Name your best starting 11 including the new signings

Dave
Dalot, Varane, Lisandro, can't decide yet
Casemiro, Eriksen
Bruno
Antony, Martial, Sancho
 
De Gea
Dalot Varane Martinez Malacia
Casemiro Eriksen
Antony Bruno Rashford
Ronaldo
 
Dai

Dalot
Varane
Martinez
Malacia

Casemiro
Fred
Bruno

Antony
Anthony
Sancho
 
Dave
Dalot Varane Martinez Malacia
Casemiro Fred/Eriksen
Bruno/Eriksen
Antony Anthony Sancho/Rashford
 
---------------------DDG
Dalot---Varane---Martinez---Shaw
------------Casemiro---Eriksen
-------------------Bruno
Antony------Ronaldo-----Rashford
 
De Gea
Dalot Varane Martinez Malacia
Eriksen Casemiro
Antony Fernandes Sancho
Martial
 
On paper, we are getting to a starting eleven that you would expect to finish in the top four. Right back and striker remains the biggest weak spots for me.
 
De Gea
Dalot-Varane-Martinez-Malacia
Casemiro
Eriksen-Bruno
Antony-Martial-Sancho
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Feel like this is good enough for top 4.

if we get champions league and a FA Cup/Europa League win, we'll have a lot of players to choose from next summer.
 
De Gea
AWB-Varane-Martinez-Malacia
Casemiro-Fred
Antony-Bruno-Sancho
Martial
 
----------------De Gea
Dalot-Varane-Martinez-Malacia
----------------Casemiro
------------Eriksen Bruno
-----Antony-Martial-Sancho
 
De Gea
Dalot - Varane - Martinez - Malacia
Eriksen - Casemiro
Bruno
Antony - Ronaldo - Sancho
 
De Gea
Dalot - Varane - Martinez - Malacia
Casemiro - Fred
Antony - Bruno - Sancho
Martial
 
DDG
Dalot-Varane-Martinez-Malacia
Casemiro
McTominay - Eriksen
Antony-Martial-Sancho​
 
Against harder teams that will leave space behind

DDG
Dalot Varane Martinez Malacia
Casemiro Mctom
Antony Bruno Sancho
Rashford

Against the low block

DDG
Dalot Varane Martinez Malacia
Eriksen Casemiro VDB
Antony/ Bruno Ronaldo/ Martial Sancho
 
De Gea
Dalot Varane Martinez Shaw
Casemiro Eriksen
Antony Bruno Sancho
Martial
 
Depends on the opponent.

Usually. I'd play.

.....................................De Gea...............................
Dalot..................Varane...........Martinez...............Malacia
.......................Casemiro................Eriksen.....................
Anthony............................Bruno.............................Sancho
.........................................Ronaldo...................................

Actually a pretty good team IMO.

Key players from the bench / Regular players for cups:

Shaw
Mctom
Rashford
Elanga
Martial
Maguire
Lindelof
Fred
AWB

It's the best squad we've had in a long time.

A good striker in the summer + maybe another addition and things look more positive than they have for a while.
 
golden_blunder said:
DDG
AWB - Lindelof - Maguire - Shaw
McTominay - Fred
Bruno
Elanga - Ronaldo - Rashford
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AWB is that you?? Seriously though, AWB hasn’t got hardly a sniff in the team because he has the technical ability of a sea urchin. How did you manage to choose him over Dalot?
edit: I just realized this post is a troll and I took the bait. Fair play
 
DDG
Dalot Varane Martinez Malacia
Casemiro
Bruno Eriksen
Antony Martial Sancho
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I don't trust Fred or McTominay, Rashford is reliably ineffective and Ronaldo is too slow and selfish.
 
For now:

---------------------------De Gea-------------------------
--Dalot------Varane-----Martinez---Malacia--
--------------Eriksen-------Casemiro-----------------
---Antony-----------Bruno------------Sancho----
------------------------Martial-------------------------

However, there are a lot of positions up for grabs. I honestly have no idea how good Dubravka is but hopefully he'll be able to push De Gea. If Shaw gets back to anything close to his best he's better than anything Malacia has shown so far, but unfortunately that is looking increasingly unlikely. And obviously Eriksen, Bruno, Fred and McTominay will rotate in those two positions depending on who's in better form, the opposition, and simply who combines well together. Martial will hopefully take that striker role as when he's playing well he is such an important figure, with a tendency to help our other attackers (and the rest of the team to a lesser extent) look a lot better. But if not then I do think Ronaldo will still be fairly good once he gets up to speed, as long as we don't overplay him like we did in the middle of last season.
 
