Last week, I argued that Sir Alex Ferguson hadn’t made a mistake in playing our youngsters against Besiktas in the penultimate Champions League group stage game. It was important for the youngsters to be given a go and we have to recognise that the only way for them to improve and be ready for occasions like that, is to play them in occasions like that.
However, when I made that argument, I didn’t anticipate us travelling to the home of the German champions with just one defender.
It would be really bad luck to have as many players injured as we do, but it’s absolutely ridiculous to think they’ve all come from one position. Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Wes Brown, Gary Neville, Rafael, Fabio, John O’Shea and Jonny Evans are all missing.
So where does this leave us? There has been some talk of Patrice Evra playing centrally alongside Michael Carrick, but that seems daft. You’ve got to think of our opponents here and our own players’ strengths.
Edin Džeko is 6 foot 3, 7 inches taller than Patrice. Whilst Evra’s defensive game is great, his best attribute is his ability to go forward. By playing him in the centre we’d be taking away the best part of him game and putting all the pressure on one of his weakest – dealing with height.
Darron Gibson has played in the centre of defence before and claims he would be happy to play there in Germany tonight. If you presume Darren Fletcher will be playing at right back, then we’re left with three central midfielders in the centre of defence. This of course isn’t ideal, but thankfully we have a wealth of central midfielders, meaning the likes of Anderson and Paul Scholes can fill that role.
The other option is to throw Oliver Gill, the chairman’s son, in at the deep end. Having made just nine appearances for the Reserves this season and not ever getting a sniff of the first team, I’m not overwhelmed with confidence. Whilst the experience may have positive effects on him, it coming so early could also be damaging. If he gets bent over by Džeko all evening, it’s not going to be too good for his confidence. Regardless, he is billed as a ‘no nonsense defender’ and might do a job if surrounded by the more experienced players, with Scholes sitting deep in front of him.
Because of our weakness in defence, the manager should go about picking his strongest players, or there abouts, for the other positions. Maybe tonight is the time for Nani to return to the first team with Antonio Valencia possibly on the other wing. Park Ji-Sung could also be used to sure up the midfield. This might be a good opportunity for Michael Owen and Danny Welbeck to get some decent playing time.
Whilst of course finishing top would most likely give us the easiest route to the quarter-finals, we’re not hanging in the balance here. We’ve qualified, we know we’ll definitely be playing Champions League football in the next round, and that should be good enough.
In a perfect world, things would be a lot simpler, but it’s not perfect, and this is United. How else would we do things if not making it hard for ourselves??
On the bright side: 1. we just need one point 2. Wolfsburg are 8th in their league and have conceded almost 2 goals a game this season, 3. we tend to perform when our backs are against the wall.
Come on United!
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I heard that Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov and Macheda have all been left at home. Meaning that in a 19 man squad we have 13 midfielders, 2 defenders, 2 keepers and 2 strikers. Nonetheless I’m looking forward to the game but expect a tough test as Wolfsburg will probably need the win to qualify.
Scott – Giggsy not travelled mate. It will certainly be interesting tonight and thank fuck we have qualified. If it looks like we may be without for a couple of weeks I wouldn’t be surprised if Fergie brings in a loan player to get us through. Not Sol fucking Campbell like some clown on MUTV suggested last night though. Fuck it throw Gill in see if he sinks or swims.
or Macheda, Rooney or Bebatov.
We only have 19 players tonite, Dimi and Wazza have an injury and are both doubts for Villa too! Macheda also has an injury so they are all left at Manchester. So yea… Im looking forward to see Eikram, just cant wait!
Fletch Olly Carrick Evra
Valencia Gibson Eikram James
Owen Welbeck
According to the Norwegian supporter site, united.no, this is the squad:
Ben Foster (26), Gabriel Obertan (20), Magnus Eikrem (19), Paul Scholes (35), Darron Gibson (22), Antonio Valencia (24), Oliver Gill (19), Michael Carrick (28), Matt James (18), Michael Owen (29), Darren Fletcher (25), Danny Welbeck (19), Ji-sung Park (28), Anderson (21), Patrice Evra (28), Cameron Stewart (18), Tomasz Kuszczak (27), Nani (23), Oliver Norwood (18).
