FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United

Raven_Blade · 19th April 2008, 20:08

It should be a great game. We must show them the real Manchester United. Dont take anything for granted and play with a winning mentality. It will be attack vs attack and we must prove to them that we have more power. Lets get it on!!

utdalltheway · 19th April 2008, 21:28

hope we play better than we did in the 1st half today.

nani, ronaldo, hargreaves/anderson/carrick (pick 2 from 3 ) to start.
rest scholes and giggs.

brown/neville, rio, vidic, evra and VDS
tevez and rooney up front.

I'd wouldnt mind a 0-0 or score draw, but a win would be fabulous.

Nistelrooy10 · 19th April 2008, 22:20

As long as both Giggs and Scholes don't start together we should be able to put in a decent perforamnce

RooneyDevil8 · 19th April 2008, 22:22

Win, lose or draw, i am just hoping for a great match. We never seem to have the passion and luck in the champions league. I am just looking forward to a presure free 2 matches (for me anyway)

Sean_RedDevil · 19th April 2008, 22:45

Starting XI:----------------- Van Der Sar ----------------------
Brown --------- Ferdinand ------------------ Vidic --------- Evra
--------- Scholes ----------- Hargreaves ------- Anderson ------
Ronaldo --------------------------------------------------- Nani
------------------------------ Rooney -------------------------

Bench: Kuszczak, Pique, O´Shea, Carrick, Park, Giggs, Tevez

McLovin · 19th April 2008, 22:49

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Originally Posted by Sean_RedDevil

Starting XI:----------------- Van Der Sar ----------------------
Brown --------- Ferdinand ------------------ Vidic --------- Evra
--------- Scholes ----------- Hargreaves ------- Anderson ------
Ronaldo --------------------------------------------------- Nani
------------------------------ Rooney -------------------------

Bench: Kuszczak, Pique, O´Shea, Carrick, Park, Giggs, Tevez

That lineup looks the business

Can't fucking wait for this one ..

Jacob · 19th April 2008, 22:50

Not sure about leaving Carrick on the bench.

Keyzer Soze · 19th April 2008, 22:56

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Originally Posted by Jacob

Not sure about leaving Carrick on the bench.

Agreed. We need his range of passing in this one.

Jacob · 19th April 2008, 22:59

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Originally Posted by Park 3I Lung

Agreed. We need his range of passing in this one.

Especially on a field as big as Nou Camp's.

Big field + Carrick + Terrific counter-attacking players = smart

Scholesy · 19th April 2008, 23:07

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Originally Posted by Nistelrooy10

As long as both Giggs and Scholes don't start together we should be able to put in a decent perforamnce

Kelvin · 19th April 2008, 23:17

expect tevez to be dropped, and the 4-5-1 crap again.

Yankee Red · 19th April 2008, 23:57

My apologies Girish. The threads looks good and you do have a big win under your belt. I was just becoming overly superstitious considering today's outcomes and am worried about the upcoming tests ahead of us.

That generally brings the obsessive, complete psycopathic nutter out and I spew crazy jibberish when that happens. My bad gir and Addict.

Yankee Red · 20th April 2008, 00:00

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Originally Posted by Kelvin

expect tevez to be dropped, and the 4-5-1 crap again.

Wasn't that a 4-4-2 that we were running today? It hardly seemed effective early, so I think I'll trust whatever judgement SAF makes as far as the formation.

Its the players that are slow to start and underperforming in certain areas, not the formations I'm worried about in the upcoming tests. I feel certain though that the gaffer will keep us on track.

charlenefan · 20th April 2008, 00:30

The one thing I hope we're not talking about after this game (and the second leg) is how Cristiano played for himself rather than the team as he's been known to do in the past e.g. last season against Milan where all the focus was on him v Kaka, as the focus this year is surely going to be him v Messi.

Hopefully Ronnie continues to do what he does best and doesn't let the occasion get too big for him.

Regardless of that though I think the real key to the two games in our favour could very well be Wayne Rooney, I think he'll have a field day against their defence

Keyzer Soze · 20th April 2008, 00:57

If we dont win this one im gonna be gutted. I think its the best chance we have had since the Leverkeusen Semi. I spent £300 to get in to that to some friggin tout because i was so confident, but Oliver Neuville decided to be a stuffy twat.

Now is the time for redemption!!!!

