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Greenwood absent and Pogba benched as Solskjaer names surprise starting XI

The last of four Premier League matches to take place on Saturday sees Manchester United head north to face Newcastle United.

Kick-off at St James’ Park is at 20:00 BST.

We suspected there’d be changes to the visitors’ team following the 6-1 humiliation at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur a fortnight ago but not many of us would have anticipated Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s starting XI.

There are five changes to the line-up that started in north London, with the suspended Anthony Martial among the players dropping out.

Marcus Rashford moves up front in the Frenchman’s absence.

That tactical alteration was much-predicted but the omission of Mason Greenwood from the matchday squad was a curveball, while Solskjaer has also sprung a surprise by changing both of his holding midfielders.

Paul Pogba and Nemanja Matic drop to the bench, with Scott McTominay and Fred coming into the side.

Victor Lindelof also ousts Eric Bailly at centre-half, with the hitherto peripheral Daniel James and Juan Mata given the nod to replace Martial and Greenwood.

New signing Alex Telles is only on the bench but the under-fire Harry Maguire has recovered from injury to line up in defence.

The hosts’ team news is much more straightforward.

Steve Bruce has made only one change from the team that originally lined up in the 3-1 win over Burnley, with Jamaal Lascelles replacing the injured Fabian Schar at centre-half.


Newcastle United XI: Darlow, Krafth, Fernandez, Lascelles, Lewis, Hayden, Shelvey, Hendrick, Saint-Maximin, Joelinton, Wilson.

Manchester United XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelöf, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, Mata, Bruno Fernandes, James, Rashford.

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  1. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Slahbead

  2. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Thought I would post down here as a paradox is forming at the top of the page.

    1. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Ok, previous page then.......

  3. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Mata TC here

    1. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      in your 5th team?

      1. Shark Team
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        in my dreams

  4. Ibralicious
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Maguire>>>>>Van Dijk.

    1. Ibralicious
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Top 5 CB in the league, finally proving it

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Becuase he scored a goal?

      2. Muchentuchel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        hope this is a joke

      3. Ron_Swanson
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        He’s not top 5 CB at Man You

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I’d rather Virgil. With an ACL tear.

    3. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      80 mill player gets a goal!
      Vvd
      Champs league 2 finals
      Prem league, world club cup, super cup, league an europa finals in just couple seasons
      No comparison

    4. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Luiz >>>>>>>>>>> Maguire

    5. Shark Team
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Ruben Dias is the best CB in the league atm

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        He was immense today.

  5. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Man Utd win the “we have the most fans in Asia” trophy

    Congrats

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Are u a teenage pool fan with friends who support utd

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Arsenal fan

    2. Manani
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      how is this relevant to anything?

      1. Right In The Stanchion
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Sick of hearing deluded plums saying Man Utd are the biggest club in the world.

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Not necessarily an incorrect statement, though.

    3. Athletic Dildao
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Who hurt you?

    4. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Go to bed

  6. Carefree Crew
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Martinez, (Forster)
    TAA, Saiss, Coady, Lamptey, Dunne,
    Sterling, Son, Havertz, James, Foden,
    Jimenez, Mitrovic, Brewster,

    £3.6m ITB

    Mitrovic to DCL before tonight's price rise?

    Other priorities to address?

    Thanks.

    1. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Sounds like a plan
      Mitro to dcl, go for it

    2. Carefree Crew
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Cheers mate.

  7. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Who to replace kdb with ?

    A fernandes
    B sterling ( have foden)
    C son ( have kane)

    Thank you

    1. Party time
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Sonny

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Cheers

      • Vazza
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        KDB is going to play next week so keep him

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          That would be nice . Thanks

      • Pratik
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Why ask today when you will ask this again tmrw?

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Because I can

      • Carefree Crew
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Son.
        Form, fixtures, price / value.

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Thanks a lot

      • Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        A

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Cheers

    2. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Maguire scores a goal, VVD gets injured for 8 months ruining it for his whole team =

      Maguire > VVD

      1. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        This is probably one of the more sensible FFS comments from tonight.

    3. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      This could be a big score for Bruno here, wow

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 5 months ago

          ?

        • Warby84
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          You mean mata?

        • Gobigorgohome
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          how though?

          1. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Penalty which I’ve already accrued in my head + Disallowed goal and general eye test

        • Party time
            3 years, 5 months ago

            ?

            1. Big boy Bowen
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Eye test

          • Steve The Spud
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Salah had a mega haul today... in my head

            1. Big boy Bowen
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              It’s that kind of belief which resulted in him scoring 🙂

        • Whiskerz
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Walsall fc forever! Fanx

        • DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Hard to believe that Martial Rashford and Greenwood salvaged my ML win last year with their points hauls

          1. Pukki Party
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Not getting ManUtd players after restart ruined my season, so did the smart thing and started with two this season.

            1. Pukki Party
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              *Greenwood from start and got Martial in gw3

        • have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          gutting that Bruno goal ruled out, went to the shop came back to see people shouting Bruno, refresh page no goal :l

        • Warby84
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Almost St Max

        • threeputt
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          will KdB actually go down in price tonight, will that red flag make a difference ?

          1. Carefree Crew
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            No idea. Price fluctuations have been inconsistent. TAA should have gone down for example & he's still at original price, although predicted to drop tonight.

