Match Thread: Arsenal V Manchester United(Pre/During/After Match Discussion)

cson

We're gonna be hockyed tomorrow

Spud83

Deleted User wrote: »

You see we won a double, scored a hoop of goals and conceded feck all last year playing that modified 4-3-3 and yet we haven't used it much this season........

Rooney is our most important player especially against the big teams I don't see how pushing him out wide is ever a good move.

And talking about last year name two good performances when Rooney was out wide?

The modified formation you talk is is 4-2-3-1. 4 defenders, 2 sitting/ controlling midfielders, a right winger, left winger, toward in the hole and a striker. Our best performances last year was playing this formation with two actual wingers and Rooney tevez switching the forward roles.

This year it's Rooney and Berb in the forward roles.

Spud83

Trilla wrote: »

They should really - only Fletcher and Brown doubts. Hargreaves and Scholes out obviously. I hope Tevez & Anderson start but I doubt the Lion will.

I expect:

VDS, Rio, Vidic, Evra, Neville, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Ronaldo, Berbatov, Rooney


In other news, Maradona gave Rio a signed shirt for his 30th today at training today

Where exactly would you fit Tevez into the team? Based on recent form he would be on the bench for me

leninbenjamin

Arsenal to come out all guns a blazing in the early stages of the game. possibly to go one or two up, only to lose their cool and concede some late goals to lose the game.

seems to be the recurrent theme recently for the big games.

CHD

United look like they will stroll it.

Arsenal look weak.

Will typically be a hot tempered affair.

And more than likely finish 1-1

doonothing

Des wrote: »

They will easily overcome Arsenal tomorrow.

Wish I shared your confidence! 2-1 to United but it will be no walkover!

United will score early enough on, and relax and become shaky in the latter half of the game, as they have been doing everytime lately! Allowing Arsenal to give me a 45 minute heart attack..
And that's not even worst case scenario!

kryogen

cant understand people thinking united will steamroll arsenal at the emirates, really think thats far fetched

can see this being 1-1 or 2-1 depending on who scored first

arsenal will not roll over, almunia will have a great game (cause thats what keepers do when we they play us),arsenal will be up for it and will cause our bakline problems and we havent exacly been playing our most fluent football so i cant see where the huge confidence has come from all of a sudden :eek:



now i should prbably get some sleep before the game as its only 5 hours away!!

ill give the nod to united with a scoreline of 2-1 and goals for Berba and Tevez who will come off the bench to grab the winner

alanmurphy83

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Rooney is our most important player especially against the big teams I don't see how pushing him out wide is ever a good move.

And talking about last year name two good performances when Rooney was out wide?

The modified formation you talk is is 4-2-3-1. 4 defenders, 2 sitting/ controlling midfielders, a right winger, left winger, toward in the hole and a striker. Our best performances last year was playing this formation with two actual wingers and Rooney tevez switching the forward roles.

This year it's Rooney and Berb in the forward roles.

Actually I was talking about our formation in the first half of the CL Final which was the one we used most of the season.

---

VDS

---

Brown----Rio----Vida----Paddy
Hargreaves---Carrick---Scholes
Ronaldo

---

Rooney

---

Tevez

When we had the ball the 3 boys up front interchanged and Hargreaves pushed up the right. When we didn't everyone got tight and Rooney and Tevez came back. That was the case for most of the games. So for todays game I'd like to see the same attitude and formation with the personnel of:

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VDS

---

??????----Rio----Vida----Paddy
Fletcher---Carrick---Anderson
Ronaldo

---

Berba

---

Rooney


with the interchangeability coming in the form of......


On the ball:


Carrick---Anderson
Fletch---Rooney---Ronaldo
Berba


i.e - the 4-2-3-1 like you said or:


Off the ball:

Ronaldo--Carrick--Fletch---Anderson

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Rooney

---

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Berba

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Pepe LeFrits

kryogen wrote: »

arsenal will not roll over, almunia will have a great game (cause thats what keepers do when we they play us)

Bold prediction! Almunia has had a 'mare pretty much every time he's ever played United.

I can't say I'm feeling optimistic about this one, although I expect Arsenal to play better than they have done recently. Big game and all, motivation shouldn't be a problem.

ROCKMAN

Man Utd Team


VDS

NEVILLE
RIO
VIDIC
EVRA

RONALDO
CARRICK
ANDERSON
PARK

ROONEY
BERBS

Headshot

ROCKMAN wrote: »

Man Utd Team


VDS

NEVILLE
RIO
VIDIC
EVRA

RONALDO
CARRICK
ANDERSON
PARK

ROONEY
BERBS

nice one

best team united can put out

D.S.

