villaglint Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Be interesting to see how we set up for this one. I remember one of Sherwoods early games away at Utd last year we played very conservative and got battered anyway. Wouldnt surprise me for Sherwood to do a full about turn and just throw the kitchen sink at them from the off. No idea whether that will work any better. For me with all the changes we've made its going to take about 10 games before I have any hope of predicting our results. I felt the Bournemouth game was going to be a goal fest ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Looking forward to this even though I'm 99% sure we'll lose. Man United's goalkeeping situation is hilariously strong at the moment. Romero, De Gea, Valdes and Lindegaard good thing they can't play them all at the same time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieVillan Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Interested to see how we line up for this and what approach we take i.e. will we sit tight and try to contain and hit them on the break, or will we try to take the game to them. Looking at it, they are not invincible by any stretch and I think we should just go for it. We have a young fast paced team full of athletes now, so I think we can go into this thinking we have a chance at least, unlike previous years when we have just rolled over. Man Utd don't have the psychological edge in the way they did under Fergie, so I don't think we'll be afraid of this. Saying that, I'm not optimistic. I reckon we will lose, but think we will give a decent account of ourselves. Wouldn't be shocked if win by the odd goal though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Gil and Grealish hopefully fit for this one. Will be very interesting to see what Tim goes for. The same team that started against Bournemouth apart from Gestede will start in place of Ayew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmirch Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 2-1. Gestede and Westwood. Consolation goal from Rooney which helps out my fantasy team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 1-3. We will start well but a mixture of errors and good finishing for them will get them the 3 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) Grealish and Gil to return on the bench? Edited August 10, 2015 by KSV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NulliSecundus Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Where's Gil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Can't see anything other than a defeat. Death, taxes and not beating Manchester United at home are the three things I can be certain of in life. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I think we will lose... we always do... but as long as we show spirit and fight, and don't roll over, I will be happy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 We have to win eventually ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 A team of losers got used to losing against Utd. We sold the losers so I fully expect us to play crap on Friday but find a way to win. Sinclair scores against the run of play in the first half, they equalise just after half time (Young cross, Rooney finish) . However Veretout bursts into the box for the winner in the 78th minute. Thus ends my random prediction generator for this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Can't see anything other than a defeat. Death, taxes and not beating Manchester United at home are the three things I can be certain of in life. Indeed. I will be celebrating another year closer to the grave. By totally ignoring this game. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 The same pessimism that said we we're going to lose to Bournemouth. I believe that if we're all positive about it we'll get a result. Just like women's periods all sync up, men have something similar with football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsimutv Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 We will beat these on friday. About time i think. Sherwood will not allow us to sit back. Im predicting a goal fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) Annoying that the first home game of the season is somewhat ruined by it being Utd, we will just never beat them. Edited August 10, 2015 by AndyM3000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 10, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2015 I dunno, if there's ever a time to play Man United it's early on before they get into their stride. I don't think we will win, but I have confidence we will give it a right good go, and you never know when you do that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) its the start of the season and we won our opening game against a team most people fancied to beat us for some reason, united are a much better team but we basically have a new team so lets call it a fresh start and be positive. id rather play them now rather than a few more games into the season, with a full house behind us and with the fans roaring us on we might just beat them because lets face it, its about time. lets be positive we won our opening game also i think we have an half decent team if we can get it right. Edited August 10, 2015 by Rugeley Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 United were very ordinary away from home last season, so I imagine LVG will have them focussed on sorting that out this year. Though, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they were a tad complacent (Neville's mocking of the away trips to Villa over the summer was quite revealing) as we're normally quite reliable for donating a few points to the manc 'cause. Now fold in a bit of nutcase motivation from Timmy for the first home game and who knows. We are certainly due... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Surely won't be anything other than 4-3-3? Gestede for Ayew is the obvious change, I imagine we can get at least an hour out of Rudy. Maybe Hutton for Bacuna but otherwise would imagine it will be the same other 9 players. Would love Grealish fit enough for the bench, this is the sort of game where he'd get a lot more space in the final third and could do some damage coming on for last 20 minutes although obviously not fully fit, same for Gil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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