Match Thread: Man Utd vs. Portsmouth [All pre/during/post match discussion in here]

Dave!

What about Manucho?

Im_No_Superman

Dave! wrote: »

What about Manucho?

Not according to BBC but the page hasnt been updated in a couple of days. Has Manucho definitly been granted a work permit? I cant find any mention of it anywhere.

Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Brown, Neville, R Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, F Da Silva, Fletcher, O'Shea, Scholes, Possebon, Gibson, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez, Campbell, Welbeck.

Aquos76

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Has Manucho definitly been granted a work permit? I cant find any mention of it anywhere.

pulled this off redcafe

Im_No_Superman

Ah right, its strange it wasnt on manutd.com. I think he is still recovering from a metatarsel injury so I doubt he will be in the squad.

Dues Bellator

why are we banging on about new signings lads, da silva twins look really exciting, i know we would like a new stricker, but teves frazer rooney and ronaldo so thats 4 proven goal scorers, if we dont get dimitar[idontfeellikeplayingtoday]berbatov i dont care, we always start slow, when did we last get off to a flyer.nani anderson sould play a bigger part this season aswell, we always seem to over look the outstanding hargreves .i really wont start panicking just yet.plus as it stands if manucho do sign , who is he getting the nod over teves ? rooney? giggs? ronaldo ? mmmm interesing

Mitch Connor

almanu wrote: »

why are we banging on about new signings lads, da silva twins look really exciting, i know we would like a new stricker, but teves frazer rooney and ronaldo so thats 4 proven goal scorers, if we dont get dimitar[idontfeellikeplayingtoday]berbatov i dont care, we always start slow, when did we last get off to a flyer.nani anderson sould play a bigger part this season aswell, we always seem to over look the outstanding hargreves .i really wont start panicking just yet.plus as it stands if manucho do sign , who is he getting the nod over teves ? rooney? giggs? ronaldo ? mmmm interesing

So, the brazillian twins are full backs - areas we are ok in.

None of Rooney, Tevez or Campbel are prolific scorers.

Ronaldo is out til October.

Manucho will get the nod over none of them. He'll get a few minutes here and there, but he won't be first choice.

Dues Bellator

Tauren wrote: »

So, the brazillian twins are full backs - areas we are ok in.

None of Rooney, Tevez or Campbel are prolific scorers.

Ronaldo is out til October.

Manucho will get the nod over none of them. He'll get a few minutes here and there, but he won't be first choice.

teves 19 rooney 18 mmmmm not prolific maybe 42 from our slave boy has you spoilt. cambell scored 13 end of season goals for hull, got them promoted and he scored countless others in the reserves.the da silvas are attacking full backs somthing sick note and brown are definitly not.plus i feel evera is limited in this area.just my opinion dont hunt me down and kill me.

Mitch Connor

Can't take a bad pick of Tommy K, thats for sure.

eagle eye

United need to win this match, it is not a good idea to Chelsea a 4 or 5 point lead this early. I think they should win this comfortably. Rooney needs to be ordered to stay within 25 yards of the opposition goal at all times. He is not scoring because he does too much work and without Ronaldo his ability to score goals becomes critical to United.

jaykay74

eagle eye wrote: »

Rooney needs to be ordered to stay within 25 yards of the opposition goal at all times. He is not scoring because he does too much work and without Ronaldo his ability to score goals becomes critical to United.

+1 The last thing I want to see Rooney is spraying long crossfield balls from right back. Helping out in midfield is fine once in a while but not as the main feature of his game tonight. should be interesting to see if some of those missing from the last game are back in tonight or at least on the bench for experienced options. Don't think tonights match is any place for the twins or possebon unless in the unlikely event Utd are strolling it.

PHB

We're likely to see Evra and O'Shea play, so lets hope its O'Shea LB and Evra midfield, with Fletcher Scholes in the middle and Giggs on the other wing.
O'Shea in midfield will make this an extremely difficult game, and I think Fletcher in midfield could see a very good performance from him.

Mitch Connor

I think with Tevez back we will see less of Rooney inside his own half, because Tevez will do that. Hopefully anyway. Tevez looked brilliant playing as the link man in preseason, but rarely had anyone to link with.... fingers crossed they can pull this one out of the bag, cause our midfield could have a problem without Ronnie, Nani, Hargreaves, Anderson, or possible Carrick.

Smegball

I might actually scream If I see O Shea starting in centre midfield.

evad_lhorg

Smegball wrote: »

I might actually scream If I see O Shea starting in centre midfield.

He is better than Deco :P Yea I have to agree though. I hope evra starts left mid. I dont want to see Rooney dropping back to the left like he did for England last week. he was nowhere to be seen.

corban

http://www.justin.tv/widgets/jtv_player.swf?channel=live24_2

a link if any of ye wanna watch it online should come on around 5 miins beforehand.....

ROCKMAN

UNITED TEAM.


VDS
BROWN
RIO
VIDIC
O SHEA
FLETCHER
ANDERSON
SCHOLES
EVRA
ROONEY
TEVEZ

Bench Kuszczak, Neville , Fabio, Rafeal , Campbell, Gibson , Possebon

Aquos76

Man Utd Line up

VDS

Brown
Vidic
Ferdinand
O'Shea

Fletcher
Anderson
Scholes
Evra

Rooney
Tevez

Daysha

I'll take that, delighted to see Anderson thrown straight into the mix.

