If Leicester can’t beat Utd reserves. Then they don’t deserve to be in CL.
Top 4 race / race abandoned (or maybe not) / Leicester & Chelsea in the process of bottling it
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Personally wouldn't be even thinking about the cup final rotation for the game tomorrow. We need 3 points, can't let up now after last few results. Best thing we can do is do everything to beat Arsenal and keep form going in to the final.
Do that job, then see on Thursday and Friday who to pick for the cup final.
Do that job, then see on Thursday and Friday who to pick for the cup final.
We can all likely agree that whoever takes 4th will have done so in a most unimpressive fashion.
We kinda owe Leicester a too 4 spot after how they bottles it last season for us. No way we let Liverpool back in.
We need to take more points off Liverpool than we do off Leicester.
I think some of the guys who weren't involved against City might be involved against Arsenal - Havertz, Mount, Silva, Jorginho, Chilwell etc. Tuchel will definitely rotate but I don't think it'll be something crazy like 8-9 changes. I'd prefer if we kept our genuine key players safe for the final, so give Mount, Chilwell etc a run out towards the end but please don't play them for 90 minutes..
Anyone else hoping we lose to Leicester? We have secured UCL football next season I don’t care where we finish in the league now. I’d be open to us loosing to Leicester if it means the bin dippers don’t get top four next season. It would be utterly hilarious. They won the league and UCL when they couldn’t celebrate we can just act like it never happened. 
How about we beat both Leicester and Pool?
I don't hope we lose, but if we did I wouldn't be as upset as I usually would be at a United loss.
I want us to win every game we play even if it helps a rival. Beat both Leicester and Liverpool and then let them shoot it out over the final few games.
I want us to win every game we play even if it helps a rival. Beat both Leicester and Liverpool and then let them shoot it out over the final few games.
For us is a nothing game though. Just think of the impact on their squad with no champions league next season. VVD is 30 soon, Salah 29 in June and Mane 29. They will want to be playing in the CL. I’d do anything to stop them winning anything again because I despise their fans. I don’t care if we lose to Leicester. The run in Leicester have is tough, hopefully Ole plays a weakened side in preparation for europa league final. I hope we roll over for them I really do.
Anyone else hoping we lose to Leicester? We have secured UCL football next season I don’t care where we finish in the league now. I’d be open to us loosing to Leicester if it means the bin dippers don’t get top four next season. It would be utterly hilarious. They won the league and UCL when they couldn’t celebrate we can just act like it never happened.
Winning is a habit. Look at Liverpool's ridiculous winning run last season. Losing is a habit. Look at Liverpool's ridiculous winless run this season.
Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for.
What a surprise a Liverpool fan didn’t like my post
What a surprise a Liverpool fan didn’t like my post
I haven't attacked you or your post.
Same. Hope we beat both. They can sort it out themselves.
Anyone else hoping we lose to Leicester? We have secured UCL football next season I don’t care where we finish in the league now. I’d be open to us loosing to Leicester if it means the bin dippers don’t get top four next season. It would be utterly hilarious. They won the league and UCL when they couldn’t celebrate we can just act like it never happened.
No. I hope we win. I always hope we win.
But coaching won’t allow that when you can gain 6 points this week to get within a shot of that elusive title. Ole will go all out.
Strange week coming up, I do think we'll have a huge say who gets top 4 and I've a feeling it will be Leicester, I think we'll draw with Leicester and beat Liverpool.
Think his mind is more set on the EL final if you are going by his multiple statements about the Leicester game and he wont be to blame for any teams top 4 hope.
Will be the apex of mind games if he is starting our best XI on Tuesday, but it will be 100% the wrong decision if he does.
Ole will want to guard against his squad burning out before the EL final and will make preparations with that in mind. It's far more likely he play a weakened team for Leicester, enabling him to go full-strength in the following game - whoever that may be against.
I've recently learned that the follow-up game is against Liverpool, and it would seem they have gotten the short end of the stick here. But that is nothing more than an unfortunate coincidence, I assure you.
Poor Liverpool
Tired first XI, reserves, doesn't matter, I would have us as favourites. Leicester must be a mental wreck.
EL final is two weeks from the Leicester game. You don't think that would factor into player rotation so early?
No, but the risk of injuries would
Perfectly put.
V Leicester:
De Gea
AWB Maguire Bailly Telles
Matic Fred
Amad Mata James
Greenwood
V Pool:
Henderson
AWB Maguire Lindelof Shaw
McT Fred
Rashford Fernandes Pogba
Cavani
De Gea
AWB Maguire Bailly Telles
Matic Fred
Amad Mata James
Greenwood
V Pool:
Henderson
AWB Maguire Lindelof Shaw
McT Fred
Rashford Fernandes Pogba
Cavani
I doubt Maguire will be fit for tomorrow. Possibly not even for Thursday. Would be a bit rough on Wan Bissaka and Fred too.
The difference between us and city is those 3 back to back draws we had in march when Fred was our main playmaker instead of Pogba. So annoying.
I think if Liverpool beat us they might get top 4 but that's a big ask considering our form. Given the way Leicester are at the moment they could easily lose to our second string. Maguire won't play and it's risky for Lindelof too if he still has those back issues. We're possibly looking at a new back four for that game (Shaw wont be risked either).
If we win the Europa league does that opens a new spot for UCL for the EPL?
No. The only way a 5th PL team gets into the CL is if Chelsea win the final and finish outside the top 4 or if United win the EL and finish outside the top 4.
3rd place in France (Monaco/PSG/Lyon) would qualify directly instead of entering the play-off round.
We still need a few more wins don't we guys?
It's only true if we play our first team and lose.
Bruno Fernandes doesnt lose all his confidence when our U23 team loses.
Lose to Leicester.. Beat Liverpool.. Needs to happen. And then hope Leicester can get a point somewhere.
I know it may hurt your feelings but I never said they are not good. Chilwell being picked ahead of Shaw shows they are both quality. Pogba was world class, he has declined and is not the player he was a few years ago. Magure was a trainwreck the first part of the season. Many Utd fans calling for him to give up being the captain, others saying he shouldn't be starting but Ole will keep starting him because he is his pick. When players are criticized, it is not because they are not good, but usually because people hold them in higher praise than they probably deserve. It is also why I said that online fans that frequent team sites are usually not great at critiquing their own players as they are too invested in the team doing well.
You can stop with any further insults, I am sure you need more time to go beg the moderators to ban rival fans because their views hurt your feelings. Those crying threads you start are absolutely pathetic.
Didn’t You play a youth side against Villa in the cup last season ? That loss didn’t make much difference to your winning run.
Cant see how a Utd reserve team losing
against Leicester will have any effect on the Utd first team.
https://www.manutd.com/en/news/deta...724542745&utm_medium=post&utm_source=facebook
Pretty much confirms we are playing the B team tomorrow.
Pretty much confirms we are playing the B team tomorrow.
The latter then
Good decison, we need the boys fresh for when they play Liverpool on their PS5 via the Lowry Wi-Fi on Thursday.