Sam#1 · 20th April 2008, 01:02

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Originally Posted by Park 3I Lung

If we dont win this one im gonna be gutted. I think its the best chance we have had since the Leverkeusen Semi. I spent £300 to get in to that to some friggin tout because i was so confident, but Oliver Neuville decided to be a stuffy twat.

Now is the time for redemption!!!!

Fucking hell, reading that post, it just hit me, we are so close to the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL!

I've got to admit, I never felt we'd win against Milan over two legs, and with the injuries and such, it never felt, to me anyway, like a proper Semi Final, as we had such a disadvantage. So the last time I can properly remember being this close, was against Leverkeusen, and even then, I was only 10!

BahamaRed · 20th April 2008, 01:10

girish · 20th April 2008, 01:11

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Originally Posted by SirRedDevilFan7

My apologies Girish. The threads looks good and you do have a big win under your belt. I was just becoming overly superstitious considering today's outcomes and am worried about the upcoming tests ahead of us.

That generally brings the obsessive, complete psycopathic nutter out and I spew crazy jibberish when that happens. My bad gir and Addict.

No problem...

RedSky At Night · 20th April 2008, 01:11

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Originally Posted by SirRedDevilFan7

My apologies Girish. The threads looks good and you do have a big win under your belt. I was just becoming overly superstitious considering today's outcomes and am worried about the upcoming tests ahead of us.

That generally brings the obsessive, complete psycopathic nutter out and I spew crazy jibberish when that happens. My bad gir and Addict.

Piss that, I ain't appoligising. These threads are taken very seriousally by the superstitious and when you got muppets making crap threads and fucking it up on purpose just to wind people up its not good practice (not you Girish).

Leave well alone or suffer wrath

charlenefan · 20th April 2008, 01:14

Mods should be the only ones who have rights to start matchday threads

Keyzer Soze · 20th April 2008, 01:17

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Originally Posted by RedSky At Night

Piss that, I ain't appoligising. These threads are taken very seriousally by the superstitious and when you got muppets making crap threads and fucking it up on purpose just to wind people up its not good practice (not you Girish).

Leave well alone or suffer wrath

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Originally Posted by charlenefan

Mods should be the only ones who have rights to start matchday threads

Wow. At first i thought u people were jokin with posts like this and found it kind of funny. Im now coming to the realisation that you are actually being serious. This thread has ZERO affect on the outcome of the friggin game.

Domino · 20th April 2008, 01:20

... clowns

RedSky At Night · 20th April 2008, 01:24

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Originally Posted by Park 3I Lung

Wow. At first i thought u people were jokin with posts like this and found it kind of funny. Im now coming to the realisation that you are actually being serious. This thread has ZERO affect on the outcome of the friggin game.

Thats how little you know. How LITTLE YOU KNOW!

Just look at the stats m'boy. Nick brings us good fortune in the important games.

GE · 20th April 2008, 01:24

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Originally Posted by Erics_Collar

Now I know we've got a lot of superstitious Simons and sensitive Sallys here at the caf, so Ivetaken every precaution to make this the most foolproof, iron clad match day thread post ever. I dont think youll have a problem with it...

Man U versus Barcalona (Barca are at home, ignore the orders of the pictures)
At: New Camp, Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona's home stadium.
Time: Quarter to Eight, English time. Coverage is probably at 7ish, cos its a big match like.

Oh yea, its a champions league semi final too. Go Man U!!

Man-United · 20th April 2008, 01:25

Hargreaves must start. Will Fletcher be ready for this? He starts training on monday according to Sir Alex I think, doubt he's ready after being out for 1 month.

Sam#1 · 20th April 2008, 01:28

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Originally Posted by Erics_Collar

Now I know we've got a lot of superstitious Simons and sensitive Sallys here at the caf, so Ivetaken every precaution to make this the most foolproof, iron clad match day thread post ever. I dont think youll have a problem with it...

Man U versus Barcalona (Barca are at home, ignore the orders of the pictures)
At: New Camp, Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona's home stadium.
Time: Quarter to Eight, English time. Coverage is probably at 7ish, cos its a big match like.

Oh yea, its a champions league semi final too. Go Man U!!

marcus agrippa · 20th April 2008, 01:37

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Originally Posted by charlenefan

Regardless of that though I think the real key to the two games in our favour could very well be Wayne Rooney...

i have that feeling as well.

we should play Nani, and keep Ronaldo wide (none of that striker bollocks). the pitch is very wide, and Carrick can spray passes around to devastating effect. speed has always done Barca.

