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My worry is the team sheet Ole puts out tomorrow he has spoke of a few U23s getting game time.
I think Leicester will beat them as they obviously not go full strength.
We havent been good enough over the season but I still want/think you play to win if you are a big club.
We beat Blackburn last game of a season once and if United had won at West Ham they would have had a title....modern fans would probably be against that now!
Remember bitter fans with tickets wanting them to lose to City a 5-6 years back I just cant get my head around it ....if I thought like that I would just give up on the game.
I don't care who they put out v Leicester or who they put out against us, we have to beat whoever we play against, they're only good if you sit off and let them play and they're actually incredibly dull to watch, they're not a good side and not a good side at all if they are attacked and pressed
I remember the first meeting this season Neville prattling on about them having to play the team in front of them not the reputation, the actual truth was, they weren't able to attack us like they do sides that stand off them so easily for the vast majority of the game, because we pressed them and attacked them and didn't give them all the time in the world to construct their attacks.
In the cup game, we were well below full strength and they had their best 11 out except for resting Fernandes until just after the hour, our 2 CBs were Fabinho and R.Williams, our midfield was Milner Gini Thiago, our forward line was Jones Bobby Mo, yet we still enjoyed almost 60% possession, more shots from inside the box, we have more players available who are more used to playing together for this game, and Mane is getting back to much better form having scored 2 in his last 3, we have the option of Jota we didn't have the last time.
Also although our backline is vulnerable at present, theirs is still vulnerable at full strength and equally as vulnerable as ours if they have to make just one or two changes and it looks like they're going to have to play Bailly for Fat head, they're literally all over the place whenever they change just one CB
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