte to give us that energy in the middle. Amad should be RWB so at least one side is attacking. We should have enough to beat these without stupid mistakes killing us off. These are the games Rashford usually bags a couple in but I'm guessing he isn't available for selection again.

    Garnacho Hojlund Bruno​

    Dalot Collyer Ugarte Amad​

    Martinez Maguire Yoro​

    Bayindir​

    Yeah think I'd go for that lineup as well, we need that bit of physicality that Collyer will bring.
     
    Amorim has managed against us twice and lost both legs, so hopefully that continues. Sadly though, we're down to the bare bones and in the middle of a transitional season. I'm expecting a defeat, but we do tend to save our best for the EL so not totally without hope.
    Braga in Feb 2020 with Rangers winning 3-2 at home and 1-0 away.

    You beat your nearest and dearest Celtic 3-0 recently and it was a match that Rangers had 24 shots on goal compared to Celtic with a mere 4 shots.

    Team that started then

    L Kelly
    R Yimaz, D Sterling,R Propper,Jeffe,
    M Diomande,N Raskin,
    V Cerny,N Bajrami,I Hagi
    H Igamane

    From that team D Sterling out injured,Diomande suspended and Hagi not part of the European squad.
     
    Having an opportunity to play a genuinely lesser side away from the pressures of the Premier League should be the fuel for a storming front-foot performance.

    But, based on the demeanour of Amorim, the fact he looks exhausted and all of the bad press this week, yeah I’m going 0-2 unfortunately with a string of brainless performances.

    I really hope he drops Onana because it’s absolutely deserved. If he doesn’t, I’d be very concerned with his decision making as head coach personally.
     
    Yeah think I'd go for that lineup as well, we need that bit of physicality that Collyer will bring.

    Not sure I'd describe Collyer as physical. Not a particularly strong looking build nor presence IMO. Plays like an inexperienced McT IMO. Hopefully he'll improve but I'm not seeing anything other than covering a bit of ground so far.
     
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    Not really. Rangers are extremely dislikeable.
    If you're involved in / on the opposing side of the religious rivalry, I imagine, yeah. But they'd say the same for the other side as well, I imagine. I get that's how bitter rivalries work - with both sides viewing the others as 'weirdos', to quote the poster.

    If that's where it comes from, fine. Still seems strange for a Man United fan to feel that level of rivalry at them to an almost same level as our bitter rivalries. But I guess there's some that are also involved in that rivalry as well for religious reasons.

    Actually, with this ostensibly being a Man United fan site, I often forget the Irish / catholic bias it has as well. So I guess the post makes sense, and will be well received, from that perspective.
     
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    Somehow, defying all logic and reason, we have managed to put ourselves in a good position in the EL, so I'm sure we'll do our best to ruin that now.

    With one eye on Sunday, I'd play this tomorrow:

    .............................Hojlund...............................
    .........................................................................
    ...............Rashford.........Bruno........................
    ..........................................................................
    Dalot..........................................................Maz
    ...................Casemiro......Collyer.....................
    ..........................................................................
    ............Licha........Maguire.....Yoro...................
    ...........................................................................
    ...............................Onana.................................

    It's time to bring Rashford back into the fold.
     
    I predict

    .................. Onana

    ... de Ligt - Maguire - Martinez

    Dalot - Ugarte - Eriksen - Malacia

    .......... Amad - Fernandes

    ............... Højlund

    Subs: Mazraoui, Collier, Zirkzee
     
    Bayindir

    Mazraoui
    De Ligt
    Martinez

    Amad
    Ugarte
    Collyer
    Dalot

    Fernandes
    Garnacho (or Eriksen if he’s not selected for transfer reasons)

    Zirkzee
     
    We will rise to the occasion and take a decisive 5-0 home victory
    You're really an optimist if you can see United scoring 5 goals and conceding none against any side atm. Some people predicted same vs Southampton and it was 0-1 with 10 minutes to go. We could win, but if we do it won't be easy.
     

Score Predictions

63,16,14
  • Man Utd win
  • Rangers win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 20% Man Utd 2:1 Rangers
  • 16% Man Utd 2:0 Rangers
  • 12% Man Utd 1:1 Rangers
  • 10% Man Utd 1:0 Rangers
  • 10% Man Utd 3:0 Rangers
  • 8% Man Utd 1:2 Rangers
  • 3% Man Utd 3:1 Rangers
  • 3% Man Utd 3:2 Rangers
  • 3% Man Utd 1:4 Rangers
  • 2% Man Utd 1:3 Rangers
  • 2% Man Utd 0:1 Rangers
  • 2% Man Utd 2:2 Rangers
  • 1% Man Utd 5:1 Rangers
  • 1% Man Utd 0:0 Rangers
  • 1% Man Utd 0:2 Rangers
  • 1% Man Utd 4:0 Rangers
  • 1% Man Utd 0:9 Rangers
  • 1% Man Utd 4:1 Rangers
  • 1% Man Utd 4:2 Rangers
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 Rangers
Compiled from 93 predictions.
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