Carling Cup Final, Man United vs Spurs

redout

Bit pissed now as I am only going to get to see the first half and not going to know if we win as I am going to the Atletico Madrid v Barcelona game this evening. Damn Spanish football and there ridiculous kick-off times. I would rather watch us play the final than to see Messi run up and down the wing in fairness but what can you do ! Hopefully I will come home to some good news fingers crossed

PHB

RE: Ronaldo. I would have liked to see him play a couple of weeks ago, but I think he's shown he's back to his best, especially against Inter, as such I'd like to see

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Foster

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-O'Shea

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Evans

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Vidic

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Fabio
Nani

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Gibson

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Anderson

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Tosic

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Welbeck---Rooney

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Necronomicon

Tevez deserves to play, he's been cracking in the competition. Though I do think with Rooney still coming back to full fitness he'll play. So perhaps Wellbeck on the right? He played very well there against Spurs in the FA Cup.

Mitch Connor

PHB wrote: »

RE: Ronaldo. I would have liked to see him play a couple of weeks ago, but I think he's shown he's back to his best, especially against Inter, as such I'd like to see

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Foster

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-O'Shea

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Evans

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Vidic

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Fabio
Nani

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Gibson

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Anderson

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Tosic

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Welbeck---Rooney

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if ROnaldo doesn't play, i'd have Nani left, Welbeck right and Tevez up front with Rooney.

Welbeck and Tevez must play imo, if Tevez is dropped for Rooney i'll be very disappointed, Tevez deserves his starting spot.

PHB

I just want Rooney to get some match fitness, anywhere on the pitch. Tevez I guess deserves it, and it would be a real kick in the teeth, but the big campaign must come first.

Mgoraf

Tosic aint in the squad.

PHB

Well thats that

Bobalicious93

Bit late to this thread, I'll go for

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Foster

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JOS

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Vida----Evans---Fabio-

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Carrick--Gibson--Giggs----
-Welbeck

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Ronaldo-

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Tevez

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3-0 United. Welbeck 32nd min, Dedley Ledley OG 44th min and Rooney to come on and finish it off with a screamer somewhere around 79th min.
Spurs will miss a pen at 1-0.

I wonder what odds PP would give me for all of the above to happen?

Mgoraf

Breaking news: Jonathan Woodgate is a concern for Spurs after returning to the dressing rooms for treatment. More when we get it.

As expected, Fergie has given Darron Gibson and Danny Welbeck a starting berth for the Final. Rafael Da Silva is out with a fractured ankle but striker Wayne Rooney is set to start.

Tottenham's chances have already been blighted by the fact that Robbie Keane, Wilson Palacios, Carlo Cudicini and Pascal Chimbonda are all cup-tied. They will join Mrs Pavlyuchenko in the stands.

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Nunu

Woodgate out warming up over an hour and a half before kick off?? Must have been a late fitness test because players wouldn't be due out for warm up till about 2.20.

ditpoker

eagle eye wrote: »

I often wonder why the likes of Manchester United care about this cup. I mean it not like its worth anything to them, they are going to be in the CL and this only offers a Uefa Cup spot to the winners. Its also not a big tournament, I'd go as far as saying that the World Club Cup is more meaningful. You have to win what four games if you are in the CL to reach the final? It really has become a joke of a competition since the CL teams got a bye over the rest of the PL teams.

because they're a f**king football club in a f**king football tournament! :mad:

united cared about it in 2006, and liverpool in 2001 and 2003. wasn't too small a trophy for the prawn cocktail brigade then was it! Ask arsenal if they'd be interested in it now that they're shining light is darkening... I wonder if chelsea would have liked it last year as they endured another trophyless season! John terry cried after losing the league cup final last year, ask him "why he cares about the cup"! If united players dont care about the cup, they're not the type of footballers you should be supporting!! But hey, what do i know, my team has never played in the champions league so my opinion doesnt mean as much! I often wonder why teams like Ebbsfleet give a toss about the FA Trophy, there's no europeam place associated with, so why should they care!! I'm not even sure I should bother showing up to my UCFL Division 3A Shield Quarter Final, cos whats the point, its not teh f**king champions league!!!

