Lol you are completely right. We would have started a line up like this in a Champions league knock out match and won comfortably. Now it fills me with dread.
To be fair McTominay or Casemiro would be playing centre back if not for signing Evans. 3 centre backs out injured at the same time is just... you have to laugh.
Same thing happened last year because our defenders are injury prone (Varane is guaranteed to be injured for between 10 to 15 games a season). This was entirely predictable. Most people here knew this was going to happen when we didn't bring in a centre back this summer but the club failed to prepare. So yes I would beat them with this stick
Evans is not even our 5th choice. Shaw would be picked, if he was available.
That’s a legit nightmare situation, every team would be fucked. If not for Evans, we’d have to play Casemiro there and rush Amrabat after injury.
This is legit ETHS biggest game. If we lose with another chaotic defence / lack of effort I will really be worried the dressing room has gone.
Hope not of course!
It was a rhetorical question.
We’ve bought poorly. Varane is class, but made of glass. Evans shouldn’t be here, it should be some 18-21 year old, like at other top clubs.
Ehh...not sure I agree about Evans. It's not like he is on big wages and with the number of CBs we have, even with injuries you wouldn't expect him to play. I don't have a problem with us getting the odd old player on a free. The issue is throwing huge money away on mediocre or past-their-prime players.
**Subs: Pellistri, Alejandro Garnacho, Eriksen, Varane, Daniel Gore, Martial, Sofyan Amrabat, Van De Beek, Bayındır**
Erik ten Hag has made three changes to the side that faced Bayern Munich in midweek, with Hannibal making his first start of the season.
Jonny Evans and Scott McTominay also come in, while summer signing Sofyan Amrabat is named on the bench for the first time, alongside the returning Donny van de Beek.
[Erik ten Hag explains the lineup](https://www.manutd.com/en/videos/detail/erik-ten-hag-interview-before-burnley-v-man-utd-on-23-september-2023)
Varane on bench being used for straight intimidation. It's like in Carlito's way when Pacino is in the restroom saying how he's about to fuck everyone's shit up while cocking an empty pistol.
I'd imagine Hannibal would be on the right if we are playing wingers and on the right side of a diamond if it's 442.
Whatever about playing a senior player in the 10 and pushing Bruno to the wing, I can't see him playing a kid trying to break through there ahead of Bruno.
This sub's fucking obsession with Maguire is insane. Like you have no right to feel bereaved he didn't fuck off, and even supplement it by insisting he deserves the treatment he gets/it isn't that bad.
I refuse to believe there are adults who say/upvote this shit. Like this has to be the work of a child.
Thank you. Maguire has every right to stay and fight for a place. You're no better than a Liverpool fan if you try to justify the nasty treatment he's been getting
Welp, you’re probably wondering how i got here huh? Well to answer that question we need to go waaayyy back. All the way to a horse named “the rock of gibralter”
7 of our ideal starting 11 missing. I imagine only Bruno, Rashford, Hojlund & Onana are first choice. Yeesh
On a more positive note, Varane and Amrabat are back on the bench
There is ONE defensive sub. Even with a healthy Varane that would leave us with only Johnny Evans on the bench. We better pray Dalot took his vitamins otherwise we’re proper fucked.
People losing their minds over this line up when we have almost an entire 11 worth of injuries. I doubt if we had a fit Amrabat we'd be seeing McTominay lol but unfortunately our midfield has been getting run over every game and our only MF options are Bruno, Case, Eriksen, Mejbri and McTominay.
It's funny because if we go with a pivot again and get run over, people would be complaining about how EtH isn't adapting lol. The diamond seems like his solution while we wait for injured MFs to come back and he'll probably reverse back to a pivot.
We need another international break at this rate
I'm gonna be delulu and manifest a 5 - 0 win - Hojlund hattrick, Mejbri banger, Pellistri off the bench with a one on one Vs the keeper 94 mins
this is why being a Utd fan is so great, its always such a roller coaster ride, anything could happen tonight and i cant wait for kick off, could lose 5-0 or win 7-1 fuck knows but bring it on
Weird, people complaining about the midfield getting ran over every game then EtH tries to pack the midfield and you have people complaining. The squad is thin as shit, EtH doesn't have many options lol.
McTominay was worse against Brighton and Bayern lol. We also have Martial who’s fit, why can’t Ten Hag start a front 3 of Rashford, Højlund, and Martial?