Pretty fucked up when you think about it. I’d probably go with the following
Tomasz Kuszczak / Ben Foster
Patrice Evra
Oliver Gill
Michael Carrick
Darren Fletcher
Valencia / Park
Anderson
Gibson / Scholes
Obertan / Nani
Owen
Welbeck
I followed the recent raging debate about playing “kids” in are so called “unimportant game” (i must have been mistaken for thinking our very proud european home record ment something!?!).
Anybody who put the point across about this being a mistake was berated by most as “glory hunters”and”not true fans” WTF!!
However this “unimportant game” could now mean we play a very tricky tie in the second round with the disadvantage of an away second leg.
This injury crisis could not have been forseen but surely it would have been better to put the points on the board first and foremost.
Scott.. Berba, Rooney, Macheda and Giggsy are all out. Here’s the group who flew out:
United’s 19-man squad for the game in Wolfsburg: Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster, Patrice Evra, Oliver Gill, Gabriel Obertan, Magnus Eikrem, Paul Scholes, Darron Gibson, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Matty James, Darren Fletcher, Ji-sung Park, Anderson, Cameron Stewart, Nani, Oliver Norwood, Michael Owen, Danny Welbeck
what about ritche de laet?
I heard that Vida will be fit for Aston Villa… what about Brown? is he seriously injured??
This match is going to be interesting, to say the least. With a back four of three midfielders and tiny Patrice Evra, you have to figure that Wolfsburg are going to try aerial bombardment from the flanks. So, first off, the idea of playing Evra in the middle makes no sense to me; let him play his normal game since the result will be determined by goals scored as well as goals against.
To start the game, some version of a 4-5-1 seems to be a no-brainer so if I were making out this team-sheet, Ben Foster would be crazy-glued to the bench. Fletcherinho and Carrick would be in central defence – both are six-footers and shouldn’t be completely overwhelmed by Dzeko and Grafite. On the flanks, I’d go with Evra and ThreeLungPark, if he’s fit; if not then Valencia who seems to be the strongest of the wingers. For midfield, it’s something of a god-send that the GingerNinja is able to play – he needs to be at his best in controlling the tempo of the game. Anderson and Gibson would be obvious choices for attacking midfielders; similarly, Nani and Obertan on the wing; while LittleMikey should be happy to run around up-front.
If TheLads fall behind and need a goal then Danny Welbeck could be brought on as a second striker. I wouldn’t give DavidGills’Son any playing time whatsoever unless – against all expectations – TheLads get a comfortable lead. The one kid to whom I would possibly give a chance would be Magnus Eikrem, who seems to have a really bright future. Otherwise, those guys who are just names will do their job by filling out the reserves’ bench.
I’m really looking forward to this game. In a sense, it’s a meaningless contest since UTD have already qualified for the knock-out stage but what a fantastic boost to the team’s spirit it would be if this completely make-shift team could snatch a point – or three. That’s entertainment !
Bet they wish they registered Richie de Leat now! Hargreaves could have been registered in the January window… hindsight!
Valencia – Anderson – Scholes (Park) – Owen – Nani (Obertan) should be a handful for any defence. We should be positive, they will try to attack all the time, leaving spaces behind which we should be able to exploit.
I this is brilliant. I don’t think anyone could pick this team… we should have a competition to see who can guess what team it will be. I think it will be….
Kuszczak
Fletcher, Carrick, Gill, Evra
Anderson, Scholes, Gibson
Nani, Owen, Welbeck
this is going to be a good match to watch for Man Utd fans. hopefully we will at least get a draw. maybe we will see Eikrem play, i have heard he is a great talent.
i read on the internet that Evra might play central defender. I hope he dosent. Dzenko (or however you spell it) is like 6’3 i think.
