Man United/Tottenham Hotspur, August 8th 2015

Lithium93_

1st game of the 2015/16 season



Date: 8th August

Kick off: 12:45 BST

Venue: Old Trafford


Possible starting XI:

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Johnstone

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----Darmian---Smalling---Blind----Shaw

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Herrera

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Carrick---Schneiderlin

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Mata

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Memphis

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Rooney

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Team news:
David de Gea will NOT play due to his transfer saga with Real Madrid.
Daley Blind seems confirmed to be playing CB.
Marcos Rojo and Bastian Schweinsteiger are not match fit yet.

Match Appointments
Referee: Jonathan Moss Assistants: J Brooks, E Smart Fourth Official: A Marriner


Can't find anything on Spurs, maybe someone else can find the information, and add it to this.

jayo26

Wooohoooo cant wait for new season gonna be watching this here in madrid

3-0 to united and 2 goals from Memphis and one from Rooney. Not a bit over optimistic.

Nalz

3-2

Lithium93_

I would say United to win 2-0.

Rayne Wooney

Depay to score a hat trick before half time and transfer to Madrid in the intervening 15 minutes before the second half

Leroy42

Dour scoreless draw. Utd to have ~70% of possesion but do nothing with it. Rooney continues he lacklustre pre-season form with no first touch and little impact.

Spurs to look the more inventive but with a few new players lack the cohesion to get the breakthrough.

Van Gaal will then put Felani on to try to ram it home. Then give a press conference after the game saying the process is working and he is happy with how we played.

Utd fans will blame the ref

Liam O

Leroy42 wrote: »

Dour scoreless draw. Utd to have ~70% of possesion but do nothing with it. Rooney continues he lacklustre pre-season form with no first touch and little impact.

Spurs to look the more inventive but with a few new players lack the cohesion to get the breakthrough.

Van Gaal will then put Felani on to try to ram it home. Then give a press conference after the game saying the process is working and he is happy with how we played.

Utd fans will blame the ref

50 quid on whether he'll put Fellaini on or not?

Cantona's Collars

5-2 to United,kick off the season in style.

Nib

3-1 United.

Our year.

Nolars

4-2 United a bit of a mad game to start off the season.

jaykay74

“It was Tottenham at home. I thought please don’t go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham is about, they are nice and tidy but we’ll ****ing do them. He came in and said: ‘Lads, it’s Tottenham’, and that was it. Brilliant.”

saying that we'll lose 2-0 :pac: ...love the quote though

Hotblack Desiato

Leroy42 wrote: »

Dour scoreless draw. Utd to have ~70% of possesion but do nothing with it. Rooney continues he lacklustre pre-season form with no first touch and little impact.

Spurs to look the more inventive but with a few new players lack the cohesion to get the breakthrough.

Van Gaal will then put Felani on to try to ram it home. Then give a press conference after the game saying the process is working and he is happy with how we played.

Utd fans will blame the ref

Loving the positivity :pac:

As with last year's first game, I shall be slumming it in the 30°C Canaries with cold beer on tap. Just don't do another fcuking Swansea lads, I like to maintain a positive holiday mood...

Crap kit watch: Barca knockoffs everywhere. Most common PL shirt is for some reason Arsenal. Only saw one United shirt and it was a hideous Nike knockoff with the Chevrolet logo about 50% bigger than the original. I would have bought one for the young lad if it wasn't so horrific.

Your Airbag

Its back, football is back

irishmover

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Can't find anything on Spurs, maybe someone else can find the information, and add it to this.

You're kidding, right? Either that or just plain lazy.

Lord TSC

Liam O wrote: »

50 quid on whether he'll put Fellaini on or not?

Thats a solid bet, people should be all over it. :pac:

duffman13

irishmover wrote: »

You're kidding, right? Either that or just plain lazy.

There ya go! Lloris has a late fitness test and some lad called Wimmer may start over Alderweireld.

callaway92

Is the sound well ahead of the picture on BT Sport 1 for anybody else?

Schniederlan 18/1 to score first...not sure if spelt correctly

coin

@DTguardian: #MUFC team v #THFC: Romero, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Carrick, Young, Depay, Mata, Rooney

jayo26

coin wrote: »

@DTguardian: #MUFC team v #THFC: Romero, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Carrick, Young, Depay, Mata, Rooney

Same formation as pre season then so.

coin

@ManUtd: #mufc subs: Johnstone, Valencia, McNair, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Pereira, Chicharito.

Nalz

the slash in the title of this thread is really annoying me!

JohnDaniels

Where is De Gea?

Nalz

JohnDaniels wrote: »

Where is De Gea?

Not mentally fit to play acc to LVG. "He's human"

MagicMarker

JohnDaniels wrote: »

Where is De Gea?

