Champs League Match Thread:Man Utd V Celtic [All Pre/During/After Match Discussion]

eZe^

Where is he playing exactly? Is he playing as an attacking central midfielder ala Xavi, shielding the ball deep and linking the defense to attack? Because at Barca he was used as more of a defensive midfielder who had played lovely passes, so we didn't get the best out of him.

jimmyboy

When I've seen him hes been playing quite deep in the midfield usually pickin it up from the defence and movin it on from there.

A Dub in Glasgo

Looking forward to this, all the ABCs are out in force I see.

Hopefully we will put in a decent shift although on paper, MU should be skelping Celtic.

Im_No_Superman

Man. United

* 1 Edwin van der Sar
* 2 Gary Neville
* 7 Cristiano Ronaldo
* 8 Anderson
* 9 Dimitar Berbatov
* 10 Wayne Rooney
* 15 Nemanja Vidić
* 17 Nani
* 22 John O'Shea
* 23 Jonny Evans
* 24 Darren Fletcher

Substitutes

* 29 Tomasz Kuszczak
* 6 Wes Brown
* 11 Ryan Giggs
* 13 Ji-Sung Park
* 21 Rafael
* 28 Darron Gibson
* 32 Carlos Tévez

eirebhoy

Man Utd

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Van der Sar

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Neville

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Evans

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Vidic

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O'Shea
Nani

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Fletcher ---- Anderson -- Ronaldo

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Berbatov --- Rooney

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Celtic

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McDonald

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McGeady

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---- Robson ---- Nakamura --- Brown

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Caldwell

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Naylor --- McManus --- Loovens --- Wilson

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Boruc

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Caldwell playing as a sweeper for the midfield by the looks of it. It worked for Scotland in Paris.

eirebhoy

eZe^ wrote: »

Where is he playing exactly? Is he playing as an attacking central midfielder ala Xavi, shielding the ball deep and linking the defense to attack? Because at Barca he was used as more of a defensive midfielder who had played lovely passes, so we didn't get the best out of him.

Defensive midfield.

Mitch Connor

Starting line up:

van der Sar

Neville
Vidic
Evans
O'Shea
Fletcher
Anderson
Ronaldo
Nani
Berbatov
Rooney

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No Tevez...what the?

Mr Moon

No room for Tevez in the starting lineup, I thought he would be a definite starter!!

It's a shame really as he was in such good form before Berbatov came in!

Is there anyway to play all 4 of them? (Rooney, Ronnie, Berbie & Tevez)

Mr.Nice Guy

Where's Rio? Injured or rested?

Necronomicon

Des wrote: »

No Tevez...what the?

Yeah, I really thought we'd see him tonight

zAbbo

Of course Utd should win, but I fancy a Celtic win

Gwan McGeady

ROCKMAN

No Tevez is a bit of surprise ,
but Neville getting the nod over Brown or Rafael is a shock for me.
I know he has all the experience in the world, but on current form he is third choice IMO.

Im_No_Superman

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Where's Rio? Injured or rested?

Injured according to RTE. Hopefully nothing too serious.

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Maybe Ferguson doesn't rate Celtic, and is resting players.

Eirebear

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Looking forward to this, all the ABCs are out in force I see.

.

Awww diddums.

Cast your mind back to last years UEFA Semi final thread mate, at least football is getting a mention here.

estebancambias

I HATE YOU NTL...I REALLY REALLY HATE YOU WITH ALL MY LIFE.

Im_No_Superman

Lol at Giles, "I dont like Berbatov because he doesnt run around!" :rolleyes:

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estebancambias wrote: »

I HATE YOU NTL...I REALLY REALLY HATE YOU WITH ALL MY LIFE.

lol

Get on the RTE stream.

