Champions v. Chelsea - The FA Cup Final

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Wembley Stadium

19/05/2007

3:00pm Kick Off.
 
Let's get the double, and make it a truly memorable one :devil:

Having said that, it is going to be a very tight and nail-biting affair.
 
I dont want to say it, but if we lose this it will take alot of gloss of our season.
 
I dont want to say it, but if we lose this it will take alot of gloss of our season.

Seconded :nervous:

Team should be....

GK: VDS

RB: Brown
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Vidic
LB: Heinze

RM: Ronaldo
CM: Fletcher
CM: Carrick
CM: Scholes
LM: Giggs

CF: Rooney

Subs: PIG, O'Shea, Evra, Solskjaer, Smith

0-1 to us (why we're the away team feck knows :mad: ) Scholes with the only goal :devil:
 
My nephews are coming from South Africa..

I'll have to give them my tickets.:(
 
-------------------VDS---------------------

Brown------Rio---------Vidic----------Heinze

Giggs------Carrick------Scholes-------Ronnie

------------Rooney-------Smudge-----------
 
Likely lineup...

----------- VDS-----------

Brown---Rio---Vida---Heinze

----Fletcher---Carrick-----

Ronaldo---Scholes---Giggs

-----------Rooney-------
 
Likely lineup...

----------- VDS-----------

Brown---Rio---Vida---Vidic

----Fletcher---Carrick-----

Ronaldo---Scholes---Giggs

-----------Rooney-------

If Vidic is playing on the left..who's the Vida next to Rio?

:( Sorted.

I'd rather Evra plays, it seems Heinze will get the nod...
 
My nephews are coming from South Africa..

I'll have to give them my tickets.:(

Really? That's very selfless of you Sultan!

I'll go for:

Van Der Sar
Neville
Ferdinand
Vidic
Heinze
Ronaldo
Giggs
Fletcher
Scholes
Carrick
Rooney

Don't want to make any predictions. But there were tears in my household in 2005, and I don't want a repeat!

On the Chelsea front: Shevchenko, Ballack, Carvalho and Mikel are all "out". Any more injuries/suspensions?

Bad news is that Boulahrouz played today and it looks as though this will mean moving Essien into central midfield.
 
Really? That's very selfless of you Sultan!.

I'm sure they would return the favour kidda...

In fact they gave us all their tickets for all the World Cup cricket games in 2003.
 
Bad news is that Boulahrouz played today and it looks as though this will mean moving Essien into central midfield.

Trust me the fact that Boulahrouz is playing is not bad news :nono:
 
Trust me the fact that Boulahrouz is playing is not bad news :nono:

Yeah, I was thinking that myself. But having Essien's thrust in midfield is going to be very difficult to combat and will probably result in Fergie sticking Fletcher in the engine room and putting Rooney up top.

For me, Chelsea's most balanced midfield combination is one of a holding midfielder (Makelele), Lampard and Essien. Certainly the balance is far better than when it is Lampard and Ballack.

From United's perspective: I'm hoping that we can devestate them with the quality of our attacking play. It's actually been quite a while since our big players put on a scintillating performance and I hope that they are saving it for the Cup.
 
For me, Chelsea's most balanced midfield combination is one of a holding midfielder (Makelele), Lampard and Essien. Certainly the balance is far better than when it is Lampard and Ballack.

Agreed.

Also I would not be at all suprised to see Carvalho play.

Our team should be:

..................Cech
Ferreira..Terry..Carvalho..A.Cole
................Makalele...............
........Essien........Lampard.......
...J Cole.........................Kalou
.................Drogba................

If Carvalho is unfit then i'd much rather have Essien in the back four (with Mikel replacing him in midfield) than Bouhlarouz anywhere on the pitch.
 
Agreed.

Also I would not be at all suprised to see Carvalho play.

Our team should be:

..................Cech
Ferreira..Terry..Carvalho..A.Cole
................Makalele...............
........Essien........Lampard.......
...J Cole.........................Kalou
.................Drogba................

If Carvalho is unfit then i'd much rather have Essien in the back four (with Mikel replacing him in midfield) than Bouhlarouz anywhere on the pitch.


Isn't our good friend Mikel injured?

Jose has said that Carvalho has a 1% chance - I wouldn't be surprised to see him line up though.

I'd be glad to see Kalou in and not Robben. I think the one problem with that team is that it could all get very narrow. United can exploit that IMO.

I would also say that SWP would be in with a shout. His end of season form has been excellent. I may be mistaken, but I think he set up Drogba's goal today.
 
------------------------------------VDS--------------------------------
Brown---------------Rio---------------Vida-------------------------Evra
-----------------Carrick---------------Scholes------------------------
---Ronaldo--------------------Rooney-----------------------Giggs---
---------------------------Smith-----------------------------------
 
------------------------------------VDS--------------------------------
Brown---------------Rio---------------Vida-------------------------Evra
-----------------Carrick---------------Scholes------------------------
---Ronaldo--------------------Rooney-----------------------Giggs---
---------------------------Smith-----------------------------------

Absolutely spot on, puzzling to me that it has taken 25 replies to see this XI.
 
------------------------------------VDS--------------------------------
Brown---------------Rio---------------Vida-------------------------Evra
-----------------Carrick---------------Scholes------------------------
---Ronaldo--------------------Rooney-----------------------Giggs---
---------------------------Smith-----------------------------------

this was the same formation that sent the Romans packing wasn't it? ;)
 
According to the Times (I think) Obi Wan Mikel is out of the game. Muscle injury.
 
So who have the bum bandits got injured then?


Mikel
Carvalho
Ballacks
Sheva (lol)



And we only have Saha and Neville out. Both I wish were fit!
 
------------VDS-------------
Brown----Rio----Vidic----Evra
------Carrick----Scholes-----
Ronaldo-----------------Giggs
-------Rooney---Smith-------

I don't dare to predict.
 
----------------VDS----------
Brown----Rio-----Vidic---Heinze
Ronaldo-----Scholes---Carrick--Giggs
--------Rooney------Smith

2-1 to us hopefully. (Ronaldo, Rooney, Drogba)