Inter Milan v Manchester United Match Thread 24th Feb 09

KevIRL

VDS
Evra
Ferdinand
Ronaldo
Giggs
Park
Carrick
O Shea
Evans
Fletcher

Offical line up from uefa.com

Mgoraf

Pretty sure Fabio started off as a RB, and he is naturally right footed. So he should be veyr comfortable playing there.

Evans and O'Shea both............START!!!

Teams just came up on SSN

Mgoraf

No Rooney or Berbatov? WTF?

Mitch Connor

KevIRL wrote: »

VDS
Evra
Ferdinand
Ronaldo
Giggs
Park
Carrick
O Shea
Evans
Fletcher

Offical line up from uefa.com

WTF?

Boned.

Fergie only selects 10 players - its a gamble alright.

Berbs or Rooney?

bennyx_o

Mgoraf wrote: »

No Rooney or Berbatov? WTF?

Berbatov starts

KevIRL

KevIRL wrote: »

VDS
Evra
Ferdinand
Ronaldo
Giggs
Park
Carrick
O Shea
Evans
Fletcher

Offical line up from uefa.com

forgot berbatov from that

Mitch Connor

Its Berbatov starting.

keane2097

Weird...

redout

1840: TEAMS Inter Milan v Man Utd
Inter Milan: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Santon, Rivas, Chivu, Cambiasso, Muntari, Zanetti, Stankovic, Adriano, Ibrahimovic. Subs to follow.
Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Carrick, Giggs, Park, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Berbatov. Subs to follow.

QUITE HAPPY WITH THAT TEAM.

Mitch Connor

INter:

Ceasar
Maicon
Rivas
Chivu
Santon
Cambiaso
Zanetti
Muntari
Stankovic
Ibrahimovic
Adrianho

Headshot

big gamble by fergie tbh

oshea and evans loaded up with pain killers

going to turn into addicts now

edit: disappointed Rooney isnt starting

redout

Headshot wrote: »

disappointed Rooney is starting

He is not !

Headshot

redout wrote: »

He is not !

sorry ment to say isnt starting

ROCKMAN

looks like berbs up front on his own , With 5 across the middle , the usual away European formation , Rooney or Tevez still could have a big say from the bench.

PHB

So that's how Fergie found out how to go defensive No Rooney makes me both very sad and very worried.

Dave!

Lads stop destroying the English language

Fergie hoping that Rooney will come on at 65 minutes and destroy b*tches?

Theresalwaysone

No Rooney is huge... I aint as nervous as I was tho. Back four look competent imo, with park and fletch too. Things are looking up

keane2097

Well I've critiscised what I thought were strange Fergie selections both in the League this year and in the Cl last year, I'm gonna trust him this time and say he knows what he's at...

MisterAnarchy

I have a bad feeling about tonight.
Ferguson seems far too cocky and United's away form in Europe is suspect.
I think its going to be a long 90 mins.

Tom65

Okay. Okay. Fergie has been right enough for me not to freak out. I don't see how a team without Tevez or Rooney can work that well. But Fergie knows more than me. He proved me wrong last year in the CL finals sticking Hargreaves on the right wing and Ronaldo up front. He destroyed Roma. I just hope that Evans & O'Shea are fit. And that Fergie has pulled a masterstroke.


Just when I thought this match couldn't get more intriguing...

Hank Scorpio

sup with scholes?

Im_No_Superman

Disapponted Rooney isn't starting, going to be funny to see Dunphys reaction that Scholes and Rooney aren't playing and Ronaldo and Berbatov are!

Going to predict a 1-1 draw.

Headshot

come-on utd

merlinsmerryman

Watch for Dunphy to go on a rant about "the 2 biggest show ponies in England (Ronnie and Berba)" and then each of them to score! Now that would make my night And I can see it happening

Mitch Connor

i'm thinking i should freak out Chelsea style, maybe for good luck or something....


GOD DAMN Fergie screwing us over.... picking Giggs, GIGGS!! in midfield, and then no Rooney? What is he thinking? Does he not want us to win?

