11 Aug 2018 10:58:03
Biggest thing for me this year is having a settled squad.

We didn't know who was going to play from one week to the next last season with Jose regularly chopping and changing.

Yes we will need to rotate on occasion and that's fine but for the majority of games this year we need to give the same players a run of games to gel together,

Bailly and Lindelof have to play as much as possible together and That midfield 3 from last night has the potential to be lethal! Andreas has undoubted quality and I think he will grow in that '6' role this season.

The problem is in that final third. One thing I noticed from last night is when we go to cross the ball into the box there is no one busting a gut to get in there. Really lads? That's where we can be effective from instead of lumping it into 1 man in the box against 6ft+ defenders

We will have much tougher tests but any win builds confidence and if we can go on a run then we can put down a marker for this season.


1.) 11 Aug 2018
11 Aug 2018 14:02:39
I think Andreas will be moved to the right instead of Matta to give some pace. Matic back in the middle.


2.) 11 Aug 2018
11 Aug 2018 17:12:52
I think Matic comes back in. Pogba and Fred. I'm not sure Andreas gets too much game time in big games.

We really need rashford or martial to stake a claim for the right wing. Or move sanchez there.

What Jose does have is lots of options.