Manchester United vs Newcastle match thread.27 Dec.k/o 3pm Online/Foreign tv only

Cantona's Collars

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Expect some changes for this game.

Danny Welbeck, Javier Hernandez, Chris Smalling and Darren Fletcher will be amongst those hoping to be involved, having been benched or overlooked against Swansea.Wayne Rooney hopes to put his poor showing against Swansea behind him.

Rafael needs to shrug off the hamstring injury that kept him out of the Liberty Stadium encounter, but he could come back into contention for a full-back berth.

Gabriel Obertan will be hoping to figure at some stage for Newcastle against his former employers.

Cheik Tiote must serve a one-match ban after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season against QPR, while Hatem Ben Arfa (hamstring), Steven Taylor (hamstring), Yohan Cabaye (groin) and Ryan Taylor (knee) all remain out of action.

MagicMarker

Tough match, don't want to see Giggs or Scholes in the starting line up.

What's the story with Kagawa? I thought he was "nearing" a return a couple of weeks ago?

shadowcomplex

Anywhere in cork city showing this

Jelle1880

shadowcomplex wrote: »

Anywhere in cork city showing this

The Woolshed.

Blatter

Krul; Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini (c), Santon; Anita, Perch, Bigirimana; Cisse, Ba, Marveaux

Newcastle side according to a local journo.

double GG

I'd fancy ourselves against that midfield big time but with Ba and Cisse anything can happen.

Blatter

#MUFC; De Gea, Smalling, Evra, Evans, Ferdinand, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Scholes, Hernandez, van Persie. Rooney not in squad

Vertigo100

Blatter wrote: »

#MUFC; De Gea, Smalling, Evra, Evans, Ferdinand, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Scholes, Hernandez, van Persie. Rooney not in squad

Please jebus no

The_Kew_Tour

Was confident until I saw Giggs starts.

Paul Tergat

****. Giggs and Scholes with no Rooney is not good

Pj!

Giggs and Scholes and no Rooney. Hmmmmmmm

Copper_pipe

Is it on any radio station?

Professey Chin

I dont see this ending well at all

OctavarIan

That midfield just oozes pace and creativity...

[edit] Seriously, what's up with Kagawa, he's been out for aaages

J. Marston

More dropped points with that line-up, lovely...

SoulTrader

Looks like Giggs will be on the wing, if it's 442? Still, not confident with both him and Scholes starting.

What's up with Rafael? I presume he's injured?

Pleased to see RVP and Hernandez start together.

jambofc

cant believe that midfield,truly wonder about saf selections at times the last 2 season's

IvySlayer

Rooney dropped or injured?

Better not be a repeat of losing to Blackburn :mad:

BetterCallSaul

United fans moaning about a midfield of Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, and Scholes when Newcastle's entire first choice midfield is out (Jonas, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Tiote).

Should be a very comfortable win for United tbh.

Discodog

IvySlayer wrote: »

Rooney dropped or injured?

Better not be a repeat of losing to Blackburn :mad:

Rooney suggested that he would be playing in the rags but he also disagrees with SAF over rvp nearly getting killed. Also remember what happened last Christmas.

OctavarIan

I wish Nani was less of a dick, could have done with him on the wing today!

J. Marston

This is going to be like the Norwich game. Newcastle won't have to be brilliant or defend like heroes, if they put a decent shift in then they'll get something. What makes it frustrating is that it's so bloody obvious.

double GG

I thought RVP and Chica combined well towards the end of the game on Sunday so I think they will do well today, both grabbing a goal.

Scholes and Giggs in midfield is SAF's present to Pardew surely?

KombuchaMshroom

Welbeck and Young also not on the bench? What is going on?

Chucky the tree

Interesting to see how Van Persie handles his first time back on the pitch after his near death experience the last time.

OctavarIan

KombuchaMshroom wrote: »

Welbeck and Young also not on the bench? What is going on?

Welbeck has really fallen out of favour recently, wonder what he did. Can't be due to bad form because Valencia is still starting and he's been dire.

macslash

so much negativity here..not the ideal line-up but its a busy period..hopefully will have enough to win, wont be pretty admittedly...

mike65

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon, Anita, Perch, Bigirimana, Cissé, Ba, Marveaux. Subs: Elliot, Shola Ameobi, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Ferguson, Tavernier, Campbell.

mike65

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Is it on any radio station?

Newstalk.

MagicMarker

OctavarIan wrote: »

I wish Nani was less of a dick, could have done with him on the wing today!

Nani is injured.

Subs: Lindegaard, Vidic, Cleverley, Fletcher, Buttner, Wootton, Tunnicliffe

Joke of a line up, where's Powell?

RVD420

In fairness to Giggs, he was one of the better players in the last game. More worried about Valencia tbh....

jambofc

MagicMarker wrote: »

Nani is injured.

Subs: Lindegaard, Vidic, Cleverley, Fletcher, Buttner, Wootton, Tunnicliffe

Joke of a line up, where's Powell?

no young or Danny either

no sub striker

Nalz

macslash wrote: »

so much negativity here..not the ideal line-up but its a busy period..hopefully will have enough to win, wont be pretty admittedly...

I agree. It won't be easy against Ba and Cisse, but Newcastle are without Tiote, Cabaye, Taylor and Ben Arfa so this team should have enough to win today.

What is up with Kagawa, what is his injury?
Is Nani really injured?
Could Fletcher have started today instead of Scholes?
Where is Powell?
3 centre halves on the bench?
No Rooney, Welbeck or Young in the squad is strange... especially with Valencia constantly delaying his crosses and refusing to use his left foot (which I thought he started to do at the start of the season).

If Carrick, RVP and Scholes are on song today we'll win today by 2 goals or possibly more.

Paully D

Please win Manchester United.

That is all.

Pj!

Not a lot of strength in depth on that Manchester United bench is there? I am hearing that Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young both picked up problems during training yesterday, while Danny Welbeck is ill. Proof that training on Christmas Day does not work...

From the BBC

RasTa

4-0 United. Very strange bench, not to worried about the line up.

Moneymaker

Don;t get all the pessimistic reds in here.

You've seen how appalling we've been this season right?

Hank Scorpio

Rooney must be injured?

Really need to win today

J. Marston

Moneymaker wrote: »

Don;t get all the pessimistic reds in here.

You've seen how appalling we've been this season right?

Scholes, Giggs and Carrick in a midfield together can make any opposition look good.

MagicMarker

Looks miserable at Old Trafford.

Pj!

MagicMarker wrote: »

Looks miserable at Old Trafford.

The team?

mike65

Which God does Little Pea pray to?

double GG

mike65 wrote: »

Which God does Little Pea pray to?

RVP.

double GG

It's really pissing it down in Manchester now!

Jimmy Iovine

MagicMarker wrote: »

What's the story with Kagawa? I thought he was "nearing" a return a couple of weeks ago?

OctavarIan wrote: »

Seriously, what's up with Kagawa, he's been out for aaages

Trilla wrote: »

What is up with Kagawa, what is his injury?

Apparently he took part in the warm up today.

jamie jackson ‏@GuardianJamieJ
Kagawa taking part in #mufc warm-up...

We need him back asap.

Hank Scorpio

wtf was that from De Gea ?

mike65

Hilarious

MagicMarker

That's De Gea dropped for a month.

double GG

Another one of those...

ricero

De gea is a liability

Lord TSC

How many goals like that will we let in...