Burnley v Man Utd 12.45pm Kick off BT Sport 1

kryogen

Strange there is no thread yet so I said I would try my hand at it, for the first time ever I believe!

The home team may name the side that played Swansea with Sam Vokes the only player missing out through injury I think. United missing a truckload, Rojo still waiting on work permit, Di Maria expected to make his debut

Prediction?

Burnley 1
Man Utd 3

RvP to get on the scoresheet and hopefully Di Maria with a debut cracker

Possible line ups

Heaton
Trippier Duff Shackell Mee
Arfield Marney Jones Taylor
Jutkiewicz Ings

DDG
Valencia Jones Evans Blackett Young
Fletcher Di Maria
Mata
Rooney RvP

I really hope we go more a 433 though

fred funk }{

Serious pressure on United now. Surly they can't lose this?

Utd to win easy. They cant keep up this run of form surely

Demosthenese

Should be a cakewalk for United this ... but of course times are a changing ... it kind of depends if Burnley can muster up the courage to attack a United team that are struggling to adapt to a new style of play and are delving deep to find the confidence. Would predict a 2-1 type scoreline for United with Burnley missing a few chances that traditionally the promoted teams tend to do similar to Leicester v Chelsea.

Will be interesting watching though.

kryogen

rarnes1 wrote: »

Utd to win easy. They cant keep up this run of form surely

I thought that last time we went to Turf Moor, wasn't a great day that time either!

Still, think this will be a tough game due to the injuries, but I think United should have enough quality there to get them through hopefully. The attacking players will hopefully compensate for the total lack of a midfield!

Essien

Big debut from Di Maria here I reckon. Uniteds confidence needs a shot in the arm and I think they might get it today.

sword1

Essien wrote: »

Big debut from Di Maria here I reckon. Uniteds confidence needs a shot in the arm and I think they might get it today.

Surely di Maria wont be starting,sub appearance

Larry Wildman

I hate to say it (as a United fan) but United to be humiliated (again). We're massively low on confidence and Burnley will be hugely up for this.

Burnley 3 Manchester United 1

Martin Walker

Larry go back to bed and get up on the other side please.

newballsplease

Larry Wildman wrote: »

I hate to say it (as a United fan) but United to be humiliated (again). We're massively low on confidence and Burnley will be hugely up for this.

Burnley 3 Manchester United 1

You dont think Utd will be up for this? Get out of it man!
This is where Utds season must start. A must win here. Forget sbout the MKDONS result. That wasnt near the starting 11 that will be out there today. Di Maria for his debut. Hope he starts with s bang.
Utd to win 2-0

Iused2likebusts

Utd have spent more on di maria than burnley have spent on transfer fees in their entire 120 yr plus history. The whole population of burnley would fit into old trafford on a match day as burnley is the smallest town to ever have a team in the Pl. Burnley should be massive underdogs but probably believe they have an outside chance.

CSF

Can't see Di Maria starting this one but it's not entirely implausible that Van Gaal might feel he needs to do something to get the wheels in motion

Harry Palmr

Although its very early days competition this part of the table is so tight (could be up to 8 teams involved) its vital that Burnley get their first win.

newballsplease

Why do people think DiMaria wont start?
LVG has said he's ready to play.

Start him ta f**k !

The_Kew_Tour

Burnley 2 United 2.

Think we will drop more points I'm afraid

Fescue

The worst thing about being in a bad run of form is that other clubs can sense it. Burnley will be looking at this fixture as a chance to kickstart their season. I can see them going at United from the start.

If Utd can weather the storm I think they have the quality to win the game.

First goal will probably decide the match.

RayCon

Utd to win ... with a couple of scares along the way.

dor843088

Di maria on the bench or starting?

Twas Not

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Serious pressure on United now. Surly they can't lose this?

Fail to win this and serious questions will be asked about LVG. He could be turning out to be Moyes II. It's following a similar path.

Harry Palmr

Twas Not wrote: »

Fail to win this and serious questions will be asked about LVG. He could be turning out to be Moyes II. It's following a similar path.

He is safe (if only cos of the money spent), what it does do is put a huge pressure on to get the new look squad humming though - 1 point from first 9 in the "easiest" part of the season would mean a lot of work to make the top four.

CptMackey

Think we will win but it will be very tight. 1-0 to utd

Will I Amnt

Twas Not wrote: »

Fail to win this and serious questions will be asked about LVG. He could be turning out to be Moyes II. It's following a similar path.