United to win 2-0

Aquos76

Subs
Kuszczak
Neville
Evans
Rafael
Fabio
Rodrigo
Campbell

ROCKMAN

PORTSMOUTH TEAM

JAMES
JOHNSON
KABOUL
CAMPBELL
DISTIN
??????? Sorry miss who they named
DIOP
DIARRA
DAVIS
CROUCH
DEFOE

Skud

looks like evra on left wing then? cmon utd.

EDIT: no manucho = still dont know about permit. God we still need an extra body up top

Mitch Connor

Game will be won or lost depending on whether Scholes and Anderson can get a foot hold in the game.

Smegball

So relieved to see O Shea not in CM! The bench is pretty poor though isn't it! Not much game changers really, more confident now, I'll go with United to scrape a 2-1

Aquos76

Skud wrote: »

looks like evra on left wing then? cmon utd.

EDIT: no manucho = still dont know about permit. God we still need an extra body up top

His work permit has been granted, but he is still injured

herbieflowers

at least Anderson's in central midfield instead of O'Shea, however drained he may be from the Games. Utd should win, with Rooney and Tevez up front.

Skud

Aquos76 wrote: »

His work permit has been granted, but he is still injured

wasnt widely reported though only ssn.

Midfield is key to this game,

krancjar last midfielder?

evad_lhorg

no kranjcar is out. Giggs injured?

Boggles

ROCKMAN wrote: »

UNITED TEAM.


VDS
BROWN
RIO
VIDIC
O SHEA
FLETCHER
ANDERSON
SCHOLES
EVRA
ROONEY
TEVEZ

Bench Kuszczak, Neville , Fabio, Rafeal , Campbell, Gibson , Possebon

Rockman your a Legend!!

suckslikeafox

Compare tonights bench to chelseas yesterday. Not nice reading at all

Mitch Connor

Well, if we had Giggs, Nani, Ronaldo, Park, Carrick, Hargreaves or Saha, our bench would probably look a bit better.

Disappointed with just how defensive the Pompey team is. Gonna be a long night.

Boggles

suckslikeafox wrote: »

Compare tonights bench to chelseas yesterday. Not nice reading at all

Chelsea apart from Drogba are full strength thou.

That bench will change dramatically when the usual suspects are back.

evad_lhorg

why compare? Chelsea have probably had the best team on paper in the world for the last 4 seasons. that doesnt mean anything. and neither does the fact that they beat Portsmouth 4-0. new game of football different game entirely. they didnt look world class yesterday but got the job done. we may not look too world class when looking at the bench but when have United ever? looking at bench regulars like o shea and Fletcher yuo wouldnt think they would be too good either but they do their bit and have done for the last two seasons when we won a bit, no?

Chong

Anderson son son son is playing and Carlito.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Scholes, Evra, Rooney, Tevez, Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Fabio Da Silva, Rafael Da Silva, Gibson, Campbell, Possebon, Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

The teams are in for tonight's match: Portsmouth: James, Kaboul, Campbell, Distin, Johnson, Diop, Davis, Diarra, Armand Traore, Crouch, Defoe, Subs: Ashdown, Lauren, Hreidarsson, Thomas, Utaka, Mvuemba, Sahar

adox

Is O Shea definitely playing left back?


When I read the team first I presumed he was playing alongside Scholes with Anderson starting on the left.

Chong

Nope Josh is playing holding role I would say.

Unless Ev is playing left mid, like last week but I am unsure.

PHB

It's not really clear.
Anderson playing is a huge huge huge huge huge boost. I think we should have enough going forward, but I'm worried about the system working if O'Shea is in midfield.
I hope O'Shea is LB, especially with the threat of Crouch's height, but I think we'll all find out in about 5 minutes, no telling what Fergie will do

Mitch Connor

Mr. X wrote: »

Nope Josh is playing holding role I would say.

Unless Ev is playing left mid, like last week but I am unsure.

MUTV have Evra left midfield

ROCKMAN

Mr. X wrote: »

Nope Josh is playing holding role I would say.

Unless Ev is playing left mid, like last week but I am unsure.

MUTV have O Shea on LB and Evra LM , They where talking as if they had inside INFO

Aquos76

Tauren wrote: »

MUTV have Evra left midfield

and Sky have Evra as playing left back

Chong

Seemingly , Sky say the opposite :S

Anyways COME ON YOU RED DEVILS.

Fabio and Rafa on the bench for us.

Mitch Connor

i'd go with MUTV on the lineup over sky.

Aquos76

Well we will soon find out, less than a minute or so to kick off

Mitch Connor

bugger.

bennyx_o

Quietly confident about this. Utd to win 2-0 hopefully

Aquos76

Evra is Left back

ROCKMAN

O Shea has line up in the middle :eek::eek:

keane2097

Tevez is looking great so far...

eddiehead

Andy Gray is right, that was a great piece of defending from Evra.

Chong

keane2097 wrote: »

Tevez is looking great so far...

Pity the rest arent.

keane2097

Portsmouth well on top at the moment.