The Manchester United Thread

Theatre of dreams said:
Was thinking the same. Blind, Damian, Valencia, Smalling, Jones more than good enough! Don't think we've ever been exposed by pace. Just individual mistakes during games. But Ajax are woeful at the back.
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Lucky them, 'cause you're terrible up front :D Still going for a 1-0 win for United.
 
Wednesdays all about winning. Not expecting anything prettier than what we've been seeing the past few months, perhaps even uglier, but it's absolutely vital to just get over the line. Do the job, guarantee CL footy, and have a big summer.
 
Tell ya what the ore season tour looks a bit tasty! Then add to that Madrid or Juve again in the Super Cup if we win the EL. Can't wait!

For the Final would go for

DDG
Valencia-Jones-Blind-Darmian
Carrick
Herrera-Pogba
Mky-Rashford-Lingard
 
Mike. said:
Back line isn't make shift at all. Just missing Bailly
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Any defence with Phil Jones or Chris Smalling in a final has a right to be called make-shift. That's not even considering that Blind is as much a CB as he is anything else like LB or whatever.

Theatre of dreams said:
Was thinking the same. Blind, Damian, Valencia, Smalling, Jones more than good enough! Don't think we've ever been exposed by pace. Just individual mistakes during games. But Ajax are woeful at the back.
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Tbh you kind of answered yourself there by saying 'Individual mistakes', not marking their man or positionally caught out, all kind of amounts to the same thing.
 
zzeezzy said:
Any defence with Phil Jones or Chris Smalling in a final has a right to be called make-shift. That's not even considering that Blind is as much a CB as he is anything else like LB or whatever.



Tbh you kind of answered yourself there by saying 'Individual mistakes', not marking their man or positionally caught out, all kind of amounts to the same thing.
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Tbh despite Bailly and Rojo being good both have been extremely rash lucky not to see more cards, don't need any of that especially in a Euro Final. You can pick fault with all our defenders tbh. And Jones is a good defender just gets injured to much, very rarely makes mistakes same for Blind. They will be fine!
 
Theatre of dreams said:
Tbh despite Bailly and Rojo being good both have been extremely rash lucky not to see more cards, don't need any of that especially in a Euro Final. You can pick fault with all our defenders tbh. And Jones is a good defender just gets injured to much, very rarely makes mistakes same for Blind. They will be fine!
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Our CB's don't fill me with confidence but anyone who watches Ajax knows that they like playing deep blocks. But on the other hand they don't like being pressured high and being on the back foot.

This is basically what worries me, will Mourinho do like he did against Chelsea when we played them at Old Trafford and make us play to expose their defence and pressure them at every opportunity. Or just play into Ajax's hands basically and do a typical Mourinho instinct which is sit deep and hope to nick a goal. Sadly I think it will be the latter, which will make it harder in my opinion.
 
zzeezzy said:
Our CB's don't fill me with confidence but anyone who watches Ajax knows that they like playing deep blocks. But on the other hand they don't like being pressured high and being on the back foot.

This is basically what worries me, will Mourinho do like he did against Chelsea when we played them at Old Trafford and make us play to expose their defence and pressure them at every opportunity. Or just play into Ajax's hands basically and do a typical Mourinho instinct which is sit deep and hope to nick a goal. Sadly I think it will be the latter, which will make it harder in my opinion.
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Was talking with a mate at work today. He's seems convinced that Mourinho will set up like against Chelsea. Not sure about that tbh. Another thing I'm not sure about is the availability of Fellaini because I think he could be good in this game. Against a small, young Ajax team who are weak in defence.
 
Theatre of dreams said:
Was talking with a mate at work today. He's seems convinced that Mourinho will set up like against Chelsea. Not sure about that tbh. Another thing I'm not sure about is the availability of Fellaini because I think he could be good in this game. Against a small, young Ajax team who are weak in defence.
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Fellaini is a sure starter for me! He could be useful in this game tbf, depends how we use him.
 
Tyton said:
Are you saying there's more than one way?????
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You can utilise the right elbow or the left one depending on the tactical plan, if Mourinho wants to pull out a big surprise he could go forehead like at City
 
Always said the past year that Smalling was as solid a defender in this league, but on this season's evidence, it looks like it really was the possession based system that made him look better than he was, rather than his game come on.
 
RhQQ said:
Always said the past year that Smalling was as solid a defender in this league, but on this season's evidence, it looks like it really was the possession based system that made him look better than he was, rather than his game come on.
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im sure there will be plenty of offers for his services.can see him at someone like a west ham or southampton,dont think he would get in a top five/six defence
 
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