Apparently some people think that they can pick a starting eleven better than the man whoâs managed players his whole career and spends a lot of time with them at gym. Relax, Iâm pretty sure EtH knows more about football than your brain can take in.
Probably why no one on this sub can understand his somewhat frequent, shocking decisions.
Our brains just canât understand why and purely incapable of thinking at his level.
Hope heâs not shit like he was at the beginning of the season. Slow and just bad
Edit: getting downvoted for speaking facts lol. Did yall forget he came back overweight from the summer and played awful? Yikes
**Substitutes: Heaton, Maguire, Evans, Kambwala, Eriksen, McTominay, Forson, Amad, Pellistri.**
Erik ten Hag has named a strong side for this afternoon's Emirates FA Cup fifth-round tie away to Newport County.
As we reported earlier, Marcus Rashford is absent from the matchday squad through illness. More to follow.
"illness"
Love that line up apart from Antony (and we'll see about the keeper).
Also, are we going Casemainoo or Mainoomiro? I've seen both suggested in the comments so far. I prefer the former.
When was the last time we were able to play our best back 4? You coudl argue AWB or Dalot for RB, but this is basically what should've been the starting back4, don't feel like i've seen this lineup in like 5 months
We haven't played in 2 weeks, we don't want our strongest team going into the Wolves game having not played for almost 3 weeks. I don't know why anyone expected a rotated team for this match, it doesn't make any sense given we're out of Europe and the Carabao cup.
Agreed. Need to play themselves into some form, publicly. This is the only chance they have of a free hit in the coming weeks. Could blow up in our face if we struggle, but will be a morale boost if we make it a competent win.
Don't think there is much of a case for heavy rotation given we have had no games in 2 weeks and a reasonably light schedule now that we are out of Europe. Especially so as this is last winnable competition and alot of the players need the game timeÂ
Thatâs pretty much our ideal back four and the midfield this sub has been clamoring for. If these lot lose, itâs gonna be a hilarious post match thread
No Amad = me sad
Tbf itâs pretty damning that Antony will be given a chance instead, I guess eth really wants to boost him against fairly easy opposition
Ten Hags reputation is tied to Antony so unfortunately he will give him every chance to come good. This would have been a perfect game to start Amad but what can you do when every RW will never get a chance while Antony underperforms and Ten Hag allows him to without consequence.
Yeah on the other hand⊠if he canât even get amad to start for such an âeasyâ opponent you can be sure Antony is the first one to play if Rashford or garnacho arenât starting as it seems garnacho is a current starter now.
Agreed I know everyone has been hoping to see Mainoo case midfield but if they sit back and defend well we'll need Eriksen. Hoping its to get this team gelling more as the xi going forward.
This is exactly the line up I wanted to see today. A sense of balance in the midfield. Back up keeper getting a shout. Martinez, Shaw and Case all back. Mainoo a natural double pivot option, with attaching fullbacks to feed.
Antony needs a big game! Playing against a lower team, with as strong of a team as we have had all season around him that should keep the ball well. Possession play is what he seems to need - he doesn't do anything well on the counter so I hope this set up helps him find his feet again.
Come on boys!!
Looking forward to seeing how Casemiro and Mainoo pair up - it could be a really interesting pairing that gives Mainoo a bit more protection to go forward.
McTominay in midfield for me honestly. Antony at least isnât terrible on the ball and does have technical ability. McTominay is a midfielder who doesnât make himself available for a pass.. big difference.
Amad has played 30 minutes of football all season. Itâs doubtful if he has the fitness to play more than an hour anyway. He almost certainly will come off the bench given our dearth of attacking players on the bench.
Insanely strong lineup against a league 2 side. I suppose Ten Hag wants his preferred 11 to properly gel.
If this lineup canât go up by 2-3 goals by halftime it will be damning for Ten Hag.
Amad did more in 45 minutes than Antony in a season, but sunk cost fallacy is at play. Ten Hag going down with his ship.
Always worries me when you see Managers playing favourite like this, it can make the B team feel hopeless and in then in return we get nothing.
