Pretty much what I thought. A fractured rib is not a recurring issue.
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Pretty much what I thought. A fractured rib is not a recurring issue.
This kid has no mazel.
With his playing style he'll get injured a lot if he's not made of strong stuff physically. Even more so in the PL.
Worth every penny this lad, hopes he kicks on after this injury. World class midfielder in the making, no doubt about that.
Agree completely.
How long will he be out for then?
I love the attitude of this guy, getting so tempted to get a Herrera United shirt now!
Minimum 3 weeks.
What a shame! Get well soon, Ander 
So, not protect them at all?
His whole name looks ridiculous on the back of it though. Should just say Herrera.
We can still dig deep in the rubbish bin left by the SAF/Moyes administration. Fletcher, Fellaini, a 33 year old Carrick....we're spoiled with choice.
Id say we should give a kid a chance. Periera or Pearson would do fine
Id say we should give a kid a chance. Periera or Pearson would do fine
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With Herrera out I don't really see the diamond working particularly well.
Should move to a 4231 now IMO and get Carrick alongside Blind.
Should move to a 4231 now IMO and get Carrick alongside Blind.
The injury business is getting to be a bit much. How many 1st team crocks have we got now?
Basically, we're screwed.
Genuinely can't see us beating Everton now. Thats how dire our midfield options are past Herrera/Blind/Di Maria.
Their defence has been leaking as goals. With the attacking threat of Falcao, RvP, di Maria and Mata, we should be able to outscore them if we lose the midfield battle.
Big blow, we're getting no luck atm. Tbh can't see how we can stick with the diamond now, don't have the personnel for it, if Carrick was fit maybe we could push Blind wider and if Lingaard had more experience (if he's available anyway) we could maybe have brought him in. Then Valencia can't fill in his role and his lack of interchangeability makes it pointless to try in the current set up. Got to be a 5 for me, Blind/Fletch sitting, mata ahead with Di Maria and Januzaj either side. Enough there to see us through but obviously not ideal.
Reckon we'll move back to a 352 though which is a shame as would be cool to see Di Maria, Januzaj and Mata together.
Reckon we'll move back to a 352 though which is a shame as would be cool to see Di Maria, Januzaj and Mata together.
I don't like the look of the diamond but think a 4231 could work:
De Gea
Rafael Jones Rojo Shaw
Carrick Blind
Januzaj Mata Di Maria
Falcao
Rafael Jones Rojo Shaw
Carrick Blind
Januzaj Mata Di Maria
Falcao
Obviously a few of those can be swapped about depending on fitness etc (Carrick/Fletcher, Mata/van Persie/Facao).
FFS! SMH how fecked up is our luck? I hope he's back within 4 weeks - it's like we're now paying for someone's deal with the Devil ffs.
Gutted about this. He's a pivotal part of the side now. I expect to see one of Fletcher or Pereira. I'd give the latter a pop but would expect and also understand the former. Hope Ander is back soon.
I'd flood the CM instead. Carrick-Pearson-Blind with Januzaj and Di Maria on the flanks and Falcao upfront.
I'd be up for something more like that in a bigger game but I don't think that's really necessary at home to Everton. Wishful thinking re Pearson I suspect to.
Bleedin' hell. Barely an injury to speak of in his professional career to date, and how he's had two whilst at United. He's been such an important player too. We look loads better when he plays. I was hoping it was just a bruise from impact.
1 month
Our morale is rock bottom, our defense is wiped out by injury and is struggling even in the basics, the captain is suspended and with Herrera gone things will get messier. Every game is for us a CL final.
United are gonna lose this weekend without him.
In my opinion, he's our only actual CM.
Mata, Di Maria and Fellaini are all best in pretty advanced positions with minimal defensive responsiblities. Carrick, Fletcher and Blind are best at protecting the defense and controlling the pace of the game. So that's 3 AMs, 3 DMs and 1 CM. By default, Herrera becomes our most important midfielder, imo. Di Maria might be more important overall, but an injury on Herrera leaves us ridiculously unbalanced.
Mata, Di Maria and Fellaini are all best in pretty advanced positions with minimal defensive responsiblities. Carrick, Fletcher and Blind are best at protecting the defense and controlling the pace of the game. So that's 3 AMs, 3 DMs and 1 CM. By default, Herrera becomes our most important midfielder, imo. Di Maria might be more important overall, but an injury on Herrera leaves us ridiculously unbalanced.
Overly dramatic, I think. We did just win our last game afterall. Morale certainly didn't look rock bottom after that.
Everton haven't started well and have EL midweek. We'll win.
We lost against MK Dons, Leicester and Swansea and drew against Burnley and Sunderland. How can that possibly be translated in me being overly dramatic.
All the teams mentioned above are much worse then Everton.
I'm not sure why people keep mentioning Carrick, he's not fit either.
It'll be Fletcher (unfortunately).
Shame about the injury, just when he has really started to shine. Time to bring in Anderson for the Everton game. Would rather see Anderson ahead of Fletcher.
Bad news for us. He's already key to our midfield, such a wonderful player
we are fecked, time for Pereira. Fletcher and the other arent good enough.
Bad news given how much dynamism he adds to our midfield and how substandard the potential replacements are. Luckily, it's the international break after the Everton game, so if we can get through that, hopefully the injuries will subside in time for West Brom away.
Luckily, two weeks of that is for internationals. Should be back for Chelsea.
How? How can we have all these injuries?
Herrera been brilliant so far, so hopes he is back soon.
Herrera been brilliant so far, so hopes he is back soon.
When is Carrick Back?
Heard he should be back around the 5th of October. But not sure if he would start or what he'd be like since he hasn't played for around 3 months or so
Really upset about Herrera - the one injury we really don't need....
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