why do i love the league cup?!!? because i fooooking loved sitting amongst the united fans at old trafford as coventry city spanked united 2-0 as 10,000 sky blue fans outsung 60,000+ united glory supporters! "ah sure, we had a reserve team..." yea, £73m worth of reserve team!!!

i don't care if united give a toss about the league cup... I GIVE A TOSS ABOUT THE LEAGUE CUP


also, if you look closely, you'll see your £35m sulk box bulgarian clown caring about the league cup!!!!!

Nalz

Mgoraf wrote: »

Tosic aint in the squad.

Why did people think he would start?

Frisbee

ditpoker wrote: »

Ask arsenal if they'd be interested in it now that they're shining light is darkening...

Wouldn't have played our youth team if we cared about it tbh...

Mgoraf

Trilla wrote: »

Why did people think he would start?

Dunno. According to the BBC; Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, Fabio, Gibson, Evans, Vidic, Ferdinand, O'Shea, Evra, Welbeck, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Park, Scholes, Nani, Ronaldo, Giggs, Tevez, Rooney

Bobalicious93

ditpoker wrote: »

wasn't too small a trophy for the prawn cocktail brigade then was it! Ask arsenal if they'd be interested in it now that they're shining light is darkening... I wonder if chelsea would have liked it last year as they endured another trophyless season! John terry cried after losing the league cup final last year, ask him "why he cares about the cup"! If united players dont care about the cup, they're not the type of footballers you should be supporting!! But hey, what do i know, my team has never played in the champions league so my opinion doesnt mean as much! I often wonder why teams like Ebbsfleet give a toss about the FA Trophy, there's no europeam place associated with, so why should they care!! I'm not even sure I should bother showing up to my UCFL Division 3A Shield Quarter Final, cos whats the point, its not teh f**king champions league!!!

why do i love the league cup?!!? because i fooooking loved sitting amongst the united fans at old trafford as coventry city spanked united 2-0 as 10,000 sky blue fans outsung 60,000+ united glory supporters! "ah sure, we had a reserve team..." yea, £73m worth of reserve team!!!

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yawn....

I counted 22 exclamation marks in the original post.



Anyway, when should we hear team news?

Oh and its prawn sandwich brigade :rolleyes:

Unearthly

ditpoker wrote: »

because they're a f**king football club in a f**king football tournament! :mad:

united cared about it in 2006, and liverpool in 2001 and 2003. wasn't too small a trophy for the prawn cocktail brigade then was it! Ask arsenal if they'd be interested in it now that they're shining light is darkening... I wonder if chelsea would have liked it last year as they endured another trophyless season! John terry cried after losing the league cup final last year, ask him "why he cares about the cup"! If united players dont care about the cup, they're not the type of footballers you should be supporting!! But hey, what do i know, my team has never played in the champions league so my opinion doesnt mean as much! I often wonder why teams like Ebbsfleet give a toss about the FA Trophy, there's no europeam place associated with, so why should they care!! I'm not even sure I should bother showing up to my UCFL Division 3A Shield Quarter Final, cos whats the point, its not teh f**king champions league!!!

why do i love the league cup?!!? because i fooooking loved sitting amongst the united fans at old trafford as coventry city spanked united 2-0 as 10,000 sky blue fans outsung 60,000+ united glory supporters! "ah sure, we had a reserve team..." yea, £73m worth of reserve team!!!

i don't care if united give a toss about the league cup... I GIVE A TOSS ABOUT THE LEAGUE CUP


also, if you look closely, you'll see your £35m sulk box bulgarian clown caring about the league cup!!!!!

Don't worry mate, I'll give the waaaaaaambulance a ring.