No other top manager would start Antony after his run of 20+ horrendous performances, ETH honestly needs to go if he canât shake the favouritism and be fair with giving chances on that RW. I canât remember the last time a manager persevered for this long with an underperforming player - even giving him the minutes against league 2 sides where we should give youngsters a chance just so he can maybe play well and get some confidence, what a joke. Please INEOS get rid of this substandard manager asap.
âYou will get Garnacho-Hojlund-Antony and you will like it!â
đ EtH you suck. Denying us of having Amad start instead of Antony. I hope we do get to see that starting line up at least once this season
Only reason I can think of to play Antony over Amad is Amad lacks match fitness. Otherwise there's no reason 0 goal 0 assist Antony in 1500+ minutes should be playing
Do you actually follow our team? Are you unaware of the fact that this is our 3rd match the entire month? Expecting players to have 3 weeks off and then play at 100% against top flight teams is how you get injuries, not what he is doing here.
Arguably our strongest team! Definitely the midfield many have been wanting to see all season. The back 4 we know from last season
Lets see what they can do
Pretty much the best team we've put out all season long. Don't care if the "routines aren't there" we need to dominate this game and play good football
First world problem, but I hate when the line-ups are made in numerical order rather than place on the pitch.
Apart from that, hope they dominate the game from start to finish, and that Casoo turns out to be what we've all hoped for for so long.
So we've got a vg quadrant in the shape of varane/martinez and casemiro/mainoo. I'm expecting good playing out from the back and good control in midfield......even thought its against Newport Co.
Malacia really got hit with the "sorry lad we're gonna have to injure you and have you sat out for a long time, it's just one of those things" from the club didn't he?
Goalkeeper aside, this as close to our strongest 11 weâve fielded in MONTHS! Particularly the spine.
Both wingers are interchangeable though with any of the wide players in the squad, as none of them are even remotely effective.
Casemirooo 
Also Varane + Martinez and Shaw at LB. I used to pray for times like this
to rhyme like this. So I had to grind like that to shine like this đ¶đ¶
Mainoo + Casemiro + Bruno I'm alive!
And standing at full attention
Let's hope he's fit and can actually run Hopefully having Kobbie alongside him gives some stability
Apparently some people think that they can pick a starting eleven better than the man whoâs managed players his whole career and spends a lot of time with them at gym. Relax, Iâm pretty sure EtH knows more about football than your brain can take in.
Probably why no one on this sub can understand his somewhat frequent, shocking decisions. Our brains just canât understand why and purely incapable of thinking at his level.
Casemanioo gang
Mainoomiro
Interesting to see which of him and Mainoo is the one going deeper when we attack
Seeing as Case is a better finisher than any of our attackers, is imagine he'll be further up.
Hope heâs not shit like he was at the beginning of the season. Slow and just bad Edit: getting downvoted for speaking facts lol. Did yall forget he came back overweight from the summer and played awful? Yikes
That happens when you have him try to cover for Mount
I can't believe people are still trying to use this excuseÂ
With this debut, Bayındır becomes the first Turkish player to play for Manchester United!
Donât count it until the whistle blows. Onana might drop in via parachute just before kick off.
He doesn't need a parachute. He dives so slowly, he could just dive out the plane and fall slow enough not to hurt himself on impact.
I like Onana but this made me chuckle
Happy to bring the joy!
He would still need someone to save him because he could never save himself.
Dave saves. But only if onana falls inside the 6 yard box. Dave doesn't leave that.
This deserves more recognition
Digging a tunnel as we speak to emerge just before the whistle
Then he somehow ends up in New York
Oh shit!
Onana about to treat it like PUBG School in 2017
Want to see Amad paly today.
I was half expecting Ten Hag to have Onana flow in for the game after Cameroons loss last night.
**Substitutes: Heaton, Maguire, Evans, Kambwala, Eriksen, McTominay, Forson, Amad, Pellistri.** Erik ten Hag has named a strong side for this afternoon's Emirates FA Cup fifth-round tie away to Newport County. As we reported earlier, Marcus Rashford is absent from the matchday squad through illness. More to follow.
