Manchester United v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread January 1st 8pm

[eric woolban woolban]

Our 4-yellow contingent will do well to make it to the amnesty without reaching 5 and an enforced break. Play them, what happens happens, I'd rather we don't try second-guessing ourselves about what might or might not be.

As tough as it is on Hause, I'd put Mings back in for that bit extra we get with his distribution. Against Chelsea I thought we really missed that straight 30-40 yard ball up the line to Watkins or Grealish or the winger that he does play very well. Grealish on the left, Barkley as the '10', El Ghazi right wing, the rest picks itself.

Does a fifth booking mean missing the Fa cup game?

No, a suspension through accumulated yellow cards is competition-specific, it'll be a league game.

Cheers it used to be that way but I remember last year league Cup yellows were specific to that competition.

[myf]

sit back and hit em on the break just like second half against palace

[TonyD]

I want this bad.   

[CT Villan]

McGuire's going to get sent off as we win 0-2.

[ChicagoLion]

We will ask a lot more questions of their dodgy defence than Wolves did.

[RichardBatchelor]

Manure 3 (Fernandes pen 87, Fernandes pen 94, van Nistelrooy 99)
Villa 2 (Grealish 17, Watkins 61)

[Ads]

Having just watched them. Well, well, well, now here is an opportunity...

[brontebilly]

Having just watched them. Well, well, well, now here is an opportunity...

They were dreadful....complete fluke of a winner at the end

[TonyD]

Chelsea were shite against Arsenal. 

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Nothing happened during the game at all!!
Where did 5 minutes added time come from?

[Brazilian Villain]

Having just watched them. Well, well, well, now here is an opportunity...

They may have used up all their luck tonight but that will be compensated for by awarding Bruno Fernandes 2 penalties as they didn't get any tonight.

Would love to do the f*ckers on Friday even more than normal.

[brontebilly]

Wolves gave them no space in behind tonight which exposed their lack of a plan b, reminded me of England in that regard. Complete fluke of a winner, undeserved in the extreme. But hopefully talk of a title charge will ramp up in the next couple of days for them.

We won't sit back like Wolves did, that's not the Smith way. I'd expect we will try and get Luiz and McGinn to dominate in midfield, like the veteran Moutinho did tonight. Get Jack 1 on 1 with the frankly hopeless AWB. But we will give them space in behind where Mings additional pace will be useful. 

[Lastfootstamper]

Chelsea were shite against Arsenal.

True, but Lampard realised that and made wholesale changes. Ole won't.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

0-1 watkins pen Maguire brings down JG in the box .......

[robbo1874]

Just for once beat the ******