Well, Ronaldo is still the difference. He is getting us points that we don't deserve.
FA Premier League
Watford 4:1 Manchester United
Vicarage Road Stadium
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- Sat, 20 November 2021 @ 3:00pm GMT
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Take away his goals and we would be mid table and in the EL probably.Managed to get a ticket for this one , can’t wait 3-0 RedsWe'll win this 3-2.
Ronaldo to the rescue again.
They did win 5-2 at Everton who if you remember we could only manage a woeful draw against0-3 win, 4 more months of Ole. You heard it here first.
God I have a ticket for Leicester in April, don't be surprised at all if Rodgers is still in the away dugout
Positive vibesJust heard our last trip to Vicarage Road with Ole at the wheel we were 4 points off top4 and lost 2-0. I predict the starting lineup will consist of 8 of the same players as that day.We will struggle without Varane. He has the capacity to disguise the massive McFred malfunction at the heart of midfield which makes it easy for teams to play through the middle of the pitch against us and pepper us in the final third. Every manager now knows to do this because we don't have an answer to it.
I guess we might throw Matic in but he's so immobile that he won't really help.People think we will walk this.
If we play well and dont make mistakes we may win but having watched United I have zero confidence.
I predict a torrid afternoon if the same team comes out.
I hope I am wrong.What I want to see
Henderson
AWB Lindelof Maguire Telles
Bruno Fred Donny
Sancho Ronaldo Rashford
what I expect to see
DDG
AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Mctom Fred
Greenwood Bruno Rashford
Ronaldo
we actually played well in that 1st half and should have been a couple of games upWatford is a team with Ben Foster (still like him), Tom Cleverly and Danny Rose in and around the 1st team... surely we can smash them.
I actually agree with you
We have lost all energy and have become a very lethargic team to play against
I do not think Bruno and Ronaldo are that great together as is the case with Portugal
We also have a Manager that only knows one way of playing and it probably does not suit Ronaldo
I would drop Bruno and build the team around Ronaldoimagine the players picked tmrw are pretty predictable (more of the same), tactics are anyone's guess (including the players), and the outcome will be a shock but not a surprise. then the next three games will be the real test. again.
the three of them to play like prime Zenga, Baggio and Maldini tmrw. nailed on.I expect us to struggle with chance creation and make mistakes in our own third, but we’ll scrape the win. 0-2, but it won’t feel like a proper victory.8 straight wins on the bounce incoming. Telling you.
An actual fox, that's been run over would outfox ole and his band of competition winners.Ben Foster will play out of his skin tomorrow.
For which team?8 straight wins on the bounce incoming. Telling you.
Rashford to take the ball around him and then smash the ball full pelt into his go proWant to see :
DDG
AWB Varane Bailly Telles
McT Donny
Sancho Bruno Rashford
RonaldoUgh; gonna have to wake up a bit before 7am to watch this as it's stream only and I don't want to wait for the stream to be available.
I think we'll go on a good run until March. Chelsea, Arsenal are the only tricky fixtures upcoming until then.8 straight wins on the bounce incoming. Telling you.
We'll probably lose to Chelsea and get a draw against Arsenal but it's just mid table teams for several months.We're losing this one, imo. Watford aren't great but they can hurt teams on their day as we saw with Everton. We'll play into their hands too as they're probably most dangerous on the break. 2-1 to Watford.
What on earth gives you that confidence? Our run of opening fixtures wasn't exactly different and we still managed to lose to Villa and draw with everton at home. We were lucky against wolves and got smashed by leicester, city and liverpool. I think we'll lose tomorrow and next week to chelsea.
Fixtures are important and we can and will pick up some form eventually - we've shown enough over the past two years to be confident about that. Not enough to seriously go on a title run or anything but comfortable top four levels.
We got outplayed by Wolves, but we were solid against teams like West Ham (with the first XI in the league match), Newcastle, Tottenham and even Southampton (despite the draw). Ignore the Pool, City, Leicester results for a bit because the crux of my argument is that we have good fixtures therefore we'll go on a good run until March.
Arsenal were in a very similar position beginning of the season and now they are done with their "easy" fixture run and people talk as if they're actual top four contenders.
The big question in my mind is if the players are just waiting for Ole to get sacked or if they'll actually give 100%
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My expectation of the results (Green = win, Grey = Draw, Red = Loss). Fully expecting egg on face when I look back in March:
WAT (A), CHE (A), ARS (H), CRY (H), NOR (A), BRE (A), BHA (H), NEW (A), BUR (H), WOL (H), AVL (A), WHU (H), BUR (A), SOU (H), LEE (A), WAT (H).
Should be top four at the end of it easily. Potentially 1-2 of the draws become losses (Brentford will be very tricky). Coincidentally enough, around ~2 PPG from here on till March.Last edited:Hoping for something like this:
Ronaldo
Rashford Bruno Donny Sancho
Matic
Shaw Maguire Lindelöf AwB
deGeaSee a win in this one, 2-0 or 3-1. Watford did beat Everton but that was due to Everton capitulating.
That's an extremely positive outlook you've got there,
I mean 8W - 5D against cannon fodder isn't exactly positive
You can make it 8W - 3D - 2L if you want, 2 pts isn't going to change anything. Just puts us on the same form as the last two seasons.
We are playing AFC and CFC. Those 2 are potential losses.8 straight wins on the bounce incoming. Telling you.
We also have Villareal upcoming.
And let's not forget, we could lose tomorrow.
All factored in my friend.
It's really a positive view, which I don't hate, in fact I appreciate it a bit, as right now the general feeling among the posters here is negativeI mean 8W - 5D against cannon fodder isn't exactly positive
You can make it 8W - 3D - 2L if you want, 2 pts isn't going to change anything. Just puts us on the same form as the last two seasons.8 straight wins on the bounce incoming. Telling you.
loving this positive energy
Like the band on the Titanic
5/1 odds for a home win.Whilst we're waiting, let's remember this classic contest from 2018
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Compiled from 278 ratings.
Score Predictions
173,55,27
- Man Utd win
- Watford win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 20% Watford 1:2 Man Utd
- 15% Watford 0:2 Man Utd
- 13% Watford 1:3 Man Utd
- 11% Watford 0:3 Man Utd
- 8% Watford 1:1 Man Utd
- 8% Watford 2:1 Man Utd
- 5% Watford 2:0 Man Utd
- 3% Watford 5:0 Man Utd
- 3% Watford 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Watford 0:4 Man Utd
- 2% Watford 1:4 Man Utd
- 2% Watford 3:1 Man Utd
- 2% Watford 1:0 Man Utd
- 2% Watford 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Watford 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Watford 0:1 Man Utd
- 1% Watford 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Watford 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Watford 2:3 Man Utd
- 0% Watford 2:4 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Watford
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 39% 61%
- Shots
- 20 9
- Shots on Target
- 7 3
- Corners
- 9 3
- Fouls
- 7 5
Referee
Jonathan Moss
Man Utd Lineup
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