Man Utd vs Tottenham: Match Thread

[Cavehillspur]

FFS no Sanchez wtf

 

[ClintEastwould]

Honestly hate Mourinho.

 

[Hazardousman]

Why is Sanchez on the bench? Injury?

 

[nferno]

Play in the same style we did against Madrid and we should beat them.

 

[Shadydan]

Why is Sanchez on the bench? Injury?

So members of SC can lose their shit

 

[SEANSPURS1975]

Strange line-up. Very surprised Sanchez isn't starting. In Pochettino we trust. COYS

 

[SpunkyBackpack]

You lot are cheerful today, last time i check we had a manager who was quite good at picking teams and doing the tactics stuff. Have a cup of tea, he probably put more thought into it than you.

 

[The Long Suffering One]

I just wonder if Poch has left Sanchez out taking into account what Mourinho said about him during the Europa League final.. something about Utd targetting him as a weak link in that final..

 

[elDiablo]

Can't quite work out if it's 433 or 343 with dier at the back

 

[Hazardousman]

So members of SC can lose their shit

Ah I see lol. Normally I would worry but Poch has proven he knows what he is doing tactically for the most part, I trust there is a good reason behind it.

 

[shelfboy68]

FFS no Sanchez wtf

Inspired decision or stupid we will know in a couple of hours.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

To ensure we win sexiest team of the year.

I'm a cast iron, 442 traditional hetro, yet he makes me giddy and confused. The suave bastard

 

[stevenurse]

Would have liked to see Sanchez/Dier in the back 3 to help deal with Lukaku's physicality but as ever, in poch we trust. At least the bench looks pretty solid

 

[WiganSpur]

Can't quite work out if it's 433 or 343 with dier at the back

Seems to be Dier DM/CM. On Twitter he was named after Davies. I suspect we could switch between the two shapes during the game depending on what Mourinho does.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Inspired decision or stupid we will know in a couple of hours.

Oh we're all stupid, you can bank that.

 

[mpickard2087]

This is classic though.

Think back to transfer windows gone, the old lines of "its a long season", "we need competition for places", "a big squad allows flexibility and we can play in different ways" etc etc are oft-repeated.

After preaching this stuff all summer, some of these same folk then have a meltdown when a certain player is left out of a certain game instead of the same XI every single week

 

[shelfboy68]

I would take a draw today defeat and we could be 8 pts behind city and game over

 

[Don_Felipe]

Am guessing Sanchez isn't playing because Dier's in midfield (...and will want to impress his BFF Jose)

Toby and Verts aren't a bad CB partnership

Bit surprised at no Fernando tho'

 

[audrius8]

Very important game. COYS

 

[theShiznit]

Jan and Toby have a very good record against Lukaku as a pair maybe Poch didn't want to jeopardise that?