Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2018 pt3

Mitch Connor wrote: »

WHY ARE PEOPLE ARGUING OVER MATUDI POSITION! F SAKE PEOPLE.

433 or 4231, just get the f over it! It's not United, it's not a united player, not a player that even used to play.

F sake.

Give us something to chat about there Mitch

To answer Mitch's questions

Will lingard be a starter next season? Should we try a different formation?

I am going to put the two of these together as i think the formation will dictate Lingard's amount of starts and also the transfers, If we sign a RW i think we will proceed with a 433 or 4231 playing with attacking players out wide which means that Lingard will be a rotation player. If we don't sign a RW we NEED to have 2 fullbacks that can cross the ball and i can see us playing a more narrow formation like a diamond midfield with the FB creating the width.

With new RW

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Lukaku

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Sanchez - Pogba - RW
----Matic---Fred

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or
Sanchez-Lukaku-RW
---Pogba---Fred----

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Matic

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With regards to Lingard there he can rotate with the RW or pogba in the first formation with Pogba dropping back and playing from deep. he could rotate with Fred and the RW in the second one.

Without RW

Sanchez-Lukaku
----Lingard

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--Pogba--Fred--

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Matic

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I do think the formation will be dictated by the opposition we face, with Pogba and Fred both playing higher against the weaker teams and stick with a 4231 against the stronger teams, keeping the fullbacks more defence minded.

Will Sanchez improve with a rest and a preseason or is it just a fit thing?

With a full pre-season I think Sanchez will improve, through the second half of the season you could see that he was trying to make things happen and i think his understanding with the players around him was a bit off, thats to be expected when you buy in January. but because he was on very high wages he isn't allowed the time to bed in and was expected to hit the ground running.

Any young lads likely to make any impact this season?

I don't think there is many or the current u21 that could make an impact at senior level for United TBH, though if you look further back I hope to see Gomes and Chong pushing on this year and getting more chances at that higher level. Chong in particular will be interesting to see if he starts the new season with the u21.

Will Jose getting us playing nicer looking football? What would he be likely to change to get it?

I think again that depends on how the midfield functions. and whether we can get his signings in. we need the midfielders to get on the ball and play the ball quicker which wasn't happening last year for whatever reason, players where dillydaddling on the ball and taking too many touches, there needs to be quicker passes and transitions especially against the weaker teams to get thru the lines before the defence can organise properly.

Fullbacks that can cross will also have a huge effect here i think, as they can add to the attack leaving more space for the creative players to work and we can mix it up a bit more. Very few things more frustrating than seeing Valencia storm up the pitch stop, allowing the opposition to regroup, then doing a dance and passing the ball back to the midfielder who then has to try do something against a packed defence. Its the same with Young on the other side, that cut back to his right foot gives the opposition extra time to organise.

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