Manchester United 2014/2015 Premier League Season (+ CC & FA Cup)

Keane would likely be the first call up

but he's on loan

rest of the lads in the youth ranks have never had a game at CB for the first team so it will be interesting to see who get's the call.

Patrick McNair it seems. Who is this kid?? Anyone know anything about him ??

McNair and Thorpe step up for van Gaal
Paddy McNair and Tom Thorpe will be in the Manchester United squad for the visit of West Ham on Saturday.

The manager also explained why midfielder Daley Blind will not be an option to play in the centre of defence.

"I don't like having too many left-sided defenders or left-footed players in defence," he told MUTV. "I think always of balance so [instead] I have to pick up a right-sided central defender from the youth education. Normally, I am always doing things like that. I have already said that we have a lot of vacancies when you buy only six players and let 14 players go.

Full quotes in the link.

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2014/Sep/tom-thorpe-and-paddy-mcnair-in-manchester-united-squad-for-west-ham-match.aspx?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=ManUtd&pageNo=1

I am going to stick my neck on the line and say it doesn't matter who plays centre back today because United will go at West Ham with the intention of scoring more than they do. Great for the viewers and a strong tactic in the circumstances.

West Ham then have a decision to make - go toe to toe, which is actually their best chance of getting a result. Or playing deep and trying to counter attack.

I think they'll go with the play deep thing which will then make United's defensive weakness less of an issue and easier to deal with.

I can see United winning 3 or 4 1. If West Ham have a go it could be a cracker though. 5 3 I hope.

give me this for today van G


with rafael as the captain

Official starting 11 v West Ham

DDG, Rafael, Mcnair, Rojo, Shaw, Blind, Herrera, Di Maria, Rooney, Falcao, RVP

Subs: Lindegaard, Thorpe, Fletcher, Pereira, Valencia, Mata, Januzaj

I see LVg is sticking with his out of form best mate. Big match for Mcnair, I hope he does well. Great to see Luke Shaw start for us.

Outscore them. Protect that back four. Win.

Rojo got this

De Gea with his 100th pl game today, Rafael got his against Leicester. Just shows how many games Rafael has missed through injury.

shaw starting today is a huge relief. At least the 2 full backs are experienced.. Hmm. McNair.. massive moment for the kid. Hope he wont let us down.

De Gea has been wank this season

HT

We've looked comfortable, potent in attack, but yet again brainfarts at the back cost us.

Herrera has been outstanding. Rafael has been outstanding. Our back four looked in control. Our forwards are linking up well.

We just can't seem to not keep from letting teams back in it.

Blind needs to stop making casual passes in dangerous areas.

Di Maria is not having the best of days so far, but has looked dangerous whenever going forward. Should have buried that chance Herrera laid for him.

We need to score atleast 1 or 2 more because I don't trust our backline to keep a clean sheet for the entirety of the 2nd half.

*sigh* I thought De Gea erased this part of his game

Herrera has been good. Him and Rafael have been doing some good work in the right half

herrera the commitment he is showing to track back and win possession back. and yep rafael

RVP and Rooney both took their goals well.

Luke Shaw has been solid too.

I really want Falcao to score today.

shaw's return has helped and rojo is a much better cb than rb.
Now the next 45 mins is the real deal. I am a tad nervous. Will have to score one early here as well. Blast off and get it done. And then we can wrest control of the situation.

Rooney you fcking cnut!

Great example.

I cant believe it.

wanker

panic button it is!!

always shooting ourselves on the foot due to an individual fck up

Why did rooney not just pull his shirt if he was trying to stop the counter.

This match is so hard to watch

hope herrera is okay.

Phew. 2-1 FT.

Mcnair= Hero

Rojo= Hero

Our entire team when we went down to 10 men= heroes.

Well done

Showed great mental strength after last week, well, everyone apart from Rooney. Very stupid of him.

What a boss clearance

https://vine.co/v/OZgnz1TneEM

^absolute class. I was watching that thinking that is a certain goal. Mcnair

Herrera coming off injured has me worried. We desperately need him.

Hopefully nothing too major.

Bad game even though we won but at least there wasn't a dubious penalty like against Leicester or a inability to score like earlier.