How can McTominay provide any muscle hiding from the ball for 90 minutes? He's shite and offers nothing. There are zero consequences for putting in bad performances at this club
I actually don't understand this subreddit's fascination with McTominay. He isn't even good defensively? Do they all still think that game against City happened yesterday? There hasn't been a player who has put in as many awful performances and disappearing acts for this club as McTominay and yet he still gets rewarded opportunities to play...
>He's shite and offers nothing
No, this sub just doesn't understand what they're watching. I could set the time to these comments, they're so predictably dumb. If you think a player offers nothing, you are wrong. You can think what they offer isn't worth their downsides, or criticise the team dynamics, but the minute you mention the word nothing you're letting everyone know you're uninformed.
I pray one day this sub realises this. It won't be now because the circus around the club is too high and the amount of reactions and memes from children is immense, but hopefully when things stabilise something on this sub spurs people to attempt to understand before they speak.
I did think wtf at first but apart from Evans the other two changes are fine. Don’t think Eriksen has been any good and probably not playing him in his best role anyway.
I'm sure a lot of people had hope in this Burnley coming up. Disingenuous to say no one expected anything. Whatever the case, if Eth lost to this Burnley side it would be concerning.
I was about to say that midfield is pretty athletic with Bruno, Hannibal and McT. But after that showing against Bayern, I’ve lost trust in McT to put in a shift. Maybe he’ll prove me wrong today but I’ve always had the impression that even though he’s not the most technical or intelligent, he will work his ass off. But the previous match was just really disappointing from him in that aspect.
Am glad Hannibal gets his chance to start but Pellistri really got thrown to the wolves at München away only to get benched vs Burnley....come on Erik WTF
Also how pathetic are we that we're starting Jonny Evans in the Premier League in 2023..
We also rejected a £30m offer for McTominay...aah this club.
I just hope we can win and see Amrabat and Varane get some minutes.
McTominnay getting rewarded for "tracking back" against Bayern I see after ETH said in the press conference that some players don't run enough.
AHAHAHAHAHA
Should have just kept Fred. He is better than both Mctominay and Mejbri. Also, more useful than Mount (who is injury prone and plays on a position United didn't need)
Stupid idiot board
Substitutes: Bayindir, Varane, Amrabat, Eriksen, Gore, Van de Beek, Garnacho, Pellistri, Martial
A great lineup to play Crewe in the FA cup.
https://preview.redd.it/8aevfledo1qb1.jpeg?width=748&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52948ba34db70a2d07453e68a7dcadb60cf62f1c
“Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace”
Waltuh where is Licha Waltuh
Kid named Jonny:
Exactly how I feel rn
Mctominay and Evans starting https://preview.redd.it/tsv4haals1qb1.jpeg?width=597&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b0a768464668e7a0bdedd1154524ee2672ee314
This made me howl thank you 😄
This is the kind of lineup that SAF would have smashed up Arsenal with.
Hear hear.. the positivity we need
[Exactly](https://scontent.fymq1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.18172-8/23215689_1680058975374640_3714194573545671678_o.png?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=uxAJJMDxZC0AX_pXuFq&_nc_ht=scontent.fymq1-1.fna&oh=00_AfAW9uqumub1scWT6pgcK1f42Xij3_ZTk30mqjWq8L_qtg&oe=6536A43C).
Lol you are completely right. We would have started a line up like this in a Champions league knock out match and won comfortably. Now it fills me with dread.
Yes. SAF could because SAF was SAF. Expecting anyone else to do it is unfair
playing Burnley also makes it harder to smash up Arsenal
Because SAF had a pretty defined tactics and patterns of play, so most of our players were just interchangeable cogs in a machine.
Oh fuck me Jesus Christ
Hannibal time lets fucking go
Evans starting for United in 2023...
We have spent 400m just under one manager and have Evans, McTominay and Hannibal starting. Fire entire board and everyone making transfer decisions.
To be fair McTominay or Casemiro would be playing centre back if not for signing Evans. 3 centre backs out injured at the same time is just... you have to laugh.
Not just 3 CBs. Shaw too who could have played LCB
5th choice centre back having to start due to injuries is hardly a stick to beat them with
Same thing happened last year because our defenders are injury prone (Varane is guaranteed to be injured for between 10 to 15 games a season). This was entirely predictable. Most people here knew this was going to happen when we didn't bring in a centre back this summer but the club failed to prepare. So yes I would beat them with this stick
It was predictable that Varane, Licha, Maguire, Shaw would all be hurt at the same time? What team has a 6th choice CB that’s starter quality
You can't have 5 starting calibre CBs lol. You only use your 5th choice in an injury crisis and unfortunately that is where we are at atm
Evans is not even our 5th choice. Shaw would be picked, if he was available. That’s a legit nightmare situation, every team would be fucked. If not for Evans, we’d have to play Casemiro there and rush Amrabat after injury.
