Watford 2:4 Manchester United

haram · Nov 27, 2017

Get Rojo to smash into Deeney

Listar · Nov 27, 2017

As our away form is not great and Watford is in a good form, I will go with a conservative 4-1 win instead of 4-0. :rolleyes:

roonster09 · Nov 27, 2017

Watford's home form isn't that great, played 6, won 2, lost 2, draw 2. They also lost against Bristol City at home in League cup.

Saying that, their performance is very good in the games I have seen. Very physical but also good on the ball. Hopefully we don't play any passengers in the 11.

Maradona10 · Nov 27, 2017

Think we will see one of bailly /jones play. Certainly not a game for Lindelof, who i think should play the champions league game before city out of the next 4 games. Jose has said, we had too many attackers on field against brighton so i do not see martial and rashford together unless Lukaku is suspended. Zlat wont start either.
Something like this-
-----------DDG------------
Young---Jones--Rojo--Valencia
-------Herrera-----Matic---------
------------Pogba----------------
Rashford-----Lukaku-------mata/mkhi

manichester · Nov 27, 2017

Rashford looked gassed on Saturday, and second half our midfield was poor and lacked composure. Pack the midfield and work on pressing the opposition in preparation for our next 2 league games.

Escobar · Nov 27, 2017

We will drop points

Hambley · Nov 27, 2017

If we beat Watford there would be posts like "It's Watford, lads. They were very poor and played bad. We can beat only poor teams like Watford".

doomy20 · Nov 27, 2017

Hambley said:
If we beat Watford there would be posts like "It's Watford, lads. They were very poor and played bad. We can beat only poor teams like Watford".

No, with our current form i would be absolutely amazed beating them. Massive win that would be.

haram · Nov 27, 2017

Hambley said:
If we beat Watford there would be posts like "It's Watford, lads. They were very poor and played bad. We can beat only poor teams like Watford".

"Man City beat them 6-0 anyway"

RedRom · Nov 27, 2017

Escobar said:
We will drop points

That is the positive spirit!

Mike09 · Nov 27, 2017

Watford is in a good form but watched them against Chelsea, they had very shaky defense in term of quality their defense aren't that good. They even conceded 3 goals against Everton after had 2-0 lead. I'm worry with their enthusiasm though. Watching them a few times this season and I must their players always works hard, stubborn, and give 100%. Our players need to well prepare mentally here and ready for the high press.

Darkhorsez · Nov 27, 2017

Hambley said:
If we beat Watford there would be posts like "It's Watford, lads. They were very poor and played bad. We can beat only poor teams like Watford".

Ha ha! No doubt we’ll see that somewhere if we win.

Ducklegs · Nov 27, 2017

I think Watford will beat us, they are organised, quick, pass the ball well and have some flair scattered throughout the squad.

We currently look pedestrain, lazy and out of ideas.

RedRom · Nov 27, 2017

Ducklegs said:
I think Watford will beat us, they are organised, quick, pass the ball well and have some flair scattered throughout the squad.

We currently look pedestrain, lazy and out of ideas.

Ohh sooo very optimistic, that is what is required!

Lads we might as well not turn up, as thee is just too much pessimism here.

Deary me.

Inigo Montoya · Nov 27, 2017

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Ducklegs said:
I think Watford will beat us, they are organised, quick, pass the ball well and have some flair scattered throughout the squad.

We currently look pedestrain, lazy and out of ideas.

and were beaten at home by Stoke

McGrathsipan · Nov 27, 2017

shaggy said:
Can't see us winning this one. A point will be OK.

A point is really not OK.
We have to win it.

Kostov · Nov 27, 2017

Must win this. No excuses if we want to maintain any form of challenge for the title.

Bwuk · Nov 27, 2017

De Gea
Valencia - Smalling - Rojo - Young
Matic
Herrera - Pogba
Rashford - Lukaku - Martial

prath92 · Nov 27, 2017

This was a cojone filled performance on deeney

dichinero · Nov 27, 2017

At this rate, it might just be another "at least" performance.

Bwuk · Nov 27, 2017

prath92 said:
This was a cojone filled performance on deeney

Yeah, for me it's rather annoying we sent him on loan. I'd far rather Mensah play than quite a few of our players.

roonster09 · Nov 27, 2017

Deeney vs Lindelof? :nervous:

prath92 · Nov 27, 2017

Bwuk said:
Yeah, for me it's rather annoying we sent him on loan. I'd far rather Mensah play than quite a few of our players.