Owen and Park are due a goal now. I hope they get one each.
Would be nice to get a win with only one real defender on the pitch. Not many teams would be able to do that.
fergie will go with a 4-5-1 2nite. Kusczak,eikrem,fletcher,carrick,evra,
valencia,scholes,gibson,anderson,nani
owen.
we can still make a good team, i’d actually rest evra for the villa game. this game is a dead rubber and might prove to be a good source of experience for gill, eikrem, norwood and Stewart…
zaprudder77 – I couldn’t agree with you more mate. The point we needed should have been got at OT with more first teamers playing until the point needed was secured. I believe in giving kids a chance, but not the whole bloody load of them we had playing all at one time against Besiktas. Still we may get lucky – the Russians could beat Besiktas and we would still finish top I understand. As for calling fans who don’t support SAF playing too many kids all at once glory supporters, or not proper fans – well why are you suprised mate at the sheep following party liners that frequent this blog? If we get knocked out in the next round of the CL because we lost the advantage of winners to play the 2nd leg at home – the sheep will still be bleating that FERGIE did right – bloody typical!
The back 4 I would play would be:
Fletcher – Gibson – Carrick – Evra.
wat about de leat ? can we get cathcart back from his loan deal ?
not too worried about this game as we hav already qualified
but am more worried about the weekend game against villa
Bangladeshi Red- where are you from mate?dhaka?
I heard that king eric, sol fcuking campbel, some1 else phoned up and suggested steven taylor id rather play the kids.
Perhaps we should just go all out attack against the Germans tonight instead of playing cautiously. They’re defensive record isn’t impressive so I’m quite confident that we can score goals against them. I’m sure they know of our own defensive troubles at the moment so they will be looking to exploit that and meet us with an attacking approach. This could be a very interesting game, just hope we can keep Dzeko quiet, perhaps he wants to impress Fergie tonight…
But I predict this lineup:
———– Kuzczak ————–
Fletch – Carrick – Gill – Evra
———- Gibson —————–
Valencia – Scholes – Ando – Nani
———– Owen —————–
The back 4 I would play would be:
Fletcher – Gibson – Carrick – Evra.
I agree that is the best choice available, but given Fletcher’s talent it might be better as Gibson – Fletcher – Carrick – Evra. It really is unbelievable that we’re in this situation though.
Maybe we could call up Bruce and Pally for one last hurrah.
Gill for the winner
I agree with the 4-5-1 formation.. it makes the most sense to have a blanket protecting a weak back 4..
no rooney giggysy berba kiko.. plus our host of defenders.. this is going to be the most experimental side I’m ever going to witness.. could be extremely painful or brilliant to watch..
In my humble opinion I’ll better save the lads for Saturday vs Villa than today.
example group C:Real M & A.C.Milan, Group F: Barcellona &Inter and so on >>>>>>>>
Today we are already qualified and I think it is not important wether will be top of the group or not. The reason is that the sides that are going to make it for the knock out stage are all ‘ crem de al crem’. (that’s why the scoucers are not going to be there
Thus this bad luck can be used as blessing in disgise for the young talent to shine and gain some valuable experiance !
UNITED NEVER DIE !
@dv-ant
learned yesterday (thanks costas) de laet isn’t registered to play in the champions league. all the youngsters qualify through a special rule for academy players who have at least 2 years experience in the academy.
tosic isn’t registered either. there’s an extra spot but its being saved for hargo’s return.
Lads,
one thing is for certain about tonight more than any other away eurpoean game. WE are playing a 4-5-1!
There is more hope of winning the lottery than us playing 2 up front!
Give Gill his Senior Debt?……. My Vote would be why not! I have no problems, If he plays i am sure Fergie has assessed how well he think he would cope!
Play Evra at Centre Half?………. I wouldnt be keen, Evra is too short coming up against tall opposition!. Specialy as our opponents tonight are rather Tall!
