01 de Gea 12 Smalling 33 McNair 42 Blackett 03 Shaw
16 Carrick 25 A Valencia 31 Fellaini 10 Rooney 07 Di María 20 van Persie
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08 Mata 11 Januzaj 13 Lindegaard 18 Young 21 Herrera 24 Fletcher 49 Wilson
Welbeck plays for Arsenal. McNair and Blackett both in!
With Valencia in there, looks to me like he's playing 5 across the back?
Hoping that Mata can come on and weave a little magic, I'd call that a pretty pedestrian midfield and attack there
About as good a team selection as possible, some good options on the bench also. Obviously it's far from ideal though.
It is to be fair, don't like the 3 at the back though, i can't see us being strong enough to keep Arsenal out as Smalling as the senior defender fills me with dread, hopefully the likes of Di Maria, Rooney and Van Persie will have enough to get us something out of the game.
The game plan, such as it is, seems to be to worry about Arsenal rather than try to play any game of our own.
And it's already not working, they should be 2 up at least.
To be fair it must be hard to get into any kind of form when the team changes line up pretty radically each game. How can you know what your teammate is going to do from one match to the next?
RVP once again is a passenger. I'd rather see Mata on the pitch.
Minor improvement towards the end of the half, but Arsenal really should be ahead. Before the game I'd have been happy with a point, after that half I'd be delighted.
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With Valencia in there, looks to me like he's playing 5 across the back?
Hoping that Mata can come on and weave a little magic, I'd call that a pretty pedestrian midfield and attack there
It is to be fair, don't like the 3 at the back though, i can't see us being strong enough to keep Arsenal out as Smalling as the senior defender fills me with dread, hopefully the likes of Di Maria, Rooney and Van Persie will have enough to get us something out of the game.
I'd be extremely happy with a point today.
And it's already not working, they should be 2 up at least.
Dreadful, dreadful free kick from Rooney there.
RVP once again is a passenger. I'd rather see Mata on the pitch.
The respect campaign just seemed to have gone without it even starting