Manchester United 1:1 Stoke City

Reddevilboy · Oct 2, 2016

Judge Red said:
Hughes believes Rooney can evolve Like Giggsy. That kind of managerial judgement is a good omen for Stoke remaining bottom of the league today.

DomesticTadpole · Oct 2, 2016

09:46
Henrikh Mkhitaryan out of today's game?

It looks as though Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss this afternoon’s game with Stoke City.

Mkhitaryan hasn’t played for United since the loss to Manchester City at Old Trafford on September 10.

Manager Jose Mourinho has intimated he would be involved today - but having been seen leaving San Carlo last night with City winger Nolito, it seems he remains sidelined.

rotherham_red · Oct 2, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
09:46
Henrikh Mkhitaryan out of today's game?

It looks as though Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss this afternoon’s game with Stoke City.

Mkhitaryan hasn’t played for United since the loss to Manchester City at Old Trafford on September 10.

Manager Jose Mourinho has intimated he would be involved today - but having been seen leaving San Carlo last night with City winger Nolito, it seems he remains sidelined.

FFS, he's cursed, isn't he?

Jake · Oct 2, 2016

Call me old fashioned but if I was playing for United I wouldn't be going out for meals with city players.

Bwuk · Oct 2, 2016

Jake said:
Call me old fashioned but if I was playing for United I wouldn't be going out for meals with city players.

Maybe years ago but the vast majority of the players don't really have any ties to the clubs anymore on a personal level.

DomesticTadpole · Oct 2, 2016

Jake said:
Call me old fashioned but if I was playing for United I wouldn't be going out for meals with city players.

George Best used to go out with Mike Summerbee and Rodney Marsh. It has always gone on.

prath92 · Oct 2, 2016

Jake said:
Call me old fashioned but if I was playing for United I wouldn't be going out for meals with city players.

There's a rivalry not an enemity.

Samid · Oct 2, 2016

Jake said:
Call me old fashioned but if I was playing for United I wouldn't be going out for meals with city players.

You're old fashioned. Nothing wrong with it but you shouldn't be doing it on the eve of match day.

iAm20Legend · Oct 2, 2016

I didn't know this was another early kickoff. We usually start pretty shite in those

Theatre of Screams · Oct 2, 2016

He's going to be put back in on the back of one scuffed shot isn't he ffs..

DWelbz19 · Oct 2, 2016

Boo re: Miki. I really want to see him get a run of games under his belt. Has he been called up again for Armenia?

OnlyTwoDaSilvas · Oct 2, 2016

No Idea For Nickname said:
The one that Usain Rashford had to work hard to catch? A good ball? Good thing I didn't smash remote control when Rooney did that. A good ball???!!! Wonder what he said about "assist". Damn, one game I was watching on Cro television, instead on stream, missed do much. Your pundits and commentators are pleasure to listen. (if you are high, or drunk)

The very same.

Savage definitely got a pillowcase full of money from Camp Rooney before the start of that game.

"Ere, Robbie, mate. Here's ehhhm 100 large, obviously. Bang on about, ehhhm, y'know, how fecking mint I am for, y'know, the whole 90 minutes, obviously."

Ban · Oct 2, 2016

You got to give it to Rooney, he has an impressive PR machine behind him.

whatwha · Oct 2, 2016

endless_wheelies said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37465187

BBC Sport doing the rounds for Rooney

Either someone's paid off by Stretford or that's just really lazy journalism from someone who didn't watch the game and just figured that 1 assist in 20 minutes must have been pretty good.

Sky1981 · Oct 2, 2016

Xoe said:
Early start is fab, 9pm Brisbane time..... Perfect!!!

Please start Herrera, Mata, Rashford and Martial.....

Brissy? How's down under nowdays?

WPMUFC · Oct 2, 2016

I'd like to see miki start but the key against LEI was dropping rooney and fellaini. Hopefully there isn't any "early buzz" that they have made the team at the expense of herrera/mata

horsechoker · Oct 2, 2016

Rooney should only start if all other players who can play 9 or 10 are injured.

superdry · Oct 2, 2016

Jake said:
Call me old fashioned but if I was playing for United I wouldn't be going out for meals with city players.

Hope he stuck his nob in Nolitos paella when he whent for a squirt.

