26 Aug 2026 18:05:01
What team should play on Sunday, Rooney suggested, Dorgu at LB and Rashford CF with Cuhna and Mbeumo left and right. Mount is back in full training so I think he'll start with Santos and Bruno.
At the back, will Maguire start, after the clamity of last week, don't know, maybe Yoro and Heaven, both young but they have experience now and both are quick, with Dalot at RB.
26 Aug 2026 18:19:47.
Sesko up front, Cunha lw, Mbeumo rw.
Santos and Manioo in the middle. Dalot rb.
Rashford is not a striker. An unfit Sesko offers more. Dorgu is not a defender. Carrick will never play a pair of young centre backs. Maguire will start, as will Shaw.
26 Aug 2026 19:06:21
I'd probably go the same, Danny. But also have Licha starting. Preferably with Heaven, but I'm not sure he's comfortable on the right.
26 Aug 2026 19:06:49
What, the unfit Sesko who had 2 touches in 45 mins last week? That Sesko.
26 Aug 2026 20:44:03
How about this as a starting team, subject to fitness of course.
GK Lammens
LB Dorgu
CB Heaven
CB Yoro
RB Amad
#6 Baleba
#8 Tielemans
#10 Bruno
RW Mbeumo
LW Cunha
ST Sesko
That allows the intricate football to be played, keeps our wide players wide, provides plenty of overload when necessary, allows crosses to come in, but most importantly for me, it removes all of (Shaw, Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Mount, Mazraoui, de Ligt, Rashford, Zirkzee) from the starting 11.
With Mainoo and Santos, they can obviously be interchanged with relevant player for their position when legs gone etc.
26 Aug 2026 21:31:53
We have 60 games this season and there is no way that team will play. If we played every day for the next 2 years, no self-respecting professional manager would select that line-up.
26 Aug 2026 22:30:34
Jbr,
Why don't we play Mainoo centre half as well?
26 Aug 2026 23:49:04
Ha, expected the usual responses.
27 Aug 2026 04:43:34
Jbr,
Baleba is injured. Not sure if you selected an injured player because of how little faith you have in the others, but yeah. It would be like playing with Ugarte in midfield. (Totally absent).