I could see Carrick, Anderson, and Cleverly starting with Young, Nani on the right and Rooney alone up top. We have roughed up Arsenal with a 5 man midfield over the past couple of years, and this strategy has worked like a charm. There's no sense in changing this now.
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I don't think so. If Park were to start, it would be on one of the wings. However, given Arsenal's inexperience I think we will start with Young and Nani on the wings and go for the jugular from the start.
Sagna is apparently out with illness.
TBC
TBC
They have Traore back
so he'll play LB
so he'll play LB
3-0
Hopefully.
Dropping Anderson - as the poster you replied to seemed to suggest - would be more than baffling at this stage.
Also, dropping Young doesn't sound like a good idea, he could cause Jenkinson some serious discomfort. Park should stay on the bench for me, no matter how good his record against Arsenal is.
Anyone going to the match ? Feckin' crowded here on the train from london - manchester....
Leaving on the 11:20 one. Can't wait.
Already on the London United supporters coach. Should be a quick trip up, not looking forward to the trip back.
The only thing I think can save us in this game is overconfidence and complacency from Utd and a big 'get stuck in' game from us which frankly would go against the grain
Currently you should win handsomely two or more but football being a bit strange might make it a bit closer
For me 2-0 Utd but hopefully we can nick a point
C'mon the Arse - time to start the league season!
Currently you should win handsomely two or more but football being a bit strange might make it a bit closer
For me 2-0 Utd but hopefully we can nick a point
C'mon the Arse - time to start the league season!
Okay, I've had a think about whitch Arsenal-players is out, so Jo, Al, Pete, correct me if I'm wrong, but this should be your line-up:
Szczesny
Jenkinson - Vermaelen - Djorou - Traore
Ramsey - Lansbury - Rosicky
Walcott - van Persie - Arshavin
Is that correct?
IMO we obviously should beat that team quite comfortably, but football never pans out as we think, do it? Anyway, we should be up for this early opportunity to leave Arsenal a gap which will be almost impossible to catch up with. Come on United!
Szczesny
Jenkinson - Vermaelen - Djorou - Traore
Ramsey - Lansbury - Rosicky
Walcott - van Persie - Arshavin
Is that correct?
IMO we obviously should beat that team quite comfortably, but football never pans out as we think, do it? Anyway, we should be up for this early opportunity to leave Arsenal a gap which will be almost impossible to catch up with. Come on United!
I was flicking through the Sun yesterday in WH Smith & there was a story about Anderson referring to him starting to justify his £27M transfer fee this season.
Don't they even bother with checking simple things like this? Such a poor effort.
I think we'll go with this team:
De Gea
Smalling - Jones - Evans - Evra
Nani - Carrick - Anderson - Young
Rooney - Hernandez
We should really seize the opportunity to attack this side, and I think Fergie will. Against a side with an unproven midfield and a poorly looking defence, we should be all over them.
De Gea
Smalling - Jones - Evans - Evra
Nani - Carrick - Anderson - Young
Rooney - Hernandez
We should really seize the opportunity to attack this side, and I think Fergie will. Against a side with an unproven midfield and a poorly looking defence, we should be all over them.
That would be my team, but fortunately, I'm not Sir Alex Ferguson.
Whoa, sign this fella up for sky sportsThat would be my team, but fortunately, I'm not Sir Alex Ferguson.
No, never again should Carrick start a big game against good players as part of a midfield 2. He is just too slow and immobile for it to not weaken our midfield and slow down our counter attacks.
We should go 3 in the middle to accommodate him behind Cleverley and Anderson, that way we get the protection for the back 4 without losing any of the energy and fluidity of our attacking play.
I think everyone here has forgetten how shit Arsenal have become. We could play a midfield duo of Gibson and Morrison and still win.
He officially cost 30 million euros, which is £25.3 million. That said, we don't know how much (if any) of that is bonuses for appearances/trophies etc.
http://www.fcporto.pt/IncFCP/pdf/Investor_Relations/FactosRelevantes/VendaAnderson2junho07.pdf
Couldn't agree with you more.
It's £25.3 million now; in 2007, however, it was a lot less than that. The pound's depreciation against the euro has to be taken into account if we're trying to calculate Anderson's fee based on Porto's financial report.
Rate for 2 June 2007 = 1.4738400594
£20.35M
But don't let reality get in the way of an inflated value Mr Sun...
Shit load of money all the same...
My midfield in this game would be:
Carrick as a holding midfielder - to prevent the only part of Arsenals game I fear - counter-attacks.
Anderson in front of him with Rooney as an attacking midfielder and playmaker. Nani, Young and Welbeck up front. Actually I would prefer Hernandez against slow Arsenal defenders - but you can't really leave Welbeck out after his start.
Can't help but thinking this will be an easy win. 4-0 minimum.
We're not going to batter them like that. They might have some players missing, they might be weakend by a departure of two star players but they are still a fine football team that just qualified for CL group stages after beating a good Italian side home and away. It will be much tougher than most seem to think and I won't be surprised if we just about scrap a win.
Ya, it's silly to expect a hammering. It could be a tough game. I don't think people would be predicting such a comfortable win against teams like Everton, Stoke etc., and Arsenal still have a significantly better team than them.
I'd love a three or four goal thumping, but I don't think it's as likely as people are making out.
I'd love a three or four goal thumping, but I don't think it's as likely as people are making out.
http://www.livefootballol.com/streaming/epl/week-3-manchester-united-arsenal-28-08-2011.html
I'm not so sure about that.
At the very least I would say they have far more potential match winners in their team. Van Persie, Arshavin, Walcott can all produce moments, and to a lesser extent the likes of Ramsey etc..
What was it in the FA cup last season? 6 or 7 defenders started? 
4-1.
Nani two, Rooney one, Young 1.
Nani two, Rooney one, Young 1.
Cheers Gambit, much obliged!
cheers gambit
I don't expect a hammering - but this Arsenal-side (esp if a few of the doubtful ones miss the game) is not a lot better than Everton.
Lets say if Sagna and Vermaelen is out ....
We usually have a very hard time against Everton...
Feel sorry for the arse. With what shitty is doing today we will hammer them
Most teams usually do - Evertons problem is that they don't score goals. They rarely get hammered
The circumstances are absolutely perfectly set up for a rare and historic drubbing, which inevitably means a drab 1-0.
CONFIRMED MUFC TEAM:
de Gea
Smalling
Jones
Evans
Evra
Nani
Cleverley
Anderson
Young
Rooney
Welbeck
de Gea
Smalling
Jones
Evans
Evra
Nani
Cleverley
Anderson
Young
Rooney
Welbeck
Fergie picked the same line-up in two matches in a row!
kids