Dugout Discussion

Greenwood and Wan-Bissaka benched as Man United host Palace

Mason Greenwood (£7.5m) finds himself on the bench as Manchester United start their Premier League campaign a week late.

The 18-year-old was a fixture on the right-hand side of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s attacking midfield trio during Project Restart, but his place has been handed to Daniel James (£6.5m) today.

The Manchester United boss has made two surprising decisions on the right-hand side of the pitch as Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.5m) loses out to Timothy Fosu-Mensah (£4.5m) in defence.

Outside of that, the Red Devils line up mostly as we would expect. Anthony Martial (£9.0m) leads the line, supported by Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) on the left and Bruno Fernandes (£10.5m) in the number 10 role.

There will be plenty of eyes on those two players as Jan Sienkiewicz pointed out in the most recent captaincy article that Crystal Palace have shown some weakness from set pieces and down their right flank in open play.

Roy Hodgson’s men arrive at Old Trafford in their traditional 4-4-2 formation, Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) once again deployed out of position as a centre-forward alongside Jordan Ayew (£6.0m).

Budget defender Tyrick Mitchell (£4.0m) keeps his place in the side at left-back, although the defensive injury crisis at Palace eases slightly with the return of Mamadou Sakho (£4.5m) at centre-back.

Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelöf, Fosu-Mensah; Pogba, McTominay; Rashford, B Fernandes, D James; Martial.

Crystal Palace XI (4-4-2): Guaita; Mitchell, Sakho, Kouyaté, J Ward; Schlupp, McCarthy, McArthur, Townsend; Zaha, Ayew.

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2,161 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Crystal Palace will score another one if United plays like this

  2. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bruno literally begging for a pass

  3. Wild Card this!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Mitchell’s points on the bench again 🙂

  4. money face bandwagon
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bale estimated price? 9.5m?

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      10

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Not worth it - great player, but based on past form, will miss half a season

    2. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Probably yeah

    3. ★Kuntheman★
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      10

    4. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Something like that

    5. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Possibly. I'll guess 10.0

    6. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      9m relistically but I wouldn't go near him at that price

    7. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah 9.5

    8. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      9.5/10

    9. Ghost Ship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Whatever it is, it’ll be too much.

    10. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Doesn’t matter, he’s injured for the first four weeks anyway

    11. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      9.5 for a leftback? I'll pass

    12. All about the galacticos
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      we have world cup golden boot winner for 7.5m, so for a triple european cup winner, 9.5m?

    13. Volley127
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      9

  5. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I think Utd will score before halftime.

    1. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      There’s only 5 mins to go

  6. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Get james off

  7. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    As a United fan, I won't mind swapping Pogba for Zaha

  8. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bale is back...but injured. This is standard

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He’ll barely play for spurs

    2. Ghost Ship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Spurs will pay him £1m before he plays. Lol.

      1. Vazza
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        £1.2m. He’s on 300k a week and will be out for a month.. Haha

        1. Ghost Ship
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          I hate that heart sign he does so much.

    3. Sid1891
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      They have bought injured player

      Like a nice car lovely outside and engine needs doing and have to run kia rio instead

  9. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    If mitchell keeps playing this way, it'll be hard for PVA to get back into the team

    1. Ghost Ship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Would love that as an owner but Roy will ease him back in. Pva will be dynamite this season with a decent offence and attack around him.

      1. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        PVA is bad at defending though

  10. ZAWAd25
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Take a hit for DCL or eat his price rise and get him a week after?

    1. sandman58
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Get Rodriguez instead
      Talisman and pens

  11. Je suis le chat
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Having a nightmare gw but happy to see Bale back. Fond memories of captaining him for a goal and a phantom assist to help win mini league. He looks gaunt, if golf that taxing?

  12. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    James is so bad

  13. mgilbert86
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Imagine losing 1-0 to palace at old trafford with fans there

  14. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    United playing like they're 3 goals ahead

  15. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    James .. what was that... Such a poor shot

    1. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      That is how players of his level shoot

  16. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Man U look clueless .....can see Palace winning this

  17. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    My word, reading on hear Bruno was a bad idea.

  18. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    DCL 2.6 xG... Nice.

  19. Powers106
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Gonna lose a lot of rank with my Martial and Bruno c but it will make the move to City easier!

  20. james 101
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    What’s Bale’s wages?

    Or. Another way of asking this:

    Will he earn a million pounds before he kicks a ball in live play?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He'll earn the 600k regardless, Spurs paying half is the word.

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lol you’ve literally just heard the commentator say this and said it on here 😆

      1. james 101
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Yep. But it’s a crazy thing when you think about it.

        1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          It’s embarrassing isn’t it, worlds gone mad !

  21. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    James remind OGS why Greenwood is required...

  22. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Here comes Man Utd’s customary penalty

  23. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    He's the pen 😆

  24. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I was going to WC before week 5, not now....next week

  25. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I hope United do realize that this isn't a preseason match. They are playing like it's one 🙄

  26. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Only a matter of time for a dodgy pen/var desicion.

  27. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bruno free kick territory

  28. SoapAFC
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Jota to Pool done, interesting if Mane were to get injured for a spell

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Or gets sold to barca

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Super sub !

  29. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bruno’s flop challenging his penalty

  30. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    That's a dive

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Two dives*