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United Arsenal Tonight (will contain scores)

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  • #52
    The Muppet
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    I would imagine the team fielded will be determined by how we are doing in the other competitions. If the league cup is our only realistic chance of silverware then I can see Fergie play the big guns.

    I would like to see the youngsters picked, I have seen Eagles etc play quite a bit and I believe they can get past Chelsea .


  • #53
    bucks73
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    Hopefully Fergie will play more or less the same team in the semis. The first leg is between the FA Cup and Liverpool away so I have no doubt that it will be they younger/reserve players. I couldnt even see Smith starting.

    The second leg is in between Villa and the FA Cup 4th round so I doubt if anyone is risked again.

    It will also be interesting to see if Maurinho leaves out his "back up" players like Cole, Gudjohnsen and Lampard for the games also as they will be quite busy themselves.

    On the Richardson tackle I was half expecting him to get a second yellow after the final whistle went. Fortunes tackle on Van P near the finish was a beaut.

    Miller had a good game but once again Djemba x 2 and Kleberson showed absolutely nothing. Au revoir come January/June. If you cant do it against a bunch of 18 year olds then theres no hope.


  • #54
    SteM
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    bucks73 wrote:
    Miller had a good game but once again Djemba x 2 and Kleberson showed absolutely nothing. Au revoir come January/June. If you cant do it against a bunch of 18 year olds then theres no hope.

    I'd agree with you here. If you look at some of the players that were brought in the summer before last, at least Bellion has shown some sort of improvement during that time. Djemba Djemba has shown nothing except that he can give the ball away alot and hasn't seemed to improve while he's been at the club. Kleberson has been unlucky with injuries but still doesn't look like he'll ever hold down a first team place.


  • #55
    The Rooster
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    United actually used a formation not dissimilar to what Liverpool used against Arsenal. It ended up being 3 v 2 in midfield and United dominated there. Djemba just sat in front of the back 4, and Arsenal could not get buy him. He had a job to do and I thought he did it well. Kleberson wasnt great, Miller had a lot of the ball, he tackled well, was neat and tidy, but didnt attack as well as he could.

    No doubt IMO that ManU's reserves are better than Arsenal's reserves. Given their superiority though, they should have created a lot more chances. It was a poor game from a neutral perspective IMO.

    Arsenal's youngsters proved to be a tad over-rated by the media. Clichy stood out as very good, and Senderos looks to have definite potential to be a class centre half. Lupoli looks like he might be very good, and van Persie showed his quality in patches but was very selfish on the occassions he did get the ball. The rest looked average to sh!te. But at least they're young....


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