Manchester United vs Arsenal Match Thread 10/11/13 K/O 16.00 Sky.

Rayne Wooney

Mert out is a big blow, I'm going to wait and see the United team and then take a punt on 3-2 United, and dust off the rosary beads

Drexel

Will I Amnt wrote: »

2 leagues, Champions League runner up, League Cup.
Thought that would impress an Arsenal fan anyway.

Yes all done without being consistently brilliant.

Wenger saying there is a bug I. The team and some players not 100%

Oranage2

user2011 wrote: »

Per Mertasacker and Rosicky sent home from Arsenal squad confirmed on NBCsn.

Wenger should spend the next hour telling Verm not to play like a Muppet!

shrewdness

Rumours that Utd's front 4 are Nani, Januzaj, Kagawa and Rooney.

EuropeanSon

user2011 wrote: »

Per Mertasacker and Rosicky sent home from Arsenal squad confirmed on NBCsn.

Oh **** **** ****

gandalf

jonny666 wrote: »

Wenger saying there is a bug I. The team and some players not 100%

Bugger could give a whole new meaning to "Carzola is dribbling down the wing"!

OK I'll get my coat!

user2011

Oranage2 wrote: »

Wenger should spend the next hour telling Verm not to play like a Muppet!

Nope, I want a United win, tyvm

MagicMarker

shrewdness wrote: »

Rumours that Utd's front 4 are Nani, Januzaj, Kagawa and Rooney.

Would be very happy with that. RvP not starting will be good for Kagawa, who deserves to chance in the middle. Not confirmed yet though.

PhlegmyMoses

shrewdness wrote: »

Rumours that Utd's front 4 are Nani, Januzaj, Kagawa and Rooney.

Please be true......

Drexel

Oranage2 wrote: »

Wenger should spend the next hour telling Verm not to play like a Muppet!

Gave it straight to RvP in his first touch or two the last time

shrewdness

Rumours were wrong!

De Gea; Smalling, Vidic, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Jones, Carrick, Kagawa; Rooney, van Persie

subs: Lindegaard, Giggs, Chicharito, Nani, Cleverley, Fellaini, Januzaj.

Awesomeness

Merts a huge loss. Flamini will have to cover when TV goes on one his stupid runs up front

Rayne Wooney

shrewdness wrote: »

Rumours that Utd's front 4 are Nani, Januzaj, Kagawa and Rooney.

Jesus that'll make my day

dvemail

#mufc team - confirmed: De Gea; Smalling, Vidic, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Jones, Carrick, Kagawa; Rooney, van Persie

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Manchester United ‏@ManUtd 1m
#mufc team - confirmed: De Gea; Smalling, Vidic, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Jones, Carrick, Kagawa; Rooney, van Persie

Will I Amnt

jonny666 wrote: »

Yes all done without being consistently brilliant.

Wenger saying there is a bug I. The team and some players not 100%

Still impressive though no??
In this day and age that's about as good as you can be expected to do in 4 years.
The football mightn't be as pretty but sure that's another story.

Paul Tergat

No defenders on the bench

Awesomeness

TV better not be worried about kicking his mate like he was last time

J. Marston

Smalling, Jones and Valencia. Pathetic from Moyes, complete coward.

.jacksparrow.

Something had to give, just pity it was our best cb

Timmyctc

J. Marston wrote: »

Smalling, Jones and Valencia. Pathetic from Moyes, complete coward.

Rafs Injured. Valencia I agree with though. Jones is there for added cover, probably to man mark Ozil.

cson

That's a strong team for United.

United are big @ 7/5 here, can't see us getting a win with the BFG missing.

Hank Scorpio

that team doesn't look balanced at all. very surprised neither adnan or nani are starting. looks somewhat defensive to me?

Drexel

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Still impressive though no??
In this day and age that's about as good as you can be expected to do in 4 years.
The football mightn't be as pretty but sure that's another story.

Throw a champions league in and I'm impressed

It's the football and performances I'm talking about

Pj!

A good physical team from United as was more or less expected.

Bring it on!

Rayne Wooney

Valencia starting is a joke, so the onus is all on Shinji "not a winger" Kagawa to supply the balls in from wide.


