please log in to view this image Saturday 12th March 5.30pm Premier League Old Trafford No injury news yet, but it's likely that Sessegnon will be out for a while. Lineups for each side's last league game: Spurs: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Doherty, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Sessegnon; Kulusevski, Kane, Son. Subs: Gollini, Royal, Rodon, Sanchez, Reguilon, White, Winks, Bergwijn, Moura. League form: LLWLWW. Man Utd: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Telles; Fred, McTominay; Elanga, Pogba, Sancho; Fernandes. Subs: Henderson, Dalot, Bailly, Jones, Matic, Mata, Lingard, Mejbri, Rashford. League form: WDDWDL. Ref: Jonathan ****ing Moss. VAR: Andre Marriner. TV: Sky Sports. How would you like to line up for this one?
I think the worst for us would have to be Tierney and England. Moss is **** and I don't think we've ever beaten Utd with him as the ref. With Tierney we can't beat anyone, though.
We ain't gonna win no matter who the ref is...we are in with an slim outside chance of top 4 but a great chance of 5th and played well in our last game so we all know which spurs will turn up
Definitely go no change from the last game (Reguilon aside - which actually strengthens us). But it doesn’t matter the team or referee - we will lose this match. We either won’t turn up from the start. Or more likely we will compete but not take our chances. Then they will score about the 70th minute through a scrappy type of goal or some stupid mistake and then we will collapse and lose 3-0.
Roy Keane’s ready. “Appalling. Shameful. No fight. This is Tottenham for Chrissakes. Nobody got tight to Harry Kane. Son was in acres of space. They’re not trying. Not good enough. Just weak, spineless. Made Spurs look world class - and Spurs have had problems. No excuse for that. Nowhere near top 4. Spurs and Arsenal are a different class, never mind City and Liverpool. Most of these players shouldn’t be playing for this club.
I don't want to sound too positive, but this match should suit us, United will have a lot of the ball and will want to take the game to us, this is much better for the way we are playing than teams who sit deep, I would suggest that we are more likely to beat United than we are the spammers for that reason. However it will probably be a high scoring entertaining game that we end up on the wrong side of a 3-2.
Gonna need a biiiiiiig game from you on this one (soon find out if you are "great" , or merely "good" ) ...
Sess is out for a while (after March internationals) according to Jonathan Veal and Conte’s seemingly worried about Skipp, still can’t give a return date - **** sake. So we definitely won’t have those available. Think the team picks itself though at the moment, as CK said Reguilon for Sess is the only change to make irrespective of the new of Sess’ injury. Here’s hoping Matt MaraDoherty turns up again on the opposite flank.
I said it before and it sounds weird, but he's a wingback that does damage in the middle. Get him up the pitch and inside and he's effective. Hopefully he's over whatever covid did to him and the beating his confidence took.
That’s why it’s good that Kulu has variety and intelligence to his game. Seems to be happy to cut inside but will take the wider space too if Doherty makes the inside run. Could be a budding combination down the right.
Hopefully Conte's having a word with Moura about hitting the touchline more often, too. He can be very effective running through the middle, but he often tries it when it's not on. If the defenders had to consider him getting wide and putting balls into the box, then he'd be far more dangerous.
Lucas isn’t a tremendous crosser though, always been a flaw of his. His strengths have always been driving with the ball and some one-touch interplay around the box. Kulu is locking his place down with a few early goals but also showing that ability to carry the ball and also provide more for others. Anything that Lucas can add to his game though is a bonus. He’s a terrific servant to the club and always gives his all.
This is the weird thing: at which point do we consider that our right flank being the Bermuda Triangle for 2-3 seasons isn't just on Aurier, as Lucas has to share a certain amount of the blame?
I've always been an optimist, quite often to my detriment but i honestly believe we will beat United on Saturday. As others have said they will have to come onto us and they will leave spaces in behind and we will get them on the counter like we did against their neighbours. I just can't see them living with Kane and Son.
Personally I hope we beat them, not least so it will slap the unearned sense of assumed superiority off of Roy Keant's face and make him look like an overpaid Holte Legends