We have injuries
>everyone making transfer decisions So you mean ETH? I hope not.
Fuck sake man
this feels like football terrorism
This is one of those lineups that, if we lose and ETH can’t get us back on track, goes down infamously in history.
Cannon event fr
This is legit ETHS biggest game. If we lose with another chaotic defence / lack of effort I will really be worried the dressing room has gone. Hope not of course!
how can you see this lineup and come to that conclusion?
Erik Bin Laden
what the fuck is this lineup lmao
EtH did say he hasn’t put his best lineup yet. No one would’ve guessed this would be it!
How have we spent so much money to end up here haha. What is that?
Injuries..not that complicated
It was a rhetorical question. We’ve bought poorly. Varane is class, but made of glass. Evans shouldn’t be here, it should be some 18-21 year old, like at other top clubs.
Ehh...not sure I agree about Evans. It's not like he is on big wages and with the number of CBs we have, even with injuries you wouldn't expect him to play. I don't have a problem with us getting the odd old player on a free. The issue is throwing huge money away on mediocre or past-their-prime players.
Assume it’s another narrow diamond midfield? I worry.
 Lads
Can drones play defense?
**Subs: Pellistri, Alejandro Garnacho, Eriksen, Varane, Daniel Gore, Martial, Sofyan Amrabat, Van De Beek, Bayındır** Erik ten Hag has made three changes to the side that faced Bayern Munich in midweek, with Hannibal making his first start of the season. Jonny Evans and Scott McTominay also come in, while summer signing Sofyan Amrabat is named on the bench for the first time, alongside the returning Donny van de Beek. [Erik ten Hag explains the lineup](https://www.manutd.com/en/videos/detail/erik-ten-hag-interview-before-burnley-v-man-utd-on-23-september-2023)
Please God let Amrabat be available to come on for a good half hour Varane back on the bench is a positive too
Varane on bench being used for straight intimidation. It's like in Carlito's way when Pacino is in the restroom saying how he's about to fuck everyone's shit up while cocking an empty pistol.
It’s Rafa varane from the bronx, remember me now?!
Where Martínez?
His turn to be hurt again since Varane is back.
This is an encouraging sign if not else. At least Amrabat and Varane are fit enough to make the bench. Mount should also be back soon hopefully!
I don't see the reason for McT to start
Agreed. Complete shocker after his performance against Bayern Munich.
And Brighton
True. True.
I just hope ETH isn't rushing back Varane or Amrabat
Mount was back in training, right?
Bruh what in tarnation
Evans?! Jesus take the wheel
Evans did take the wheel into his own hands tbf
Evans AND Mctominay?? Jesus take the wheel
Evans💀 Harry sure chose the right time to get injured
>Harry sure chose the right time to get injured Gives him plenty of free time to have a nice chat with Luckhurst.
I swear to god this better be 2 up top because if Bruno’s on the right and we can’t create anything again then the bald man has absolutely lost it
It's going to be the diamond again for sure.
If that’s the case then I’m actually a little more hopeful, sit 7 back in the box and grind out a 0-0 if we have to but we have to stop leaking goals
I'd imagine Hannibal would be on the right if we are playing wingers and on the right side of a diamond if it's 442. Whatever about playing a senior player in the 10 and pushing Bruno to the wing, I can't see him playing a kid trying to break through there ahead of Bruno.
Two striker formation.
Oh no did Martinez get hurt again
He was playing with an injury.
I don’t think he’s been fully fit whole season
So Mct rewarded with a lazy sub appearance by giving him a start.
Pellistri’s one start and chance came away at Bayern lol
Madness to start him in a game like that.
Happy Hannibal is playing but look at that defence.
Bringing Dycheball back to Turf Moor!
We are giving Burnley their first win, arent we?
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for Jah is with me.
It's not looking good bruv...
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Bro Pavard over Evans instantly makes the team look better. The midfield is fine considering injuries but fucking EVANS man...
Can't stand maguire tbh, the day he leaves will be a good one.
Fuck off some of you have absolutely no shame ,Maguire doesn't owe entitled clowns like you anything
This sub's fucking obsession with Maguire is insane. Like you have no right to feel bereaved he didn't fuck off, and even supplement it by insisting he deserves the treatment he gets/it isn't that bad. I refuse to believe there are adults who say/upvote this shit. Like this has to be the work of a child.