        • Gobigorgohome
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          time for Hendo

        • Warby84
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          De Gea down, hit the post..

        • Zimo
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Hendotime?

        • Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          De Gea could have been killed

          1. MagicMessi
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Haha

        • Bennyboy1907
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          James to Robbo??

          Don’t have a liv defence atm

          Or is it too risky without adrian and VVD out?

          Will bring in Chillwell next week regardless after the Man Utd game

          Thank you people

        • All For One
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Mccarthy
          Taa, Saiss, Justin
          Salah, Zaha, Kdb, Bissouma, Mahrez
          Ings, Jimenez

          1FT

          A)KDB>Son
          B)- 4 Jimenez> DCL, Mahrez> Son

          A or B guys?

          Thanks

          1. Vazza
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            B

        • Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Bruno really getting annoyed with AWBs brainlessness in attack

          1. Fudgy
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            I noticed that. AWB football IQ is extremely low.

            1. Steve The Spud
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Yep, a good athlete, not got a lot of ability or vision

        • Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Henderson trying his best not to smirk when seeing DDG getting treatment

          1. Vazza
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Haha

        • Gobigorgohome
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          THAT AWB CROSS QUALITY LOL

          1. Crouching Tiger
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Fake cross, laser shot

        • The Polymath
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          How nailed are these 4.0 defenders?

          A) Mitchell
          B) Dunne

          1. Vazza
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            0%
            0%

          2. Manani
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            neither, unless PVA or a burnely CB got injured again for some reason

          3. OverTinker
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            -100
            -100

          4. Gobigorgohome
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            0% and 0%

          5. Pukki Party
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Not nailed

          6. MagicMessi
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            1%
            0%

          7. rnrd
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            it's yet to be seen about Mitchell. Hodgon has praised his performances and PVA can actually play left Mid

        • Gobigorgohome
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Rashford injury

          1. Crouching Tiger
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Cavani bandwagon

          2. Brosstan
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Fake injury*

        • EL_FENOMENO
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          TAA to Robbo? No other pressing issues bar maybe Justin, is Perreira back?

          1. Pukki Party
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Pereira back soon according to fpl flag.

          2. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            If no other issues I would do it

          3. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            You know the risks, personally I would have both

          4. Steve The Spud
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            I’d probably hold, who knows what horrible gremlins will appear during the week

          5. Gobigorgohome
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            end of Oct

          6. Good Times
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Wait till Friday

        • manu4life99
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Save FT?

          Martinez
          Robbo Saiss Lamptey
          Salah Son Grealish Jrod
          Kane DCL Maupay

          steer soucek chilwell mitchell

          1. Hulk Smash
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Yeah

          2. Good Times
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Reassess Friday

        • Good Times
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Won't lie was on a - 16 looking at Kdb injury, the freehit has gone well so far 24 from 4 with captain Kane to go feeling alright =)

          1. DA Minnion (Former great)
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Good times.

            1. Good Times
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Yeet!

        • Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Bruno penalty imminent

        • The Big Fella
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Do we know how long VVD is out for yet?

          1. GoonSquad
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            8 to 12 months

            1. Gnu
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Source?

              1. Das Boot
                • 9 Years
                3 years, 5 months ago

                I thought you would be smashed by now mate. 🙂

                1. Gnu
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  3 years, 5 months ago

                  Savoring the moment Bud, savoring the moment. 🙂

              2. GoonSquad
                • 13 Years
                3 years, 5 months ago

                How would there be a source mere hours after match. If a torn ACL he is out 8-12 months. Every news bit says he has done his ACL.....hence 8-12 months.

                1. GoonSquad
                  • 13 Years
                  3 years, 5 months ago

                  Hopefully it's just ACL ince they get in there and not other damage that pushes it closer to 12 than 8. BS, reckless move by Pickford....clumsy oaf.

                2. Gnu
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  3 years, 5 months ago

                  Exactly, you're just guessing so not a particulary helpful answer.
                  Why not suggest tossing a coin next time - same results.

            2. The Big Fella
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Are you kidding? Got a source? I couldn't find an estimate on Google (hence me asking).

            3. Das Boot
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Bollocks. he walked off the pitch

              1. The Big Fella
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 5 months ago

                I thought that but there is no estimate online (that I can find) but maybe they did scans etc. I am trying to decide what to do with Robbo and TAA and Adrian plus no VVD is not a good combo

              2. @persecuted_by_mods
                  3 years, 5 months ago

                  That doesn't mean much mate, could still be a serious injury

                • Old Man
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  3 years, 5 months ago

                  You mean Pickford removed them?

                • Pukki Party
                  • 6 Years
                  3 years, 5 months ago

                  I tore my ACL once and finished the game without any pain.

                  1. GoonSquad
                    • 13 Years
                    3 years, 5 months ago

                    Were you also playing Everton?

            4. Supertrooper
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Nothing known yet that I know of but possibility of ACL injury

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

              that's the only source - ACL. But not confirmed for the time being.
              https://twitter.com/anfieldwatch/status/1317516427004420099?s=21

              1. The Big Fella
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 5 months ago

                Cheers mate

            6. The Mandalorian
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              The injury hasn't been medically confirmed has it?

              1. The Big Fella
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 5 months ago

                Not sure mate - only thing I have seen is him having gone off and then some rumours on here. Only source is the Twitter one Silver and Gold has posted just your comment here