Man Utd v Arsenal Champions League

redout

18:51 CONFIRMED LINE-UP FOR MANCHESTER UNITED: (4-3-3): Van der Sar; O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson; Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney.

18:50 CONFIRMED LINE-UP FOR ARSENAL: (4-2-3-1): Almunia; Sagna, Toure, Silvestre, Gibbs; Diaby, Song; Walcott, Fabregas, Nasri; Adebayor.

Headshot

tony1kenobi wrote: »

Almunia,Sagna,Toure,Silvestre,Gibbs,Walcott,Diaby,Song,Nasri,Fabregas,Adebayor.

Silvestre starts

very nice indeed

Spud83

Shocked about Giggs and Berb.

If it's 4-4-2 with Fletcher on the right I'll be happy.

If it's Rooney on the left an Tevez up front alone I won't be.

Dave!

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VDS
O'Shea----Rio

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Vidic

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Evra

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Fletcher

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Carrick----Anderson

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Ronaldo

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Rooney

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Tevez

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Tom65

Good United line-up. Great to Tevez start, same with Anderson. I would've liked to see Giggs start, but I suppose we've got the 'creativity in midfield' part covered if both Rooney and Tevez are starting,

Liam O

Ronaldo vs Gibbs

Royale with Cheese

Who's gonna play as the advanced midfielder for Arse. Fabregas, Nasri, or Diaby?

genericgoon

Its a bustling, energetic teams. Lets hope we can get under the skins of this Arsenal team.

eclectichoney

Maybe Giggs will never get to make his 800th appearance?

Frisbee

Massively unimpressed Tevez is starting....

Tom65

Bench:

Foster
Rafael
Evans
Scholes
Giggs
Park
Berbatov


Strong bench, that.

eclectichoney

Any word on subs?

Mr.Nice Guy

Surprised Berba doesn't start but I still fancy us to win it. Should be a great game. Come on United!

Spud83

At least eamo can't give out about that team. Normally a moan about Tevez, Anderson, and scholes not playing. Only has one to moan about tonight.

Frisbee

Almunia

Sagna
Toure
Silvestre
Gibbs

Walcott
Song
Diaby
Nasri

Fabregas

Adebayor



Silvestre playing = Utd. Victory

Berti Vogts

Headshot wrote: »

Delighted with that team

im confident now

Even with the PFA Player of the Year on the bench? What a luxury!

Headshot

Tevez wanted to start the bigger games

tevez you got your wish now go out there and work for that contract

G-Wan the tevez

Tom65

Just thinking, Berbatov played (arguably) his game, or at least half, for United last weekend and gets benched after weeks of playing poorly and still starting. It's a funny old game

redout

No "stroller"

Dont really care.

Apache better take his chance.

Frisbee

I'm lumping on United having seen both teams

Tevez + Silvestre =

3-1 United

Xavi6

Possibilities wrote: »

Even with the PFA Player of the Year on the bench? What a luxury!

Suppose it can only improve his chances of getting the Champions League award for best overall player.

Liam O

'Berbatov was a bet that Alex Ferguson made'

Spud83

I wish the rte panel would join boards. Somebody send them an open invite for one day.

Liam O

Xavi6 wrote: »

Suppose it can only improve his chances of getting the Champions League award for best overall player.

In the bag already

eclectichoney

How many times has Giles mentioned Scholes tonight? Must be into double figures already. Bless

redout

SlickRic

if i was an arsenal fan...i'd almost take a 2-1 loss.

i repeat, almost.

i suspect that will be the result too.

giles talking some rubbish here.

'utd would beat everyone if they didn't play players like berbatov'.

this isn't even entertaining analysis, just inept.

SlickRic

Liam O wrote: »

'Berbatov was a bet that Alex Ferguson made'

apologies, i missed this one

Liam O

Oh joy, Trevor Stevens :rolleyes:

Dave!

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

I wish the rte panel would join boards. Somebody send them an open invite for one day.

Dunpho is already registered

His username is 'Mr Alan'

OPENROAD

Have rte mentioned Arsenal yet, shocking stuff.


