Week 7 Results

Macc Town:

Man Utd:

I think Viva had a good idea flooding the midfield with Hero missing key players, and it did make a big difference to the game. I think Alonso, Kante and Motta dictate possession and Coutinho in front of them is too much for Weigl and Casemiro in pure numbers. With Vardy and Ibrahimovic getting plenty of joy 2 on 2 against the Macc centre backs. The problem was it left Man Utd exposed to the wingers and strikers of Macclesfield, with Coman, Iwobi, Fekir and Lukaku being up against an injury hit Man Utd defence it made for an exciting goal fest. Man U edged it for me by winning the midfield battle. It's not beyond the realms of possibility for this to be a freak result based on the attacks so that's how it ended.
Macclesfield Town 4-5 Manchester United
Lukaku, Iwobi, Fekir, Coman; Vardy x2, Ibrahimovic, Coutinho, Robben

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Liaoning Whowin:

MK Dons:

Hard to separate these two. I think Draxler v Lahm only ends in Lahm's favour, but Douglas Costa has Telles every day and twice on Sundays, so that's where MK Dons' joy came from. Blind wouldn't have been a bad option at LB to counter Costa. MK Dons with Modric in midfield was great but lacked bite with neither Herrera or Modric willing to do defensive duties. This gave Payet free reign for Whowin to create plenty of chances of their own, with Martial and Cavani causing problems (Martial causing Piszczek all kinds of problems). On another day MK Dons pinch the win but Whowin hold on at home with Trebs' faithful fans (both of them) backing his side to a hard earned point.
Liaoning Whowin 2-2 MK Dons
Cavani, Martial; Costa, Aduriz

I don't personally agree with the result but it's Marky's call to make so I'll abide by it. Well played Viva.

Thanks Marky, reiterates where I need to strengthen. Good game Trebs.

The 4-5 result was because both sides created plenty of chances. Could just have easily been 1-2 but it happens in real life so why not here?

I still think Viva edged it with his midfield diamond.

As I said that's your call.

Serious question:

Hero told Lukaku to stick to Hernandez, Viva tells Koscielny to stick to Lukaku. How do voters decide which player Lukaku was put next to? In real life you never see a 90-minute jostling match at CB/ST whereby four players are playing Twister to follow their manager's instructions.

Damn I was still waiting for results until I saw the table updated.

Good work Marky, great game Hero.

Azzy wrote:Serious question:

Hero told Lukaku to stick to Hernandez, Viva tells Koscielny to stick to Lukaku. How do voters decide which player Lukaku was put next to? In real life you never see a 90-minute jostling match at CB/ST whereby four players are playing Twister to follow their manager's instructions.

ANYONE?

Personally I'd think that for moments the defender sticks to him, and at other times the striker manages to get free, it'd also allow the additional striker to get some space.

I think it just makes space for other players, and would expect Lukaku to have less impact on the game