Lush Vlad

Assuming Pope and Joelinton aren't quite ready to be starting. I'd go with: Dubravka, Tino, Krafth/Schar, Burn, Hall, Longstaff, Bruno, Anderson, Gordon, Isak, Barnes. I don't think Howe wants to start with Gordon on the right, mind. Seems like he sees the left as his position and he'd rather have Murphy or Almiron on the right, as opposed to Gordon switching flanks to accommodate Barnes. I reckon Wilson will be in the squad. I really hope Schar is fit, as that would be a huge boost.

I don’t like Klopp. But the way they play and how for most seasons. They have Consistently pushed City close, gone far in most of the cups and had some ridiculous points total without winning it. He clearly deserves a shit ton of credit. I think there were 4-5 seasons where City would have just won at an absolute canter if it wasn’t for Liverpool actually offering up some competition. Pep’s City has been pretty much unfair, illegal, almost. Literally has been by all accounts

Not listened. But he is consistently the best pundit around these days. Always measured and eloquent and seems worth listening to. Basically the opposite to most of the mainstream ones. I think the fact he isn’t playing a daft OTT character or just a complete OTT clown (Keane, Richards, Merson, Carragher etc) goes against him.

He’s incredibly slow and gets walked past at times when he gets left one on one. But I also thought he played really well.

Garnacho’s end product was utter shite all game. Let’s hope he continues like that against us. As he gets in some really dangerous positions.

Another big game where Saka has been crap and them limps off before the end

Dalot is a good player. Always surprises me how fast he looks and technically he is really sound.

Man U haven’t been bad here. Was hoping for a similar performance to the Palace game. Going to be tough on Wednesday.

We’ve never finished above them in the prem era/my lifetime. I bet we’ve never been favourite going to Old Trafford, either? They’ve actually started this game pretty well. Plus they will have some players back. With our away form, it won’t be easy. But I still think the pace of our front 3 will cause them problems.

Casemiro there. Moving at a similar speed to someone being subbed off in the 90th minute to waste time.

Some of his passes were sublime yesterday. I believe they are now known as ‘line breaking passes’. Them ones.

For people who study stats or watch more football than me. Who would people take from the sides that have gone down? Only one that I notice from limited highlights is Muric, the Burnley keeper. Mainly started looking at him after someone on here mentioned him. Looks like he’d be a much better and more suited number 2 than Dubravka and could actually challenge Pope for a starting spot. No idea what he would cost, mind? The only other was from earlier in the season was Vini Souza from Sheff Utd. But can’t say I’ve noticed him or even remembered him playing in 2024 from the limited amount of their games that I have seen. Always sounds a bit arrogant and like picking the carcass clean talking about relegated clubs players we could try and sign

FWIW, it sounded a lot better on the TV than it usually does.

I just came on here to post about this. Not got to as many games as I would have liked this year for various reasons. So not really in a position to judge too much. But in all of the players pics. The ground looks half empty. After all of the adversity this year and the shit hands we’ve been consistently dealt. They deserved our support there. Great connection between the fans and the squad since Howe has come in. Seems weird that so many would fuck off. Either that or the average match going fan since the takeover has become far too plastic/entitled/expectant. Delete as appropriate.

He can’t start at Old Trafford based on that IMO. Barnes was bad, as was Almiron. But they were still constantly looking to get involved and being active in demanding the ball and trying to force the issue. This was all after the game got even more chaotic and with Brighton sitting in from 75-80 for a draw. Murphy just couldn’t wait to cross it to no one or pass the buck by laying it off. On a day with a complete lack of attacking quality. I thought he was the worst. I think Howe likes the cover and width he brings. With Tino always moving inside. Plus Gordon is better on the left and I guess Howe sees that as his position. But I would like to see our £38m man, who has a great goals and assists record start now and then. I do agree with Pilko. I’d still rathe move on Almiron than him. Murphy is a good option and cover some of the time. It feels like Almiron needs to move on and we might actually get a fee for him.