Play Fletcher & Carrick in Central Defence?………… Id honestly prefer Gill and Carrick. For me i feel we need a Center Half who has played that position before. He needs to organise the defence, weather Gill is up to the job only time will tell…………. If he doesnt perform tonight i hope the fans are easy on him. Its not his fault to be honest!
Our Injury Worries.
It has been a long time since i have seen as bad an injury list!… The main thing is that we can cope short term but we do need some players back!!.> And soon!
Should we Dip into the Transfer Market in January??….. I wouldnt be keen on spending 10-15 million on a center half only for a replacement……….. When we get everyone back it will turn out to be a waste of money… Id rather soldier on with what we have, if this year we dont win any trophies and Put the Money to good use in July when we can use it where it counts then i will accept that!……… Some united fans have spend the majority of their supporting life with success. I have been supporting united for quite some times and i can remember the ribbing about 26 years and no league success!! If we dont win anything this year it wouldnt be the end of the world!… Saying that, We are 2 points off the league, League Cup Semi Final, FA Cup still to play, Qualified ino the knockout stage of European cup! It still is looking good for us!
where is hargo anyway??? the last i heard he was back in training with a ball then fergie said he needed a psychologist because his mental state was no gd.. anyone got any updates? I was hoping to see him b4 the year was out.. doesn’t look likely now
De Leat?? He has to get a game, anyway if cska win united top the group so come on Moscow, it’s bad but as a fan once sung it could be worse you could be scouse eating rats in a councle house
ghtt its been mentioned here that de laet is not registered to play CL games.. thats y i’m asking abt hargo cos he IS registered yet no where in sight
This injury crisis is seriously mental.
We have probably the deepest squad in the league, but no team would be able to deal with 8 out of 9 defenders easily. Luckily we have players who can adapt to defending.
We’ll play a back-to-the-wall game & sneak a goal on the break, hold till the end of the game, Even if we concede late on, its 1-1! Top of the table!
I say:
PIG, Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Park, Scholes, Anderson, Gibson, Nani, Valencia, Owen
I know it’s too late to recall Cathcart for tonight, but can we find a bus somewhere and park it behind Tomasz? I think that’s our best chance of dealing with Dzeko…
is the match being shown live in India ?
Evra at centre half – hahahahahahahahaha! He can’t stay back when he is playing left back, so he would never be able to discipline himself enough to be in the box defending all the time! I watch the reserve games, and although Gill has only played about 19 times since stepping up to the reserves, he is a stickler for staying on anyone he has to mark one on one – a bulldog snapping at their heels all the time. Against top class international forwards though who knows, but as we have very little other choice, throw the lad in with the sharks, and we will find out!
Aaron forgot that mate thanks, I’m looking at this from a plus side the resin we beat west ham away where they scored 2 on Liverpool and arsenal where the amount of midfielders we had that could create from all over the field. Keep it tight at the back and a clasic long ball game could produce the most amazing game of football in a long time. Attack attack attack attack attack.
Really bad injury crisis, couldn’t have seen it getting this bad.
In regards to Fergie playing the kids row, if you want to moan about a manager rotating his squad away and support the dippers, you’d love it there.
We’ve already qualified and resting players so we’re better off on a saturday afternoon is worthwhile especially since we’re trying to make up ground on the rent boys, no one could have seen this injury crisis coming unless you’ve a crystal ball.
Unlink most people imo i think we’ll still get the job done tonight but gibson and carrick will have to play at centre back, need a lot of experience for these away matches and that’s the best we have with the players available
I think with the team we’ll be putting out 2nite ball retention will be important or we cud go for all out attack.
Kuszack
Park Fletch Carrick Evra
Nani Scholes Ando Gibson Valencia
Owen
Hopefully we can take advantage of their poor defensive record. And where is versatile Hargreaves when you need him???
according to manutd.com, Rooney and Berbatov are BOTH doubtful EVEN FOR VILLA MATCH! therefore, i prefer we save Owen, just in case, for that match. tonight i would start with Welbeck, so that i have Owen against Villa.
Villa game is 100times more important than tonight’s.