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »

nice one

best team united can put out

Tough on Fletcher given his form though..

Frisbee

Walcott and Gallas start for Arsenal

Dave!

Exactly the team I was expecting bar Neville, who I thought was injured!

I agree, probably our best possible team save for the absense of Brown

Dave!

D.S. wrote: »

Tough on Fletcher given his form though..

Fletch has a minor knee injury apparantly

http://www.manchesterunited.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=131045

Frisbee wrote: »

Walcott and Gallas start for Arsenal

booooo.........!!!

Here's hoping Vida makes his presence known early on and shows Lewis Hamilton who's boss

Beau x1

Frisbee wrote: »

Walcott and Gallas start for Arsenal

Awesome. Very happy to hear this.

ROCKMAN

Arsenal not as weak as everyone taught

Almunia ,

Sagna
Gallas
Silvestre
Clichy


Walcott
Denilson
Fabregas
Nasri

Diaby

Bendtner

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Utd Bench

KUSCZCAK , NANI, GIGGS, O SHEA , TEVEZ , RAFAEL , EVANS

Frisbee

Anyone watching the build up on Sky?

Souness:"How can you draw that game to Tottenham after being so dominant?"

Jamie in the background: "So Dominant..."

I lol'd


Silvestre gets the nod ahed of Toure. Wierd decision especially considering he has the broken nose...
Maybe Wenger is hoping for the aul 'stormer-against-your-own-club-syndrome'

Chong

In time honoured tradition!

CMON UNITED

Frisbee

Dopes...

Bobalicious93

does almunia know the rules of the game?

T-b0n3

Any one know any streams??

Stuck in work

Adam

Handsome Bob

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

does almunia know the rules of the game?

He just had one of his "episodes", every goalkeeper goes through them.:pac:

Bobalicious93

L'Arse looking extremely nervy

scuba steve

T-b0n3 wrote: »

Any one know any streams??

Stuck in work

Adam

http://www.justin.tv/cricketalkfb :cool:

Beau x1

Offside thank god.

Chong

Lovely play, pity berbs was offside.

Beau x1

****, Bednter almost. Almost.

Frisbee

Bollox. Well worked Clichy

whatawaster

Great cross from Clichy.

Chong

Nice play from the Arse there.

Handsome Bob

Bendtner how did you miss that?

Frisbee

Jayzus how did Bendtner miss that

Beau x1

****. All 3 of them miss it. What's the point of having Bednter in there?

whatawaster

If only Adebayor was playing

Frisbee

Beau x1 wrote: »

****. All 3 of them miss it. What's the point of having Bednter in there?

Because if you have Vela in there he wouldn't have even been able to reach that ball

Chong

Dodgy times for United at the mo.

Beau x1

Damn. Good chances for us just there too. Arsenal are playing really well (apart from Bednter).

Handsome Bob

Bloody hell, Arsenal ain't getting the rub of the green.

whatawaster

what a poor keeper VDS has become

Beau x1

Haha Rooney, too bad

Chong

Great Play by berbs and ron, finished badly by roon.

Bobalicious93

f**k sake Rooney

Frisbee

Beau x1 wrote: »

Damn. Good chances for us just there too. Arsenal are playing really well (apart from Bednter).

I really dont get what your basing this on. Yes he's missed two chances, he's not playing badly though.
You just seem to want to have a go at Bendtner because you don't like him or something. You were doing this in the Arsenal thread earlier.
I went through a period of not liking Adebayor there a while ago while he was playing kak, but I didnt just base how he played on my personal opinion.

Poor miss there from Rooney

Handsome Bob

*shakes head*

Rooney, Rooney, Rooney............

Beau x1

Frisbee wrote: »

I really dont get what your basing this on. Yes he's missed two chances, he's not playing badly though.
You just seem to want to have a go at Bendtner because you don't like him or something. You were doing this in the Arsenal thread earlier.
I went through a period of not liking Adebayor there a while ago while he was playing kak, but I didnt just base how he played on my personal opinion.

Bendtner just doesn't gel well with the team. I just can't see what you guys see in him. I can see what you mean about Adebayor, though - he can be the same as Bendtner at times, but not half as bad. Free kick for us now.

Frisbee

NASRI YOU LEGEND!!!

Beau x1

YES YES YES !!!! NASRI

whatawaster

Yesssssssssssssssss!

Bobalicious93

s**t. Didn't deserve that