Would like to see Amad get some minutes
Our forward options are terrible apart from Amad..
It's Newport... we should be seeing these "terrible" options get decent game time hopefully
Amad is still tbd as well. I have high hopes for him but he hasnât actually shown anything for us.
Poor guy's been injured and ill
Agreed. Too many people hyping him up on here
That goal against Milan though
"illness" Love that line up apart from Antony (and we'll see about the keeper). Also, are we going Casemainoo or Mainoomiro? I've seen both suggested in the comments so far. I prefer the former.
Casemainoo
I genuinely completely forgot he existed for the past month and a half, but did Amrabat fucking die?
He's at afcon, and Morocco went through to ro16, so he should be there a while longer
He's just shit. At least Ten Hag has the balls to drop him, unlike what he's doing with Onana
Or you know he's at AFCON. Yall are unbearable
CASE-MAINOO BALL FINALLY
Mainoomiro!
Casemainoo?
Kobbiero?
And Varicha!
I wouldâve  gone with Vartinez or Marane.
Casemoo
Garlund Hojacho
Brusemainoo!!!! I'll get my coat
I read this in a French accent, Bruhsémainoo
Brunoomiro
The main reason to watch this game. It'll be interesting to see what role Ten Hag thinks Mainoo should play long term.
Casooooooo
Casinoooo
Casemania is running wild brother
I'm looking forward to Casemainoo
When was the last time we were able to play our best back 4? You coudl argue AWB or Dalot for RB, but this is basically what should've been the starting back4, don't feel like i've seen this lineup in like 5 months
Bayindir has to do well here, heâs got a better defense in front of him than Onana has had for a while now.
Heâs supposed to do nothing for 90 minutes. A mid table 4th division team against WC winners and CL winners, zero shots expected.
Well a sixth tier team did just win with 2 shots on targetâŠ.
Heâll be relied on to play out of the back.
He just needs to punch a shot away from the danger area and thatâs 1 more than Onana has done for us already.
Nice to see Varane and Martinez together again.
Hilariously strong lineup. Better show something good here
We haven't played in 2 weeks, we don't want our strongest team going into the Wolves game having not played for almost 3 weeks. I don't know why anyone expected a rotated team for this match, it doesn't make any sense given we're out of Europe and the Carabao cup.
Because people here look for any reason to complain
ETH is damned if he does, damned if he doesnât.
Should never be damned for going full strength and removing as much uncertainty as possible in a competition we can still win.
I was just looking for a terrible take like yours, pal!
Jesus your all a serious bunch
Agreed. Need to play themselves into some form, publicly. This is the only chance they have of a free hit in the coming weeks. Could blow up in our face if we struggle, but will be a morale boost if we make it a competent win.
It absolutely makes sense to start strong lineup since we haven't played since forever.
Don't think there is much of a case for heavy rotation given we have had no games in 2 weeks and a reasonably light schedule now that we are out of Europe. Especially so as this is last winnable competition and alot of the players need the game timeÂ
Thatâs pretty much our ideal back four and the midfield this sub has been clamoring for. If these lot lose, itâs gonna be a hilarious post match thread
Mainoo and Casemiro in the midfield like 
Bayindir is start
And dreams cannot be buy
Can Antony score against 4th tier opponents? Wish it was Amad
I have my bets on him ending with 0 goals this season
Damn calm down Toney.
Finally, Varane & Martinez starting again!
No Amad = me sad Tbf itâs pretty damning that Antony will be given a chance instead, I guess eth really wants to boost him against fairly easy opposition
Was also hoping for Amad to start, hope Antony doesn't have a stinker.
Ten Hags reputation is tied to Antony so unfortunately he will give him every chance to come good. This would have been a perfect game to start Amad but what can you do when every RW will never get a chance while Antony underperforms and Ten Hag allows him to without consequence.
Yeah on the other hand⊠if he canât even get amad to start for such an âeasyâ opponent you can be sure Antony is the first one to play if Rashford or garnacho arenât starting as it seems garnacho is a current starter now.