I believe Anderson once said his dream position was left back.
It may now look like registering Hargreaves wasn’t a good choice, because we could register De Laet or Tosic instead, but I think that Fergie did it because he wanted to show Owen his support for his coming back from injury – you know, to avoid or decrease these mental issues, unfortunately it didn’t work and we have one place wasted in CL Group Phase. But who cares if we progress from 1st spot after today’s match?
Wonder if Foster’s any better at centre-back???
@cantona7
I disagree. Owen was signed to play in such situations as today. He hasn’t played so much in recent matches, so we don’t need to rest him. And we can’t always be cautious with him regarding his injuries. Don’t be crazy. If you think we should rest him today, then I think that it was stupid to sign him.
@tunnelboy
Keep in mind his dribbling against Tevez – imagine he would try to do this again today playing at CB 
Better not to try…
Damn, they’re not showin it my country, theyre showin The Mob vs Bordeaux. Scott are we having the live blog for this one?
I’d go with:-
Kuczcack
Park Carrick Gibson Evra
Valencia Fletcher Scholes Obertan
Welbeck Owen
Bench: Foster, Gill, Anderson, Norwood, Eikrem, Matty James, Nani.
Alternatively, Fletcher could be exchanged with Park who would shift Obertan to the bench – whilst Anderson would come in for Fletcher.
I wouldn’t put it past SAF to play Evra in the middle though – considering he’s placed a similarly short Neville there to be burned on countless occasions.
todays match just needs to go the 90 with no injuries, I wouldn’t matter if gill and the rest of the academy starts todays match. It’s all about the Saturday game and Against villa I’d like Anderson ( who started his football at lb) vidic( even swine flu doesn’t last that long) Evans( corys been there before) evra( the only guy who’s played every league game )Valencia fletcher carrick giggs berbatov Rooney , keeper Owen de leat kiko scholes maybe Wes brown on the bench. Fire power defencive and midfield cover
i don’t know about how other supporters feel, but i’m quite looking forward to this game. maybe there are some who are worried about the kids playing, as it will have an affect on who we play next/home advantage for the second leg. but looking at the possible teams united might play whether we finish 1st or 2nd in group, there are no advantages really. they will most likely play a massive club either way. although it would be better to have the 2nd leg at home for the next round.
anyway, out of all the young players sent to germany, i’d like to see oliver norwood get some time on the pitch. if we ever come close to producing a free kick specialist resembling becks’ ability to strike the ball, this is the lad.
also wish we had cleverley in the squad. many of us have been following his performances with watford, and he has shown great ability. the most impressive part of his game is his coolness in the final third, he doesn’t seem to rush play like many other young players do. in his last watford match he carved up qpr with his passing and his goal in that match was brilliant.
could we be seeing a preview of our squad vs city in the carling cup semi?
come on united!!!!
one goalkeeper
Patrice Evra – enough for anyone from any team
pack the rest with midfielders and attackers – let’s show the world how total football is played : )
Cryuff can watch and send us a congratulations card after : )
Completely off topic. Doesn’t Hargo look like Charlie Chaplin?
http://vhirsch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Charlie-Chaplin-Gold-Rush_Shoe1.jpg
I cannot believe someone on the radio suggested that we get Sol Cambpell to play for us.
I would rather have Glen Campbell drinking a bottle of Sol than that fucker.
@READ CAREFULLY WHAT I :
Never in a million years mate. I would rather bring back David May.
By the way, manutd.com was nice enough to give some info on these youngsters for those of us who were clueless:
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B6DDFCB6E%2D3471%2D4E45%2D9385%2DF04D05F4A70D%7D&newsid=6643900
Big sol looks a rhinestone cowboy these days.
