v. Kick-off Sunday 4pm (11AM Est) Venue Old Trafford Last season Man Utd 2 Everton 1 Live Sky Sports 1, MUTV, Telemundo, NBC Sports Live Extra Referee Andre Marriner Manchester United Doubtful Januzaj, Jones (both match fitness) Injured Hererra (knee, 9 Apr), Young (groin, 9 Apr), Rooney (knee, 16 Apr), Shaw (leg, May), Keane (pelvis), Schweinsteiger (knee, both unknown) Suspended None Form DLWWLW Discipline Y51 R1 Leading scorers Martial, Rooney 7 Everton Doubtful None Injured Browning (knee, May), Hibbert (knee, unknown) Suspended Barry (last of two) Form WWLWLL Discipline Y37 R3 Leading scorer Lukaku 18 Latest team news: German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will miss the game with a knee injurysustained on international duty. Ander Herrera and Ashley Young could return to the squad after recovering from groin problems, while Phil Jones remains out. Wayne Rooneyexpects to return to training next week, Luke Shaw will train on Monday but Will Keane is still unavailable. John Stones is expected to be available for Everton, after picking up a slight knock on England duty in midweek, while Bryan Oviedo should be fit after missing two games through illness. Kevin Mirallas is back from suspension but Gareth Barry serves the second of his two-game ban. Steven Pienaar, Tony Hibbert and Tyias Browning are all absent through injury.
Have to imagine we'll see the same team we've seen vs City, which means Blind still partnering Smalling at CB, Rojo out at LB. Lingard will playing at the 10 spot with Mata flanking him out on the right. And Schneiderlin, hopefully still in a more box to box role with Carrick playing deeper. The changes I would make are pushing Rojo inside (and finally giving Blind the rest he's needed) and bring BoJack at LB. I'd want to try Januzaj out on the right, flanking Lingard, with Martial on the other side supporting Rashford. Point is, no matter who Van Gaal goes with, this is a game we simply can't afford to lose, being at home and all, if we're to keep pressure on City and WH for that 4th spot.
Lukaku needs to actually improve his finishing even more but 18 is a great number. The thing is though he is man there, we haven't had one in years and insist on pretending that Wayne is that guy. When was the last time Shrek was our leading scorer or had more than 15 goals in a season?
Blind will take a shit corner, LVG will whisper something to Giggs, players will be out of position, the camera will find Rooney in the stands, stupid tactical decisions will be made, DDG will make multiple saves. 2015/2016: The Rinse and Repeat Season...
http://www.locatetv.com/listings/usa-network-hd#03-Apr-2016 says the game will be on USA Network in the USA with coverage beginning at 10:30 A.M.
Good find. I knew NBCSN was playing the F1 race and didn't understand why it wasn't on regular NBC. Guess they decided for USA.
United squad: De Gea, Romero, Darmian, Valencia, Smalling, Blind, Fosu-Mensah, Rojo, Young, Schneiderlin, Herrera, Carrick, Fellaini, Memphis, Mata, Lingard, Rashford, Martial
Young - Rashford - Valencia Fellaini - Carrick - Herrera Rojo - Blind - Smalling - Darmian ------------ Rat Gea
^^^^^^ We'd fully deserve every bad thing that would be likely to happen if we put out such a team out tomorrow.
There is a rumor going around that both Januzaj and Pereira are being "punished" by Van Gaal for something they did in a U21 game in January. Don't know the details beyond that or if it's true, but that might the reason they barely have featured in the senior team...
@jeff070 Why are you surprised anymore at Januzaj and Pereira not making squads? It's been happening for the entire season. I find it hilarious when people continue to post "No Januzaj, No Pereira" on these squad threads. The writings on the wall. LVG doesn't like our creative players. He'd rather have system drones like Valencia and Lingard out there. In fact, one of the rags had a story today claiming (likely with no source) that those two are being kept out of the first team because they "showboat" in the u21s. Stop being so surprised every time a squad comes out.
#mufc XI: De Gea, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Rojo, Schneiderlin, Carrick, Lingard, Mata, Martial, Rashford. pic.twitter.com/WNwV2has2a— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 3, 2016 v TEAM NEWS: Here is how the Blues line up against @ManUtd this afternoon (4pm k/o). #MUFCvEFC pic.twitter.com/bWKoIO1yOP— Everton (@Everton) April 3, 2016
Pereira has been a mainstay on the bench, at the very least, all season long and suddenly out of nowhere it just stopped. So it does stand to reason as to wonder if something happened...
Everyone have gotten a chance bar them, they didn't even get 30 minutes when we had especially problems in creating chances. They didn't even get a look in.
The old guys are healthy so screw the kids. #LvGTFO Teso do you have room in your treehouse? I feel myself crossover.