FA CUP 3rd Round: Manchester Utd v Liverpool (Match Thread) Mod Warning #214 - READ!

deisedevil

S.R.F.C. wrote: »

Looks like it's VDS, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Berba, Rooney.

Where did that come from please?

Tusky

TheTownie wrote: »

Bow to the word of the Lord

I give you............

The Story of The Kopites

Thats brilliant.

curry-muff

S.R.F.C. wrote: »

Looks like it's VDS, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Berba, Rooney.

Guessing you got that from here:

@henrywinter
At OT...possible #mufc from reliable @stewartgardner: VDS; Rafael Ferdinand Vidic Evra; Nani Fletcher Anderson Giggs; Berba Roo. Unconfirmed .

Unfortunately:

BenHibbs

Everyone saying Rooney isn't playing *sad face* Teams confirmed in half an hour #mufc.

Professey Chin

No Rooney?
Chico or Owen or just Berba up top? (Hopefully not option 3)

Mr.Crinklewood

Kuz, rafa, rio, Evans, evra, nani, giggs,fletch,carrick, Chica, berba

Pretty sure this is correct

Mr.Crinklewood

reina
johnson skyrtel agger aurelio
meireles lucas
kuyt gerrard maxi
torres

According to Talksport

eagle eye

Lol, over 200 posts and the match is still an hour away. Good luck to King Kenny anyways.

Dave!

Fvck, could really have used Wazza...

On the plus side, no Neville !

opr

No Johnson, his wife has gone into labour.

Opr

redzerdrog

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

reina
johnson skyrtel agger aurelio
meireles lucas
kuyt gerrard maxi
torres

According to Talksport

I really hope that is correct

that imo is our strongest 11 atm

S.R.F.C.

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Kuz, rafa, rio, Evans, evra, nani, giggs,fletch,carrick, Chica, berba

Pretty sure this is correct

Yeah that seems to be the updated one now. I'd be happy enough with that if i was a Utd fan, Chica is full of confidence atm.

Leiva

redzerdrog wrote: »

I really hope that is correct

that imo is our strongest 11 atm

Same here .

Gerrards role/position is crucial and Johnson needs to be 100% improved .

SlickRic

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whatawaster

I suppose it will be just Kelly in for Johnson

opr

mixednuts wrote: »

Same here .

Gerrards role/position is crucial and Johnson needs to be 100% improved .

Looks like we will be looking for Kelly to step up. Johnson confirmed out.

Glen Johnson on twitter : GOOD LUCK today lads, Ill be with you in spirit !

Opr

S.R.F.C.

opr wrote: »

Looks like we will be looking for Kelly to step up. Johnson confirmed out.

Glen Johnson on twitter : GOOD LUCK today lads, Ill be with you in spirit !

Opr

His wife in labour apparently.

opr

empireofthekop twitter Joe Cole is out (injured)

Not much of a loss going on his form this season. Wonder who will take his place on the bench.

Edit - Here we go.

Kenny Dalglish has named his first Liverpool team since his return to the dugout for this afternoon's FA Cup third round clash with Manchester United. Listen live online from 1.25pm GMT.

Glen Johnson is absent because his wife is in labour, while the likes of Daniel Agger, Martin Kelly and Fabio Aurelio return for what is bound to be a memorable day at Old Trafford.

The team in full is: Reina, Aurelio, Kelly, Agger, Skrtel, Meireles, Lucas, Maxi, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres. Subs: Gulacsi, Kyrgiakos, Wilson, Shelvey, Poulsen, Ngog, Babel

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Reina

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Kelly----Skrtel----Agger----Aurelio

----Lucas

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Meireles

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Kuyt

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Gerrard

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Maxi

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Torres

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Opr

adox

As a United fan I would like to see some fringe players in the starting 11 but really hope the inclusion of Evans is wrong.

18 months ago I saw him as long term replacement for Rio and looked ready to step in. Since then he's gone backwards so far that I really don't want him anywhere near the staring 11.

Mitch Connor

Apparently the team is:

Kuszczak, Raf, Evans, Rio, Evra, Giggs, Carrick, Fletcher, Nani, Chico, Berbatov.

Not at all happy with Evans playing, he has been an utter liability all season.

IvySlayer

Is Vidic injured or something?

SlickRic

it's been a long time since Agger and Skrtel together in central defence.

that's potentially our best defence IMO.

about time.

oh, and absolutely shocked Smalling isn't playing and Evans is.

a bonus given their respective form.

Mitch Connor

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Apparently the team is:

Kuszczak, Raf, Evans, Rio, Evra, Giggs, Carrick, Fletcher, Nani, Chico, Berbatov.

Not at all happy with Evans playing, he has been an utter liability all season.

Team confirmed.

Bench - Ando, Smalling, Lindegarrd, Owen, Fabio, Gibson, Obertan.

curry-muff

Official

Kuszczak Rafael Evans Ferdinand Evra Nani Carrick Fletcher Giggs Hernandez Berbatov

Reina Kelly Skrtel Agger Aurelio Meireles Lucas Gerrard Maxi Torres Kuyt

Leiva

SlickRic wrote: »

right, this is just a friendly warning post to all.

firstly, yes, there'll be at least 2 mods on today for this.

but also, and more importantly for all of you, there will be absolutely ZERO TOLERANCE in terms of what happens in here.

we will not hesitate to hand out infractions and bans to people acting the douche and going against the charter.

