Weekend title watch - the mancs

[wiw]

We looked tired today, despite having looked the freshest I've seen us in a while against Villa

Utd looked tired against Fulham. They're going to hit the wall I'm ****ing convinced

[Joe King]

With Tevez playing in La Paz, he will definitely struggle, it will take until next week for him to fully recover. I can see him coming on, starting and he will be a liability for the United team tomorrow.

This is the team expected

VDS
O'Shea Rio Evans Evra
Park Fletcher Carrick Ronaldo
Giggs
Tevez

[DannyMan2006]

Let's face it, attack wise Man Utd have been a one man team this year. Last season Fergie had it spot on with the work rate of Rooney and Tevez, added to their willingless to play on the flanks, allowed winker boy to best illustrate his talents.

This season Fergie has brought in the worlds laziest striker in Berbatov, which has meant that winker boy has had to track back. Recently he has not bothered doing this and United have suffered because of it. With Tevez not there to cover for him United have been over exposed.

Ferguson went from having the perfect balance to a complete mish mash. United may have been top, but it was not down to magnificent play. It was down to fantastic defending from Rio and Vidic. They have lacked fluidity in attack and I think Ferguson needs to remedy that situation if the Mancs are to seriously challenge for the Champions League, and to stop their title dreams come crashing down on them.

At the start of the season both Rafa and Fergie risked big money on a Spurs striker. Rafa realised just in time that Keane was not working out and sold him. I believe Ferguson will be too stubborn to drop Berbatov, though he's probably been done a favour with him being injured for two-three weeks.

For the Mancs to win against Villa they need either their defence to get back to their usual standards, or they need an on form Ronaldo.

I can seriously see a Villa win tomorrow. They'll never get a better chance and whilst the Mancs will be fired up, so will Villa.

[-V-]

Look at it this way- If there ever was a time when Man Utd SHOULD again drop points at home then tomorrow is that time because of how many key players they are missing. If Aston Villa were to get a result at OT then tomorrow is the perfect occasion with the perfect circumstances

[wiw]

Agree with all of that Danny

[Craig_H]

Seems like Ferdinand hasnt made it

VDS
Neviile
O'Shea
Evans
Evra
Nani
Carrick
Fletcher
Giggs
Ronaldo
Tevez

Come on Villa, grow a ****ing pair, you can get a win here.

[Craig_H]

And the bench:

Foster, Eckersley, Gibson, Park, Martin, Welbeck, Macheda

Strength in depth, my arse.

[Craig_H]

Villa team:

Friedel
L Young
Cueller
Davies
Shorey
Milner
Petrov
Barry
A Young
Agbonlahor
Carew

[Vermilion]

Hmmmm, interesting.

[Carras_Shin_Pads]

Can see villa doing something special here

[Red_Polo]

****ing come on Villa!

[Craig_H]

****ing come on Villa!

Villa are 6 adrift of Arsenal, with a game in hand - and if there was ever a chance of them winning at the toilet, this is it.

O'Neil better have his motivating hat on today, the erratic buffoon.

[JohnDoe]

Seems like Ferdinand hasnt made it

VDS
Neviile
O'Shea
Evans
Evra
Nani
Carrick
Fletcher
Giggs
Ronaldo
Tevez

Come on Villa, grow a ****ing pair, you can get a win here.

Villa team:

Friedel
L Young
Cueller
Davies
Shorey
Milner
Petrov
Barry
A Young
Agbonlahor
Carew

Have to say, this is not bad at all. If Carew and Agbonlahor have good games...

[JohnDoe]

Hmm...

Carew and Agbonlahor vs. O'Shea and Evans.
Ashley Young vs. Gary Neville

These are potentially two mis-matches Villa have to take advantage of. They'll really look like total bottlers if they don't take something from this game

[Red_Polo]

I'm secretly hopeful but I'm going to predict an easy 2-0 for the Mancs just so I don't feel like **** if it happens.