Man City v Man Utd (Sat, 12.45 kickoff)

MagicMarker

ESPN's listings say Spurs are playing Everton! :rolleyes:

I read the ref that added the 6 mins stoppage time at OT last year has been drafted in as a late replacement for Bennett for today's match.

As if this match needed more spice !

Looking forward to this, hoping both teams kick lumps out of each other with 22 man brawls and Fergie and Mancini performing WWF moves on each other

Mars Bar

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

Haha, my Prada tote would do a much better job at whacking him!!!



























Realised I'm the only female here and the reference is probably lost!!

Hehe, not all lost!

Peyton Manning

rarnes1 wrote: »

Looking forward to .... Fergie and Mancini performing WWF moves on each other

You want Ferguson and Mancini to raise awareness for the preservation of endangered species?

Archimedes

Archimedes wrote: »

You want Ferguson and Mancini to raise awareness for the preservation of endangered species?

Hell yeah !

krankykitty

Maybe its just the last few awful games leading me to delirium but I really have a feeling Utd will do it today.. 2-1 perhaps

Dancor

3-0 to Utd and a sending off somewhere

JerryHandbag

Sully wrote: »

Well folks.. Keith Barry predicts united will win it by one goal

That'll be 5-0 to city so...

Le King

Come on United.

3 or 4 today, hopefully!

digme

IS ROONEY PLAYING?

NeVeR

digme wrote: »

IS ROONEY PLAYING?

WAIT... teams will be out soon... I'd say he is playing tho

digme

NeVeR wrote: »

WAIT... teams will be out soon... I'd say he is playing tho

is there a site?

NeVeR

digme wrote: »

is there a site?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8622414.stm

digme

NeVeR wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8622414.stm

thanks a lot.

mike65

VDS, Neville, Evans, Vidic, Evra, Fletch, Gibson, Scholes, Giggs, Valencia, Rooney

Subs:Kuszczak bern carr nani raf oshea obertan

NeVeR

also look here,,, it's an auto updating page... teams should be in any min

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8623253.stm

Paul Tergat

Neville Scholes and Giggs all start again and no Rio. FFS

flahavaj

mike65 wrote: »

VDS, Neville, Evans, Vidic, Evra, Fletch, Gibson, Scholes, Giggs, Valencia, Rooney

Subs:Kuszczak bern carr nani raf oshea obertan

This legit?

Reasonably happy if so but Bellamy's pace vs Neviller worries me.

Rio is a big loss.

Gibson will need to impose himself more.

Xavi6

mike65 wrote: »

VDS, Neville, Evans, Vidic, Evra, Fletch, Gibson, Scholes, Giggs, Valencia, Rooney

Subs:Kuszczak bern carr nani raf oshea obertan

Bellers should enjoy that

mike65

flahavaj wrote: »

This legit?

Unless Red Cafe match threads are full of toss its true

City

Given, Onouha, Toure, Kompany, Bridge, De Jong, Barry, A Johnson, Bellamy, Tevez, Adebayor.

NeVeR

Man City vs Man Utd

Man City: Given, Onuoha, Kompany, Toure, Bridge, Adam Johnson, De Jong, Barry, Bellamy, Tevez, Adebayor

Subs: Nielsen, Zabaleta, Ireland, Wright-Phillips, Santa Cruz, Vieira, Boyata

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Vidic, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Fletcher, Scholes, Gibson, Valencia, Rooney, Giggs

Subs: Kuszczak, Berbatov, Carrick, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, O'Shea, Obertan

Xavi6

City line up as expected.

Very strong side.

ROCKMAN

mike65 wrote: »

VDS, Neville, Evans, Vidic, Evra, Fletch, Gibson, Scholes, Giggs, Valencia, Rooney

Subs:Kuszczak bern carr nani raf oshea obertan

REALLY , hope they prove me wrong , But with all three starting we are going to struggle to stay with or even add pace to the game . Age has caught up with them sad but true ,

flahavaj

City going all out attack.

They've looked a far better team since they ditched the over defensiveness in midfield for a 4-4-2 in fairness to them. Fair paly to Mancini for changing things about.

My anxiety is mounting.

Xavi6

Right I'm off to the official City supporters bar (yes, Perth does have one!)

Might pop in here during the game via the iPhone.

