Champions League Week 1 **Spoilers**

[Ripper]

Right, time for the main event tonight!

Fergie has probably his hardest team selection yet, with only Hargreaves/Neville injured who would be considered starters.

I fancy Fergie to leave Saha out again and use him from the start Sunday. Giggs hasn't performed recently so he SHOULD be dropped, I'm hoping for:

VdS
Brown
Vidic
Ferdinand
Evra
Ronaldo
Carrick
Scholes
Nani
Tevez
Rooney

But I expect Giggs to play instead of Nani. With their being 7 subs allowed I can see Anderson getting some minutes.

Prediction: 0-2, The boy wonder to score on his return and Tevez to get his first United goal

 

[@if ®afiq]

Will the Arsenal match be on at any point today?

 

[Ripper]

Yeh its on Sky Sports Xtra

 

[Ripper]

United team:

-------------VDS-----------
Brown Ferdinand Vidic Evra
Ronaldo Carrick Scholes Nani
-----------Giggs------------
----------Rooney------------

Subs: Kuszczak, Pique, Evans, Anderson, Eagles, Saha , Tevez

Big sigh @ Giggs starting ahead of Tevez and Saha

 

[johnyccc]

well neither is fully fit. ideally he wouldnt make the first 11 but starting with both forwards being rusty perhaps wasnt a good idea

 

[Ripper]

I dunno, Tevez had his best game for us on Saturday, and he looked twice the player 2nd half when Saha came on against Sunderland. Rooney up top with Tevez lurking behind would have been my choice tonight.

Ah well, in Fergie we trust

 

[One More Solo]

I dunno, Tevez had his best game for us on Saturday, and he looked twice the player 2nd half when Saha came on against Sunderland. Rooney up top with Tevez lurking behind would have been my choice tonight.

Ah well, in Fergie we trust

He has gone a bit mad this season. Last season we had the advantage that the team pretty much picked itself, but with all these options Fergie seems intent on picking the worst ones. Giggsy's experience counts for a lot but not at the expense of performance.

 

[platty]

How hasn't he picked Saha with Tevez behind. Rooney aint played for weeks, Saha's got to be closer to match fitter than him.

Seems like he's intent on getting Giggs in the team no matter the cost.

 

[cheets64]

Lmao Man United already blaming the pitch, so if they lose its down to the pitch

 

[Cob]

Fergie underestimating the opposition away from home in Europe yet again I fear.

If neither Saha or Tevez aren't fully fit then why not play one for 60mins and then replace them with the other.

 

[_Jimlad_]

anyone know if you can listen to the man utd game on the radio?

 

[Big Kev]

Senderos and Flamini in, with Giblet on the bench, mmmmmmmm.

I'm going for a 2 - 0 win tonight.

 

[Raymond Lin]

anyone know if you can listen to the man utd game on the radio?

I doubt it since the Arsenal game is on 5 Live now.

 

[A2Z]

lol @ all the Portuguese diving, what a joke

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Barca 1 up against Lyon.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Yes, more points for me, Fabragas scores !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ripper]

Typical United in Europe first half. Really need Saha on the pitch to allow Rooney to come deep.

 

[jesta]

The Utd game is rubbish,I just dosed off and missed the last 10mins of the first half.

 

[johnyccc]

imo man utd away in europe shows off SAF's two biggest problems as a manager.
playing players out of position and having too big an ego to abandon systems/ideas that clearly don't work

 

[Ripper]

One of these days Fergie might just have a bash at trying........................






















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