After Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to Watford, Mourinho lambasted his left-back Luke Shaw for being at fault for the Hornets’ second goal and claimed individuals in his team were “feel [ing] the pressure too much”. It means I have more in my armoury when it comes to the matches. Mourinho made eight changes for the Europa League trip to Feyenoord and then another five for the reversal at Vicarage Road, so may be inclined to shuffle his pack again for this tie, which could also present an opportunity for some of the younger members of the squad. It is one type of statement to exclude Bastian Schweinsteiger from his plans without a ball being kicked, but it would have been quite another to sideline Rooney until he had first given the player enough rope to hang himself.
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With a potential move on the cards, it is just 16/1 that Rooney fails to beat Bobby Charlton’s Manchester United goalscoring record of which he is four goals away.
“I’m sure the stadium will be packed and they will try to make things hard for us”.
That’s according to an exclusive from the Sun’s Neil Ashton, who reported the United captain’s woeful display against Watford has prompted the manager to leave him out of the starting lineup.
Head coach Walter Mazzarri deserves a lot of praise for his role in our victory as he got his tactics spot on.
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He was given the unenviable task of marking Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the Austrian barely gave him a sniff. Rumour has it that the Swedish global is still in Prodl’s back pocket now. But look who is last… It’s insane to think the Austrian might not have even started had Younes Kaboul been fit. However, that system has not managed to bring the best out of Pogba.
Pogba has been accustomed to a certain style of play and it will undoubtedly take him time to adapt to Mourinho’s philosophy at Old Trafford.
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What a fantastic time to be a Watford fan and I’m now dreaming about what this side could achieve this season under the guidance of Mazzarri.
