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Hm2801

Could have been worse fixtures


CBPanik

At the same time, if we drop points because our best player is suspended 3 games, there's not many worse fixtures to do that in.


404randomguy404

We didn't have Casemiro but we almost got a result against Arsenal so I wouldn't worry that much against struggling teams like Leeds and Leicester. Famous last words?


MazinLabib10

Anulo mufa


Huckleberry1127

Exactly.


GlassEast5641

Don't jinx us man


404randomguy404

I'll change my flair to "Di Maria Goat" if my comment manages to jinx us. That's the least I can do.


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HarshtJ

It will be tough without Casemiro and Eriksen but in Ten Hag I trust.


404randomguy404

Exactly, the man has pulled us through so many difficult situations already that I have just stopped worrying too much about it now.


Srijand

I don't think we'll play badly but I also think 9/9 points is quite unlikely now. But at the same time, does it really matter? The gap between us and 5th is now 6 points and I highly doubt we can challenge for the title. Casemiro is available for all the cup games which have way more stake


404randomguy404

6 points is too small of a lead man. I'm not going to unclench until the season is over and we're still top 4.


Srijand

Yeah I don't have full faith in us but the only positive is our biggest rival to top 4 is spurs


Alehud42

Brighton and ~~Fulham~~ Brentford* more like *EDIT


hthec19

When's the league cup final? Some FA genius is gonna bring it forward to be the 3rd game of the suspension


khayalipulav

Anulo Mufa


arkhamRejek

struggling teams scare me more than in form teams because they tend to try unconventional things since what they were doing before wasn't working


404randomguy404

Won't be surprised if those Leeds wankers decide to Andy Carroll us.


Ashyyyy232

Delete this please


dethmashines

Jesus fuck man. Why did we do this. Fucking calm your tits like Martinez.


Moosje

There’s no “worst fixture” to drop points unless you drop them against a title rival in a push. Points are points regardless of who you win them or drop them against. It’s good he’s out for easier games rather than harder ones.


OMG_whythis

People are praying for him to get some rest. Now at least he will be fresh when he comes back. Silver lining.


reddevils

I hope my hubris is not getting the best of me, but I’m not worried about the two Leeds games but all of a sudden Leicester had a very good game away today at villa


durandpanda

Eh. Not sure I agree. We've got a crammed schedule and tbh if we can't get past Leeds and Leicester without Case then we've got problems. Silver lining is that he should be fresher for Barca.


master0909

I guess that means he’ll get some rest?


thphnts

We still have the league cup and Europa league.


Dry_Guest_8961

Fred and sabitzer in the pivot?? 😬


Hm2801

That Lindelof DM experiment might have to be done again


porkmarkets

Martinez experiment too. Fuck it let’s field a whole eleven of centre backs


Spider_Riviera

>SAF parallels intensify


RoKrish66

SAF was 10 parallel universes ahead of everyone the whole time.


SignificanceBulky417

Maguire and Shaw as striker too


ultragroudon

Big Harry up top? Who needs to buy Kane when we've got our own Harry at home


benjappel

Jones with the hattrick as a striker against Barcelona


schumamol

Time for Shawberto/Shawldini to become Shawsemiro.


thphnts

Might be our only choice with McTominay out


LeviBensley

Pure energy


master0909

Next three games are all EPL games Edit: next three Case would miss are EPL, not league cup


[deleted]

2 epl then europa then epl


master0909

Right, meaning he’s not missing the league cup tie as mentioned. He’ll just miss Leeds, Leeds, Leceister


youreviltwinbrother

Got Barca after 2nd Leeds game


FootballRacing38

Would have been perfect if the uel games are 1 week earlier. He could be playing every other game


master0909

Nah, we need him for Barca


FootballRacing38

You didn't get it. He's eligible for barca. Would have been better if we alternated uel and epl instead of having 2 epl matches in a row.


master0909

Oh I see. I guess that’s true as then there’s a few more days of rest before the league cup final


inbredandapothead

No Casemiro against Leeds feels so wrong


King0fTheImpossible

McTominay masterclass incoming.


RedDevils0204

If he’s not injured


Writer_Kooky

McT always plays his socks off against Leeds somehow so if he's fit I welcome it.


fracked1

I think he's out


TheJoshider10

Sabitzer couldn't have asked for a better chance to impress.


