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	<title>Comments on: Michael Carrick &#8211; Why Weren&#8217;t You Playing?</title>
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		<title>By: hmyouliliang</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/michael-carrick-why-werent-you-playing/#comment-86029</link>
		<dc:creator>hmyouliliang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m from china.I like Carrick.
Welcome to my blog:
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m from china.I like Carrick.<br />
Welcome to my blog:<br />
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		<title>By: james sands</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/michael-carrick-why-werent-you-playing/#comment-85982</link>
		<dc:creator>james sands</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>he is one of the best midfielders in the world, we played Birmingham maybe he was just giving Shcoles a shot at the start of the season saving Carrick for some of the bigger teams we won the match well done Fergie and as for Fletcher he puts in a great performance every time hes United through and through anyone who doesnt like him will just have to deal with it hes a great attribute to the club COME ON JUST THE START WE NEEDED AFTER TO DRAWS THE LAST 2 SEASONS!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>he is one of the best midfielders in the world, we played Birmingham maybe he was just giving Shcoles a shot at the start of the season saving Carrick for some of the bigger teams we won the match well done Fergie and as for Fletcher he puts in a great performance every time hes United through and through anyone who doesnt like him will just have to deal with it hes a great attribute to the club COME ON JUST THE START WE NEEDED AFTER TO DRAWS THE LAST 2 SEASONS!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Keano 16</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keano 16</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fergie said nothing of the sort - when we&#039;re up against the likes of Brum, at home, resting Carrick isn&#039;t a bad idea, especially after an international. Thats why we have this world class squad, I dont expect Scholes to be starting against Arsenal, the dippers etc. 


Fletcher still isnt convincing either as the &#039;enforcer&#039;, we need Harg back asap</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fergie said nothing of the sort &#8211; when we&#8217;re up against the likes of Brum, at home, resting Carrick isn&#8217;t a bad idea, especially after an international. Thats why we have this world class squad, I dont expect Scholes to be starting against Arsenal, the dippers etc. </p>
<p>Fletcher still isnt convincing either as the &#8216;enforcer&#8217;, we need Harg back asap</p>
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		<title>By: lununcle</title>
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		<dc:creator>lununcle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>whether Carrick plays or not is not very important.....we need a first class creative mid-fielder to take up Scholes&#039;s role in future and carrick is not yet one of those....I like Van Der Vart, whose price is reasonable....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>whether Carrick plays or not is not very important&#8230;..we need a first class creative mid-fielder to take up Scholes&#8217;s role in future and carrick is not yet one of those&#8230;.I like Van Der Vart, whose price is reasonable&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmybob</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/michael-carrick-why-werent-you-playing/#comment-85847</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmybob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Away to burnley, who will be right up for the game and will be running around like lunatics we need plenty of energy and a bit of dig in midfield

On current form fletcher is the best central midfielder at the club and must start (never thought i&#039;d be typing that 2 years ago)

Play him and anderson in the middle , jsp on the left and valencia on the right.

Rooney and owen up front</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Away to burnley, who will be right up for the game and will be running around like lunatics we need plenty of energy and a bit of dig in midfield</p>
<p>On current form fletcher is the best central midfielder at the club and must start (never thought i&#8217;d be typing that 2 years ago)</p>
<p>Play him and anderson in the middle , jsp on the left and valencia on the right.</p>
<p>Rooney and owen up front</p>
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		<title>By: RealRED</title>
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		<dc:creator>RealRED</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Manchester United centre-back Nemanja Vidic is reportedly on the radar of Barcelona and would love to play for the Spanish club one day, according to his agent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Manchester United centre-back Nemanja Vidic is reportedly on the radar of Barcelona and would love to play for the Spanish club one day, according to his agent.</p>
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		<title>By: torontored</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/michael-carrick-why-werent-you-playing/#comment-85730</link>
		<dc:creator>torontored</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Simple - will play Carrick and Anderson on Wednesday. JSP on the right and maybe Tosic on the left. Giggs and Scholes on the bench</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Simple &#8211; will play Carrick and Anderson on Wednesday. JSP on the right and maybe Tosic on the left. Giggs and Scholes on the bench</p>
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		<title>By: denton davey</title>
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		<dc:creator>denton davey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Badger @ 12:57.  Right.  Why wasn&#039;t Anderson/Fletcherinho the midfield pairing ?  Have these two EVER been played together ?  Why not ?