LuckyLloyd

T-b0n3 wrote: »

Champions League Matches

Bordeaux v CFR Cluj
Win-Draw-Win
CFR Cluj @ 5.0

Inter Milan v Anorthosis Famagusta
Handicap Betting
Inter Milan -2.0 @ 2.30

Basel v Barcelona
Win-Draw-Win
Barcelona @ 1.50


Zenit St Petersburg v BATE Borisov
Win-Draw-Win
Zenit St Petersburg @ 1.22


Steaua Bucharest v Lyon
Win-Draw-Win
Lyon @ 2.20

Juventus v Real Madrid
Win-Draw-Win
Real Madrid @ 2.50

Fenerbahce v Arsenal
Win-Draw-Win
Arsenal @ 2.10

Bayern Munich v Fiorentina
Win-Draw-Win
Fiorentina @ 4.50

Man Utd v Celtic Money-
Win-Draw-Win
Man Utd @ 1.25

Tennis
ATP Davidoff Swiss
R Federer v B Reynolds
Match Betting
R Federer @ 1.02

Pays €1,397.15 for a 1.00 bet.

Highly unlikely but fun.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

more unlikely than 1397.15 / 1 imo.

Snake Plisken

Dunphy's a spa for slagging off spurs! Talk about kicking a dog when its down!

Im_No_Superman

Some of the drose he was talking there was unreal tbh.

NaiveMelodies

estebancambias wrote: »

I HATE YOU NTL...I REALLY REALLY HATE YOU WITH ALL MY LIFE.

whats goin on with ntl

Chong

COME ON UNITED!

Ronnie playing then surprise surprise with all the sh!te in the press about him being rested.

eirebhoy

Bill wrote: »

COME ON UNITED!

Ronnie playing then surprise surprise with all the sh!te in the press about him being rested.

Sh!te started by Ferguson.

Chong

eirebhoy wrote: »

Sh!te started by Ferguson.

Yup too true, I think he loves fcuking about with the press.

Gonzovision

I hope this doesn't turn out to be as 1 sided as I think it will. Just hoping for a good match. Roll on tomorrow night.

Mr.Nice Guy

Why the feck are Celtic playing in yellow? It's like United vs Norwich.

Chong

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Why the feck are Celtic playing in yellow? It's like United vs Norwich.

Prob cause United play in White shorts and White Socks at home.

HalloweenJack

Ugh.

The Battle of the Two Evils (or the Great Irish Love-In).

Don't think I want either side to win.

I do hope McGeady plays well though.

Chong

That was some cross by Ando to Ronnie, great control then by Ronnie.

Ronnie looks up for it, more tricks in 5 mins than since he returned.

Sherifu

Good start by United.

dr.bollocko

I think... Im not sure.. But I think that John O'Shea just did something right there.

Chong

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I think... Im not sure.. But I think that John O'Shea just did something right there.

Josh aint been as frustrating as late, but that could change with this game.

Chong

Nice idea by Wayne would have been a stunner.

Sherifu

Lol @ ref, pure dive!

Chong

Sherifu wrote: »

Lol @ ref, pure dive!

Haha yeah, and he seems to go over like a leaf too.

Chong

COME ON BERBA YOU LEGEND!

Sherifu

Looks offside to me.

Mitch Connor

Off-side - harsh on Celtic.

Though - advantage is supposed to go with the striker.

Gonzovision

Looked offside to me.

Villain

Blatent offside.

Aquos76

Yeah, it was off side ok, yet another official making a wrong decision.

Eirebear

He was offside there as well.

Another one for the "We wur pyoor robbed" annuls. :D:D:D

dr.bollocko

Shame it's an offside decision. Celtic were starting to come alive. Utd fan, but hate to see poor decisions gift us goals.
Even when watching it first I was certain he was off.

ironingbored

What a rubbish goal and off-side.

Chong

Goal is a goal and we are winning so happy days.

Mitch Connor

blatent? about 6 inches over moving play? bit harsh there - offside no doubt thanks to super slow mo replay, but at the spped it happened and the space involved, it is hardly baltent.

Chong

ANDERSON score already jeez

A Dub in Glasgo

Offside goal which has now caused Celtic to panic a bit