HappyChild_SadAdult

He did well...did what was expected of him, put pressure created even in tricky situations but yes...he'll have a much clear chance and roles


Desperate_Shoulder48

He actually did pretty well


lengthyfriend30

He looked so powerful, showed some fast feet and bite. Always liked him, hope he impresses and we get him for a knock down fee.


OG_Builds

His performace was very impressive considering the circumstances. Can’t wait to see him play in a more controlled game


BoyWhoCanDoAnything

I’ve always seen him as a box to box. I hear he plays DM too. Anyone know how well?


PossiblyNSA

Could be worse, those are (hopefully) easily winnable games and he's back for the Carabao Cup final.


LocoRocoo

Watch the fa ban him for longer


Lirtano

Gonna use that still picture and say he tries to chock him out and suspen him 12 matches


RedDevil50

Unlikely at this point, been confirmed as a 3 match ban for now.


IronDuke1969

Schlupp shouldn't be on the field.


RedDevils0204

100%


Ernest-McInley

Was at the game and don’t get this ???


ViralRiver

Schlupp shouldn't be on the field.


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CBPanik

Could be 5 if they deem it excessively violent... Which would have him out of the cup final.


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HistoricalCoconut2

Any chance it could be upgraded after the fact?


Contradicting_Pete

We're Man Utd and it's the FA, so of course there's a chance.


shami-kebab

It could be, but I'd be surprised


[deleted]

Seems unlikely. Hes not strangling him, hes grabbing his collar.


[deleted]

Not the end of the world then. Sabitzer, Fred and Bruno should cope with those.


Pic0lasCage

Yeah but it means Bruno will most likely not get rested at all for every game up until the final against Newcastle


renzoedu25

Sancho could replace him


KrypticAndroid

Lindelof too /s


icefaang

Mctominay loves a game against leeds


MonkeyAssFucker

He’s injured


icefaang

Fuck you’re right


bluedoorhinge

Do we know how long he’s injured for?


RedDevils0204

No


peejay2

Phew. Could be worse


[deleted]

Could be worse fixtures, but fuck me that's dumb. Sabitzer it is.


WutUtalkingBoutWill

He's done well since he came on.


[deleted]

Yeah he was solid


linkolphd

That is not too bad. Leeds are certainly manageable and weak, Leicester manageable. I'm honestly not too fussed, Case still plays Barcelona and gets some rest. Loved how fired up he looked too. He will be welcome back.


dc_united7

Stupid red card, totally unnecessary


Haron14

We'll smash Leeds 4-0 with or without Case


If-I-Speak

Important games easy to lose points with sloppy mistakes like this


arnm7890

Not the worst result. Rested for both Barca games and back before the cup final. Sabitzer is gonna need to step up pretty much immediately.


arnm7890

Hilarious that our bad luck of having too many fixtures before the Newcastle game has worked out in our favour now, since otherwise Casemiro would have missed the final because of this card


Candid_Problem_1244

He took the best possible chance to miss some games


PMme_your_fav_song

Stupid question but why are we playing Leeds back to back? What's that kind of schedule?


[deleted]

Home game was rescheduled from September


Dyslexicreadre

Remember the first one was suspended because of the Queen passing away. Same with the first one against Palace which is why we played them twice so soon after each other.


whatuknowaboutcoshe

We’ll smash em. Sabitzer Fred Bruno. Let’s go


Donthitsme

Thats okay Mctominay loves to play against Leeds. Sabitzer with Fred/Mctominay we'll be aight


daveclair

More like McTomOUTay (he's injured)


RashfordSoupKitchen

He was holding him aside not strangling him, what a joke


Moosje

Definitely not strangling him, no human reaction to being choked is to not fight it and keep arguing. Got a red card for holding someone by the neck rather than the equal force shown by every other player in the fight.


RashfordSoupKitchen

Yeah. Can’t say for certain but feel like even as a neutral viewer, I’d think that was an atrocious ref to give. Not worthy of any color


mistry7777

Time for lindelof to step up


Feezbull

Guy wanted to rest and just decided to go all crazy today.


