FA Cup 3rd Round

Manchester United 1:0 Watford

Old Trafford

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Sat, 9 January 2021 @ 8:00pm GMT
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    RUCK4444 said:
    I agree HOWEVER this whole place will erupt into 'why has Ole rested the whole team, that's another cup chance down the drain, poor selection' blah blah.
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    Not after seeing our recent league form, there simply has to be massive changes and don't care how much it affects the rhythm of the team either
     
    Annihilate Now! said:
    Lingard's was injured for most of the early part of the season, and made the bench ahead of Mata for the Everton game and the Leicester game.
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    Maybe Ole is afraid that armed JLingz cultists will storm Carrington to overturn the selection.
     
    Siorac said:
    Almost everyone wants wholesale changes, based on the posts so far. Hard to see anyone doing much erupting.

    If Bruno starts, Ole should be fired on the spot. OK, I'm exaggerating but only a little.
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    Yeah I can see that in the posts but I've seen that before and then the tide quickly turns when we don't get a result.

    I think Ole will field a strong team, I hope he can see Bruno needs a rest but I fully expect him to be on the bench in case we are chasing the game in the second half.

    Hopefully with the depth we have now we can field a relatively strong team and rest the players that need resting.
     
    croadyman said:
    Probably just expects him to do that and to be fair he has form for not resting and rotating players well enough
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    Still seems a pretty worked up reaction, bordering on anger or bitterness. If we play a very well rotated team it's just idiotic.

    Hes got the whole time line of his outraged mapped out. The Liverpool game might not even go ahead at this point
     
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    croadyman said:
    Not after seeing our recent league form, there simply has to be massive changes and don't care how much it affects the rhythm of the team either
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    You don't think the caf will erupt with Ole-bashing if we go out of the cup after fielding a weakened team - really?

    I totally agree we need to make wholesale changes in order to rest key players, I can just see what posts I'll be reading if Ole does that and we lose.
    I would much rather concentrate our entire efforts on the league.
     
    RUCK4444 said:
    You don't think the caf will erupt with Ole-bashing if we go out of the cup after fielding a weakened team - really?

    I totally agree we need to make wholesale changes in order to rest key players, I can just see what posts I'll be reading if Ole does that and we lose.
    I would much rather concentrate our entire efforts on the league.
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    Well if people erupt over that then will just ignore those posts because like you say we need to concentrate on the league
     
    Don't care if we win or lose this one.

    Just play the subs and other.

    Rest players for Burnley, with Pool in mind.

    ---------------------------------------------Henderson------------------------------------
    Fosu-Mensah---------Tuanzebe-------------Lindelof-----------------Telles
    --------------------------------Matic-------------Van de Beek-------------------------
    Greenwood-----------------------------Mata----------------------------------James
    ----------------------------------------------Ighalo--------------------------------------------
     
    I'd rest the full first 11 here. We've seen how a little rest has benefitted city.

    Henderson
    Williams - Bailly - Tuanzebe - Telles
    Matic - VDB
    Greenwood - Mata - James
    Ighalo
     
    GMoore23 said:
    I'd rest the full first 11 here. We've seen how a little rest has benefitted city.

    Henderson
    Williams - Bailly - Tuanzebe - Telles
    Matic - VDB
    Greenwood - Mata - James
    Ighalo
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    How I wish we would play that team but we all know Ole to well
     
    RUCK4444 said:
    I agree HOWEVER this whole place will erupt into 'why has Ole rested the whole team, that's another cup chance down the drain, poor selection' blah blah.
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    This place will moan either way.
    VdB, Tuanzebe, James, Mata, Matic, Telles should come in. The rest should be the same as against City. That team should still be beating Watford, if not then not the end of the world. But I think the majority of our fans won’t be complaining at all if Bruno, Rashford and Maguire get a day off, worst case they are on the bench.
     
    united_99 said:
    This place will moan either way.
    VdB, Tuanzebe, James, Mata, Matic, Telles should come in. The rest should be the same as against City. That team should still be beating Watford, if not then not the end of the world. But I think the majority of our fans won’t be complaining at all if Bruno, Rashford and Maguire get a day off, worst case they are on the bench.
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    Yeah agree, that's the approach I would take. The most important thing is resting key players ahead of the upcoming league games.
     
