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    Bwuk

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    Unless Martial is 100% I wouldn't start him. No point rushing him back if it's his hamstring as it'll just make it worse. If he's 100% he starts.

    If Borthwick-Jackson isn't back I'd go with probably Fosu-Mensah at left back, however I think Riley did great when given a chance so wouldn't be against him playing, just think we could do with a bit more strength assuming Smalling isn't fit.

    De Gea
    Valera - Carrick - Blind - Fosu-Mensah
    Herrera - Schneiderlin
    Lingard - Mata - Memphis
    Rashford​
     

    diarm

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    It's amazing that with Shaw and Young injured, we still have 5 players who could step in at left back and I wouldn't really be worried about them at all!

    What's even more astonishing than our depth at LB, is that we've needed every bit of it this season!
     

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    De Gea
    Valera - Mensah - Blind - Riley
    Schneiderlin - Carrick
    Lingard - Mata - Memphis
    Rashford​
     

    DrunkenBeaver

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    Yeah if Martial wasn't fit to make it Sunday then I don't see how he'd have recovered in time for Wednesday. I'd keep back four as it is unless anyone's suddenly going to surprise us by coming back from injury
     

    wiz4231

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    David
    Timothy....Chris......Daley....Cameron
    Anders......Morgan
    Juan
    Adnan....................................Anthony
    Memphis

    Marcos , Andreas, Marcus
     

    KirkDuyt

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    This is a game to see if the past few results were for real. Hope United smash them 6-0 and Van Gaal does another dive on the touchline.
     

    DomesticTadpole

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    From the M.E.N. site. Hope he doesn't do anything silly.
    Rotation against Watford?

    The preview on United’s site poses the question of whether Van Gaal will rotate against Watford, if he has the bodies. Some players could be in the red zone...

    Wednesday’s fixture is United’s fourth outing in just nine days and van Gaal may be tempted to rotate his team if he has the personnel to do it. Morgan Schneiderlin, Guillermo Varela, Daley Blind and Memphis Depay have all played in every single minute of those three fixtures.
     

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    From the M.E.N. site. Hope he doesn't do anything silly.
    Rotation against Watford?

    The preview on United’s site poses the question of whether Van Gaal will rotate against Watford, if he has the bodies. Some players could be in the red zone...

    Wednesday’s fixture is United’s fourth outing in just nine days and van Gaal may be tempted to rotate his team if he has the personnel to do it. Morgan Schneiderlin, Guillermo Varela, Daley Blind and Memphis Depay have all played in every single minute of those three fixtures.
    We ll play the 3-5-2 :)
     

    Havak

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    I think of players that the M.E.N mentioned, everyone except Blind has probably had less game time than they expected over this season. Obviously, Varela is an exception as well, but he's young so can keep probably playing.

    Schneiderlin may be left out for Carrick to partner Herrera, which I'm fine with as we're likely to dictate most of this game. West Brom away would be better for bringing Morgan back into the starting line-up. Memphis is on a bit of form, so needs to play, it would be silly to leave him out right now.

    Along with that, I'd hope de Gea, Smalling, Rojo, Mata, Rashford, and Lingard fill the other positions for this. Even if Martial is close to full fitness, I'd rather we leave him on the bench and bring him on if needed. We're at Old Trafford again and it'd be a much easier time for Rashford here than at West Brom on the weekend in my opinion.


    de Gea
    Varela Smalling Blind Rojo
    Carrick Herrera
    Lingard Mata Memphis
    Rashford
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    Romero; Riley; Fosu-Mensah, Schneiderlin; Januzaj, Martial​

    I know Physioroom isn't exactly the most reliable website, but odds are that Borthwick-Jackson, Keane, Rooney, Darmian, Fellaini, Jones, Young, Schweinsteiger, Valencia, and of course, Shaw will miss this game. Rojo could also be a doubt.