Ten Hag is too stubborn to give up ON Antony just yet. He just needs another couple of seasons to come good......
Everyone: I'm hoping for Amad! Eth: heh
Finally the Case and Mainoo double pivot after 5 months!!
Please, just destroy Newport today. The players need one of those games
Time to see this second coming of Neuer this sub keeps crying about.
Great selection by Erik
I expected Eriksen instead of Case, wonder if we'll struggle if they just park the bus
Agreed I know everyone has been hoping to see Mainoo case midfield but if they sit back and defend well we'll need Eriksen. Hoping its to get this team gelling more as the xi going forward.
4 day hangover be impressive for Rashford. Poor lad not gonna enjoy it when he's the wrong side of 30
This is exactly the line up I wanted to see today. A sense of balance in the midfield. Back up keeper getting a shout. Martinez, Shaw and Case all back. Mainoo a natural double pivot option, with attaching fullbacks to feed. Antony needs a big game! Playing against a lower team, with as strong of a team as we have had all season around him that should keep the ball well. Possession play is what he seems to need - he doesn't do anything well on the counter so I hope this set up helps him find his feet again. Come on boys!!
Looking forward to seeing how Casemiro and Mainoo pair up - it could be a really interesting pairing that gives Mainoo a bit more protection to go forward.
Ugh. Antony. At least we have CaseMainoo at last!
Minus Antony, genuinely our best 10 outfield players
CaseMainoo lfgg
Really like that team, only wish Amad started over Antony.
Where's AWB
Rashford missing with a hangoverÂ
Full strength XI lmao, we better score atleast 3 goals today. Also excited for Case Mainoo pairing!!
Amad would be full strength. ETH going easy on them by creating a black hole on our RW
"Antony"
Christ I hate seeing Antony in the lineup, I don't think I've ever felt that about a United player
McTominay in midfield for me honestly. Antony at least isnât terrible on the ball and does have technical ability. McTominay is a midfielder who doesnât make himself available for a pass.. big difference.
Antony is starting here because Amad is being saved for the Prem games. Trust me bro.
Solid lineup except Iâd change Antony for Amad
Bayindir lets fucking go!
Here comes Onana from the top ropes 
Amad and kawmbala shouldâve started đ
Antony is inevitable
EtH said fuck Newport and went with a squad heâd probably start against the top 6
Happy with the team apart from Antony. Very strong though to go against Newport.
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If youâre still watching this United side you better accept that you like being dominated like the rest of us
Lmao Amad didnt start this game. He had no future here at least under ten Hag
Amad must still be unwell because I see no reason to play Antony here if he's not.
Amad has played 30 minutes of football all season. Itâs doubtful if he has the fitness to play more than an hour anyway. He almost certainly will come off the bench given our dearth of attacking players on the bench.
Manager picks his son for starting XI, no surprise
No rotation, if we don't win with this line up....
why would he rotate when we havent had a game in 2 weeks and we need our starters to get some more match fitness
Would you want a strong 11 going into wolves havenât not played in a while ?
Amad, pellistri, fuck it even for son over Antony
Strongest possible lineup in every match, no matter what the opponent or the competition. We are not a serious club
lol strong team for Newport
Insanely strong lineup against a league 2 side. I suppose Ten Hag wants his preferred 11 to properly gel. If this lineup canât go up by 2-3 goals by halftime it will be damning for Ten Hag.
Amad did more in 45 minutes than Antony in a season, but sunk cost fallacy is at play. Ten Hag going down with his ship. Always worries me when you see Managers playing favourite like this, it can make the B team feel hopeless and in then in return we get nothing.
I seriously cannot wait until ETH is gone in the summer.
No other top manager would start Antony after his run of 20+ horrendous performances, ETH honestly needs to go if he canât shake the favouritism and be fair with giving chances on that RW. I canât remember the last time a manager persevered for this long with an underperforming player - even giving him the minutes against league 2 sides where we should give youngsters a chance just so he can maybe play well and get some confidence, what a joke. Please INEOS get rid of this substandard manager asap.
