3 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

One past it - Pedro

One never was good enough - Batman

One has a great game once in a blue moon otherwise is a standard 5 out of 10 - Willian.

 

My main worry is caballero in goal. Willian is a big game player, pedro isnt scared to shoot and well Batshuayi can always pull one out of the bag like he did in the carabao cup.

19 minutes ago, charierre said:

Anyone wondering why Frank was pissed off at the of January, gets the answer with that attacking trio.

Yep. The board f**ked up. However, they f**ked up before the winter window. Making deals for young players f**ked us. Now they reap what they sow. A weakened side who may end up the underdog for top four in a week's time. 

Sickening line up. Pathetic. Lampard not playing Giroud is odd to me. Michy has shown f**k all in his time on the pitch. I take back what I said earlier. I think Utd are favourites after seeing this lineup. ?

Seems like Lampard went with the most experienced players except James. 

Big chance for Michy tonight, I really hope he will step up and prove himself against United.

We have a good speed in our attacking trio, but not enough creativity in front of the goal also by midfield. I expect us to play carefully and pretty defensively to be honest.

Not really confident, but always have hope. COME ON CHELS!!!!

My eye has been taken away from the +/- of our attack to how +/- our deffence looks tonight .

iam just as desperate with the look of the attack ,due to how iffy we have looked in deffence in previous games .

i cant SEE 3pts after final whistle due to a cfc outstanding 90 mins ,and can only SEE a cfc WIN depending on how sh*te 

the mancs are tonite . 
 

fingers and toes crossed 

I just feel frank is still not learning his lessons. Giroud is better than bats but cannot get a game

Carri highlighting our defense saying basically how we havent solved any of the issues we saw on day one again united. Hard to argue against that...

 

Frank really need to start working on our defensive shape its abysmal when we lose the ball

Edited February 17, 20206 yr by Brutos

1 minute ago, Andy2461 said:

I just feel frank is still not learning his lessons. Giroud is better than bats but cannot get a game

Giroud hasnt played in ages. it is smarter to bring him off the bench

I'm not keen either on this line up yet let's consider the subs too:

 

1- Arrizabalaga

3- Alonso

8 -Barkley

15 -Zouma

18 -Giroud

19 -Mount

29 -Tomori

We know what’s going to happen. Losing 1 - 0 at 70 mins, Batshuayi keeps missing free headers being delivered by James. Giroud is warming up, and he’s about to go on the pitch... For James.

That line up is honestly awful. The worst line up I’ve seen for a long time, pretty sad how far we’ve fallen. Hopefully we are back to normal after summer.

It could be just a case of bad luck but I have little faith in our current medical team. Way too many injuries and it takes forever to get players back.

The lineup's looking weak, no question about it. Even with all the injuries, there are some odd choices. I know Giroud's legs are gone, but at least he's good in the air, can hold up the ball and make a decent pass. With many attacking players missing perhaps it would have made sense to start with three at the back and wingbacks and put Alonso on the left, at least he can score an occasional goal.

So we're relying on Rudiger to get us goals tonight. Great.

Optimism level is hovering around 1 on a scale of 1-10.

Oh ffs what a line up. Hopefully willian shows up and stops f**king waving his arms about and turns in one of his one in 12 performances and actually scores.

Shocking line up....I'm sorry regardless of injuries this surely is not the best side he can put out there? .Just as well give Utd the 3 points even as bad as they are our team look average on paper against them......I can only assume Frank is looking for at least taking a point from this game and 3 pts against the Spuds. 

The team fills me with absolutely no confidence, but in truth, bar a couple of injuries, it’s pretty much as good as it gets anyway. We haven’t got much of a squad any more so what exactly can Lamps do? A battle of who is least worse tonight.

Just now, Kev56 said:

Oh ffs what a line up. Hopefully willian shows up and stops f**king waving his arms about and turns in one of his one in 12 performances and actually scores.

look for the 'lederhosen' slaps on the thighs ...you just know its coming

1 minute ago, CFCCAN said:

look for the 'lederhosen' slaps on the thighs ...you just know its coming

Yep it will 

If sarri put this team out we would all be screaming 

Looks like utd are playing a 5 with shaw as a lcb, our line up might not be great but it’s still better than theirs, we should dominate the middle, extra man and more quality 

CHO,Pulisic,Tammy not game ready. No January signings. What do people expect?

Front three is a worry, and I really want to know what Lampard has against Giroud.  

Also a very interesting development with Kepa.  Glad Willy is a solid enough back up, but Kepa will need to fight to get his place back.  If he's benched in the coming games, he's as good as gone, and I'm sure the club will take a massive loss on him

Kepa has not been up to scratch this season, however I feel a lot more comfortable seeing him in goal than Willy who I also think can make a cock up too, excuse the pun.

so the ref is manchester c**t A Taylor. great!

ManU haven't done the double over us in the Premier League era. No time to change history