Post-transfer window our best eleven is:

-----------------------De Gea----------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
--------------Varane----Martinez--------------
Dalot-------------------------------------Malacia
----------------------------------------------------------
---------------------Casemiro----------------------
-------------Bruno------------Eriksen------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
Antony-------------------------------------Sancho
----------------------Ronaldo------------------------

Anyone who thinks that Anthony Martial at his very best gives us a better chance of scoring than a fully-fit Cristiano Ronaldo is simply outside of their minds.

Ronnie isn't what he used to be, but among this lot of strikers he's the best chance of scoring by a wide margin.
 
DDG

Dalot | Varane | Martinez | Malacia

Casemiro | Eriksen

Antony | B.Fernandes | Sancho

CR7​
 
DDG

Dalot | Varane | Martinez | Malacia

Casemiro | Fred

Antony | Eriksen | Sancho

Martial
 
It depends on the opposition. But for most teams:

DDG
Dalot Varane Martinez Malacia
Casemiro
Eriksen Bruno
Antony Ronaldo Sancho

With fred and martial very close to replacing eriksen and ronaldo.
 
I think our best starting 11 players in each position is maybe different to our best starting 11 as a team.

Dubravka (on paper at least)

Malacia
Varane
Martinez
Dalot

Casemiro
Eriksen

Sancho
Bruno
Antony

Martial

I believe Ronaldo is better than Martial, but I think he has too much of a negative effect on too many, hence me excluding him.
 
MadDogg said:
For now:

---------------------------De Gea-------------------------
--Dalot------Varane-----Martinez---Malacia--
--------------Eriksen-------Casemiro-----------------
---Antony-----------Bruno------------Sancho----
------------------------Martial-------------------------

However, there are a lot of positions up for grabs. I honestly have no idea how good Dubravka is but hopefully he'll be able to push De Gea. If Shaw gets back to anything close to his best he's better than anything Malacia has shown so far, but unfortunately that is looking increasingly unlikely. And obviously Eriksen, Bruno, Fred and McTominay will rotate in those two positions depending on who's in better form, the opposition, and simply who combines well together. Martial will hopefully take that striker role as when he's playing well he is such an important figure, with a tendency to help our other attackers (and the rest of the team to a lesser extent) look a lot better. But if not then I do think Ronaldo will still be fairly good once he gets up to speed, as long as we don't overplay him like we did in the middle of last season.
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Agree with the line up. Shaws to inconsistent for me so I’d keep Malacia. It’s his position to lose now… he’s showed fight and energy every game so far.
 
Todd said:
Anyone who thinks that Anthony Martial at his very best gives us a better chance of scoring than a fully-fit Cristiano Ronaldo is simply outside of their minds.

Ronnie isn't what he used to be, but among this lot of strikers he's the best chance of scoring by a wide margin.
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Ronaldo will probably score more goals than Martial, but the team as a whole will likely score more with Martial. Will likely also concede less as his hold-up play will enable the team to withstand pressure better. When he's in form Martial tends to knit our entire attacking play together and brings the best out of our other attackers. The big issue of course is that he's been terrible for two seasons and is looking quite injury prone now.

Indeed I think the best way to get the most out of Ronaldo would also be to partner Martial, but we don't play with two strikers and I don't know if Ronaldo is capable of playing on the wing anymore.
 
MadDogg said:
For now:

---------------------------De Gea-------------------------
--Dalot------Varane-----Martinez---Malacia--
--------------Eriksen-------Casemiro-----------------
---Antony-----------Bruno------------Sancho----
------------------------Martial---------------------
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This with the current players we have. Although, I'd like to see Eriksen play where Bruno does. I feel Bruno is very wasteful.
 
De Gea
Dalot-Varane-Martinez-Malacia
Casemiro-Eriksen
Antony-Fernandez-Sancho
Martial or Rashford
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Not sure about Martial or Rashford but just think we function better as a team with them rather than ronaldo.

Also worry about the lack of physicality of Casemiro-Eriksen but would be best footballing option
 
AdNani said:
De Gea
Dalot-Varane-Martinez-Malacia
Casemiro
Eriksen-Bruno
Antony-Martial-Sancho
​
Feel like this is good enough for top 4.

if we get champions league and a FA Cup/Europa League win, we'll have a lot of players to choose from next summer.
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I'd be surprised if this isn't Ten Hag's starting 11. Back 5 is doing well, Casemiro and Antony cost a ton, Bruno is wild and gives the ball aways but the team is too short of goals without him and he does provide energy. Front 3 picks itself if Martial is healthy unless one of Cristiano or Rashford starts playing better.
 
AdNani said:
De Gea
Dalot-Varane-Martinez-Malacia
Casemiro
Eriksen-Bruno
Antony-Martial-Sancho
​
Feel like this is good enough for top 4.

if we get champions league and a FA Cup/Europa League win, we'll have a lot of players to choose from next summer.
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Agreed. I'd still like an improvement on Martial and maybe Dalot as well but that team can get top 4.
 
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