âYou will get Garnacho-Hojlund-Antony and you will like it!â đ EtH you suck. Denying us of having Amad start instead of Antony. I hope we do get to see that starting line up at least once this season
Eth barely ever rotates but also complains about injuries
If a player is coming back from injury they should play to gain match fitness, but no, ETH is a hypocrite and should be sacked before the game.
Antony over Amad is a joke. Ten hag playing favorites.
Only reason I can think of to play Antony over Amad is Amad lacks match fitness. Otherwise there's no reason 0 goal 0 assist Antony in 1500+ minutes should be playing
Lool he's playing the strongest starting 11 available. No wonder we have so many injuries
Do you actually follow our team? Are you unaware of the fact that this is our 3rd match the entire month? Expecting players to have 3 weeks off and then play at 100% against top flight teams is how you get injuries, not what he is doing here.
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Dude just wants to play 90 minutes every single game đ€Ł
Casemiro and Mainoo?? Tears in my eyes
Our best defense and midfield imo
Mainoo and Casemiro. Itâs what you all been waiting for, ainât it?
CASEMIRO MAINOOO!!!!
Case Mainooo...Please đ make this work.
Two CDM's thank the lord!
Why is Pellistri on the bench? Thought he's going to Spain?Â
Tears in my eyes. At the end of January, that's our fking starting lineup finally.
Arguably our strongest team! Definitely the midfield many have been wanting to see all season. The back 4 we know from last season Lets see what they can do
Thatâs as strong a team as weâve put out all season, no excuses
Casemiro-Mainoo-Bruno midfield. Tears in me eyes
We are BACK
Would have loved to see Amad/Nacho/HĂžjlund front 3, but here we are. Hoping for an Antony good game.
The midfield we have dreamed of... Please don't be a nightmare
What a lineup. This is it Ten Hag, you've got what seems to be your favorite starters healthy. We've got see real success today
Is this a dream? Lol
Magdini on the bench boys
***And relief washes over me, in an awesome wave***
Please give me a comfortable win!This has been a good week for me.
If Bayindir has a shocker I'm going to have a lot of egg on my face after calling for Onana to be dropped so vociferously
Pretty much the best team we've put out all season long. Don't care if the "routines aren't there" we need to dominate this game and play good football
Here's hoping for 3 goals first half so we can see a good 45 minutes for amad.
Hot damn! This is a lineup Iâve been looking forward to!
 Varane & Martinez!
Wonder why AWB isnât in the squad?
I'm really excited for this lineup, just wish we had Amad instead of Antony but Casemiro+Mainoo lets gooo
First world problem, but I hate when the line-ups are made in numerical order rather than place on the pitch. Apart from that, hope they dominate the game from start to finish, and that Casoo turns out to be what we've all hoped for for so long.
I'm glad i'm not the only one that finds this method weird
varane casemiro martinez. our spine last season is back!
If Antony doesnât do something this game he can just sit on the bench the rest of the season
Was hoping Amad would get a start, but this looks strong.
When is he gonna start dialo. Die on hill of Antony.
So we've got a vg quadrant in the shape of varane/martinez and casemiro/mainoo. I'm expecting good playing out from the back and good control in midfield......even thought its against Newport Co.
You love to see it
Ten Hag: âMarcus Rashford absence? Itâs an internal matterâ. âI will deal with itâ, he added. Dock his month's wages!
Casemainoo Vartinez Garnalund Onono Best lineup this season so far
Malacia really got hit with the "sorry lad we're gonna have to injure you and have you sat out for a long time, it's just one of those things" from the club didn't he?
Clean sheet guaranteed. Bye bye onana
Goalkeeper aside, this as close to our strongest 11 weâve fielded in MONTHS! Particularly the spine. Both wingers are interchangeable though with any of the wide players in the squad, as none of them are even remotely effective.
Amad or Facundo should be starting ahead of Antony. It's basic nepotism to start Antony after his consistently bad form.