WE are missing someone who would flourish in such games, we missed him in 2009 his name is Owen Hargreaves, the boy (when fit) has incredible energy, played the 120 mints in Moscow and scored from the spot....
Barcelona vs. Manchester United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Erm... Who are you to be predicting/telling Ferguson how he should line up?Who is he to be predicting/telling us how we should line up?
THis REf is not the best around, he was clearly affected by Bayern players calling for Da Silva to be carded last season, and he let Van Buyten's tackle on Rooney in the 1st half to be unpunished,,,dont like him, the guy who sent Fletcher off in the 2nd leg semi final in 2009 ( forgot his name) is better choice
Not sure what your point is here
Millions of people predicts line-ups for the final, but when Fabregas does it, it's laughable. I don't know why. And you should also see that he probably did it for nike, that's the sort of questions like "why the feck he speaks about us?" when a player/manager talk about United at press conferences. People forgot that they doesn't start with "United, bla bla bla", but they are asked by journos. He was probably asked by nike to present his line-up. That's what I mean.
Ah rite. Nah i was just laughing at the irony of Fabregas, the captain of the side that get ass raped every year by Barcelona, offering his expert opinion.
It is ok for him to do it, this is a fun game coming up. Don't let some rivalry turn you into something else.
If Bendtner wasn't so shit Arsenal would have knocked Barcelona out.
It's quite funny seeing him beside one of our potential line ups, but Fabregas obviously understands football, obviously understands Barcelona on an actual professional level, so it's not really funny.
Kinda bizarre, but not funny.
Anyhow, Adzz tip:
Feeling nervous? Nothing 14 pints of Stella won't cure.
Kinda bizarre, but not funny.
Anyhow, Adzz tip:
Feeling nervous? Nothing 14 pints of Stella won't cure.
Barca have arrived in Arsenal's training ground.
We're training at Craven Cottage on Friday morning.
Sir Bobby Charlton:
Just thinking how up for this all the players who were beaten in 09 must be, it's more than a chance to win the Champions League, it's a chance to repair any damage done to reputations in Rome. We weren't beaten, we just left after 10mins.
SO feckING UP FOR THIS!!!!!
SO feckING UP FOR THIS!!!!!
If fans as knowledgeable as Sir Bobby and David Gill can only get this close, what chance do we have!
He's right, Im often bemused by his team selections, have been wildly wrong and yet 19 times out of 20, SAF is always vindicated. ie Rule no 1 about being a United fan in the SAF era: Never ever doubt SAF!!!
Reading this, Im sure we're in for a surprise. Wonder what that might be!
I really hope the wembley pitch is good, could decide the game
Actually hope it is shit. Shit pitch and slick passing don't go too well, but counter attacking on the other hand?
Notice how they're training in their match kits. every little thing counts. I hope our lot are doing the same.
Not worried about this.
We will win comfortably.
We will win comfortably.
The more I think about it, the more I fancy this game to go the distance. From there it's quite the lottery, because a bounce of the ball wins you the game and if it doesn't, you go to penalty kicks - so really, toss a coin and you'll find the winner.
Have you ever seen Barca play?
I was wondering if it would help us helping Fabio on the left wing instead of Evra?
Remember what Mourinho did with Boswinga against Barca? He played a right footed full back on the left wing to take care of Messi because the latter also cuts inside. So technically it is easier for a right foot to guard someone cutting in on the left wing than for a left footer. And Fabio being primarily a right foot might help us and he certainly has the pace to keep up with Messi. O'Shea is too slow.
Remember what Mourinho did with Boswinga against Barca? He played a right footed full back on the left wing to take care of Messi because the latter also cuts inside. So technically it is easier for a right foot to guard someone cutting in on the left wing than for a left footer. And Fabio being primarily a right foot might help us and he certainly has the pace to keep up with Messi. O'Shea is too slow.
Messi plays as the central attacker but. It'll be Pedro spending the majority of the time on the right.
Problem is, Messi is going to create havoc from the center.
Pedro + Villa out wide so its the DM spot I'm more worried about.
Messi was nullified by Pepe' but I don't think Fletcher is fit enough to do the job and Carrick isn't the type to stick to a player.
Park ? We'd lose our most on form LW if we played him in the center.
park, carrick and anderson must start in midfield.
those 3 will be the defensive core in the center. valencia/nani and rooney can aid them in the middle and also are an attacking threat.
little pea should start aswell to ensure that they defend deep in there half rather than higher up which makes it too compact for our midfield.
those 3 will be the defensive core in the center. valencia/nani and rooney can aid them in the middle and also are an attacking threat.
little pea should start aswell to ensure that they defend deep in there half rather than higher up which makes it too compact for our midfield.
I think we will break our attendance record for the website come Saturday. We are 5,755 right now and I am sure there will be more people than that reading our forum on Saturday. Hopefully there will no be crashes.
wum.
Iniesta worries me more than Messi.
Andres was injured in Rome, and was a class above the rest, this time he we will be fit... fckn hell
Andres was injured in Rome, and was a class above the rest, this time he we will be fit... fckn hell
That may have a point if Messi was ever on the right this season, which he hasn't been...
We all know how they're going line up, it's
Valdes
Alves-Puyol-Pique-Abidal
Busquets
Xavi-Iniesta
Pedro--------Villa
Messi
Alves-Puyol-Pique-Abidal
Busquets
Xavi-Iniesta
Pedro--------Villa
Messi
How do you stop that? Well defensively they lack pace with the exception of Alves, who will spend most of the game further forward anyway, so pace up front is vital, making Cheech vital. Busquets is a horrible human being, but my god can he play football, Rooney will be vital knicking the ball off him, getting him riled (obviously that can backfire with Sergio riling Wayne, but he has more maturity than the Spaniard).
The central midfield you can't compete with, the best hope is with Giggs and Carrick who allow us fast counter attacks like we have played so often in these big games. Out wide as mentioned Alves will attack, so Park as always in huge games will be on the left tracking the horrid Brazilian, on the other wing you can't look past Valencia in his current form, especially when mixed with Nani's poor form since the Liverpool game.
The defence all but speaks for itself, it's one of the twins at right back, going off form it should be Fabio, centre backs speak for themselves with Ferdinand and Vidic and the left back is as always Evra, with Van Der Sar in goal.
Basically this,
Barcelona will have a field day with himI heard they will announce on Wednesday.
Errrm scratch that, it is Nicola Rizzoli
My source is legit I think
He is the dude who sent off Rafael in the Bayern match. We have to be careful with him
Looks like we have to fight fire with fire...or fanny with fanny to be more apt. Unleash the Nani!
Where did AAO's thread go
Anyway I'm happy VidaRed has done this now!
Anyway I'm happy VidaRed has done this now!
UEFA will announce the ref today.
Its the same thread, Top just changed the OPWhere did AAO's thread go
Anyway I'm happy VidaRed has done this now!
I can't believe you left Giggsy out !
Anyone think we might leave Chico out and Fergie might opt to flood the midfield with Rooney up top?
Many think that Neo,
SAF will do what he has to though...
SAF will do what he has to though...
I will guess it has crossed his mind, but he sees chico's pace as our way to keep Barca on a leash.
I will go with
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Fabio................Rio..........................Vidic............Evra
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Valencia..........Carrick....................Anderson...........Park
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