How come official line ups not up? just 40 mins left.
Manchester United VS Chelsea
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Carrick and Nani on the bench
Chelsea are unchanged from the Villa win.
Chelsea are unchanged from the Villa win.
He's not guessing on this occassion. That is the starting line-up / bench.
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van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes, Park, Giggs, Berbatov.
SUBS: Kuszczak, Rafael, De Laet, Carrick, Nani, Gibson, Macheda.
SUBS: Kuszczak, Rafael, De Laet, Carrick, Nani, Gibson, Macheda.
I am disappointed that Hargreaves is not on the bench.
Man Utd
01 Van der Sar
02 Neville
03 Evra
05 Ferdinand
15 Vidic
11 Giggs
13 Park
18 Scholes
24 Fletcher
25 Valencia
09 Berbatov
Substitutes
29 Kuszczak, 21 Rafael Da Silva, 30 De Laet, 16 Carrick, 17 Nani, 28 Gibson, 27 Macheda
Chelsea
01 Cech
19 Ferreira
26 Terry
33 Alex
08 Lampard
10 J Cole
12 Mikel
15 Malouda
18 Zhirkov
20 Deco
39 Anelka
Substitutes
22 Turnbull, 35 Belletti, 43 Bruma, 13 Ballack, 11 Drogba, 21 Kalou, 23 Sturridge
01 Van der Sar
02 Neville
03 Evra
05 Ferdinand
15 Vidic
11 Giggs
13 Park
18 Scholes
24 Fletcher
25 Valencia
09 Berbatov
Substitutes
29 Kuszczak, 21 Rafael Da Silva, 30 De Laet, 16 Carrick, 17 Nani, 28 Gibson, 27 Macheda
Chelsea
01 Cech
19 Ferreira
26 Terry
33 Alex
08 Lampard
10 J Cole
12 Mikel
15 Malouda
18 Zhirkov
20 Deco
39 Anelka
Substitutes
22 Turnbull, 35 Belletti, 43 Bruma, 13 Ballack, 11 Drogba, 21 Kalou, 23 Sturridge
Good team. Good options on the bench.
Looks ok. Would prefer to see Nani than Giggs. Hope Park is in the middle.
TEAMS Man Utd v Chelsea
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Giggs, Scholes, Park, Berbatov. Subs: Kuszczak, Carrick, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, Macheda, Gibson, De Laet.
Chelsea: Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Alex, Terry, Zhirkov, Joe Cole, Deco, Lampard, Mikel, Malouda, Anelka. Subs: Turnbull, Drogba, Ballack, Kalou, Sturridge, Belletti, Bruma.
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Giggs, Scholes, Park, Berbatov. Subs: Kuszczak, Carrick, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, Macheda, Gibson, De Laet.
Chelsea: Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Alex, Terry, Zhirkov, Joe Cole, Deco, Lampard, Mikel, Malouda, Anelka. Subs: Turnbull, Drogba, Ballack, Kalou, Sturridge, Belletti, Bruma.
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)
No hargreaves, shame. Hope park plays through the middle. Otherwise pretty much what was expected. Good team, time to do the business.
BBC:
Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Giggs, Scholes, Park, Berbatov.
Subs: Kuszczak, Carrick, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, Macheda, Gibson, De Laet.
Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Giggs, Scholes, Park, Berbatov.
Subs: Kuszczak, Carrick, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, Macheda, Gibson, De Laet.
Did anyone really expect Hargreaves to be involved? He's only played 45 minutes of a Reserve match in the past 19 months.
I think you were talking to some random bird who was taking the piss out of you.
Ancelotti leaving Drogba out to put more pressure on us maybe? Kind of like 'We have our star striker out too now so it's even'.
They've taken him out of the reserves for some reason and I suppose we've got to play him some time this season and there isn't much of it left.
jesus chelsea have 3 strikers on the bench to call upon.
We've certainly thrown a curve ball with Joe Cole, Malouda, Deco and Anelka on the pitch together.
Drogba has a niggling injury.
Not really even, is it. They're without Cole, Carvalho, Essien and Bosingwa. Now we're on top.
Or perhaps he's just not fully fit? Silly to think they're so amazingly good they could drop their best player at Old Trafford.
3-1 United as I said.
Feck. That bench doesn't have a lot to offer if we end up chasing the game.
Drogba is notoriously poor against us anyway. Doesnt make much difference.
Now that's racist.
Arggggh jinx
Drogba can be so dangerous off the bench. (Jinx dealt with)
thats very naive thinking.
You're a bit hard to please there mate. Nani, Carrick and Macheda? What more were you hoping for?
He will play a big part in the outcome of the game I think (despite being on the bench)
You've lost it.
Hopefully he'll score a hat-trick of OGs in injury time, or get sent off for being a cnut again.
Thats a pretty strong bench. Nani and Macheda are more than capable of changing a game.
I didn't get much sleep, love days like this, the line up is perfect I think, Giggs against Ferreira to be a key battle.
All that time on the bench is sure going to give him a lot of time to rehearse some theatrical dives...
Not sure of your point. We're without Brown, O'Shea, Hargreaves, Anderson, Owen and Rooney.