[FreakyJim]

Time for another sad football day.

 

[Smithy89]

Casemiro and Fred was our best pivot....

 

[RedSky]

They don't need protection CLEAN SHEET LADS

Ok.

 

[MadMike]

Agree, think the aerial aspect will be the key to that choice, play Bruno, Eriksen and Amrabat and you have no-one in midfield who can contribute aerially.

It’s wrong prioritisation imo. We have sacrificed our best defensive CM and most voluminous passer of the ball for someone who hides and isn’t comfortable passing the ball out. Eriksen has to drop deeper and do all the playmaking with the risks that entails.

All this just to gain increased aerial ability. When we haven’t really been conceding or scoring lots from set pieces.

I would have brought McT at the end if we needed more aerial cover. Not start him.

 

[Bestofthebest]

Another tough day at the office despite our recent past record against Fulham. The team picked have zero resistance to high pressing and allow the opposition to walk through them. Also, we have zero goal threat up front, Hojlund needs a bit of assistance. We won’t score and Fulham will, we just don’t know how many yet. If they score early this could be embarrassing.

 

[Woodzy]

Are we 1 - 0 down yet?

 

[Alemar]

Nah he's injured. Will be out for a couple weeks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/s/sFvD61LzFO

It’s the same as believing in Rashford’s “injury”. I don’t believe it one bit - he’s disciplined for partying after a defeat.

 

[pseudo_canadian]

That midfield is a complete mess. Did ETH get blackout drunk and pull names out of a hat?

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Glad we’ve got Jenas on commentary, always wise, level headed and won’t for a second be gleeful about us being shite.

Couldn't get much worse.

 

[SteveCoppellFan]

How do we get into a situation where that is our midfield and defence ?

 

[Dec9003]

Hoping for the best and expecting the worst.
Hopefully the tactics have finally been tweaked.

 

[Fooza]

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Are we 1 - 0 down yet?

Give us chance we haven't kicked off yet.

 

[Dec9003]

It’s the same as believing in Rashford’s “injury”. I don’t believe it one bit - he’s disciplined for partying after a defeat.

Didn’t he play after that though, against Newcastle?

 

[Ollie Derbyshire]

Let’s all watch Perreira have the freedom of the midfield today as Eriksen and McTominay go wandering.

 

[RedUnited86]

Couldn't get much worse.

Bold prediction 2 minutes before we kick off.

 

[Hester_manc]

Only 2 english players on the pitch in a game in England.

 

[Smithy89]

How do we get into a situation where that is our midfield and defence ?

Evans, Dalot, Maguire, Scott, and Eriksen in 2023 is hilarious.

 

[Fortitude]

Another tough day at the office despite our recent past record against Fulham. The team picked have zero resistance to high pressing and allow the opposition to walk through them. Also, we have zero goal threat up front, Hojlund needs a bit of assistance. We won’t score and Fulham will, we just don’t know how many yet. If they score early this could be embarrassing.

If/when Fulham score first and we're chasing the game, that midfield will be utterly lost at sea.

 

[2 man midfield]

Military personnel and veterans take to the pitch for remembrance day, to the pounding sound of fatboy slim

 

[BarstoolProphet]

How do we get into a situation where that is our midfield and defence ?

And attack?

 

[RedUnited86]

Military personnel and veterans take to the pitch for remembrance day, to the pounding sound of fatboy slim

 

[gerdm07]

I sort of hope Bruno picks up a knock and misses the next two matches. That's the only way Rashford and Bruno are dropped. And I wouldn't mind seeing a midfield of Amrabat, Mainoo and Mount starting.

I'll keep track of unforced poor passes for giveaways.

Bruno 0
McT 0

 

[luke511]

We're nearly in 2024 and McTominay is still playing as our CDM. Lord have mercy.

 

[sglowrider]

Ye of little faith.

We will feck Fulham so badly that they will sack their manager on monday.

 

[Mike Smalling]

Højlund will score today. You heard it here first. It’s a guarantee.

 

[RedUnited86]

I sort of hope Bruno picks up a knock and misses the next two matches. That's the only way Rashford and Bruno are dropped. And I wouldn't mind seeing a midfield of Amrabat, Mainoo and Mount starting.

I'll keep track of unforced poor passes for giveaways.

Bruno 0
McT 0

You're a busy man today

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Bold prediction 2 minutes before we kick off.

Jenas is a nightmare if we are winning. He will be even worse if we are losing.

 

[justsomebloke]

There's no no.6. Not on the field and not the bench.

Varane on the bench is strange, though. Has to be a bit sick, otherwise can't comprehendable.

There's Amrabat.

 

[Smithy89]

Can't wait to see Mainoo, Mount and an actual 6.

Balance.

 

[redshaw]

Are we 1 - 0 down yet?

Mentally, yes.

 

[Hester_manc]

We're nearly in 2024 and McTominay is still playing as our CDM. Lord have mercy.

I know what you mean. But when Casemiro is out we have a problem. Amrabat is worse, and Mainoo is young and has just been injured.

 

[Fortitude]

Team, please prove me wrong.

 

[Yagami]

Jenas is a nightmare if we are winning. He will be even worse if we are losing.

He's crap when we're drawing, too.

 

[48 hours]

Military personnel and veterans take to the pitch for remembrance day, to the pounding sound of fatboy slim

our defence will be as impenetrable as the Maginot line

 

[lex talionis]

Immediate longball

 

[Smithy89]

I think he's picked 11 players he can actually trust.

 

[Mike Smalling]

Maguire

 

[Fortitude]

What the hell has just happened?

 

[Banana Republic]

Maguire lasted 30 seconds.