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CONFIRMED LINE-UP: Bournemouth vs United

April 18, 2018

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Scott Patterson

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41 Comments

Mark_Reid April 18, 2018

More of a case of resting players for Saturday than punishing poor performance it seems.Gonna be tricky enough fixture.Come on you Reds.

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Xyth April 18, 2018

Quite a few changes, but any United team should be good enough to beat Bournemouth! Above all we want to see change of attitude and treat fans with respect! Let's hope we hit the ground running!

I desperately want Shaw, Rashford and Martial to succeed tonight. Pogba should grow up or leave!

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WeAreUtdd April 18, 2018

MarkReid

Agree,.

Now lets win this game!!!

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Redial April 18, 2018

I don't think a player like Darmian will be kept beyond this summer even if he played like prime Cafu

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ifeanyiumeweni April 18, 2018

Pogba is the only Jose signing in the lineup. Although he was here b4 Jose.

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Bryan_Robson April 18, 2018

De Gea captain for the night.......Excellent

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Bryan_Robson April 18, 2018

Our fans in full voice RESPECT

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Bryan_Robson April 18, 2018

GET IN! Herrera has been a beast

Smalling our new number 9? lol

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Raizzen April 18, 2018

Do I hear Bournemouth fans singing Liverpool & Man City ? What a way to shut them up! 1-0

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Ezzerguru April 18, 2018

Enjoying this so far, I must say :)

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Bryan_Robson April 18, 2018

Dave saves..........Number one keeper in the world by a mile

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Xyth April 18, 2018

Slightly better than last Sunday, but surely we can do better than this. Again final ball is bad and we are playing too slowly. Every time we move the ball quicker we seem to be with a good chance going beyond them.

Let's hope we do not do anything silly in the second half. Teams like this should really be blown away long before the final whistle.

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Bryan_Robson April 18, 2018

Some negativity on here does my head in. Can we NOT enjoy the moment?? We've had a good half

Support support support

United United United

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Ezzerguru April 18, 2018

Scholesy and Harry marvelling at the contrast in Pogba’s performance from the last game. He’s keeping it simple and not hanging on to it because their’s pacecand movement ahead of him.

Good so far, but still feel there’s a little more to come and we need to be careful diving in through the middle - Got away with it a couple of times.

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Mark_Reid April 18, 2018

Ok lads wake up get another giving a little too much of the ball.
I had it for 1-1 but then again I had us 3 0 over the baggies.

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Ezzerguru April 18, 2018

Quality goal! That’ll fucking do!!!!

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WeAreUtdd April 18, 2018

Goal number 28 for Lukaku

Amazing goal

Pogba assist number 10.

GET IN SON!

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Mark_Reid April 18, 2018

Smashing goal.

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Mark_Reid April 18, 2018

Come on one more I’m a greedy bastard Luke Shaw be great.

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krossman x April 18, 2018

I know i give Pogba stick a lot but one thing i Cant deny is he is the best in judging a pass its almost like he measures it in his head....any player can play a long pass its those measured ones that literally set themselves up that i rate. Pogba has issues and i am not a fan but damn he knows how to control a ball.

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Ezzerguru April 18, 2018

The pace of Lingard Martial and Rashford naturally means we play quicker. Herrera was great but his final through balls are a bit hit and miss not a major criticism because that’s not his main strength. But overall I thought first half the midfield three were brilliant.

WeareUtdd
I thought Martial did enough, his link up play was good and he did his defensive duties really well. In fact there seemed to be a real positive energy and camaraderie especially in the first half between the midfield and attcakers that a few more games with that lineup or similar and they could really gel and play with a bit of that spontaneity and telepathy that all the best attacking sides have.

Poster_Formerly_Known_as_Lims April 18, 2018

and thats all she wrote

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Bryan_Robson April 18, 2018

Fucking amazing goal

We're like Jekyll and Hyde !!

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Mark_Reid April 18, 2018

Well what do u know it’s the forgotten man.

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Mark_Reid April 18, 2018

Bryan Who was the better footballer Jekyll or Hyde.

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Bryan_Robson April 18, 2018

Mark

Not sure mate, need to Google it! lol

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Mark_Reid April 18, 2018

Oh poor Blind ouch.

