Leipzig (a) Build Up

Originally Posted by bosskeano

what £#%&!ing kills me is that we've allowed ourselves to be in this shit position going to Leipzig and being on a knifes edge of going out against a pretty damn good team

Big game tomorrow. Prefer that to nothing game tomorrow

I’d keep it simple and start with the team that finished the West Ham game.

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Big game tomorrow. Prefer that to nothing game tomorrow

big game for sure....would certainly be less stressful if we already had the points to advance especially with City coming on the weekend

Originally Posted by barca99

Cavani and Martial out injured, wouldn't have started either to be honest. Fred banned (c***)

Two up top for me, Greenwood and Rashford providing pace on the counter.

Dave

AWB
Linders
Maguire
Telles

Mctom
Matic
VDB

Bruno
Rashford
Greenwood

Never ever going to be straight forward. I think both teams would take 0-0 after 70 minutes.

Fancy us to score but its how we cope under pressure at the back.

Heart says 1-1 head says 2-1 Leipzig.

Henderson for Dave and that would be what I’d go for

Risk playing Matic though... apparently if he’d come on at any point last week against PSG we’d have lost the game.

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Big game tomorrow. Prefer that to nothing game tomorrow

Probably would have been better to be in a position to rest players for a nothing game during a season where games come thick and fast, especially with the tough Christmas schedule about to start tbf.

They're shipping goals for fun. Go at them and we'll be sound.

Originally Posted by bosskeano

what £#%&!ing kills me is that we've allowed ourselves to be in this shit position going to Leipzig and being on a knifes edge of going out against a pretty damn good team

If the worst happens, that non-performance in Turkey will be much more to blame than anything that took place last week.

Originally Posted by barca99

Two up top for me, Greenwood and Rashford providing pace on the counter.

Dave

AWB
Linders
Maguire
Telles

Mctom
Matic
VDB

Bruno
Rashford
Greenwood

This for me too

3-4-1-2.

When this virus is over, Leipzig is a mega place to visit for a weekend trip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auerbachs_Keller

Amazing restaurant/bar.

Battle of Leipzig in 1813. One of the bestest wars in the 19th Century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig

Amazing monument to it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monume...of_the_Nations

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

If the worst happens, that non-performance in Turkey will be much more to blame than anything that took place last week.

without question that is what basically did us in by not taking those 3 points

Originally Posted by barca99

Two up top for me, Greenwood and Rashford providing pace on the counter.

Dave

AWB
Linders
Maguire
Telles

Mctom
Matic
VDB

Bruno
Rashford
Greenwood

i think you are wanting the diamond again....Hmmmm

agreed though that we should play two up top for the counter and congest the middle of the pitch

we don't have to go all out to win this game...just defend well, be patient and hit them on the break because they know they HAVE to win in order to move on so they'll open things up at some point.

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

Can we play Leipzig (b) instead?

Given recent form, we might actually play worse against them tbf.

Originally Posted by My Name is Heath

When this virus is over, Leipzig is a mega place to visit for a weekend trip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auerbachs_Keller

Amazing restaurant/bar.

Battle of Leipzig in 1813. One of the bestest wars in the 19th Century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig

Amazing monument to it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monume...of_the_Nations

Got to be honest, that monument doesn’t look too amazing.

£#%&! Leipzig, the tin pot town of @#%&!s.

1-3

11 years ago tonight I was in Leipzig for a night before the Wolfsburg match that we won to qualify. A trip which featured a former Notts crew fredster (not of my party) singing a song about Rhys Jones being shot in the head. 1 nil reds.

Originally Posted by bosskeano

without question that is what basically did us in by not taking those 3 points



i think you are wanting the diamond again....Hmmmm

agreed though that we should play two up top for the counter and congest the middle of the pitch

we don't have to go all out to win this game...just defend well, be patient and hit them on the break because they know they HAVE to win in order to move on so they'll open things up at some point.

I just think we have to be positive and go for it, no way on earth the game finishes 0-0.

Luke Shaw has travelled so could go 5 at the back like PSG ..

Originally Posted by barca99

I just think we have to be positive and go for it, no way on earth the game finishes 0-0.

Luke Shaw has travelled so could go 5 at the back like PSG ..

Wouldn't mind it, also makes sense if Greenwood and Rashford make it two up top.

I said last week we'd beat them. I've seen nothing to change that prediction.

1-3 win and into the knockouts we go.

Seems like there £#%&!ers can score goals but leak them. Just go for it.

Originally Posted by MUFC One Love

Seems like there £#%&!ers can score goals but leak them. Just go for it.

In general play, I expect us to do ok and create chances. My concern is missing and conceding chances at key stages, similar to the PSG game.

We can’t keep giving teams head starts or letting them off the hook the way we have.

I’d hate for us to control the game, lose it in key moments and have ole stand there afterwards talking about fine margins. We used up that one last week. We need to be clinical and ruthless. If we are, we are more than capable of winning.

Latest installment of the win-and-we're-great-and-lose-and-we're-shit game.

5 at the back seems the way to go imo

Axel in because Shaw has missed a few weeks maybe?

Matic, The Scottish Player and Bruno with Greenwood and Rashers up top I expect.

Originally Posted by Medlock

Latest installment of the win-and-we're-great-and-lose-and-we're-shit game.

Unfortunately (for Ole) that's how knockout football works.

Through tonight and he's had a great start to the season. Go out and he has £#%&!ed it.

Sounds harsh but that's football.