Fenerbache v Manchester United 03/11/16 k/o 18.00 BT/Eir

Cantona's Collars

Predicted line-ups

Fenerbahce: Demirel, Ozbayrakli, Kjaer, Skrtel, Kaldirim; Topal, Neustader, Souza, Potuk; Van Persie, Eminike

Man Utd: De Gea, Darmian, Rojo, Blind, Shaw; Pogba, Schneiderlin; Mkhitaryan, Mata, Martial, Ibrahimovic



Manchester United defender Phil Jones is in the squad for the first time this season.

Jones has suffered with a knee problem and has not featured for the Red Devils since the Premier League win over Swansea on 2 January.

"We do not have enough time for him to get in a good condition. Maybe we have to play him," said boss Jose Mourinho.

Full-back Antonio Valencia is "out for a while" with a fracture in his arm.

Defender Chris Smalling, midfielder Michael Carrick and winger Memphis Depay will all miss the Group A tie in Turkey.

United are second in their group, two points ahead of Dick Advocaat's Fenerbahce, who they beat 4-1 two weeks ago at Old Trafford.

Forward Anthony Martial plus midfielders Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Henrikh Mkhitaryan have all travelled having missed the 0-0 Premier League draw against Burnley on Saturday.

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/794218838359506944

United team: DDG, Darmian, Blind, Rojo, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Herrera, Rashford, Pogba, Martial, Rooney (c).

Subs: Romero, Phil fúckin Jones ey?!, Fellaini, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Young, Zlatan.

RobbingBandit

Mata and Mkitaryan on the bench is madness, rashford on the double for a 3-1 win. Ander and RVP scoring also.

Mr.Crinklewood

Mkhitaryan to be brought on after two minutes with Mata replacing him a minute later.

Mata himself will be replaced by Jones after a further two minutes.

Jones will then complete the full match with no injuries or funny faces pulled.

RobbingBandit

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Mkhitaryan to be brought on after two minutes with Mata replacing him a minute later.

Mata himself will be replaced by Jones after a further two minutes.

Jones will then complete the full match with no injuries or funny faces pulled.

Are you Jose in disguise?

machiavellianme

Incredible goal

Lord TSC

Jesus

LuckyGent88

Ah balls. Some strike

Mr. FoggPatches

I hate to laugh but...

Ha.

Mr.Crinklewood

Wonderful strike.

RobbingBandit

Bloody hell best goal ever.

Unearthly

Great goal ffs

RobbingBandit

Vuvuzella didn't sound this bad.

LuckyGent88

Shocking touch

Lord TSC

Sigh

Harry Palmr

Is this the internet equivalent of leaving the stadium early?

nullzero

Harry Palmr wrote: »

If this the internet equivalent of leaving the stadium early?

Just the magic of Thursday nights in Europe.

jive

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Is this the internet equivalent of leaving the stadium early?

You know United are doing well when the match thread is this quiet

sky88

nullzero wrote: »

Just the magic of Thursday nights in Europe.

The magic of 6 o clock kick offs never mind just the Thursday night football

niallo27

Why wasn't zatalan booked for kicking out and then grabbing a player by the throat.

nullzero

sky88 wrote: »

The magic of 6 o clock kick offs never mind just the Thursday night football

Doesn't help. The Europa League is essentially a joke of a competition and only a hindrance to any side trying to push for their domestic title or top four.

Yawns

niallo27 wrote: »

Why wasn't zatalan booked for kicking out and then grabbing a player by the throat.

Also grabbed the ref by the wrist when ref tried to separate them and talk to him.

ShaneU

If united can't score with 4 strikers on the pitch and almost complete control of possession then they're in serious trouble

Zlatan is pissed off, can see a Cantonesque bicycle kick coming from him.

sky88

nullzero wrote: »

Doesn't help. The Europa League is essentially a joke of a competition and only a hindrance to any side trying to push for their domestic title or top four.

Only if there english.

hasn't hindered sevilla in recent years or any other team. Honestly think its just an excuse teams use at this stage.

RobbingBandit

Come on Mata

RobbingBandit

Swan diving feckers

rob316

nullzero wrote: »

Doesn't help. The Europa League is essentially a joke of a competition and only a hindrance to any side trying to push for their domestic title or top four.

If you cant manage the europa league you have no business in the champions league. Its not a joke competition, I would have loved if Liverpool had won it last season.

Harry Palmr

It's not a joke comp as the winner gets into the CL without qualifier!

fuzzydunlop85

Zlatan not even arsed to make a run into the box.

nullzero

rob316 wrote: »

If you cant manage the europa league you have no business in the champions league. Its not a joke competition, I would have loved if Liverpool had won it last season.

It's badly organized at best. Too many sides involved and Thursday nights are a joke when you're playing at the weekend.

RobbingBandit

Dirty tackles. Jaysus these BT commentators are crap

Awful stuff

Agent Coulson

Another stunning goal. lol

Harry Palmr

Ha! What a strike.

Lord TSC

Je. Sus.

martyos121

Class. Pure class.

How Soon Is Now

That's that so.

RobbingBandit

Ffffffffffff oooooook

ricero

De gea poor

KaiserGunner

rob316 wrote: »

If you cant manage the europa league you have no business in the champions league. Its not a joke competition, I would have loved if Liverpool had won it last season.

What kills the Europa League and to a certain extent the champions league is the amount of teams in it.

The last 32 knockout stage is a joke too, especially when 8 teams that ultimately failed in the champions league group stages get put into the Europa. Those teams have no business being in it, really bothers me when Sevilla and Chelsea have won it after failing in the champions league.

They need to revamp the competition IMO. Starting with that third place champions league rule.

RobbingBandit

DDG should have gone to specsavers

martyos121

2-0 down? Best get a striker off the pitch then. Lol

sabat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F59SRm7C2GI

davycc

Don't bother trying to save it de gea !

Best keeper in the league my ass

Harry Palmr

So lets see what Miky has in the tank.

Agent Coulson

Ah didn't want to be in the tournament anyway.

fuzzydunlop85

My only hope for this game now is Mhkirayan does enough to get a starting place on Sunday.

Burial.

To be fair to United, two freak goals to concede. Happens.

rob316

nullzero wrote: »

It's badly organized at best. Too many sides involved and Thursday nights are a joke when you're playing at the weekend.

They aren't going to put it on when the cl is so thursday is the only night.
It is the best chance of qualifying for the cl for most of the participants so should be taken seriously.
My biggest problem with the competition is the 3rd place cl teams dropping down into the last 32 automatically.

A Dub in Glasgo

I thought DDG should have made an effort to save that

ScummyMan

davycc wrote: »

Don't bother trying to save it de gea !

Best keeper in the league my ass

4/10 must try harder