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9th January 2012, 13:11
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9th January 2012, 14:00
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Manchester United injury update | Tom Cleverley and Ashley Young are about a month away from returning - The Busby Babe
Prior to today's 3-2 defeat of Manchester City, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson provided an update in regards to the injury and illness situation in his squad. Perhaps the main piece of news is that he considers both midfielder Tom Cleverley and winger Ashley Young to be about a month away from a return. Here are his comments about the situation in central-midfield -- a unit that has been bolstered by Paul Scholes' surprise return from retirement: "Of course it's been a difficult period for us. Losing Darren [Fletcher], in particular, and the promise of Tom Cleverley was a big blow to us. We haven't had that type of midfield player [like Tom] for years and years so it was a loss and then Anderson being out was a loss." Source: ManUtd.com Fergie further elaborated on Cleverley's recovery timeline, something that is in-line with Cleverley's own hopes: "I think the plan is for Cleverley to start running two weeks on Monday and join us maybe the following week so he's maybe a month away." The boss also elaborated a bit more on Ando's recent recovery: "Hopefully that's Anderson back now and he's looking well in terms of the physical part. He's had good treatment and is hopefully back for good." During his weekly press conference on Friday, Fergie essentially ruled out both Jonny Evans and Chris Smalling. However, late Friday night involved rumblings that Smalling may be a surprise inclusion for the City match and that is exactly what he ended up being as the defender went the full 90 minutes. In addition, further surprise was included with Evans being on the bench. Each are quite obviously welcome returns to a defense that has recently been decimated by injuries -- to the point where midfielder Michael Carrick was starting in center-back and winger Antonio Valencia was starting at right-back. The most recent news in regards to striker Michael Owen's injury was not positive -- here is what Fergie had to provide on his recovery progress: "When Michael [Owen] gets injured, it's always a bad one and this is a bad one. It's probably the middle of February for him and it may be a good time to come back as he has the ability to score goals out of nothing and that's always valuable." The timeline for Ashley Young's return appears to be somewhat similar to Cleverley's. Here is what Fergie had to say about the winger: "Young may be a month away, four weeks easily. His bleeding never came out quickly in his injury after the Fulham game. There's nothing we can do until the bleeding is all out and it's been unfortunate for him. I don't think it's a serious injury but we can't pre-judge it until we know all the facts about it." So in defense, it appears that only Fabio and Nemanja Vidic remain unavailable, the latter with his season-ending injury. This would mean United now have Rio Ferdinand, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Rafael, and Patrice Evra to choose from when Fergie makes his selections. In central-midfield, Cleverley and Fletcher remain out but the selection choices suddenly doesn't appear as dire as it once did: Carrick, Ando, Scholes, Ryan Giggs, and Darron Gibson. If United were to buy during the current transfer window, this is still the unit that likely needs most bolstering. Out wide, Fergie will be able to choose from three quality wingers in Nani, Valencia, and Park Ji-sung -- Giggs can also still feature out here as well. Despite Owen's injury, United can still choose from four quality strikers at the moment: Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck, and Javier Hernandez (Chicharito). It's all starting to look a bit more positive now. |
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10th January 2012, 09:50
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Good opportunity for the likes of Rafael, Anderson and Hernandez to get some minutes.
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Rafael Ferdinand Smalling Evra Carrick Anderson Valencia --- Rooney --- Nani Hernandez |
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10th January 2012, 09:53
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I'll be attending, so we'll probably lose 0-2 thanks to a couple of Reo-Coker goals.
This is the team I'd like to see(since I'll be there): De Gea Rafael-Smalling-Ferdinand-Evra Valencia-Carrick-Scholes-Nani Rooney-Welbeck |
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10th January 2012, 12:41
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Smalling has to start this one at CB. We need someone to win, or at least make a contest of high balls, something we failed to do against Newcastle. Ando and carrick in the middle. Wellbeck gets the nod over Berba with his performance against Shitty. DDG in goal.
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10th January 2012, 14:10
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de Gea Rafael Ferdinand Smalling Evra Carrick Anderson Valencia Rooney Nani Welbeck -- Lindegaard; Jones, Fryers/Evans; Scholes, Park; Berbatov, Hernández Pretty much in agreement with the majority. Anderson has made three sub appearances in a row, so it's about time he starts and gets at least an hour. Jones has played a lot so putting him on the bench is fine with me. Giggs should be rested, might make the bench though ahead of Scholes. Rooney and Welbeck were good and scored, so despite this being 'only Bolton' I think they should both play again. I would be tempted to start either Hernández or Berbatov over Welbeck, however. Despite illness, Smalling should be fresh. I wouldn't bother resting Rio or Carrick. Just win the game and keep the pressure on. |
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10th January 2012, 14:34
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10th January 2012, 22:56
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To be honest, with Scholes back we can ease in Tom, I'm pretty sure he is much closer than what SAF stated.
I'm just happy we have real CM's now, Scholes, Carrick, Ando, Giggsy all fit now so that's a great boost and Smalling against Citeh was immense... I think Jones is suffering a bit with the inconsistent positions he's played, deserves a rest TBH... There will be no underestimating Bolton like we did at Blackburn... A Bolton rape only please... |
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10th January 2012, 23:12
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11th January 2012, 03:28
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-----------------------------De Gea-------------------------
---Smalling------------P.Jones-----J.Evans----------P.Evra--- ----Nani--------------M.Carrick----Anderson--------R.Giggs--- -------------------W.Rooney------D.Welbeck---------------- Subs: Lindegaard, Fabio, R. Ferdinand, Berbatov, Hernandez, Scholes, Park Prediction:6-0 Rooney 3, Welbeck 2, Anderson |
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11th January 2012, 21:54
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12th January 2012, 11:41
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Evans should be back considering he was on the bench for the City game and I expect Rio might have sat this one out anyway with Arsenal and Liverpool away coming up.
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12th January 2012, 12:14
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12th January 2012, 12:27
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Pogue has become such a Twitter-whore.
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12th January 2012, 12:41
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I'm new to Twitter as well, haven't got the gist of it yet. Who would follow me? I've got nothing worth of twitting. Maybe I'm thinking too narrowly of it, i.e. only football thoughts.
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12th January 2012, 13:47
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