Nunu

ditpoker wrote: »

because they're a f**king football club in a f**king football tournament! :mad:

united cared about it in 2006, and liverpool in 2001 and 2003. wasn't too small a trophy for the prawn cocktail brigade then was it! Ask arsenal if they'd be interested in it now that they're shining light is darkening... I wonder if chelsea would have liked it last year as they endured another trophyless season! John terry cried after losing the league cup final last year, ask him "why he cares about the cup"! If united players dont care about the cup, they're not the type of footballers you should be supporting!! But hey, what do i know, my team has never played in the champions league so my opinion doesnt mean as much! I often wonder why teams like Ebbsfleet give a toss about the FA Trophy, there's no europeam place associated with, so why should they care!! I'm not even sure I should bother showing up to my UCFL Division 3A Shield Quarter Final, cos whats the point, its not teh f**king champions league!!!

why do i love the league cup?!!? because i fooooking loved sitting amongst the united fans at old trafford as coventry city spanked united 2-0 as 10,000 sky blue fans outsung 60,000+ united glory supporters! "ah sure, we had a reserve team..." yea, £73m worth of reserve team!!!

i don't care if united give a toss about the league cup... I GIVE A TOSS ABOUT THE LEAGUE CUP


also, if you look closely, you'll see your £35m sulk box bulgarian clown caring about the league cup!!!!!

Some rant man!

Don't tar us all with the same brush, I'm up for this final just as much as yourself and I'd say it's the same with most Utd fans....anyway ain't eagle eye a Blackburn fan or something?

Mgoraf

Woodgate is out according to SS.

Aquos76

Woodgate is not playing according to SSN

Headshot

Foster
Oshea
Rio
Evans
Evra
Ronaldo
Gibson
Scholes
Nani
Tevez
Welbeck

finally beaten Rockman:pac:

Mgoraf

Spurs:



Gomes

Corluka King Dawson Essou-Ekotto

Lennon Jenas Zokora Modric

Bent Pav





Utd:

Foster

JOS Evans Rio Evra

Ronaldo Gibson Scholes Nani

Tevez Welbeck

Im_No_Superman

Headshot wrote: »

Foster
Oshea
Rio
Evans
Evra
Ronaldo
Gibson
Scholes
Nani
Tevez
Welbeck

finally beaten Rockman

And Foster in goal. Strong team.

Foster
Oshea
Rio
Evans
Evra
Ronaldo
Gibson
Scholes
Nani
Tevez
Welbeck

ROCKMAN

Beaten by Headshot

Mgoraf

Not liking Evans + Rio together at the back.

Headshot

great to see foster start

ROCKMAN wrote: »

Beaten by Headshot

:P

Nunu

No Rooney, Carrick or Fletcher in squad!

Im_No_Superman

Mgoraf wrote: »

Not liking Evans + Rio together at the back.

They didnt put a foot wrong Wednesday night against Inter, Im sure they will be fine today.

RasTa

Nunu wrote: »

No Rooney, Carrick or Fletcher in squad!

They never really featured in the cup run so they don't deserve to be in the squad imo.

Nunu

RasTa wrote: »

They never really featured in the cup run so they don't deserve to be in the squad imo.

Suppose....but Rooney really needs game time. One things for certain he will be absolutely fuming.....watch out Newcastle on Wednesday:eek:

No Berbatov either. Strange bench tbh? Where are the striking options?

eclectichoney

I'd say Rooney will come on at some stage though.

Actually a stronger side than I expected - really only Gibson and Welbeck (and Foster obv) are newbies.

Really looking forward to the match now. Hurry up 3pm!

Im_No_Superman

eclectichoney wrote: »

I'd say Rooney will come on at some stage though.

Actually a stronger side than I expected - really only Gibson and Welbeck (and Foster obv) are newbies.

Really looking forward to the match now. Hurry up 3pm!

Rooney isnt on the bench.

Bench:
PIG
Anderson
Giggs
Park
Vidic
Eckersley
Possebon

ditpoker

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

yawn....

I counted 22 exclamation marks in the original post.



Anyway, when should we hear team news?

Oh and its prawn sandwich brigade :rolleyes:

why would you count the exclamation marks?

eclectichoney

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Rooney isnt on the bench.

