Aston Villa vs Manchester United pre-match thread

[ChicagoLion]

Interesting point though. Why can Man Utd play Rashford and Ganarcho but we can't play Bailey and Diaby?

We can and do, just not very effectively.

[Steve67]

Get JJ and Torres back in the side.  We need more energy than Tielemans gives us.  We have to learn from the Chelsea defeat and work a whole lot harder than we did against them. 

[Mister E]

Interesting point though. Why can Man Utd play Rashford and Ganarcho but we can't play Bailey and Diaby?

We can and do, just not very effectively.

We could do if Bailey was played on the left ...
... but I think I'd prefer Ramsey on the left side of MF, to give great energy on that side.

[Footy-Vill]

Man Utd away recently
3 goals conceded  v Wolves
2 goals conceded v Newport
2 goals conceded v Forest
2 goals conceded v West Ham

They also conceded 4 goals at Copenhagen early this season.

[OCD]

Man Utd away recently
3 goals conceded  v Wolves
2 goals conceded v Newport
2 goals conceded v Forest
2 goals conceded v West Ham

They also conceded 4 goals at Copenhagen early this season.

The problem with that is look at Newcastle and Chelsea's recent records.

[Mister E]

Having read people's opinions on Carlos and Chambers in their threads, I wonder whether Emery might consider playing Kamara alongside Lenglet (to add pace and game-reading) and put Tim in front of them. ManUre is not a physical side upfront, but it does have some pace and movement. Kamara would deal with that better than the DC / CC options.
It's pretty unlikely, I'm guessing.

[London Villan]

Get JJ and Torres back in the side.  We need more energy than Tielemans gives us.  We have to learn from the Chelsea defeat and work a whole lot harder than we did against them. 

This is what I expect we'll see.

[TonyD]

Sunday could be a lovely day or a truly awful day.
I can't call it. 

[Legion]

0-2.

[Brend'Watkins]

Get JJ and Torres back in the side.  We need more energy than Tielemans gives us.  We have to learn from the Chelsea defeat and work a whole lot harder than we did against them. 

This is what I expect we'll see.

If we don't then we'll get a similar outcome to Wednesday. We need all of the midfield back on top form and we need to score early.

[ez]

I'm saying 0-0 as Emery dare not lose this one.

[PaulWinch again]

We’ve just got to get our structure back - we are so easy to play through and teams can do it without much fear, because when we win it back we’re so slow to attack. We were brilliant earlier in the season in ripping through teams, with accuracy, we just have to get that back. If we do that teams will then be fearful to attack, which in turn eases pressure on the defence. I really hope Pau is back and is the key to unlocking our ability to attack again.

[LukeJames]

Digne back

[PaulWinch again]

Excellent Pau and Digne back is massive for us.

[Rigadon]

The least I expect is that we are at it physically and mentally.  I want to see us winning the 50/50s and I want us to take our bloody chances when they come along.  Everyone in the team needs to be at the intensity levels we showed pre-Jan.   It's like a cup final this one.  Win and we will storm top 4.  Lose and, err, we probably won't.  How I'd feel about a draw would depend on the performance.

Lose 2-3 (AGAIN) and I'd probably self-implode.