Man-United · 20th April 2008, 01:37

VDS
Brown Rio Vidic Evra
Hargreaves Carrick Scholes
Ronaldo Rooney Park

PIG, O'Shea, Silvestre, Anderson, Nani, Giggs, Tevez.

Park to start, and work hard for 55-60 min and then bring on Giggs or Nani. Also bring on Anderson.

Keyzer Soze · 20th April 2008, 01:43

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Originally Posted by Man-United

Park to start, and work hard for 55-60 min and then bring on Giggs or Nani.

Even i dont want Park to start this one. I think our more direct pacey players can take advantage of their out of sorts decent. Especially with Puyol being absent.

ecantona7 · 20th April 2008, 01:45

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Originally Posted by Man-United

19th April 2008, 20:08	#41 (permalink)
Raven_Blade Attention Whoring Common Crow Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Earth. Milky Way Galaxy. Posts: 13,738	It should be a great game. We must show them the real Manchester United. Dont take anything for granted and play with a winning mentality. It will be attack vs attack and we must prove to them that we have more power. Lets get it on!!

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utdalltheway First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA (orig. Cobh) Posts: 5,899	hope we play better than we did in the 1st half today. nani, ronaldo, hargreaves/anderson/carrick (pick 2 from 3 ) to start. rest scholes and giggs. brown/neville, rio, vidic, evra and VDS tevez and rooney up front. I'd wouldnt mind a 0-0 or score draw, but a win would be fabulous.

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Nistelrooy10 Reserve Team Player Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,012	As long as both Giggs and Scholes don't start together we should be able to put in a decent perforamnce

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RooneyDevil8 Loves Rooney with a passion Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,023	Win, lose or draw, i am just hoping for a great match. We never seem to have the passion and luck in the champions league. I am just looking forward to a presure free 2 matches (for me anyway)

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Sean_RedDevil Reserve Team Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Close to Villa Park Posts: 1,508	Starting XI:----------------- Van Der Sar ---------------------- Brown --------- Ferdinand ------------------ Vidic --------- Evra --------- Scholes ----------- Hargreaves ------- Anderson ------ Ronaldo --------------------------------------------------- Nani ------------------------------ Rooney ------------------------- Bench: Kuszczak, Pique, O´Shea, Carrick, Park, Giggs, Tevez

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Jacob ralugeR maeT tsriF Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 10,034	Not sure about leaving Carrick on the bench.

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Kelvin First Team Sub Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,517	expect tevez to be dropped, and the 4-5-1 crap again.

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Yankee Red SirRedDevilFan7 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gulf Coast.....Livin' Life, but the edited version. Posts: 2,537	My apologies Girish. The threads looks good and you do have a big win under your belt. I was just becoming overly superstitious considering today's outcomes and am worried about the upcoming tests ahead of us. That generally brings the obsessive, complete psycopathic nutter out and I spew crazy jibberish when that happens. My bad gir and Addict.

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charlenefan Reserve Team Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,756	The one thing I hope we're not talking about after this game (and the second leg) is how Cristiano played for himself rather than the team as he's been known to do in the past e.g. last season against Milan where all the focus was on him v Kaka, as the focus this year is surely going to be him v Messi. Hopefully Ronnie continues to do what he does best and doesn't let the occasion get too big for him. Regardless of that though I think the real key to the two games in our favour could very well be Wayne Rooney, I think he'll have a field day against their defence

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Keyzer Soze Reserve Team Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Way I Hear It, Soze's Some Kind Of Butcher. A Peerless, Psycho Butcher. Posts: 3,800	If we dont win this one im gonna be gutted. I think its the best chance we have had since the Leverkeusen Semi. I spent £300 to get in to that to some friggin tout because i was so confident, but Oliver Neuville decided to be a stuffy twat. Now is the time for redemption!!!!

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charlenefan Reserve Team Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,756	Mods should be the only ones who have rights to start matchday threads

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Man-United Reserve Team Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,960	Hargreaves must start. Will Fletcher be ready for this? He starts training on monday according to Sir Alex I think, doubt he's ready after being out for 1 month.

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Man-United Reserve Team Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,960	VDS Brown Rio Vidic Evra Hargreaves Carrick Scholes Ronaldo Rooney Park PIG, O'Shea, Silvestre, Anderson, Nani, Giggs, Tevez. Park to start, and work hard for 55-60 min and then bring on Giggs or Nani. Also bring on Anderson.