Watford 1:2 Manchester United

Paul the Wolf · Nov 10, 2015

Barca84 said:
Last time I saw United play Watford...

2 goals for Luther Blissett who got an obviously very confused AC Milan to pay £1 million for him a couple of years later. Also noteworthy for an appearance in goal for United for the calamitous Paddy Roche who mention of will have United fans of a certain age shaking their heads in disbelief.

Last time I saw them play each other was in 1985 a few days before the Cup Final - we lost 5-1 and Luther Blissett fractured his skull

MyOnlySolskjaer · Nov 10, 2015

Time to drop Juan?

Paul the Wolf · Nov 10, 2015

Kaos said:
My local side and my first time watching United live in years

I'll be in the Watford end though.

I grew up in St Albans and Hemel Hempstead - often went to Watford and Luton

DanNistelrooy · Nov 10, 2015

Kaos said:
My local side and my first time watching United live in years

I'll be in the Watford end though.

I'm also sitting in the home end though can't say I'm looking forward to it too much. Had some horrible moments sitting in the home end watching United at Arsenal, Chelsea and in particular Fulham (Papa Bouba Diop).

RedorDead21 · Nov 10, 2015

The chance to go top if only for afew hrs. The litmus test for this team so far this season can they do what Arsenal couldnt do against spurs and seize that chance. Win it and we are nicely set to cement a challenge. Lose and I feel we could end up making poor title impression this season. Odd how one game can determine such in your mind.

Kaos · Nov 10, 2015

Paul the Wolf said:
I grew up in St Albans and Hemel Hempstead - often went to Watford and Luton

I'm from St Albans

Hate Luton town though :nono:

DanNistelrooy said:
I'm also sitting in the home end though can't say I'm looking forward to it too much. Had some horrible moments sitting in the home end watching United at Arsenal, Chelsea and in particular Fulham (Papa Bouba Diop).

Watford fans are generally an alright bunch, except for the morons who support Spurs and Arsenal and just follow 'Watford' as their second team, but again I'm just as much a hypocrite :lol:

Paul the Wolf · Nov 10, 2015

Kaos said:
I'm from St Albans

Hate Luton town though

Never particularly biased towards either
I used to live in Marshalswick from age 2 to 14 went to Skyswood JMI school and then St Albans School
Moved to Hemel and lived there for about 24 years on and off

oLeSoLsKjAeR20 · Nov 13, 2015

MyOnlySolskjaer said:
Time to drop Juan?

Why?

2 man midfield · Nov 13, 2015

Ugh, feck England.

khoazany · Nov 13, 2015

Hopefully no more stupid injuries...

De Gea
Young Smalling Jones Rojo
Schneiderlin Bastian
Mata Rooney Lingard
Martial

Subs: Romero,Darmian,Blind,Herrera,Pereira,Memphis,Wilson?

Walters_19_MuFc · Nov 14, 2015

oLeSoLsKjAeR20 said:
Why?

Probably because Van Gaal has been recently talking about how we need pace on the wings and Mata doesn't give us that, unfortunately.

Walters_19_MuFc · Nov 14, 2015

What I want to see:

De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Jones - Rojo
Schneiderlin - Schweinstieger
Herrera
Lingard - Rooney - Martial

Roosney · Nov 17, 2015

Walters_19_MuFc said:
What I want to see:

De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Jones - Rojo
Schneiderlin - Schweinstieger
Herrera
Lingard - Rooney - Martial

Seems solid, but what about Blind instead of Jones? If Watford park the bus I think Blind would be the better option.
On the other hand I have no idea of Watford's attacking options.

Walters_19_MuFc · Nov 17, 2015

Roosney said:
Seems solid, but what about Blind instead of Jones? If Watford park the bus I think Blind would be the better option.
On the other hand I have no idea of Watford's attacking options.

I guess its a possibilty. Watford's front two seem a handful. I know Deeney personally and he's a tank. Having said that, I actually dont think Watford will park the bus. I've watched them a few times this season and they press high up the pitch, regardless of who they have been playing. They played like that against Arsenal, and despite the loss, they played really well and should have probably come out with at least a draw.

Adisa · Nov 17, 2015

Not going to be easy and our away record is shite. However, we have to be picking up a win in this type of match, if we want to show that we are serious.

Bwuk · Nov 17, 2015

Since Rooney must play...

Dave
Darmian - Smalling - Blind - Rojo
Mata - Herrera - Morgan - Lingard
Rooney - Martial

The Red Thinker · Nov 17, 2015

I've never wished for one of our players to be ever injured, but for some reason I really hope that Rooney gets one. It will force LVG's hand we'll have Martial up top with Herrera and Mata both playing.

Rooney can prolly then watch the team blossom with goals and he'll maybe realise just how big a failure he's been this season.

It's a fantasy... that's one hard tackle away in training. Get on it Jonesy!

Akshay · Nov 17, 2015

Can't come soon enough. Sick of internationals. Feels like an eternity since I've gotten to watch United play. Hope Schmidfield is fit enough to play.

Successful · Nov 17, 2015

De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Jones - Rojo
Schneiderlin - Schweinstieger
Rooney
Lingard - Mata - Martial

Turnip · Nov 17, 2015

I'm gonna go with all out confidence and say we'll get a 2-0 win.
But mostly I'm just looking forward to having football back on, international friendlies are so boring.