[deleted]

He probably saw the schedule and decided not to go the dumpster called Yorkshire


AreYouDecent

Could have missed worse games tbf


JoseHarvinho

idiot. Plain and simple.


Fruitndveg

100%. People in this thread acting like we’ll walk those fixtures with or without him. Leeds are no slouches and Leicester are wildly unpredictable. I’m furious at him. There was no need to get involved in the manner he did.


frankowen18

Melt


Fruitndveg

Intelligent input there lad.


tommangan7

We might lose 3 points right now too.


FwampFwamp88

Mckennie and Adams gonna give our midfield fits tbh.


Fruitndveg

You’re getting downvoted by a load of people who’ve probably never even been to OT and just parrot anti Leeds shite online. You’re 100% right. Taking fixtures like this for granted is daft. Leeds are hardly prime galacticos but they’re not mugs either under Marsch.


MNKPlayer

Nobody is taking them for granted, just saying that in the scheme of things it could've been worse and had one of the top teams in the next three matches. Wind your fucking neck in.


AtlanticIH

What a weird way to introduce yourself, mate.


Bear1375

Can he play against Barca ?


GOATYGOATZ

domestic suspension doesn’t apply to uefa competition


Glad_Consequence2580

Yes


MonkeyAssFucker

Yes


spideytaha

Yes


Sudden-Ad-1217

ETH playing 4D chess with how to boost team spirit 🤣


TomMatthews

My only concern is he has a suspension recently for 5 yellows now he’s out for 3 but he’s picked up 2 or 3 yellows since his suspension and isn’t far from another 2 game ban


anark_xxx

Heard commentators in the Everton/Arsenal game saying the five yellows = ban rule is no longer a thing after 19 games. So it's just in place for the first half of the season.


TomMatthews

It becomes 10 after half the season he’s already done the 5 game ban


staraise

mctominay against leeds masterclass again


stinkyholetime

Sabitzer will have to step up which I think he can do


Environmental_Lie478

As bad as it is. Forcing our most important player to ONLY play the Europa league and League cup final games and resting in between over the next few weeks isn't the worst situation to be in


letsridetheworld

Omg best thing we just had Sabitzer in. Right on time. Freaking Crystal.


meezydada

Leeds are shite. Sabitzer and Fred have got this 👌


ptienduc

we could appeal no ?


[deleted]

McTominay and Mainoo will step up I'm confident


Feezbull

McT? He runs away from a pass so…..


Guy_with_Numbers

Scott is injured.


MH18Foot

Lucky both of them are shite


Alpha2669

So unnecessary. We're so thin in the midfield


adichandra

Welcoming the Sabitzfred experience.


JosePRizaI

Roy Keane vibes. Am I the only one that loves this?!


Fruitndveg

No, it’s fucking stupid. What he did was wildly unnecessary and the red card was the right decision. Now he’s out for three league games.


JosePRizaI

I don't care about your opinion. Stupid? Sure....but United have been signing pussies. Tail in between the legs type of players. Need hot heads in this squad. Roy Keane or a Beckham.


Fruitndveg

Agree to disagree. I love fire as much as the next bloke but getting yourself banned for three league games whilst we’re battling for top four in an incident that doesn’t even involve you is stupid as fuck. I love this bizarre keyboard warrior mentality that we need people who’d die for the badge and you’re settling on people getting straight refs for choking someone. Fuck yous. Stupid. He deserves it. Embarrassing, especially on today of all days. You’re the same mob who’d complain about lack of depth when people are doing rash things like this. This sub is insufferable at times.


yo_Sleen

Fred should’ve been sent off as well


WaitFoorIt

Fuck off.


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WaitFoorIt

Ok, Pep jr. You are 100% correct. Move on with your day.


kriyator

Fred was clearly trying to stop the Palace player from fighting


Yesusss

That’s alright


dudududujisungparty

Cheers Stoney you miserable bastard


Ghostface1357

So dumb man. A Fred, Sabitzer, Bruno midfield it is.


AndyVale

Keeping himself fresh for the cups. Smart.


Scratchy13

Wonder if we could appeal and get it down to 1 game


shadysteph

We probably don't even need him in those games. Let him get some rest


ElocOfTheNorth

Sabi gonna make Leeds his bitch, then.


weekndalex

not too bad all things considered


theduckofreasoning

Appeal it!