Conceding the initiative to Inter in both this match, and the tie overall. I can't believe it. I am gutted. GUTTED

Quint

So who will Dunphy slate most? Berbatov or Ronaldo?

Quint

merlinsmerryman wrote: »

Watch for Dunphy to go on a rant about "the 2 biggest show ponies in England (Ronnie and Berba)" and then each of them to score! Now that would make my night And I can see it happening

"put your house on chelsea to win everything this season"

Headshot

Mitch Connor wrote: »

i'm thinking i should freak out Chelsea style, maybe for good luck or something....

that was right good freak out

more of that tonight will be pleasing:D

leggo

I'm happy enough with that side. Contain Inter, hope that Ronaldo and Berbatov can provide some spark in the early going, then throw on Rooney and Tevez to hunt for an away goal or win late on when the legs are growing tired. Typical European 1st leg fare for Fergie these days. He appears to have thought it through and, if it goes to plan, then it'll be a relatively simple job come the return leg.

bennyx_o

Can't wait for this match now. Intrigued by the selection, but I'm still some-what confident, especially over 2 legs.

A7X

half 7 or quarter too kick off?

Spud83

I honestly don't know what to make of this. However Fergie has proven me wrong me a couple of times this season so I will wait and see how the game pans out.

merlinsmerryman

7.45

RasTa

vds

shea ferdinand evans evra

Fletcher giggs carrick park

ronaldo
berbatov

Tom65

You have to love RTE. Obviously the ad was made before the teams were up, but the "watch it live on rte.ie" ad just has Rooney in the picture..

I'm happy with that midfield though. Hopefully Giggs can play as well as he has been. Fletcher is, somewhat strangely, a big game player. Park is reliable.

Jaysus I missed the Champions League

Julez

A7X wrote: »

half 7 or quarter too kick off?

1/4 to.
Mad selection, I trust fergie though! U.N.I.T.E.D. United are the team for me....

LuckyLloyd

Rockman didn't get to post the team up first! Ye are screwed so imo...:p

Dave!

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Rockman didn't get to post the team up first! Ye are screwed so imo...:p

titan18

haha, Dunphy doesn't have a clue about the Inter side, it was hilarious listening to him there

eirebhoy

Dunphy on Chivu: "he's no big deal" .. based on conceding 7 against Utd for Roma. Utd had about 7 or 8 shots on goal that day, it was a 1 off. Chivu will relish playing against Berbatov.

MisterAnarchy

"Compared to Manchester United ,man for man,Inter are ragball rovers"
Dunphy you loon.:D

Spud83

Classic Dunphy write off the other team completly to set himself for a good Fergie and United bashing at half time and full time regardless of the score.

leggo

Well Dunphy's assessment of Inter eased my concerns. Julio Cesar is an 'accident waiting to happen', Ibrahimovic is 'tall and awkward', Adriano is 'a playboy, overweight Brazilian', Stankovic is 'okay at best' and Cambiasso is 'decent'. Nothing to worry about so, lads...:rolleyes:

LuckyLloyd

Dunphy working it as per usual. Awesome.

ghouldaddy07

Dreading this game, Suprised Rooney did not get the start ahead of Berbatov.

Hank Scorpio

legend eamo!

PHB

Ugh, Dunphy demostrating his complete lack of any knowledge of any non-English teams.

SlickRic

sorry to bring dunphy into this, but he just went through the inter team and pretty much called them all donkeys. well maybe not donkeys, but all just 'ok' and 'average'.

just some snippets....apparantly ibra is merely tall and awkward, cambiasso's useful, and he didn't even mention maicon whose being impressive as hell this season.

anyway...in terms of utd i think there's a point to be made in no rooney being a weird move. fergie could prove me wrong but it's weird. as well as giggs in centre mid instead of scholes??

interesting evening ahead i feel.

i fancy 1-1 though. based on not a lot more than a hunch i'll admit.

ghouldaddy07

PHB wrote: »

Ugh, Dunphy demostrating his complete lack of any knowledge of any non-English teams.

Indeed his summmary of inter was laughable.