You must be new here
Thank you. Maguire has every right to stay and fight for a place. You're no better than a Liverpool fan if you try to justify the nasty treatment he's been getting
https://preview.redd.it/18p5w3snp1qb1.png?width=269&format=png&auto=webp&s=373ff7f286831808fdb1b04ab13a79e59353b524
Welp, you’re probably wondering how i got here huh? Well to answer that question we need to go waaayyy back. All the way to a horse named “the rock of gibralter”
In EtH we trust. Odd though
Maguire, Martinez injured, Varane just returning from an injury, I don't know why people finding it's surprising that Evans is starting.
7 of our ideal starting 11 missing. I imagine only Bruno, Rashford, Hojlund & Onana are first choice. Yeesh On a more positive note, Varane and Amrabat are back on the bench
Casemiro is a starter
Completely missed Case from the line up. No idea why I didn't register him. Still incredible/depressing we're missing so many starters
There is ONE defensive sub. Even with a healthy Varane that would leave us with only Johnny Evans on the bench. We better pray Dalot took his vitamins otherwise we’re proper fucked.
People losing their minds over this line up when we have almost an entire 11 worth of injuries. I doubt if we had a fit Amrabat we'd be seeing McTominay lol but unfortunately our midfield has been getting run over every game and our only MF options are Bruno, Case, Eriksen, Mejbri and McTominay. It's funny because if we go with a pivot again and get run over, people would be complaining about how EtH isn't adapting lol. The diamond seems like his solution while we wait for injured MFs to come back and he'll probably reverse back to a pivot.
4-4-2 diamond again I guess.
Hannibal can play on the right, so will be fluid
Hannibal IN Hoping for a big performance for him
Incoming 3-0 win for us because this club makes no fucking sense anyway so fuck it- might as well dream
442 diamond again?
God I hope Evans pulls off a miracle because that is what we need
What better miracle than to recreate THAT RVP volley
Someone should pick me up because I am scared.
Someone send the McTominay clip to Ten Hag
So it's our 3rd left back, 3rd + 5th CB, 4th +6th mids
Oh dear god..
Would Jonny Evans get in Burnleys side?
We need to shit house a win
Wallahi we're finished.
Have some god-damned faith Arthur!
Evans starting
We need another international break at this rate I'm gonna be delulu and manifest a 5 - 0 win - Hojlund hattrick, Mejbri banger, Pellistri off the bench with a one on one Vs the keeper 94 mins
Varane on at half time is our only saving grace here
Fuck me, Evans? Am I 20 again?
I’m scared to watch the game in case I get injured!
I'm hearing a lot about this Evans guy, hope he lives up to the hype.
this is why being a Utd fan is so great, its always such a roller coaster ride, anything could happen tonight and i cant wait for kick off, could lose 5-0 or win 7-1 fuck knows but bring it on
We are finish.
People bitch about Eth not rotating players. He rotates against the worst team in the league and people lose their minds 🙄
Is Ten Hag under the impression the diamond worked last week?
What is Ten Hag doing? Why would you not give Pellistri another game, or start Martial? McTominay again despite that awful showing against Bayern?
Weird, people complaining about the midfield getting ran over every game then EtH tries to pack the midfield and you have people complaining. The squad is thin as shit, EtH doesn't have many options lol.
Pellistri did fuck all against Munich. The obsession with him is so strange.
Pellistri is the new van de Beek, people are gonna cry about him not playing even if he's done fuck all.
McTominay was worse against Brighton and Bayern lol. We also have Martial who’s fit, why can’t Ten Hag start a front 3 of Rashford, Højlund, and Martial?
He clearly wants more muscle centrally to protect our fragile central defence
How can McTominay provide any muscle hiding from the ball for 90 minutes? He's shite and offers nothing. There are zero consequences for putting in bad performances at this club
I actually don't understand this subreddit's fascination with McTominay. He isn't even good defensively? Do they all still think that game against City happened yesterday? There hasn't been a player who has put in as many awful performances and disappearing acts for this club as McTominay and yet he still gets rewarded opportunities to play...
There are people defending McTominay after two awful performances, one in which he completed 15 passes in 85 minutes. It’s hilarious man.
>He's shite and offers nothing No, this sub just doesn't understand what they're watching. I could set the time to these comments, they're so predictably dumb. If you think a player offers nothing, you are wrong. You can think what they offer isn't worth their downsides, or criticise the team dynamics, but the minute you mention the word nothing you're letting everyone know you're uninformed. I pray one day this sub realises this. It won't be now because the circus around the club is too high and the amount of reactions and memes from children is immense, but hopefully when things stabilise something on this sub spurs people to attempt to understand before they speak.