Bench:
PIG
Anderson
Giggs
Park
Vidic
Eckersley
Possebon

Thanks for that - totally missed the bench! :o

Mitch Connor

eclectichoney wrote: »

I'd say Rooney will come on at some stage though.

Actually a stronger side than I expected - really only Gibson and Welbeck (and Foster obv) are newbies.

Really looking forward to the match now. Hurry up 3pm!

No one else really featured - Anderson, Raf and Possebon would be 3 other players who would deserving of a start. Raf is injured Anderson is only coming back from injury and i'm not sure Possebon is really deserving of the place and hasn't really been impressing me in the last few outings i have seen him, seems to be off the pace.

Very disappointed Rooney isn't on the bench - no striking option there. Worrying and disappointing.

redout

Headshot wrote: »

Foster
Oshea
Rio
Evans
Evra
Ronaldo
Gibson
Scholes
Nani
Tevez
Welbeck

finally beaten Rockman:pac:

That side is too strong for Spurs. Cup is ours brothers !

Nunu

Rooney supposedly has a virus....he's at the game though.

Dave!

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Rooney isnt on the bench.

Bench:
PIG
Anderson
Giggs
Park
Vidic
Eckersley
Possebon

Possebon and Eckersley on if we're ahead near the end

Good experience for them

Ando too, he could use a run

Spud83

Gibson and Scholes the most important people on the pitch. Defense should be as good as it has been for most of the season. Plenty of people in the attack to score goals. Just need Gibson and Scholes to get control in the middle.

Come on!

PHB

Disappointed with the team. It's imo too heavy with experienced players. Anderson should be playing ahead of Scholes. Fabio should be playing ahead of Evra.
Won't make the victory as sweet.

Good for Gibson though, this is his chance to impress Fergie in the long term. A performance today would give him a real shot at making it at United.

I think we'll score at least one goal from a set piece tonight. Also I think a headed goal may well be something we'll see.

Nunu

Right, peace out lads.

I really hope Tevez or Scholes win it for us. I expect it to be Ronaldos final and if Nani can turn it on too I see a convincing Utd win.

Enjoy the game.....COME ON UTD!!!

PHB

lol, fanometer, this should be interesting

Hank Scorpio

anyone got a decent stream going yet?

Im_No_Superman

PHB wrote: »

Disappointed with the team. It's imo too heavy with experienced players. Anderson should be playing ahead of Scholes. Fabio should be playing ahead of Evra.
Won't make the victory as sweet.

Good for Gibson though, this is his chance to impress Fergie in the long term. A performance today would give him a real shot at making it at United.

I think we'll score at least one goal from a set piece tonight. Also I think a headed goal may well be something we'll see.

I think Anderson would have started if he hadnt been injured the last few weeks.

I agree with you about Gibson, massive game for him he grabs this opportunity with two hands.

Dave!

PHB wrote: »

Disappointed with the team. It's imo too heavy with experienced players. Anderson should be playing ahead of Scholes. Fabio should be playing ahead of Evra.
Won't make the victory as sweet.

Ando has only played half a game for the reserves, I want him to play too but it's still a cup final tbh

I agree about Fabio though, woulda liked to see him play.

RasTa

I'm in work so will need a stream for half the office.

Im_No_Superman

Lol at Jeffs "Lets be having ya" at the fanometer!

Jeff Stelling>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Richard Keys

Headshot

nuxxx wrote: »

anyone got a decent stream going yet?

RasTa wrote: »

I'm in work so will need a stream for half the office.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=59231629&postcount=33

Im_No_Superman

Rooney out with a virus according to Fergie, would have played otherwise. Might be a doubt for Wednesdays game too.

eclectichoney

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Lol at Jeffs "Lets be having ya" at the fanometer!

Jeff Stelling>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Richard Keys

+1. Love Jeff!

keane2097

Not on this one I don't think - there's some Champions League Magazine on or something...

http://www.atdhe.net/live-tv-4216.html