    Love got injured playing for the U21's, while Pereira, Januzaj, Riley, Poole, McNair, and Weir all played for the U21's in the same game on Monday. Riley only played half of the game while Januzaj was subbed off after an hour, so they might be on the bench I suppose? Probably points to Rojo being fit if one of Riley, Poole, and McNair wasn't left out of that game entirely (and points even less to M.E.N's theory of resting players for Watford). I'm still struggling to find a player to fill the last slot on the bench though, so perhaps someone else has managed to come back from injury a bit sooner than expected?
     

    Sandikan

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    Smalling and Martial back will be huge, and hopefully Valencia isn't too far away.

    Looking at the fixtures coming up, it's a packed list, especially if we go through in the Europa.
    Not many gaps to fit the postponed Palace and West Ham league games into.
     

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    de Gea
    Varela Smalling Blind Fosu-Mensah
    Schneiderlin Herrera
    Januzaj Mata Memphis
    Martial
    I'd like to see this line-up, assuming Smalling and Martial are both ready to return.

    I know there's an argument to be made of striking while the iron's hot with Rashford but I'd prefer if he sat this out. Starting him three times in the space of a week may prove to be too much, too soon for him.
     

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    I'm disappointed we're not going with the 0-5 in score predictions again. That's been working like a charm.
     

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    Martial, Darmian and Smalling back for Watford

    Makes sense to bench Rashford. It will be too much for an inexperienced 18yr old to play 3 gamesin 7 days. Hope Carrick also gets a rest tomorrow
     

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    Don't think that Verala deserves to be benched for Darmian, same goes for Rashford and Martial
     

    Bruno8

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    We have too many games coming up so the lineup will have to be changed all the time. Rotation is inevitable

    Some players have played too many games in a short space of time
     

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    How far away are Jones and Rojo?
    Looks like a lot of them might be back pretty soon..
    Hope we can put together a decent run..
     

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    I guess van Gaal would've mentioned it if Rojo was going to miss out, but it still wouldn't surprise me if he opted for Darmian at left back.

    He has played him there before and Varela's performance against Arsenal might've convinced him to keep him in the team.
     

    caisenma

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    I know there's an argument to be made of striking while the iron's hot with Rashford but I'd prefer if he sat this out. Starting him three times in the space of a week may prove to be too much, too soon for him.
    i somewhat agree. on the other hand, since martial is going back from injury anyway, maybe just start rashford and replace him at halftime?
     

    OnlyTwoDaSilvas

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    I'm a fan of Darmian, but Varela's not really put a foot wrong, would be harsh to drop him for Darmian on the back of Sunday.

    I also hope Darmian doesn't play on the left, as I don't think he's ever done well there for us. Much better on the right, but Varela's attacking instincts win for me just now. Bring back Darmian for West Brom away and Liverpool.
     

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    I'm a fan of Darmian, but Varela's not really put a foot wrong, would be harsh to drop him for Darmian on the back of Sunday.

    I also hope Darmian doesn't play on the left, as I don't think he's ever done well there for us. Much better on the right, but Varela's attacking instincts win for me just now. Bring back Darmian for West Brom away and Liverpool.
    Varela crosses the ball well. He's quicker than Darmian and, as attacking prowess in a full back seems to be the yardstick by which they're measured in today's game, he deserves to start. I wouldn't change anything for Watford. I hope Deeney plays and somebody nails him. I can't abide that goggle-eyed thug.
     

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    Looks like only Rooney, Shaw, Bastian and Jones will be the only players on the treatment table by end of week. Assuming we dont get any more injuries tomorrow
     

    Sassy Colin

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    Whenever I pick Carrick to start, he plays Morgan and whenever I pick Morgan, he plays Carrick. Then he starts both, which really throws me.

    As Carrick has started the last 2 games, I have put Morgan to start tomorrow with Carrick as a sub.
     

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    Lineups pretty tough to predict, especially on the attacking side. It would be harsh to drop Rashford considering his start, Memphis has been fantastic, Martial is pretty undroppable, Mata's doing great and Lingard did well last time.
    Gonna go with something like:

    -------------- De Gea
    Varela - Smalling - Blind - Rojo
    ----- Herrera ------ Schneiderlin
    Martial ------- Mata ------- Memphis
    -------------- Rashford

    Though I could easily see Lingard in for Martial with Martial coming on as a sub.
     
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