Ok I am not waiting to post this after today's  news.

A gif for their stadium and for our abysmal record there.

And now they get a new manager bounce to boot! 

 

Sancho is not able to play, as he is on loan,buy obligation does not enable him to play against them this season.

Not sure who should play out of Fofana and Tosin, and I guess we see if any of Nkunku, Jorgensen, Felix or Mudryk do enough in midweek to put themselves in the equation. At the mo I think we will, and should, go for:

 

Sanchez

 

James

Fofana

Colwill

Cucurella

 

Caicedo

Lavia

 

Madueke 

Palmer

Neto

 

Jackson

 

Gives this is OT I can see some Sanchez errors costing us.

 

Just our bloody luck, they are bound to get a bounce... bo**ocks!

Mind you, we are playing well so who knows..?.

Of course we play them just as they've sacked Ten Hag.

Worried about a bounce now.

Typical Chelsea timing.  Let's just pile on the misery and get a result.  

Can't see us losing even with new manager bounce. Even if ETH was still there, this game has draw written all over it. 2-2

If our defense wasn't so sus, I'd have bet on us to win this game.

18 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Sancho is not able to play, as he is on loan,buy obligation does not enable him to play against them this season.

It's probably a good thing to be honest, we saw how Mount coming on against us last season geed up our crowd whom were almost accepting the loss prior to that.

They'll be more up for it than usual due to Ten Hag going and whoever is in the dugout (RVN due to being a club legend or Amorim due to being the new guy), last thing we need is to give them another reason to find their voice.

There a tactical reason why James and Gusto both played against Newcastle?

Rather Cucurella come back. 

First game this season I am dreading. 

Pool and City were favorites so had qe got anything off them would have been a bonus.

We should do United, they are in a mess, but just a horrible feeling ahead of this one.

Reports he'll already be managing the club by our match on Sunday...

Christ the scripts already been written. 

9 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Reports he'll already be managing the club by our match on Sunday...

Christ the scripts already been written. 

yes BUT he still hasn't been confirmed yet, even if he does take over, its doubtful that he will have any time to work with them

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Reports he'll already be managing the club by our match on Sunday...

Christ the scripts already been written. 

Yup, dreading it. Is going to be a friggin horrible weekend of football.

"So Ruben, a 4-0 loss in your first home league game ... how are you feeling now about the challenge ahead ? Do you wish you'd stayed at Sporting ? "

26 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

"So Ruben, a 4-0 loss in your first home league game ... how are you feeling now about the challenge ahead ? Do you wish you'd stayed at Sporting ? "

Lol.

 

Or

 

"So Ruben, a hard fought 3-1 win against a Chelsea side who have been full of attacking flair this season, shutting down Cole Palmer and a debut win at OT. What does this fresh start mean for you and the team"

Sporting have confirmed United have submitted an offer that fully meets the release clause.

Amorim is in charge of their cup match tonight, his last game before jetting off to complete the move to United.

Looks like he will be in charge to face us and probably will have Thursday, Friday and Saturday Saturday training.

New manager bounce incoming. 

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Sporting have confirmed United have submitted an offer that fully meets the release clause.

Amorim is in charge of their cup match tonight, his last game before jetting off to complete the move to United.

Looks like he will be in charge to face us and probably will have Thursday, Friday and Saturday Saturday training.

You need a name change axman

Still time for Antony Taylor to be named ref for Sunday and for us to sell Palmer.

 

 

First goal will be crucial. Our pace against a very slow Utd defence makes me think we can win this if Sanchez screws the nut.

Can see a sending off in this one.

Sanchez isnt reading these pages or the script, gets MOM, we'll probably get a result up there as well, new manager, same players, not very good. Used to be a happy hunting ground for us. Honestly think nows a great time to face them and bury them. Palmer hat-trick

Yeah will Amorim even get a training sessions with them? Tactics wise I am not expecting anything other than sh*tehousery and the new manager bounce injection in player performances. 

I am expecting something like this Sunday. Have to be careful on the counters. 

 

Onana

Lindelof   De Ligt   Martinez

Dalot              Casemiro  Ugarte      Mazraouri

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Rashford

Edited October 30, 20241 yr by Sconnie Blue

United's players are such a disgrace. They play like sh*t for a year and then a manager gets sacked and they start trying again. 

We really need to beat them for ourselves mainly and because their players really shouldn't be allowed to get away with yet another clear example of downing tools.

Am seeing a few comments, on here and from fans making match reaction videos that "we had better" and "the A team better turn up and beat United, no excuses".

Or what? 

What will happen if we don't beat United? what will all these people do who are saying we had better do it? 

Typical we are playing United just as they look to get the "new manager bounce" and after a good result. Any decent win will restore confidence in the players.

Down to Maresca to pick the right team and tactics and put them back in their place. We are much better than United - we just need to show that on Sunday. Has to be our strongest starting 11, which I think most are agreed on by now and no f**k ups.