C'MON CITEH!!!

flahavaj

ROCKMAN wrote: »

REALLY , hope they prove me wrong , But with all three starting we are going to struggle to stay with or even add pace to the game . Age has caught up with them sad but true ,

Its not quite so bad with Giggs wide rather than in the middle of midfield though. I don't mind having Scholes in there today, calm heads are whats needed today and an ability to keep the ball.

MagicMarker

Neville, Giggs & Scholes starting is an absolute fúcking joke.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Xavi6 wrote: »

Right I'm off to the official City supporters bar (yes, Perth does have one!)

Might pop in here during the game via the iPhone.

C'MON CITEH!!!

Sounds like what a parent would say when leaving their teenage child home alone for the first time.:P

PHB

United line up without Nani which is unusual. Gibson starting is good to see and will support Rooney well.

Scholes and Fletcher will play deep lying. I'm hopeful that the lack of driving runs form the City midfield won't expose Scholes too much.

I woulda played Rafael myself, I think Bellamy will have some fun against Neville. Big performance needed from Evans.

Going to be fun

abouttobebanned

SKY seem to have trouble finding man utd representatives on their shows these days.

JerryHandbag

Hoping for a big performance from Jonny Evans today

Le King

Manchester United Team:

GK: van der Sar
RB: Neville
CB: Evans
CB: Vidic
LB: Evra
RM: Valenica
CM: Fletcher
CM: Scholes
CM: Gibson
LM: Giggs
ST: Rooney

MementoMori

Might be worth throwing a few quid on Neville to be sent off (two yellows)
Up against Bellamy's pace it could be painful.

redout

Nev, Giggs and Scholes together :eek:

Not very confident

digme

baz2009 wrote: »

Sounds like what a parent would say when leaving their teenage child home alone for the first time.:P

lol ya , plus youll look like a otal plonker with ur IPHONE.......
Enjoy the match though

Mikeyt086

digme wrote: »

lol ya , plus youll look like a otal plonker with ur IPHONE.......

iPhone are totally slick and if anything sexy wimmin will be crawling all over Xavi6 when they see his iPhone.

JerryHandbag

redout wrote: »

Nev, Giggs and Scholes together :eek:

Not very confident

I think SAF might have woken up today thinking its 1996

abouttobebanned

Actually just to add to my previous point...

No Jamie Redknapp - Thanks be to fcuk!

Neville, Scholes and Giggs playing?

Jaysus

flahavaj

Why are people complaining about Scholes playing?. The alternative is Carrick and he's public enemy number 1 these days.

carlop

redout wrote: »

Nev, Giggs and Scholes together :eek:

Not very confident

I don't have any stats available but I would guess that this season when these 3 have started together we've struggled badly. It's just one passenger too many in terms of pace.

digme

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

iPhone are totally slick and if anything sexy wimmin will be crawling all over Xavi6 when they see his iPhone.

there slick that doesnt mean your slick though,it's like txting at a concert....

redout

Tevez starts with Utd and City


Man City

Starts - 28

Goals - 22

Man Utd

Starts - 68

Goals - 19


Regular run in the side does seem to make a difference.

flahavaj

redout wrote: »

Tevez starts with Utd and City


Man City

Starts - 28

Goals - 22

Man Utd

Starts - 68

Goals - 19


Regular run in the side does seem to make a difference.

Being the big fish in a small pond is undoubtedly important alright.:pac:

Peyton Manning

carlop wrote: »

I don't have any stats available but I would guess that this season when these 3 have started together we've struggled badly. It's just one passenger too many in terms of pace.

Blackburn 0-0 and Chelsea 1-2 spring to mind

NukaCola

Should be a good game.
I'll go for City to win by 2 goals.....

Sully

Thought Hargreaves was supposed to be in the squad?

Just noticed city have 3 up front.

Surely that leaves them badly short in midfield.

Fletcher, Scholes, Gibson, Valencia, Giggs

v

Johnson, De Jong, Barry

Game could be won and lost here.

FCUK THIS GAME IS HARD TO CALL.

NeVeR

WHY are all the Sopcast channels offline !!!!!!

flahavaj

rarnes1 wrote: »

Just noticed city have 3 up front.

Surely that leaves them badly short in midfield.

Fletcher, Scholes, Gibson, Valencia, Giggs

v

Johnson, De Jong, Barry

Game could be won and lost here.

FCUK THIS GAME IS HARD TO CALL.

Bellamy left wing, Johnson right wing I think. Two up front.