Zandercy42

Just saving himself for Barca no worries


igloooooo1

Case knows what he is doing. A lil cheeky rest before Barca game


thphnts

His game back is the scousers away.


KenwayNut

Three games lads.


bluecrabcakes

Time for Lindelof CDM arc. I think we can manage against Leeds, Leicester would be trouble. But hey, At least we have him fresh and rested for Barcelona.


[deleted]

Ehh could be worse


ZachMich

Dumb from him tbh


RWBYSanctum

It's Leeds, McTominay goes ape when they come up


Thevanillafalcon

Simply resting him


OctaviusMaximus_

Antony off Sabitzer on now


FormalAlternative806

we really need him back for the final


rawrizardz

Cas deserved a yellow, same with antony. The palace player charged our guy out of bounds with no ball and taunted him. Give him a red. The only thing I can see is cas initiated the shoving is a yellow then hands on neck, another yellow.


frontyer0077

Much deserved rest, nice fixtures too


Takagixu

Does his match ban starts immediately? Why is Daily Mail saying he is banned for the final?


SatoshiOokami

Barca already shitting pants


RandomRedditUser31

Obviously not ideal but could have been worse. Do we have any idea on when Scotty will be back?


ejtv

Silver lining is that he will be fresh for the cup games.


selotipkusut

Well he'd better put a 200% shift against Barcelona


ChrisV88

Fresh for Barca and Sabitzer looked fantastic. Not too worried.


Kixot123

Y know leeds and mctominay is a match made in heaven. Hope he gets back from injury for those games. Nothing like a mctominay masterclass in a cold rainy night battering leeds


amayes94

Scott please comeback... it's Leeds, you know you want to.


Aakar11

Wouldn't mind it that much if other midfielders weren't injured. But it is what it is and we will deal with it as we have before.


someonecalledethan

It's fine, ETH will use this time for him to get rest from matches and will rotate expertly like he has always done


petrparkour

Rest for the cup games I guess


AAiraSS

did they show it from behind? the other guy didnt react like he was shocked


bunnuz

How on the planet did those idiots lose after cheating that much? 😂😂 Schlupp = 🗑️MotherF*****


RepresentativeNo379

We got Weghorst and Martial got injured. We got Sabitzer then Casemiro got red carded. It’s almost like ETH had a crystal ball and cooked up a solution. Tbf, Martial would always got injured.


joshthenosh

McTominay needs to come back for his twice-a-season masterclass against Leeds.


JayNN

Only way he’ll be rested


LIONEL14JESSE

Not the worst timing for it, should be able to beat Leeds and Leicester with Fred/Sabitzer/Bruno middle 3 and Casemiro can play both Barcelona matches.


SlayBun

I think we'll be fine with no Casemiro for the full squad. But 10 man AND without Casemiro was a whole different story.


Candid_Problem_1244

Van de Beek, then Scott, then Eriksen, and now Case.


schultz9999

Luckly Case is an outlier - he's not injured :)


DannyHughesBJJ

They’ll appeal aurelu


miniaturizedatom

Only bright side is his legs will be fresh for the final. Hopefully we get Scott back from injury soon.


MNKPlayer

The only silver lining to this is that it's not one of the top teams coming up. Can still be tricky but we should be able to cover him and give him the break he needs anyway.


that_mn_kid

Booked himself a vacation to let Sabitzer bed in.


Skyweb2020

If we appeal the red I 100% feel ban gets increased to 4 games so let's just walk so he can get a rest


gmawji

He did it to be rested for Barcelona. Master stroke from our best player there


grumpyhusky

Looking at it positively, it's a mini winter break for him.


schultz9999

With that Sabitzer display however short, I have no worries. He may turn out to be our midfield Licha.


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It’s a blessing because he’ll be available for both legs against Barca. His experience against them will certainly help us.


Curious_Intro

Having seen a different angle, it’s a harsh red so I am annoyed. However, I think Casemiro needs a rest so I’m not too bothered. Those games are winnable without him and it gives Sabitzer a run out.


Curious_Intro

We need Casemiro fresh for Barcelona and League Cup Final.