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Bryan_Robson April 18, 2018

I salute our away fans.......

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Ezzerguru April 18, 2018

Every time.

WeAreUtdd April 18, 2018

The away fans are solid gold

Amazing

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Mark_Reid April 18, 2018

There brill never stop singing.
I really really really hope we beat Spurs Saturday.We need everyone to play a part.

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WeAreUtdd April 18, 2018

Much better than on the weekend but nothing special as if we havent played like this this season. A very professional win. Good 3 points!

2 quality goals from the team, first one was all herrera, second both Pogba and Lukaku showed their quality. Rashford on the right was more imoressive than up top.
Martial didnt take his chance. Shaw did and so did Darmian and Jones.

Still 2nd, Motm for me Herrera!! Pogba close second.

#trusttheprocess

PS this is DDG 17th clean sheet and he is close to winning the golden gloves

Peace and see you saturday

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Mark_Reid April 18, 2018

Job done nice win no f ups all good.
It’s gonna be on Saturday me thinks
De Gea.
Valencia Jones Smaling Young
Matic Herrera Pogba
Mata Sanchez
Lukaku.
I might start maybe we will see Martial in place of Sanchez it’s a tough one.

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Bryan_Robson April 18, 2018

Are we going 'to learn something' now???

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ScholesScoresGoals April 18, 2018

Just what the doctor ordered.

Professional win, if a bit flimsy at times. Some selfish decisions in the final third but let's get it out of our system at Bournemouth rather than pay for it in a semi-final.

Let's build on it. On to Wembley lads!

P.S. Who knew Blind had a side hustle as a comedian? Pure gold, haha!

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Ezzerguru April 18, 2018

Sorry Krossman didn’t mean to write this in reply to your earlier post.

The pace of Lingard Martial and Rashford naturally means we play quicker. Herrera was great but his final through balls are a bit hit and miss not a major criticism because that’s not his main strength. But overall I thought first half the midfield three were brilliant.

WeareUtdd
I thought Martial did enough, his link up play was good and he did his defensive duties really well. In fact there seemed to be a real positive energy and camaraderie especially in the first half between the midfield and attcakers that a few more games with that lineup or similar and they could really gel and play with a bit of that spontaneity and telepathy that all the best attacking sides have

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ScholesScoresGoals April 18, 2018

Ezzer, agreed, looked like a team for the first time in ages.

Herrera should have been MOTM, despite some lovely build-up from Pog. Ander was everywhere tonight - brilliant!

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WeAreUtdd April 18, 2018

Ezzer

I dont know if you know this but im a huge Martial fan, everyne knows this but for me, he had some good patches but didnt do well, its understandable but when i say didnt do well i mean to be a starter in the semifinal, for me Rashford did much more than him on the right and could have gotten himself a spot there, alexis is a given on the left because he has a goal and assist in him etcetc. But martial did amazingly for our second goal, that is him at his best.
A lot to improve but wasnt all that.

Anyway. We’ll see but for me not enough to guarantee him a starting spot on satirday

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Ezzerguru April 18, 2018

Fair enough, I just thought as a team we looked better and he and Pogba seem to be in sync. And from a Mourinho perspective he did the defensive duties well and actually seemed to enjoy it.

Yeah I do know you’re a Martial fan.

WeAreUtdd April 18, 2018

ezzer

for me we looked as good as we have 90% of the time, nothing special in this occasion, it just looked better because we had an awful display vs West Brom.

but pogba and martial do link up with each others

I just didnt see enough from martial to say, he has to start and this hurts me to say. and when you have Alexis on the bench and Rashford who played a brilliant game when went on the right and was ok up top, I just dont see it

but obviously would be happy if we could get him Alexis lukaku all starting. but yeah.

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ScholesScoresGoals April 18, 2018

Of all the front 3 who started, I actually thought Martial was the brightest. Rash was OK/unspectacular and Lingard wasn't at the races (and still got an assist, lol).

Tony took on his man time and again, made it look easy (apart from the occasion where he even bamboozled himself!) and was frequently *the* outlet on the counter. The only negative IMO was his over-eagerness leading to offside.

I know 2 up top is no longer fancied in the modern game but I reckon he and Lukaku would make a great strike partnership.