To be fair, last season he wasn’t as good as he was in 15/16. He needed game time regularly which he wouldn’t get here

charlenefan · Nov 27, 2017

Team should be...

--------------De Gea--------------
Valencia--Smalling--Rojo--Young
---------------Matic--------------
------Fellaini----------Pogba------
Rashford------Lukaku------Martial

Subs: Romero, Lindelof, Darmian, Herrera, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Ibrahimovic

minoo-utd · Nov 27, 2017

Bailly and Jones still not available? Jose said before Bright game that Bailly might be available so I think he can be ready tomorrow,no?

12OunceEpilogue · Nov 27, 2017

This will be tough, but even by caf standards this seems a very pessimistic pre-match discussion. There's an argument to be made that a positive Watford may give us more chances to score than the likes of Brighton at OT. They are no great shakes defensively and, concerning though some of our offensive play has been of late, we have plenty to hurt them with.

As for Deeney yes he's messed us up in the past but he's a limited bully of a striker lacking in match fitness. We shouldn't be running scared of him.

Hugh Jass · Nov 27, 2017

charlenefan said:
Team should be...

--------------De Gea--------------
Valencia--Smalling--Rojo--Young
---------------Matic--------------
------Fellaini----------Pogba------
Rashford------Lukaku------Martial

Subs: Romero, Lindelof, Darmian, Herrera, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Ibrahimovic

This.

Hugh Jass · Nov 27, 2017

Not looking forward to this. Then Arsenal at the weekend. Then City after that. Could be a bad few weeks.

JoaquinJoaquin · Nov 27, 2017

Might sound a bit overboard, but if we drop points here I think the title charge is all about done. Horribe thing is that I think we will drop points.

Bwuk · Nov 27, 2017

prath92 said:
To be fair, last season he wasn’t as good as he was in 15/16. He needed game time regularly which he wouldn’t get here

He never got a chance last year.

Fosu-Mensah is better than Darmian.

Kostov · Nov 27, 2017

JoaquinJoaquin said:
Might sound a bit overboard, but if we drop points here I think the title charge is all about done. Horribe thing is that I think we will drop points.

I don't think it's overboard, with Arsenal away after this win is our only option here. Anything else and we are done.

RedDevil@84 · Nov 27, 2017

Did we have a press conf for this?

RobinHood · Nov 27, 2017

Red_toad said:
Going to be a hard game.

Dave
Val, Mike, Lindle, Rojo, Ash
Matic, Pogs
Mata
Rom, Rash

That's an interesting formation, and one I'd like to see us try out. My only concern would be whether the legs of 30+ year olds Valencia and Young would survive this.. I'm basing this on the assumption that most of our width would be provided by them unless Rashford is given a free-roaming role upfront.

SER19 · Nov 27, 2017

Hugh Jass said:
Not looking forward to this. Then Arsenal at the weekend. Then City after that. Could be a bad few weeks.

Or....

rampo · Nov 27, 2017

I think we will rest Valencia. He hasn't been playing more than 1 match a week and has already struggled last match. Hopefully, we go with Young on the right and Shaw on the left.

Jacko21 · Nov 27, 2017

rampo said:
I think we will rest Valencia. He hasn't been playing more than 1 match a week and has already struggled last match. Hopefully, we go with Young on the right and Shaw on the left.

You mean you don't want to see the dream team that is Blind and Darmian?

The No.10! · Nov 27, 2017

RedDevil@84 said:
Did we have a press conf for this?

usually don't have one for such sandwitched fixtures!

rampo · Nov 27, 2017

Jacko21 said:
You mean you don't want to see the dream team that is Blind and Darmian?

Dream aka Nightmare

Sassy Colin · Nov 27, 2017

This is the squad, if the Mirror are to be believed:

Manchester United's squad: De Gea, Romero, Pereira, Valencia, Young, Tuanzebe, Jones, Bailly, Darmian, Lindelof, Rojo, Smalling, Shaw, Blind, Pogba, McTominay, Matic, Herrera, Fellaini, Lingard, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Rashford, Ibrahimovic, Lukaku, Martial.

charlenefan · Nov 27, 2017

Hugh Jass said:
This.

Definitely need to go for a more solid look in this one while still playing our best attacking players, I've seen a lot of Watford this season and while they're good going forward they are shocking at the back

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