Catt · Oct 2, 2016

The meltdown if Rooney starts...

DomesticTadpole · Oct 2, 2016

Red Katie said:
The meltdown if Rooney starts...

That is the one thing I am dreading and Fellaini starting. That's two things. Thursday all over again.

Santoryo · Oct 2, 2016

Any noises on twitter or anywhere else about Rooney being benched again? I get worried when it's quite because it most likely means nothing big is happening with our line up and Rooney has been restored.

marukomu · Oct 2, 2016

superdry said:
Hope he stuck his nob in Nolitos paella when he went for a squirt.

Seems like it was the other way round, as he isn't playing today.

Pexbo · Oct 2, 2016

Praying it's Herrera over Fellaini and Mata over Rooney. It's Football not MMA, we need to outplay them.

I think Mata is likely as he was brought off early on Thursday but Fellaini being rested makes him almost a certainty for this one.

Ban · Oct 2, 2016

Is Mickhi supposedly out cause he went out with Nolito or I misunderstood?

Catt · Oct 2, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
That is the one thing I am dreading and Fellaini starting. That's two things. Thursday all over again.

I wasn't too fussed about thursday but if Rooney & Fellaini both starts today I'd be a tad annoyed.

paulscholes18 · Oct 2, 2016

Pexbo said:
Praying it's Herrera over Fellaini and Mata over Rooney. It's Football not MMA, we need to outplay them.

I think Mata is likely as he was brought off early on Thursday but Fellaini being rested makes him almost a certainty for this one.

Nope, Herrera was left out, expect him to partner Pogba, 1 change from Leicester I think is Rooney in for Lingard

Pexbo · Oct 2, 2016

No murmurs in the press about Rooney which is a worry. If he was benched again you'd expect him to be briefing excuses and stories by now.

Santoryo · Oct 2, 2016

Pexbo said:
Praying it's Herrera over Fellaini and Mata over Rooney. It's Football not MMA, we need to outplay them.

I think Mata is likely as he was brought off early on Thursday but Fellaini being rested makes him almost a certainty for this one.

but the thing is, is he starting in that 10 role(The Rooney role like journalists like calling it :lol:

)

An Irish Red · Oct 2, 2016

I'm not sure if i can take watching Rooney and Fellaini today so hopefully they're both dropped. Permanently, preferably.

Billy Jim · Oct 2, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
09:46
Henrikh Mkhitaryan out of today's game?

It looks as though Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss this afternoon’s game with Stoke City.

Mkhitaryan hasn’t played for United since the loss to Manchester City at Old Trafford on September 10.

Manager Jose Mourinho has intimated he would be involved today - but having been seen leaving San Carlo last night with City winger Nolito, it seems he remains sidelined.

Does that mean Nolito's out of today's game too?

Weird assumption.

M Bison · Oct 2, 2016

Roon defo benched today, surely has to be same team as vs Leicester. Any player not keeping their shirt after that game should be rightly pissed.

Ban · Oct 2, 2016

We will have the same fear every game.
:lol:

Dante · Oct 2, 2016

Pexbo said:
No murmurs in the press about Rooney which is a worry. If he was benched again you'd expect him to be briefing excuses and stories by now.

Why would you expect that?

MDFC Manager · Oct 2, 2016

Rooney will be in I think

Pexbo · Oct 2, 2016

Dante said:
Why would you expect that?

Because each time he's been benched so far there has been stories "predicting" it, putting pressure on his replacements and bigging him up.

2 man midfield · Oct 2, 2016

--------------DDG--------------
Valencia-Smalling-Bailly-Blind
--------Herrera--Pogba--------
Rashford-----Mata------Martial
-----------Ibrahimovic----------

Santoryo · Oct 2, 2016

4 minutes before meltdown.

Guys Rooney is starting :lol:

Samid · Oct 2, 2016

Billy Jim said:
Does that mean Nolito's out of today's game too?

Weird assumption.

He's suspended.

anant · Oct 2, 2016

In the Video Utd's twitter handle released of players arriving, they didn't show Mkhi, so I'm assuming he' out

Santoryo · Oct 2, 2016

Both times Rooney was benched we heard about it before the line ups came out. So far nothing in this case which clearly means Rooney is starting, time to start making peace with that.

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