About Scholes - he still has good ball control and great ability to keep off the defender BUT his passing wasn&#039;t especially effective since it was - again - mostly sideways or else long and very, very optimistic diagonal balls that might have occasionally found their target but NEVER opened up the opposition.  He&#039;s still reckless in the tackle and that won&#039;t change.  He did get himself into one outstanding scoring position and then fucked it up.  All-in-all, a sad epitaph to an outstanding career from the GingerNinja.  He&#039;s still Ginger but he ain&#039;t no Ninja.

About Giggs - he&#039;s still an effective player but I think he&#039;s best used in situations where can float in the middle, backed up by a player with a better defensive game.  It was pretty clear to me that once Nani was substituted by Giggs, Evra&#039;s ability to drive down the left wing was largely blunted.  That was no coincidence.  Nani gets shat on a lot but he does provide danger - AND a left-footed cross yesterday.  Giggs can&#039;t play on the left wing with the same effectiveness and I&#039;m not sure if Tosic is considered to be a ready-for-prime-time-player.  Giggs&#039; versatility - and his residual speed - does provide him with a longer Indian Summer than Scholes but both of them are clearly getting quite long-in-the-tooth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Badger @ 12:57.  Right.  Why wasn&#8217;t Anderson/Fletcherinho the midfield pairing ?  Have these two EVER been played together ?  Why not ?</p>
<p>About Scholes &#8211; he still has good ball control and great ability to keep off the defender BUT his passing wasn&#8217;t especially effective since it was &#8211; again &#8211; mostly sideways or else long and very, very optimistic diagonal balls that might have occasionally found their target but NEVER opened up the opposition.  He&#8217;s still reckless in the tackle and that won&#8217;t change.  He did get himself into one outstanding scoring position and then fucked it up.  All-in-all, a sad epitaph to an outstanding career from the GingerNinja.  He&#8217;s still Ginger but he ain&#8217;t no Ninja.</p>
<p>About Giggs &#8211; he&#8217;s still an effective player but I think he&#8217;s best used in situations where can float in the middle, backed up by a player with a better defensive game.  It was pretty clear to me that once Nani was substituted by Giggs, Evra&#8217;s ability to drive down the left wing was largely blunted.  That was no coincidence.  Nani gets shat on a lot but he does provide danger &#8211; AND a left-footed cross yesterday.  Giggs can&#8217;t play on the left wing with the same effectiveness and I&#8217;m not sure if Tosic is considered to be a ready-for-prime-time-player.  Giggs&#8217; versatility &#8211; and his residual speed &#8211; does provide him with a longer Indian Summer than Scholes but both of them are clearly getting quite long-in-the-tooth.</p>
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		<title>By: badger</title>
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		<dc:creator>badger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Only because he doesn&#039;t get played enough IMO Stephen.  I really dont want us to rely on Scholes and Giggs for too long and make the same mistake as we did with Keano - they shouldn&#039;t be stopping our younger players from developing.

You are right though, I expect we will see a lot of rotation, whether thats a good or bad thing is another matter entirely!  lol</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only because he doesn&#8217;t get played enough IMO Stephen.  I really dont want us to rely on Scholes and Giggs for too long and make the same mistake as we did with Keano &#8211; they shouldn&#8217;t be stopping our younger players from developing.</p>
<p>You are right though, I expect we will see a lot of rotation, whether thats a good or bad thing is another matter entirely!  lol</p>
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		<title>By: Stephen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>badger, we have three games inside the first week we will rotate our midfield and Birmingham at home is probably our easiest fixture of them all and Anderson has hardly perfomed over the past year.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>badger, we have three games inside the first week we will rotate our midfield and Birmingham at home is probably our easiest fixture of them all and Anderson has hardly perfomed over the past year.</p>
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