NO EXCUSES.

the secret to it is this, it's quite simple, but absolute genius really...'think before you post'....and you'll be absolutely fine.

also, if it gets out of hand, we'll have no hesitation in closing the thread for a while, so don't ruin it for everyone. and if it does close, anyone opening a new thread will be banned.

thank you.

So I can't call someone a cnut then ?;)

Mars Bar

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Drunk madam? :pac:

Apologies!

King Jenny? Pahah! Can only think that's because of the qwerty keyboard on my phone...

Anyway, Berbatov and Hernandez up front sounds good to me if that's the way it'll be. The little pea will be a threat in the air from set pieces where Liverpool are weak.

redzerdrog

ok i am going to let the heart rule

man utd 1 - 3 Liverpool :p:p:p

joe123

What station is the game on??

adox

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Team confirmed.

Bench - Ando, Smalling, Lindegarrd, Owen, Fabio, Gibson, Obertan.

Oh dear. I can't help but feel that Evans will be at the centre of things and not in a good way.

shotamoose

Very pleased with that Liverpool team, hope it's indicative of how Kenny intends to play in the league in terms of formation and inclusion of Agger and Aurelio (when fit obviously!).

Dave!

Good to see 442 from United, should be a good, open match.

I'm not optimistic if I'm honest. Liverpool have their best team out. Definitely wish Rooney was playing.

Mars Bar

Where's Vidic?! :eek:

Handsome Bob

No real shocks from our starting XI, but it'll be interesting to see how the backline fares.

smokedeels

Evans ffs, I don't know what's happened to that lad, I'm not expecting much from him.

I'm less confident about this match now.

efb

oh 3-3 thriller anyone!

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

joe123 wrote: »

What station is the game on??

ITV and Setanta

yermandan

joe123 wrote: »

What station is the game on??

ITV/UTV/Setanta AFAIK

SK1979

The only explanation seems to be that SAF views Smalling as his Rio replacement and Evans as his Vidic one.

Really worried about Evans playing though.

smcelhinney

Any streams available ?

CR 7

Good to see we're sending out a weakened team, we really need to rest players for big games. Our reserves are more than good enough to win this.

ynwa_17

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/kenny-s-first-teamsheet

Reina, Aurelio, Kelly, Agger, Skrtel, Meireles, Lucas, Maxi, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres

Subs: Gulacsi, Kyrgiakos, Wilson, Shelvey, Poulsen, Ngog, Babel

Otis Driftwood

joe123 wrote: »

What station is the game on??

ITV and I believe Setanta,better commentry on ITV though,plus Im expecting a total Kenny love in which should be fun.

In theory United should win but its a cup game and at the moment Liverpool are like a wounded animal and thus likely to be very much up for it.Im not overly bothered about the result truth be told however Im hopeful of a cracking old school cup tie.

101001

mars bar wrote: »

Where's Vidic?! :eek:

Has he been sent off already!!?

shadowcomplex

Is that Kelly Daglish at right back for liverpool, step up from Johnson if I do say so myself?:P

Le King

Evans? :mad::mad::mad:

What the hell man...

He's a liability. Shocking pick from Fergie

SlickRic

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

Good to see we're sending out a weakened team, we really need to rest players for big games. Our reserves are more than good enough to win this.

good one.

Kess73

opr wrote: »

empireofthekop twitter Joe Cole is out (injured)

Not much of a loss going on his form this season. Wonder who will take his place on the bench.

Edit - Here we go.

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Reina

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Kelly----Skrtel----Agger----Aurelio

----Lucas

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Meireles

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Kuyt

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Gerrard

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Maxi

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Torres

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Opr

Very happy with that starting XI. For me that is the strongest starting XI available at the club right now.


Granted Johnson is out because of his wife being in labour, but I do think that Kelly is a far better defender than Johnson, plus he does he fair share of getting forward when called for.

Aurelio at LB compliments a ball player like Maxi very well. Aurelio is technically very good coupled with being a good defender, and Maxi has to benifit from having such a technically sound player linking up with him. Far moreso than if he had the very average Konchesky behind him.


Lucas and Meireles in the centre has been our best midfield pairing this season, and with them there Gerrard will be able to roam pretty much at will without having to worry about what is happening in the centre of the park.


Man Utd still have to be clear favourites for this game, but I think we will see a much better Liverpool performance today than we would have if the thankfully gone Hodgson was still stumbling his way through the job.


Would be over the moon with a draw today and a decent performance, and then going in hard in our next home game, which is the Merseyside Derby. Yep I do know we have an away game inbetween.

NickDrake

Le King wrote: »

Evans? :mad::mad::mad:

What the hell man...

He's a liability. Shocking pick from Fergie

Why? Liverpool are up to nothing and Torres is in brutal form.

James Forde

NickDrake wrote: »

Why? Liverpool are up to nothing and Torres is in brutal form.

and Jonny Evans is in the form of his life isn't he?

Torres with one leg would have a field day against Evans

eagle eye

Aurelio is a huge weakness in the Liverpool team imo, I think Konchesky is miles better than him. And no I'm not saying Konchesky is anywhere near world class by the way or anything like that.

MagicMarker

It's been ages since Evan's has played, lets not all get our knickers in a twist! And remember that he's actually still a great player, and more than capable of putting in a good performance.

It's a shame about Rooney but ya have to feel that Chico fully deserves his place on the starting line up.