Of course United win again. We have the strongest squad in the wprld, no matter who plays. BTW Sergei Ignasjevitsj and Aleksej Berezutskij are out of todays match for CSKA after failing a drugtest after match against United 3.11. Witch means United should collect the 3 points from the match. If so this round doesnt mean anything.
http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/artikkel.php?artid=583032
@Gaffer
United won’t collect 3 points from CSKA match because these 2 players had taken medicament with substantion which isn’t forbidden but you should give an information to the Anti-Drug Comission (or something like that) about it. I mean they should have said: “These two players had taken medicaments with this substantion” and everything would be ok but they didn’t say it. I assume that only the club will be fined for not giving an information and the only punishment for players will be withdrawal from today’s match with Besiktas.
I would go for Foster in goal personally. Kuczcack is a great shot stopper but his biggest weakness is crosses, he doesn’t like coming for Balls, when he does he hesitates and usually comes off second best and his positioning sense goes out of the window on crosses. While Foster is no Edwin he is better with dealing with crosses and with Wolfsberg likely to pump the ball into the box from the wings
No Foster anymore please…
I pick:
Kuszcak
Park Fletcher Carrick Evra
Valencia Gibson Anderson Nani
Welbeck Owen
Well you read it here first. Stevie Me will hand in a transfer request at the end of the season shades of 2005.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5754749,00.html
“A fantastic career”? The arrogance of the cunt.
@Pejter
The players failed a drug test and whatever reason the club must be punished. Both for the clubs involved and for the respect for rules.
is this a joke bout sol campbell wtf …shitty and loserpool would have a field day bout all this free tranfers Owen and Sol Campbell not with shitty paying 18m for lescot, what do u think bout this madness GHTT…
Can someone sell Alex some Horse Placenta STAT!
are we playing against Barca or Milan? No It’s Wolfsburg and whilst you should respect the opposition, we have enough know-how to get a good result in their back yard.
it’s about the team working TOGETHER and regardless of our injuries and personelle being out, the players have to work together to achieve their objective – to win or draw and come top of their group.
i’m not sure owen can lead the line on his own due to his height, pace (lack of) and strength. he’s not known to be a player that holds the ball up and play others in, nor is he the type to run defenders ragged.
so i think Welbeck would be the better choice if SAF is playing a 4-5-1 formation.
midfield needs to be tight and our left and right backs – Evra/Park or Fletcher need to ensure they cut out the crosses.
with anything united do, it’s always exciting, a little edgy and thrilling. but in the end we always (most of the times) get the result we want.
it will be a great boost to the team and coaching staff’s morale if we come away from this game with a win or draw. which is possible.
off topic.. what’s going on with our debt? have heard so many news stories about it and even on the radio last night too. hey scott how about an article on this subject?
@Gaffer
Yeah, I know, rules etc. but I think that if this substance wasn’t totally forbidden (and it wasn’t actually), they won’t give us 3 points. CSKA will have to pay some cash, players might be also punished in some way but we won’t collect 3 points from this game. Of course, I would like to be wrong.
@costas
If he leaves mate i think he’ll go abroad dont think the rentboys wud want him now.
Fergie will go 4-5-1.
My team would be:
Polish Monster
Park-Gill-Carrick-Evra
Valencia-Gibson-GingaNInga-Ando-Nani
And a Mr. Michael Owen up front.
Don’t know about you lot but I’m really looking forward to this match!
Come on lads!! I’m gonna go with a 1-1 result with Dzeko and Valencia to score.
here is how to solve the injury crisis get a time machine go back in time and solve it then LOL.
someone said last year we had the greatest ever squad well this year has got to go down in the guiness book of records of having this amount of injurys. and if there is by chance we even get through this storm we may have gotten our christmas mirracle.
Kuszcak
Fletcher Gibson Carrick Evra
Valencia Scholes Anderson Park
Welbeck Owen
If Evra played in the center, Ando could be the LB.
So it’s:
Kuszczak – Fletcher, Gibson, Carrick, Evra – Nani, Scholes, Anderson, Park – Welbeck, Owen
Norwood not on the bench.
I am suprised that we go 4-4-2 but the squad is good for me.
Nani got his chance but I think that he won’t take it unfortunately…
@Pejter
I think its a good idea putting two of our taller players as CB. At least we should dominate possession with so many midfielders. I hope Owen gets some supply and we can score a couple of goals.