Nani should be starting

Mickeroo

cson wrote: »

That's a strong team for United.

United are big @ 7/5 here, can't see us getting a win with the BFG missing.

Hopefully it won't be an issue, that's our strongest midfield we're fielding imo, on paper we should boss the game. Per a big loss though at the same time. Big day for TV.

Red Crow

J. Marston wrote: »

Smalling, Jones and Valencia. Pathetic from Moyes, complete coward.

Well Rafael is injured, Fellaini and Carrick haven't played well at all together and Valencia is a poor choice I'd agree. But with Rafael out its hard to not be conservative on the right.

I think it's a decent team selection.

AdamD

Mertesacker out, would bite your hand off for a draw.

dvemail

arseblog ‏@arseblog 1m

Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Flamini, Ozil, Ramsey, Cazorla, Giroud (via @DTguardian)

Drexel

Mickeroo wrote: »

Hopefully it won't be an issue, that's our strongest midfield we're fielding imo, on paper we should boss the game. Per a big loss though at the same time. Big day for TV.

I'm hoping for redemption from him! He has a lot to prove. World Cup place at stake

Timmyctc

I can only imagine Valencia has been THE number 1 in training every week for the past 3 years and the manager can't not play him. Then when he has 75k people watching him he freezes and passes to the RB/ CDM as often as possible.

Paul Tergat

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Valencia starting is a joke, so the onus is all on Shinji "not a winger" Kagawa to supply the balls in from wide.


Nani should be starting

Valencia was always going to start this game if fit. It's no surprise at all. Not saying its right but it was always going to happen

Headshot

**** off Jones, ffs

Bought a 20m plus player and he cant even make the team, its dreadful stuff

klose

Is ferdinand injured or are his playing days coming to an end? Fellaini on the bench too, jaysus.

gandalf

Mickeroo wrote: »

Big day for TV.

This is a huge chance for him to impress again. If he has a ****e game then he is on the bench for the rest of the season.

Bricking it now. Feckin rollercoaster of emotions and this game hasn't even kicked off yet!

.jacksparrow.

jonny666 wrote: »

I'm hoping for redemption from him! He has a lot to prove. World Cup place at stake

In all fairness to him when was the last time he started? Can't expect him to just up his game all of a sudden.

Very worried.

Nuri Sahin

Such a downgrade from Mertesacker to Vermaelen.

Pepe LeFrits

Urgh, don't fancy this at all now without Per and with questions over Flamini and Arteta's fitness. It's going to be a battle.

Jaafa

Apparently 5 arsenal players got the virus, but only per and rosicky were bad enough that they had to go home. Arteta and Gnarby are two others that have it.

Will I Amnt

Fellaini is the type of player that caused Arsenal problems in the past. Admittedly, he hasn't been that player at United yet.

.jacksparrow.

gandalf wrote: »

This is a huge chance for him to impress again. If he has a ****e game then he is on the bench for the rest of the season.

Bricking it now. Feckin rollercoaster of emotions and this game hasn't even kicked off yet!

You for real? He comes back from an injury and been dropped and you say if he has a bad game let's bench him for the season?

Pathetic.

Paul Tergat

Arsenal will have plenty of the ball looking at the teams

EuropeanSon

Feeling a bit dodgy about this now without Per, just don't have faith in Vermaelen. Would rather Sagna at CB and Jenks out wide.

Still, this is his chance. Hope he takes it!

Mickeroo

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

In all fairness to him when was the last time he started? Can't expect him to just up his game all of a sudden.

Very worried.

Chelsea match I think.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

I wonder will it be Ramsey or Ozil on the wing?

Not really as confident as I was a few days ago, but glad that Nani isn't playing. Be happy with a draw.

Frisbee

Vermaelen starting alongside Koscielny...

Let's just hand United a goal from an overeager CB trying to jump out in front and the other not covering now.

At least Flamini is fit.

Rayne Wooney

Southampton dominated us in midfield at OT so it will be interesting to see what happens today.

Gringo180

Mert dropped??

I used to always worry when facing Man United, not this time round.
It's all playing into our hands at the moment.
Spurs wasting money, city hitting their weakness teams again.
Come on Arsenal