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As far as I can see there is only one place up for grabs in the United XI. The player who gets it will determine how we set up.
Defence is settled, Scholes, Carrick and Hargreaves will all play, and Rooney and Ronaldo will be up front. But there's 1 position left which could be filled by Giggs, Tevez or Park, depending on how Fergie wants to play it.
Giggs hasn't started much lately, including the 2 Barca games and the Wigan game, which suggests he is no longer first choice for the big games. I don't think he'll play from the start.
Tevez's presence can turn a defensive looking team into an attacking one, but rarely starts in big games. I think Fergie might want him as an impact substitute, again.
Park is the middle ground, he's played a lot lately, and often in the same team as Tevez. I can't see Hargreaves not playing, so Park may have to make do a with a place on the bench. Fergie seems to rate him for big games and especially in Europe where he's done well in the past for PSV.
It's basically that one spot in the line up that no one can really predict. Anderson would probably have been in the running as well had his fitness and form not tailed off a bit - he hasn't played in a while and I suspect a place on the bench is the best he can hope for.
It's a shame in a way that so many good players may not play or even make the bench - we essentially have Hargreaves, Anderson, Fletcher, Giggs, Park and Tevez all fit and going for a couple of places. At least we can't blame anything on a shallow squad.
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