No Rooney. Shite.
Norwich City vs. Manchester United
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Good to see Giggs start. Seven changes from the Ajax game.
Must be some sore throat he has. Dose of tonsilitis perhaps?
Chico and Welbeck up front
Well I suddenly got a lot less confident without Rooney.
Less than a 35% win percentage without him...
Less than a 35% win percentage without him...
We'll do em' without Rooney. Come on lads!
Rooney's not playing due to a sore throat!?
Jesus.
Jesus.
Giggs starts. Welbeck and Hernandez upfront.
Well I suddenly got a lot less confident without Rooney.
Less than a 35% win percentage without him...
Chico and Welbeck can put Norwich to the sword. I am sure of it.
United line up; De Gea, Jones, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Welbeck, Hernandez
slip him a few strepsils and get him on the field ffs.
OFFICIAL MUFC XI:
de Gea
Jones
Ferdinand
Evans
Evra
Nani
Carrick
Scholes
Giggs
Welbeck
Hernandez
SUBS: Amos, Smalling, Rafael, Fabio, Park, Young, Berbatov.
de Gea
Jones
Ferdinand
Evans
Evra
Nani
Carrick
Scholes
Giggs
Welbeck
Hernandez
SUBS: Amos, Smalling, Rafael, Fabio, Park, Young, Berbatov.
Not at all confident without Rooney. Just as he was starting to score goals again, he picks up a "virus". Bloody hell.
And why is Smalling missing again?
And why is Smalling missing again?
Carrick + Scholes.
Must be hell of a deepthroat, i mean sore throat
Valencia is mine, forgot to change it since there's been like no premier league game for ages.
More of a withdrawn role for Welbeck than we've seen, unless he is on the left in a 451.
Have you tried strenuous exercise with a throat infection?
Berbatov may as well head off.
#MUFC Bench: Amos, Rafael, Smalling, Berbatov, Park, Young, Fabio
I'd feel better with Smalling in the back 4. Its going to be an aerial bombardment.
You sure you have the right 'City' there?
Was just thinking the same myself.
Hope not. Hernandez up front on his own is a grim sight.
No Ando and Cleverley even among the subs, but a good bench there
Giggs often drifts in from the left so that would really leave us exposed down the left and Evra Won't be surprised if Welbeck plays off the left.
Won't be surprised if Welbeck plays off the left.Utd game is on FSP.
I'm suprised there's no berba either, with Rooney out he's the natural replacement for me. I think we could use his ability to pick a pass.
Weird that we've gone for Welbeck and Chicharito given that Berba doesn't offer much from the bench. And Young benched is a strange one too, Giggs out wide seems a weird choice.
Still more than enough in that side to beat Norwich, come on lads!
Still more than enough in that side to beat Norwich, come on lads!
I have no idea who plays for Norwich these days. Is Huckerby still there?
Just realised that I can't watch the game. It's not on TV for me and my internet is currently fecked, so I'm on my phone. FFS!
feck, Rooney's acting is so bad in that advert. 
feck. There goes the tired legs excuse...
Three games I would have loved to watch today at the same time. Arsenal-Spurs, us and the Sheffield derby not on TV either.
So Park's allowed to play in central midfield ahead of central midfielders, but he can't get a place in the team in his actual position ahead of a 37 year old central midfielder
We'll have to change the team in order to try and rescue the game...again.
We'll have to change the team in order to try and rescue the game...again.
Pretty much what I expected, except for Rooney that is. Probably, Giggs will make it 3 in the middle and welbeck on the wing. I can see us dominating the game tbh.
Agreed.
I wonder if they might line-up with a 4-3-3 rather than a straightforward 4-4-2 with Giggs wide-left, given recent comments from him about being knackered running up and down the wing.
De Gea
Jones---Ferdinand---Evans---Evra
Carrick
Scholes---Giggs
Nani---Chicharito---Welbeck
Jones---Ferdinand---Evans---Evra
Carrick
Scholes---Giggs
Nani---Chicharito---Welbeck
Use the younger legs to run the wings.
I would love to watch the London derby as well. They could have our match at the Stoke-Swansea timing
Then we'd have Hernandez as a lone target man.
Why not just play him in central defence?