Match Thread - Manchester United vs Leeds United (Wed 17th July)

16 Jul 2019 08:40 pm, by YorkshireSquare

Manchester United vs Leeds United

Wednesday 17th July 2019, 12:00pm | Optus Stadium, Perth

Leeds United face Manchester United on Wednesday at the Optus Stadium, Perth in the first game of their pre-season tour of Australia. A relatively small squad of 16 players, a mixture of first team and U23s, made the trip across the world to take on Manchester United and Western Sydney Wanderers. Those players who were involved in international duty and the recent signings all miss out including Peacock-Farrell, White, Alioski, Shackleton, Klich, Costa, Clarke plus Ayling who is currently injured. Leeds fans will be pleased to see that Kalvin Phillips and Kemar Roofe are both involved.

The game in Perth follows Leeds two victories over York and Guiseley last week. The five nil victory over York City at Bootham Crescent last Tuesday saw Jack Harrison score twice with Kemar Roofe, Pablo Hernandez and Adam Forshaw all bagging one each before ten second half substitutions saw some of the promising young talent from the U23s feature. Wednesday’s game against Guiseley AFC was anything but a stroll in the park. Guiseley were a far more physical outfit than York but with 82 minutes gone minute Bogusz volleyed the ball home for 12 yards to give Leeds a 2-1 victory and an unbeaten record heading to Australia.

Manchester United kicked off their pre-season tour of Australia with a 2-0 victory over Perth Glory on Saturday with half-time substitutes Marcus Rashford and James Garner scoring the goals. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer used 23 players against Perth and is expected to name a strong team for the game with De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Tuanzebe, Lindelof, Dalot, McTominay, Garner, Pogba, James, Greenwood and Rashford tipped to feature. Luke Shaw is their only real concern after coming off against Perth Glory with a hamstring injury.

Leeds squad available for the match;
Kiko Casilla, Kamil Miazek, Barry Douglas, Liam Cooper, Stuart Dallas, Gaetano Berardi, Bryce Hosannah, Clarke Oduor, Adam Forshaw, Pablo Hernandez, Jack Harrison, Kalvin Phillips, Jordan Stevens, Mateusz Bogusz, Kemar Roofe, Patrick Bamford

Predicted starting eleven;
Casilla, Dallas, Cooper, Berardi, Douglas, Hernandez, Philips, Forshaw, Roofe, Harrison, Bamford

The game will be avaialble on LUTV though at £7.99 for a match pass fans may be looking elsewhere to watch.

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The Subhuman wrote on 18 Jul 2019 02:05 pm

Unsure why we're arguing about a pen 3-0 down in a throw away friendly anyway tbh

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The Subhuman wrote on 18 Jul 2019 01:56 pm

I am serious, always thought PJ with ball at feet couldn't pick a pass more than 5 yards and that usually 10 seconds too late...Coopers distribution is much better and MB thinks so too it seems because that's what he asks his defenders to do. Not sure why you're pointing out the pen incident, that has nothing to do with on the ball skills and I've already said PJ is the better defender multiple times. Sometimes defenders have to go to ground, had he not it would have been an easy cross across the face of goal..A lot of Kalvins blocks last season were a result of him going to ground.

And a sliding tackle is a legitimate technique imo. Coop just got done by a sublime piece of skill.

The error you're making is you think I think Cooper is a good player ..I'm not saying that I'm saying he's an adequate player, defensively suspect but good on the ball. I'd not have him as captain and would be happier with him on the bench. If PJ was as good with ball at feet as he is tackling/heading etc he'd be playing for a top 10 prem team

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Gurj wrote on 18 Jul 2019 01:49 pm

faaip wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:22 pm He took an age on the ball and then either set of dribbling before losing it and then getting caught upfield or just passed it sideways way too late to set up a quick break..Attacks died with Pontus probably more than anyone else. Cooper 10 times better on the ball

Are you serious ?!

And even if he was which I would seriously dispute, he certainly isn't a better defender as shown yet again by the ridiculously clumsy penalty given away again by Cooper yesterday. Schoolkids are told time after time not to dive in and slide in recklessly like that but our skipper gets mugged off by one of the Man U youngsters. Just as he was to blame for the stupid shirt pull against Derby in the 2nd leg.

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dezzy wrote on 17 Jul 2019 10:24 pm

faaip wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:21 pm I expect had we turned it down it would have been anther stick to beat Rads with "Rads turned down a chance to go to Aus and play our biggest rivals, wtf was he thinking, moron"

True, either way, it hasn’t been planned well either way, not too big a deal though

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dezzy wrote on 17 Jul 2019 10:22 pm

Chilli D wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:14 pm Yeah I went to Australia in 1998 and the jet lag was horrendous, it took me a week for my body clock to adjust.
For the first few days I was waking up in the middle of the night needing a dump!
And I could hardly keep mu eyes open during the day because I was so tired.

Exactly and the players were expected to play a top side after that. Poorly planned

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