Newcastle United vs. Manchester United

Yep, good side. Would of preferred to of seen Anderson ahead of Fletcher, but to be fair to the Scot, he has earnt his place.
 
good line-up and Fletcher certainly warrant a place in the starting 11.
 
Official Confirmed Team

GK: VDS

RB: Brown
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Vidic
LB: Evra

RM: Ronaldo
CM: Carrick
CM: Fletcher
LM: Nani

CF: Tevez
CF: Rooney

Subs: PIG, O'Shea, Scholes, Anderson, Saha

Should be more than good enough to do the business
 
This isn't a big game so I hope Fletcher turns up.

Good to see us back in 4-4-2, and even better to see one Carlos Teveth starting
 
Good to see Fletch given another chance here, he should make the most of it just like he did against Arse :devil:
 
Playing our 5th choice central midfielder in a tough away game isn't what I was hoping for tbh.
 
Playing our 5th choice central midfielder in a tough away game isn't what I was hoping for tbh.

Fletcher is well rested and comes into this on the back of a top class performance against Arsenal in the last week. So his rank among our CMs, is of ittle importance when taken in the larger context.
 
I like Fletcher, but I´m not sure about him in a 4 - 4 - 2 formation. He´s usually at his best when we play 4 - 3 - 3.
 
I like Fletcher, but I´m not sure about him in a 4 - 4 - 2 formation. He´s usually at his best when we play 4 - 3 - 3.

I agree with that, lets him do the dirty work and have two other CMs do the passing and creative work
 
Should be enough to get through.

Just a little concerned that this might get a bit rough and Carrick and Fletcher could get outfought in the middle of the park by Butt and Barton.

Maybe that just me being the pessimist as always though!!!
 
feck sake! No Anderson or Scholes!

Flecther needs to perform again today!
 
Fletcher and Carrick seem to always play alongside one another.

Good to see Tevez playing again. Anderson was bollixd at the end of the Lyon game, not surprised to see him dropped.

Nani completely deserves his place, give that lad a few games

Good team, hope we batter them.
 
anderson can play on the wing, we got good cover.... but my only concern is that either scholes or anderson isnt in for fletcher, especizlly considering arsenal lost points today we need to take out chance and close this gap, however i am confident that fletcher and the rest of the lads can do it, i just think with either scholes or ando in there the chances are higher of us winning.
 
With Saha, Scholes and Anderson on the bench, we have plenty of attackin options. We really must win that game