closed Man Utd 4-0 Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

* "expect to get something" *

 

[Pizy 18,367]

Nice, seems Rüdiger is even closer to a return than I thought. May be ready for Liverpool in the Supercup.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Hello everyone! So new season, new beginnings under Frank's regime. So what's the projected XI, lads? I'm going Kepa, Emerson, Christensen, Zouma, Azpi, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pedro, Pulisic, Abraham.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,470]

As far as the lineup goes, I just hope Kante is ready or don't play him. It is a long season.

[NikkiCFC 7,932]

Kante is fully in training for 10 days. Of course he will play 90min. Willian will come from the bench too. 

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8 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

I had a dream how the match would unfold: Rashford to score early from a Zouma mistake, then Tammy with a headed equalizer just before half-time. The second half fairly unexciting with both teams settling for a draw, then Lampard substitutes himself in the last minute tries a lob with his left foot from the corner of the box that drops on top of the crossbar and gets such a crazy spin that it springs across the goal line after dropping back in the field again.

[Tomo 21,733]

Seems most people think Barkley will start but I'm fairly sure it's Mason getting the nod.

[Henrique 9,133]

When I look at the predicted starting line-up for today's match...man, thats pretty depressing. The good news is that United team is even more depressing and they didnt even have a transfer ban as the scapegoat.

[Henrique 9,133]

38 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Seems most people think Barkley will start but I'm fairly sure it's Mason getting the nod.

Mason fella is not ready to even make the bench. 

[Tomo 21,733]

31 minutes ago, Henrique said:

Mason fella is not ready to even make the bench. 

Whether he is or not ain't the point. For most of pre season Mount has been playing with the first choice side while Ross was on with the scratch team, so it will be quite the 180 from Lampard if Barkley starts.

[LAM09 6,741]

I really hope Michy is fit/gets the nod.

[communicate 2,703]

I think United will play

Rashford

Martial - pogba - Lingard 

Matic - Mctominay 

Shaw - Maguire - lindelof - awb

Should be a good test for us. The question for me is can we control Paul pogba with kova and Jorginho. 

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I'd be delighted with a draw, if I'm honest I can see us losing this. 

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Can't say the atmosphere at United is toxic. Yet. But Pogba's shenanigans this summer and their lack of transfers have broken their fans' mood when they were all waiting for a spending spree. Bottom line is, no matter how bad they (other clubs, too, not only United) are or how toxic the atmosphere is, we always tend to lose against these teams in these particular moments. Think I'd have been more confident Chelsea would get a win had United come into this after a stellar transfer window and nailed on to fight head to head for the title with City and Liverpool. 

Giroud would be my first choice for this, then Michy. Think United's centre backs would eat Tammy alive. Too soon for him this one, matches like these need experienced strikes that could feed from one or two chances. I'd also go for Mount, Barkley and Pulisic as the three attacking midfielders. 

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58 minutes ago, BlueLion. said:

I'd be delighted with a draw, if I'm honest I can see us losing this.