    Henderson

    Fosu Mensah
    Tuanzebe
    Bailly
    Telles

    Matic

    Mata
    VDB

    Pallistri
    Greenwood
    James

    Subs: DDG, Lindelof, Rashford, Martial, Fred, Shaw, McTominay, Fernandes, Maguire.

    Hopefully no need to use Rashford, Fernandes or Maguire but available for insurance purposes.

    2-0: Mata & Greenwood
     
    VivaRonaldo85 said:
    Henderson

    Fosu Mensah
    Tuanzebe
    Bailly
    Telles

    Matic

    Mata
    VDB

    Pallistri
    Greenwood
    James

    Subs: DDG, Lindelof, Rashford, Martial, Fred, Shaw, McTominay, Fernandes, Maguire.

    Hopefully no need to use Rashford, Fernandes or Maguire.

    2-0: Mata & Greenwood
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    Would rather he left Bruno, Rashford & Maguire at home
     
    I’d play the below team.

    ————————Henderson————————
    Williams—Lindelof—Tuanzebe—Telles
    ———————Matic——Pogba——————
    Mata———————VDB——————Martial
    ————————Greenwood————————

    That’s a pretty strong team and I’d expect us to win which we really need to do. I think people are kidding themselves if they think it’s acceptable to go out of two competitions in a week, especially when it’s pretty unlikely we will win the title. The key things are to win while resting Bruno, Rashford and Maguire.
     
    Ole won’t rest many if any they will all have to be ready to play, we are building a mentality and unfortunately needs must for Ole saying this if we are to play rashford And Bruno then hopefully it’s from the bench.


    ———————Henderson————————
    Tuanzebe——Bailey— Maguire—Telles
    ———————Matic——Pogba——————
    Mata———————VDB——————Martial
    ————————Greenwood———————-

    Rashford and Bruno on to win it.
     
    Who knows how many changes Ole will make but resting Bruno, Rashford and Maguire is crucial, although the latter is unlikely as Maguire seems to always start due to being Captain.
     
    Adam-Utd said:
    From the bench maybe if he gets his visa in time - doubt it though.
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    I had assumed visa sorted when I saw the headline saying it was completed earlier on, didn’t bother to read the story, my mistake.
     
    not sure why so many lineups have greenwood playing on the right. Think it is becoming clear that he shouldnt really be playing there. Needs to be getting some game time in a central position. Perfect game to give him a chance to lead the line centrally.
     
    Devil may care said:
    Who knows how many changes Ole will make but resting Bruno, Rashford and Maguire is crucial, although the latter is unlikely as Maguire seems to always start due to being Captain.
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    Yeah already accepted he will play but hopeful Bruno & Rashford are at least benched because no chance he rests them completely
     
    Would be disappointed if any of last night's team (Henderson excepted) started the game on Saturday, I think McGuire will start though, to compete with Deeney. We could send out of very good back up 11 quite easily.

    Henderson.
    TFM or Williams.
    Tuanzebe.
    McGuire.
    Telles.
    Matic.
    VDB.
    Mata.
    Greenwood.
    Ighalo.
    James.

    Also could have Lingard, Pellistri, Laird, TFM or Williams on the bench. I would let Bruno have the weekend off completely.
     
    red woppit said:
    Would be disappointed if any of last night's team (Henderson excepted) started the game on Saturday, I think McGuire will start though, to compete with Deeney. We could send out of very good back up 11 quite easily.

    Henderson.
    TFM or Williams.
    Tuanzebe.
    McGuire.
    Telles.
    Matic.
    VDB.
    Mata.
    Greenwood.
    Ighalo.
    James.

    Also could have Lingard, Pellistri, Laird, TFM or Williams on the bench. I would let Bruno have the weekend off completely.
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    There is a few players that need resting completely but won't be
     
    JustinC00 said:
    Expect a full strength squad with no rotation for this one. The PE teacher will be scared to get knocked out of cups in back to back matches, (especially this one since it's a Championship side, he's clearly desperate to get a trophy), him rotating against Instanbul and that ultimately being the reason why we are out of the CL put the fear into him about rotation/rest. So no rest going into the Liverpool game because we can't rest against Burnley. Meanwhile Liverpool will have 8 days off before that, while we'll have played in 2 more games between today and then and only have 4 days off before the match.
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    We have the worst fanbase on earth
     
    Just rest the first 11, dont be a fecking stupid manager and play any of the first 11.
     
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  • 30% Man Utd 2:0 Watford
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  • 14% Man Utd 3:1 Watford
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