Subs: Romero, Blind, Schneiderlin, Lingard, Young, Memphis, Rooney
Posted Nov 19, 2016, 11:37 AM UTC
The pace in that attack scares me. As was said in the Arsecast, I would feel more confident with Kosc and Mustafi dealing with a target man like Zlatan than Rashford; especially when we're without Bellerin's pace to cover for them.
Edit: Autocorrect apparently thinks pace = peace
Yeah. I can't see this game going without a goal for either team. Gonna be a shaky 90 minutes.
Valencia quick recovery
Jones starts, probably for Giroud
Rashford leads the line & Martial on the left to exploit Jenkinson
Carrick to playmake the midfield, not Pogba
Mata starts, so not entirely defensive
Blind or Rooney on the bench
Still no Mihkitarian
Smalling & Shaw absent
Smalling is out. No way they won't start Jones at the moment.
Jones just came back from long-term injury and played 1 game (against Swansea). That's a brave call. I would play Blind + Rojo.
Blind's lack of speed has been his problem in recent games, I'd say it's the opposite of what you're saying. Him starting Blind would have been him expecting Giroud.
They're both as quick as each other, Jones is either for Giroud or just since he was more confident in him
It looks like a squad you'd play in a cup game and that actually scares me...
How so? It's a good team apart from their injury stricken defense.
We've had a hard time scoring against Mourinho, but if we don't put at least 1 past these... jesus christ.
Pogba, Mata, Martial, De Gea in the cup? It's only their back 4 that is
Really? Pretty damn good team besides the defense.
Delighted Mkhi isn't playing, would have been typical for him to have been unleashed on us and I would have been petrified if he'd been up against Jenko. Come on Carl you can do it today! COYG!!
And Martial against Jenko is ?
True, but I hope he plays to his level this year which isn't anything special
So good(on paper). COME ON KOSTAFI
Well he's finally picked the right midfield. Attack is dangerous too.
Very decent lineup. The weakest part is definitely their defence, but Mourinho will have marshaled them well. I feel we can exploit Rojo and Jones and Darmian, isn't Valencia one of the most solid of the back 4? Their midfield and attack is very good though. We'll have to be on our A game defensively.
Valencia has overall been the best player out of the four this season but Darmian is the best defender imo.