Keep up mate.

adox

Blind at CB and Romero in goal is just not the way the team should be lining out at the start of the season. No Herrera either is disappointing although predictable.

Looking forward to seeing the new signings in a competitive game.

The one huge plus is Darmain starting ahead of Valencia.

I have to say I'm trusting Van Gaal less and less with his team selections. I'd be amazed if Utd manage to keep a clean sheet.

MagicMarker

Can't wait for the reception Schweinsteiger will get!

Harry Palmr

What Blind doing at CB? Injuries already?

Nalz

Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Pereira, Chicharito

Not bad list of subs to call on, hopefully we won't need to though!

Robson99

adox wrote: »

Blind at CB and Romero in goal is just not the way the team should be lining out at the start of the season. No Herrera either is disappointing although predictable.

Looking forward to seeing the new signings in a competitive game.

The one huge plus is Darmain starting ahead of Valencia.

I have to say I'm trusting Van Gaal less and less with his team selections. I'd be amazed if Utd manage to keep a clean sheet.

Herrera really being f*kd around. Our best middle of the park player on bench again

MagicMarker

Robson99 wrote: »

Herrera really being f*kd around. Our best middle of the park player on bench again

Again? It's the first game of the season.

jaykay74

Is Jones injured or McNair ahead of him on the bench by choice ?

Fizman

As a Liverpool fan, I think both Liverpool and United missed a serious trick in not signing Alderweireld. Top drawer European centre back with buckets of experience, and for a steal at 11.5m. Liverpool still unconvincing for me in CB cover, and I think United even less so.

Tippex

I'm more excited to see possibly the best centre mid of the last 10 years on the planet **** me we will see Schweini playing for us at OT

Robson99

MagicMarker wrote: »

Again? It's the first game of the season.

Same as last season. Short memory?

Kiith

Not at all confident after seeing that Spurs team. Expect Utd to own the midfield, and we'll be pressed back for the entire game.

Strumms

OT looks great in the sunshine. Well stoked and excited the football is back would love to transport myself over for the game today...

As for the team selection....

Blind at CB worries me and although I've seen little of Romero I'm not all that confident from what I have seen. Also a keeper coming into a side straight away in a new foreign league having had zero time as such to bed in and get to know his defenders is a bit of a worry also, although I do hope these worries are unfounded and I'm proven wrong.

pmasterson95

I dont get the united fans bitching about Blind and also bitching about no Herrera. Schneiderlin and Carrick should make our midfield more secure and give Blind protection. Herrera is more attack minded than M&M and would leave Blind exposed. This is actually a smart move by Van Gaal to try and stop defence being exposed.

Liam O

Evans and Jones surely aren't both injured again? Evans must be out the door so...

OctavarIan

Looking forward to seeing Schweinsteiger, also hoping Hernandez comes on but I doubt it'll happen unless there's an injury to Rooney.

Maximus Alexander

coin wrote: »

@ManUtd: #mufc subs: Johnstone, Valencia, McNair, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Pereira, Chicharito.

Nalz

Paul Merson thinks we won't make the top 4


No room for Evans, Jones, Fellaini and Lingard in the squad

TrustedApple

Is everyone forgetting that Fellaini got a red card on the last day of the season and will miss the 1st 3 games thanks to it ?

OctavarIan

Trilla wrote: »

Paul Merson thinks we won't make the top 4


No room for Evans, Jones, Fellaini and Lingard in the squad

Fellaini is banned, also add Januzaj and Wilson to your list!

Unearthly

Trilla wrote: »

Paul Merson thinks we won't make the top 4


No room for Evans, Jones, Fellaini and Lingard in the squad

Fellaini suspended after that stupid tackle

MagicIRL

samapple789 wrote: »

Is everyone forgetting that Fellaini got a red card on the last day of the season and will miss the 1st 3 games thanks to it ?

Take your logic and get out. The season has begun, so let the unbridled hate flow!

Chagan

Christ, I thought we'd never get to this day. Proper football is back.

Not overly concerned about Romero starting. Between him, Johnstone and Valdez they have, what, two PL appearances. Whoever was picked would have question marks over them.

Blind at CB is the bigger worry for me. Not having Jones, Evans or Rojo available for the first game is hardly a positive sign for things to come.

Can see United having another slow start to the season. 2-1 Spurs.

Drexel

Dont like Blind at center back. Kane will terrorise him (if spurs can get the ball to him )

Maximus Alexander

Drexel wrote: »

Dont like Blind at center back. Kane will terrorise him (if spurs can get the ball to him )

You could be right, but I wouldn't be so sure. Blind reads the game very well.

Kerrydude1981

MagicMarker wrote: »

Again? It's the first game of the season.

Well said,Utd have four quailty CM's who will all see plenty of game time this season,you would swear that this staring team today is set in stone for the rest of the season.

rebeve

3-1 to united .