No, there won't. There will be serious questions asked if the results continue like they are when he can pick an 11 from a squad containing a fit van Persie, Di Maria, Rojo, Shaw, Herrera, Blind, Carrick et al.

Talib Fiasco

Sneaky tenner on Burnley.

Oranage2

I'm going for an upset - away win

cournioni

Huge game for United, a must win. I think it will be a draw though.

SEPT 23 1989

Relegation dogfight it will be very tight

2-1

Cantona's Collars

cournioni wrote: »

Huge game for United, a must win. I think it will be a draw though.

Isn't it terrible that we are looking at Burnley as a huge game.I wonder if some of our players will actually turn up today,it's as if some of them are still under the impression they are playing for Moyes and not their futures at the club.

TheTownie

MagicMarker

One man who has to put in a shift today is Fletcher, he's our weak link IMO. He's going to have to be on song if DiMaria is beside him today.

cournioni

zerks wrote: »

Isn't it terrible that we are looking at Burnley as a huge game.I wonder if some of our players will actually turn up today,it's as if some of them are still under the impression they are playing for Moyes and not their futures at the club.

I know what your saying but I think it doesn't really matter who we're playing, it'll still be a huge game at this moment in time.

To be honest, if we create lots of chances to score today, I'll be happy. It has been our biggest issue this past year. Agreed, the players are going through the motions at the moment and need to snap out of it quickly or they'll be out the door.

Zico

Oranage2 wrote: »

I'm going for an upset - away win

Me too, I hope it upsets a lot of people.

TheTownie

Starting XI: De Gea, Jones, Evans, Blackett, Valencia, Young, Fletcher, Di Maria, Mata, Rooney, van Persie.

Subs: Januzaj, Hernandez, Welbeck, James, M. Keane, Anderson, Amos.

Lucas Hood

Di Maria in 2 man midfield.

MagicMarker

What's the story with Rafael?? Also no Cleverley/Kagawa so that's them definitely gone.

Paul Tergat

Very weak centre of the park for us today.

Cmon United!

double GG

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TheTownie

MagicMarker wrote: »

What's the story with Rafael?? Also no Cleverley/Kagawa so that's them definitely gone.

Still injured.

Can't wait to see di maria in the number 7 shirt. He's going to provide two assist today, one for Rooney and one for RVP :P

We need a boost, 3 points are a must but I want to see a performance with us actually creating chances

recylingbin

Don't you normally put 6 attackers on the pitch when you're 1-0 down with 5 mins to go ?
Strange line up.

jaykay74

Subs: Januzaj, Hernandez, Welbeck, James, M. Keane, Anderson, Amos.

Weird subs bench. 4 forward thinking players, keeper, 1 defender and Anderson

Hopefully defense doesn't need much sorting out during the game.

Harry Palmr

One defender or midfielder goes down and you're bunched.

GLaDOS

United to win 1-0 in an unconvincing manner.

LostBoy101

This will be an interesting game and hopefully United come out on top.

Cantona's Collars

jaykay74 wrote: »

Weird subs bench. 4 forward thinking players, keeper, 1 defender and Anderson

Hopefully defense doesn't need much sorting out during the game.

We are short on numbers.

Agent Coulson

Michael Owen might be boring as hell but at least he makes an effort.

But Paul Scholes really looks like he doesn't he gives a crap or want to be there.

Brendan Filone

Burnley have spent £45million on transfers since 1882.

Manchester United have spent £59.7million this week.

:eek:

gosplan

Is it just me or is anyone else just deeply suspicious of this 5-3-2 formation.

I mean tactical innovation is great but there has to be a reason that no-one else is doing this. No?

Is it based on the fact that Rafael and Shaw are out? Would someone like Vidal be absolutely necessary to go 4-3-3 or could you do a nice diamond with

---

Herrera
Di Maria

---

Someone

---

Mata
---Rooney---RVP

Or just stick Rooney on the wing and go

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Fletcher --- Herrera
Di Maria --- Mata --Rooney

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RVP

I guess I just don't get it.

Will I Amnt

Brendan Filone wrote: »

Burnley have spent £45million on transfers since 1882.

Manchester United have spent £59.7million this week.

:eek:

And that's why Burnley never won the Premier League or Champions League...
You might as well have put Bohemians in there for all the relevance it has.

Paul Tergat

Will I Amnt wrote: »

And that's why Burnley never won the Premier League or Champions League...
You might as well have put Bohemians in there for all the relevance it has.

Spot on. A stat that means absolutely nothing

Francie Barrett

1 central midfielder?

Angel Di Maria to score anytime 3.4 / 1 :eek:

Great price