The only form of defence is attack
Oh, on uefa.com they say that Park is on RB, Gibson in midfield 5 with Welbeck on the wing and Owen alone upfront. We’ll see.
Fingers crossed the lads do it! I think we could see someone like Ando at left back.
Pejter
yea just got the team of MUTV
kuszszec
park feltcher carrick evra
nani scholes gibson welbeck
anderson
owen
Fletch and carrick at ch, this match is bound to be a goalfest com on the red devils.
@Petjer
Fletcher and Carrick as CB is a better option to be honest than Gibson as they can both tackle and have played together many times
Also, Gibson’s shooting ability will be wasted as CB. I’m sure he can score or trouble the keeper (Owen scoring the rebound) tonight
TK
Park Fletcher Carrick Evra
Nani Gibson Scholes Welbeck
Anderson
Owen
It sort of looks like a 4-4-1-1. The only problem is that there isn’t a ball-winning midfielder in midfield.
Sol chumpbell is a media hyped shit I heard yesterday morning , his an English defender who has ended his football life in a shambles , everytime an Argie talks about maradonna been the greatest the English media are quick with the hand of god everytime someone stands up and says best was Irish the more they go on the drinking problem womeniser sort. The only reason Micheal Owen isn’t been pushed to start every game for England world cup game is down to the fact that he never did anything to tarnish his name. I don’t want that mess sir Alex won’t get that mess on the old trafford carpet . I’m really really looking forward to this match. By the way, I don’t want to come across as some republician Irish head who hates the English, I love the English dine wonders for comedy an music and culture and also Manchester united lives there too. I just fucking hate the media and there Terry loving Steve me defending anti united wanks
Lineup Tonight:
Kuszczak
Fletch, Carrick, Gill, Evra
Gibson
Valencia, Scholes, Ando, Obertan
Owen
one way or another this is a mess. like I said if we get through this storm we will win this title
Nani is called up for the united are desprete for 11 men team
Bring up the live blog!!!
This is the first time Nani gets a start since his criticism of Fergie. I hope he has learnt his lesson and grabs his probable last chance ever in a utd shirt.
wheres the live blog?
Live blog! Live blog! Live blog!!!!
I hope it won’t be a boring game. With Owen alone upfront, players not knowing how to play together and so on.
Cmon United!
Hey Bangladeshi Red dude – where u from? (city I mean hehe)
Once again, I got it wrong ! That old fox just confounds and amazes me with his ability to deploy his resources. This must be one of SAF’s most amazing victories.
A stroll in the park – typical shit German team. How the fuck they got two goals agaisnt us is mystifying
Still cannot figure Nani – defends like a memeber of the 300 but going forward ???? Sometimes shows the potential of a future Giggs defending but attacking is like a box of kibbles _ you never know what your getting.
Owen showed class _ Gibson cannot reckon _ is he making things happen or does he wait for things to happen? But he wears the shirt!
Anderson is the next coming – 21 and reads it all – Evra 10 – 10. Fletcher and Carrrick – pissing their respective pants after this one – simple and that is how not a reflection on the Germans but how well these lads wear the shirt – you wear the Red Jersey with a lot of pride – them boys showed that tonight
Chelsea we are coming and we will be coming hard – same for Europe on this display – Ancellotti hope you feel the wind on your neck _ if we get a fit team then maybe 4 this year
Fegie brilliant! Glad I made the trip over, fans were brilliant and the Owen chants were none stop!! Don’t believe all you Berbatov haters that this means Owen should start every game…Firstly, Owen is looking much sharper than he did at the start of the year, he will continue to if we play him every other or third game. Secondly Owen again showed last night he is a striker who scores goals… the modern game suggests you also need a striker who links up play etc, think of Capello’s high regard for Heskey, think Wengers Bergkamp in his pomp etc etc. Berbatov is still key to our game. Anyway a great Result, bring on Milan!!