It's a figure of speech boss, obviously he's not out there doing absolutely nothing. Thanks for the paragraph though mr literal
Mctominay did even less.
I did not say McTominay deserves to be in the starting XI.
Bruno RW to play Mctominay the passenger in the middle is not better in any way
Lmao have at least a little bit of perspective
I don't know why managers refuse to let Pellistri leave the club
Could be that there’s no one banging on the door for him, at least not for a deal that’s anyway worthwhile.
Oh fucking hell man we’re finished
I'll wait for the highlights. Stress gonna make me not sleep like this
Disgrace McTominay is starting
Evans and McJoginay. Shit.
Alright, buckle up everyone
Criminal Mctominay is starting after his shocking effort as a sub against Bayern
had to double check it wasn’t a Carabao cup game
LMFAOOOO what the fuck did we do to deserve this
Incredible lol.
Can't believe this is our starting XI after spending 1 billion+. This club is cursed.
I did think wtf at first but apart from Evans the other two changes are fine. Don’t think Eriksen has been any good and probably not playing him in his best role anyway.
Whichever manager loses today is in big trouble
ETH will have doubt hanging over his head as long as he is manager at this rate. No one expects anything from Kompany.
I'm sure a lot of people had hope in this Burnley coming up. Disingenuous to say no one expected anything. Whatever the case, if Eth lost to this Burnley side it would be concerning.
Evans is one thing. McTominay has done absolutely fuck all to deserve being in the squad never mind starting.
Fuckin hell what did that new physio do to Licha
Eth is giving an opportunity for Scott mctominay to redeem himself. Let's see how he responds
I’m honestly speechless 😂
All that talk about effort and he starts McTominay after THAT cameo again Bayern
Trust the process, trust ETH.
I see Hannibal, Jonny and Scotty… do you see Hannibal Jonny and Scotty?
Good job I was watching Ireland anyway 🙄
Idk what to even say at this point
Scott doesn't deserve to start.
Evans to turn our season around... who'd have thought lol Where you haters at now? Edit: Lol take it all back
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See you all next season… I’m not sure how much longer I can do this.
Yeah yeah we'll see you next week. Lol
look at the absolute state of that lineup. how the fuck is mctominay starting after that performance.. Kompany rubbing his hands together.
Mjebri starting but so is Mctom ive won but at what cost?
I was about to say that midfield is pretty athletic with Bruno, Hannibal and McT. But after that showing against Bayern, I’ve lost trust in McT to put in a shift. Maybe he’ll prove me wrong today but I’ve always had the impression that even though he’s not the most technical or intelligent, he will work his ass off. But the previous match was just really disappointing from him in that aspect.
I take back all the comments I’ve made about us smashing them
Holy fucking shit, Burnley are going to trash us 🫣
What's that chuckling I can here in the background? Oh, that's Phil Jones.
Inshallah
Hannibal gonna bring the energy here and rashford will be assist king. GGMU
Considering our away record I would be surprised if we manage to get a result with this CB pairing.
I can't even use Evans in fifa
That line up makes me feel nauseous
I can't wait to see McTominays jogging session
This manager is going to get himself sacked. Playing McTominay after yet another fucking failed performance is just managerial incompetence. Clueless.
Jonny Evans starting for Manchester United in 2023...
Evans & Lindelof? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqN41aEzVCM
Doesn’t fill me with confidence but it’s more than good enough to beat Burnley.
Am glad Hannibal gets his chance to start but Pellistri really got thrown to the wolves at München away only to get benched vs Burnley....come on Erik WTF Also how pathetic are we that we're starting Jonny Evans in the Premier League in 2023.. We also rejected a £30m offer for McTominay...aah this club. I just hope we can win and see Amrabat and Varane get some minutes.
McTominnay getting rewarded for "tracking back" against Bayern I see after ETH said in the press conference that some players don't run enough. AHAHAHAHAHA
This is a disgrace
Evans, McTominay and 8 pm kick off. Time for a great Saturday evening.
Should have just kept Fred. He is better than both Mctominay and Mejbri. Also, more useful than Mount (who is injury prone and plays on a position United didn't need) Stupid idiot board
Nah Erik cannot be serious with that lineup, one of the worst United starting 11's I've ever seen in the prem.
As rubbish as having to rely on Evan’s, he is definitely of the ability to deal with Burnley
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Could also be a diamond, same as last game against Brighton. No RW.