Clas Sified · Nov 17, 2015

Roosney said:
Seems solid, but what about Blind instead of Jones? If Watford park the bus I think Blind would be the better option.
On the other hand I have no idea of Watford's attacking options.

Ighalo would feck over Blind I feel. Jones is the right choice IMO

iammemphis · Nov 17, 2015

Kaos said:
I'm from St Albans

Hate Luton town though

Watford fans are generally an alright bunch, except for the morons who support Spurs and Arsenal and just follow 'Watford' as their second team, but again I'm just as much a hypocrite

Paul the Wolf said:
Never particularly biased towards either
I used to live in Marshalswick from age 2 to 14 went to Skyswood JMI school and then St Albans School
Moved to Hemel and lived there for about 24 years on and off

Im a postman in St Albans. Im in different areas each week. Ill be there saturday with my Watford ST. Can't wait - although the weather forecast on my iphone right now is a tad worrying (its snowing).

Bwuk · Nov 17, 2015

Clas Sified said:
Ighalo would feck over Blind I feel. Jones is the right choice IMO

We should not be changing our side because we are worried about Watfords forwards.

Lennon7 · Nov 17, 2015

Bwuk said:
We should not be changing our side because we are worried about Watfords forwards.

Ighalo is a very good player.

Bwuk · Nov 17, 2015

LennonNL said:
Ighalo is a very good player.

We are Manchester United. With all respect to Watford, we should be going out and completely controlling this.

sincher · Nov 17, 2015

Ighalo from the other side
He must have scored a thousand times

TrustInJanuzaj · Nov 17, 2015

LennonNL said:
Ighalo is a very good player.

Honestly hes pretty average

Ramshock · Nov 17, 2015

Wont be a good game. I have us squeaking out a 1-0 but it could go either way.

villain · Nov 17, 2015

sincher said:
Ighalo from the other side
He must have scored a thousand times

Ha, that got a smirk out of me.

sunama · Nov 17, 2015

Ighalo is actually a decent play, havng scored 7 league goals this season.
For comparison, Rooney has 2.
We certainly have to respect Ighalo BUT, we need to be going out and dominating Watford.
My feeling is that they will park the bus and if that happens, I'd rather have Blind, than Jones.

BTW. Is Smalling injured?

NoPace · Nov 17, 2015

Herrera > Free Speech

Ban all who do not include Herrera in their XI. We need a united front to get Van Gaal's attention. Maybe rename the site the Herrera Cafe. That would get some media comments.

Clas Sified · Nov 17, 2015

sunama said:
Ighalo is actually a decent play, havng scored 7 league goals this season.
For comparison, Rooney has 2.
We certainly have to respect Ighalo BUT, we need to be going out and dominating Watford.
My feeling is that they will park the bus and if that happens, I'd rather have Blind, than Jones.

BTW. Is Smalling injured?

Wait, you what?

Gerald G · Nov 17, 2015

De Gea
Darmian-Smalling-Blind-Rojo
Schneiderlin-Schweinsteiger
Mata-Herrera-Lingard
Rooney

subs: Johnstone, Jones, McNair, Young, Fellaini, Pereira, Memphis

MyOnlySolskjaer · Nov 18, 2015

De Gea
Darmian Smalling Blind Rojo
Schneiderlin Schweinsteiger
Lingard Mata Young
Rooney

RedDevil@84 · Nov 18, 2015

With Martial looking out of the match, Rooney to score a brace

RedDevil@84 · Nov 18, 2015

De Gea
Darmian Smalling Blind Rojo
Schneiderlin Schweinsteiger
Mata Herrera Young
Rooney

Bwuk · Nov 18, 2015

Since it looks like Martial will be out. Unsure what's happening with Smalling if he's fit or not, if unfit swap him for Jones.

De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Blind - Rojo
Schneiderlin
Herrera - Bastian
Mata - Rooney - Memphis

Adisa · Nov 18, 2015

Still can't see Memphis starting. Will probably be Herrera behind Rooney and Lingard on the left.

Brightonian · Nov 18, 2015

Call me naive, but I'm actually expecting a decent performance from us. We were slightly better against CSKA and then much better against West Brom, so there's an upward curve there. Plus although the injuries are a blow, a fair few players have been able to have a bit of a rest over the break. Even De Gea, Mata and Schweinsteiger what with their second matches being called off.

Plus I don't expect either Martial or Smalling to be out for more than this one game. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Smalling's 'knock' turned out to be nothing at all and he played.

FacerTheRed · Nov 18, 2015

I can see United controlling this game. It just depends if United can get the goals! Martial is a big blow so Rooney has to play up front so i really hope he steps up. Most likely Watford will drop Deeney and stick in another midfielder. I'd be very surprised if they stick with both Deeney & Ighola up front, having them both on will make that midfield even more weaker against an United's obvious superior midfield.

4-3-3

------------------------DDG----------------------
Darmian----Smalling--------Blind----------Rojo
--------------------Schneiderlin-----------------
--------------Herrera--------Schweinsteiger---
-----Mata------------Rooney-------------Lingard

Could be like this but maybe be also a 4-2-3-1 with the Schmidfield in the deep midfield & Herrera in the whole but the formation changes as the game goes on anyways. But this looks likely to be the team to see against Watford. I'd expect United to suffocate Watford over the possessions. It just all depends if Rooney is finally getting on the goals.. we will see.

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