Bring back Liam Brady

That_Guy

Is Eduardo not match fit? I'm surprised he's not playing if he is.

eagle eye

Jeebus all the experts on here who berate somebody like John Giles, a former great, a former top division manager.

United need big games from Evra and O'Shea as its very likely Arsenal will use the wings, as John Giles said its very likely Fabregas will be closely marked all night.

SlickRic

That_Guy wrote: »

Is Eduardo not match fit? I'm surprised he's not playing if he is.

he's played 3 first team games or something since he's come back from injury.

i suspect he ain't fully fit and/or ready.

OPENROAD

That_Guy wrote: »

Is Eduardo not match fit? I'm surprised he's not playing if he is.

I think he is on the bench

SlickRic

eagle eye wrote: »

Jeebus all the experts on here who berate somebody like John Giles, a former great, a former top division manager.

if he talks cr*p like...'if utd didn't play players like berbatov they'd beat everybody' there's every reason to berate him tbf.

ShooterSF

Giggs, infuriated by some posts on the PFA thread, to come off the bench and net a hat-trick scoring his third with his willy.

eagle eye

SlickRic wrote: »

if he talks cr*p like...'if utd didn't play players like berbatov they'd beat everybody' there's every reason to berate him tbf.

What experience have you got in top level management? Did you play top level football?

What makes you an expert on the game, or what qualifies you to say he is wrong?

Samurai

Souness on skys panel tonight, he must be delighted to get away from dunph

adox

Quite happy with the line up, plenty of legs in the team. United will try to give Arsenal little or no time on the ball which is the right tactic.

Glad Tevez is playing instead of Berba TBH and I`m not a Berba hater.

That_Guy

OPENROAD wrote: »

I think he is on the bench

He is. I'm just wondering why he's not starting. He should really be starting if he's match fit but maybe he's not.

Is it just me or has Ruud Gullit not said a word in the last ten mintues on Sky? It's like he's invisible or something.

Oh wait there's a word.

IrishIrish

Silvestre was interviewed there saying he felt there would be alot of goals in the match tonight. Must have been told early he would be starting :pac:

SlickRic

eagle eye wrote: »

What experience have you got in top level management? Did you play top level football?

What makes you an expert on the game, or what qualifies you to say he is wrong?

so you think utd would beat everyone if they didn't play berbatov?

i don't need to have played/managed at the top level to know he's talking through his hole with that one.

fergie is on a different planet to giles; he seems to think he needs berbatov in his team most weeks. who would you rather go with...giles or fergie?

exactly.

eagle eye

SlickRic wrote: »

so you think utd would beat everyone if they didn't play berbatov?

i don't need to have played/managed at the top level to know he's talking through his hole with that one.

fergie is on a different planet to giles; he seems to think he needs berbatov in his team most weeks. who would you rather go with...giles or fergie?

exactly.

I've never heard Ferguson as an analyst. Giles did explain that managers should never berate their own players, or did you miss that bit?

adox

SlickRic wrote: »

so you think utd would beat everyone if they didn't play berbatov?

i don't need to have played/managed at the top level to know he's talking through his hole with that one.

fergie is on a different planet to giles; he seems to think he needs berbatov in his team most weeks. who would you rather go with...giles or fergie?

exactly.

I think Giles actually said if United had 10/11 players with the work rate of Tevez..................

Tom65

I think we should have a separate thread for people talking about the pundits. I feel left out

That_Guy

I'm glad to see Tevez starting this match. He brings much more to the game than Berbatov. It's not that Berbatov isn't a good player. He really has his moments of sheer quality and class but Tevez is a worker. He may not get a goal in this entire match but he'll get himself all around the pitch which is the most important thing that United need.

ShooterSF

Tom65 wrote: »

I think we should have a separate thread for people talking about the pundits. I feel left out

In fairness if you have seen 1 pre-game rte discussion you could probably fake your way through a conversation about any other 1.

PiE

Any awesome streams yet?

SlickRic

adox wrote: »

I think Giles actually said if United had 10/11 players with the work rate of Tevez..................

that's genuinely not what I heard.

but I hope you're right.