Saturday 22nd March
Barclays Premier League
KO: 17:30 GMT
Boleyn Ground
West Ham vs. Manchester United
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Saturday 22nd March
Barclays Premier League
KO: 17:30 GMT
Boleyn Ground
1-0 Carlton Cole 90+9
Rest your entire team for the game vs City please!
All our eggs are in the Champions League basket, don't give a shite about this one. Can see a tired performance, and we don't usually travel well to London, definitely a tough fixture following a Champions League game. See a draw myself, or maybe another loss. Think tonight has bought Moyes some breathing space anyway.
Would rest van Persie, but then again he might miss the match anyway. Would enjoy seeing Mata behind Rooney, and Valencia and Welbeck on the wings for pace.
give them a walkover...
I mean rest them against West Ham, then massacre City!
3-1 to West ham.
De Gea
Rafael Jones CB Evra
Carrick Fellaini
Januzaj Mata Welbeck
Rooney
Rafael Jones CB Evra
Carrick Fellaini
Januzaj Mata Welbeck
Rooney
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At least give Kagawa and Chicharito a game...
We are getting Rues for one and selling the other. It doesn't really matter.At least give Kagawa and Chicharito a game...
I'd personally like to see us go to even more extreme measure than Liverpool and Chelsea did in those 2 CL flukes.We are getting Rues for one and selling the other. It doesn't really matter.
Let's not play our first team AT ALL in the league and see what happens.
Ddg
Rafael-Jones-Rio-Buttner
----Fletcher-Cleverly----
Young----Mata----Januzaj
--------Rooney--------
Is what I would play. We need to rest some players for the City match as it's way more important.
Rafael-Jones-Rio-Buttner
----Fletcher-Cleverly----
Young----Mata----Januzaj
--------Rooney--------
Is what I would play. We need to rest some players for the City match as it's way more important.
I don't know, beating City and somehow helping the Scousers along isn't the grandest idea, but if we somehow help Chelsea win the league...
Hmm...
When are the quarters? I think there is enough time, isn't it?
DDG
Rafael Jones CB Evra
Carrick Fellaini
Januzaj Mata Welbeck
Rooney
Got to guarantee we get these points. Stringing a few wins together is more important than resting players.Rafael Jones CB Evra
Carrick Fellaini
Januzaj Mata Welbeck
Rooney
1-2 & 8-9 April
What good are these points?
We have the exact same team, down to the "CB".
Think Giggs deserves a start ahead of Fellaini, to be honest. But other than that this team is what I'd pick.
de Gea
Rafael
Jones
Evans/Smalling
Evra
Carrick
Fellaini
Januzaj
Mata
Welbeck
Rooney
SUBS: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Cleverley, Nani, Young, Kagawa, Hernandez.
Rafael
Jones
Evans/Smalling
Evra
Carrick
Fellaini
Januzaj
Mata
Welbeck
Rooney
SUBS: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Cleverley, Nani, Young, Kagawa, Hernandez.
Not two games in a space of 4 days, Twigg. Might be too much for his old legs.
Save Giggsy for the City game I'd say. We need some proper United people in that team who knows what it means to play City, not all big signings IMO.
Yeah I guess you're both right. I would save Giggs for the City game, too.
De Gea
Rafael Jones Ferdinand Evra
Fellaini Carrick
Nani Mata Welbeck
Rooney
Don't risk RVP even if fit, rest Giggs for City game, defence there isn't really any other options. Use Kagawa for Nani if he's not ready, but he should be by now. Not sure how Valencia's eye is doing but he might start as well, if fit.
Rafael Jones Ferdinand Evra
Fellaini Carrick
Nani Mata Welbeck
Rooney
Don't risk RVP even if fit, rest Giggs for City game, defence there isn't really any other options. Use Kagawa for Nani if he's not ready, but he should be by now. Not sure how Valencia's eye is doing but he might start as well, if fit.
I thought your CB summation was more appropriate than explaining that I'd have Smalling if fit, then Evans if fit, then Vidic if fit, then Ferdinand if fit. CB seemed more succint.
Feels weird not giving a single shite about the league anymore. That loss to Liverpool really hurt.
This sums it up really. I'm not expecting much, nor will it matter too much. I care about the City game though so I hope we rest our best players against West Ham.
De Gea
Rafael--Jones--Evans--Buttner
Carrick--Fellaini
Mata--Rooney--Kagawa
Welbeck
subs: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Cleverley, Fletcher, Young, Nani, Hernandez
Get the full-backs bombing forward. Try to play a possession game and pen West Ham back.
Rafael--Jones--Evans--Buttner
Carrick--Fellaini
Mata--Rooney--Kagawa
Welbeck
subs: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Cleverley, Fletcher, Young, Nani, Hernandez
Get the full-backs bombing forward. Try to play a possession game and pen West Ham back.
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I think it's best United play their strongest team to get some momentum going. Their CL result will have given them confidence and a nice win here will hopefully have them flying and chomping at the bit against City.
Is this flavor of the month? Are we back to 'hope valencia never starts again' after west ham? Not having a go at you, but not often we've seen calls for a Valencia start the last few months
Good chance to give Buttner a start, since he's gonna have to show up vs Bayern in the QF..
We need to play Nani in this game and the home game against Villa. If Nani turns out to be even half as good as he can be in these two games. We can have a front four of Rooney, RVP, Welbeck and Nani for the UCL games.
This front four with Carrick and Fellaini behind them, will offer us our best chance of progressing.
This front four with Carrick and Fellaini behind them, will offer us our best chance of progressing.
Scrappy loss to bring us right back down again!
Evra shouldn't play again until the first leg of the UCL quarter final is finished.
De Gea
Rafael Jones Smalling Evra
Fletcher Fellaini
Januzaj Mata Nani
Rooney
A hard fought 2-1 win for us.
Rafael Jones Smalling Evra
Fletcher Fellaini
Januzaj Mata Nani
Rooney
A hard fought 2-1 win for us.
De Gea
Rafael Jones Smalling Evra
Fletcher Fellaini
Januzaj Mata Nani
Welbeck
I think we should rest both RvP & Rooney for this one.
Rafael Jones Smalling Evra
Fletcher Fellaini
Januzaj Mata Nani
Welbeck
I think we should rest both RvP & Rooney for this one.
Welbeck has to start all games for us. He is relatively fresh. Adds value to the team and needs the starts to win a starting role for england in World Cup.
I hope to see him in starting lineup vs City. Not that he is the kind who can't play 2 games in 4 days or anything, but at this stage I hope all of the squad has some minutes under their belt going into CL quarters. Nani needs game time as he will be needed in CL. West ham away and Villa home are ideal games for Nani to get some confidence going.
Time to use the squad, Kagawa, Hernandez, Cleverly all should be brought in. We have 3 games in a week, the squad needs to be kept fresh.
Not a chance, that team would get torn apart in the CL, especially away from home. If we Barca for example, we would never see the ball. Carrick and Fellaini lack any sort of pace. For us to succeed in the CL, it would better to play 3 in the middle with one of them being Kagawa.
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