I think we can safely say, no way Van Gaal predicted for Gibson starting - maybe thought outside chance of Rafael and perhaps Rooney but, I bet the game plan they worked on didn't include stopping Gibson's shooting.
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Carrick starts.
He's starting.
I'm thinking Fergie wants energy to match Bayerns. Scholes and Giggs could work against Milan because they are old feckers. Bayern got about us in the first leg, we need to match them.
Pretty much the impact fergie would have hoped for while covering this whole thing up.
Over to people at OT to show that now.
Guys Carrick is starting according to UEFA.com.
Park is out. I wonder why, must be a knock.
Park is out. I wonder why, must be a knock.
No, he'll come on in the second half with Macheda.
For the 50th time....Carrick is playing!
Are people speaking Mongolian on here??
what a bunch of dumbasses on FSC in the states they start off saying that united has lost there star.
WTF only in the states
WTF only in the states
Oh come on the sarcasm was obvious ... was taking the lead from the immediate reaction that Rooney starting is an immediate reflection on Berbatov and SAFs lack of faith in him.
Nah I would say that Rooney has to be fullly fit for Fergie to play him
Not strange at all, a very rational decision. Watch this team play the most wonderful football of the season.
SAF saw how slow the Patriach (Giggs, Scholes, Neville) were against Chelsea. Only a fool repeats their mistakes.
We are putting Bayern to the sword here.
He's thinking...Scholes is fecking knackered and on shit form. Park is fecking knackered and not on the greatest form. Giggs is an option off the bench in a potentially 120 minute long match, and is probably knackered. Hargreaves is injured. Anderson is injured. Carrick and Fletcher need a partner alongside them. We need to score....Gibson!
to be fair in the form Rooneys been in even at half fitness hes still better than most players who lead the line
Nani and Valencia need to perform tonight. If that happens we will score goals and go through.
Great team. What is their lineup?
omg Carrick doesnt start wtf??!!!1
I always assume that sarcasm doesn't exist in the Matchday forum!
For the sake of my sanity please use white text or
smilie in the future!!Don't be a twat, i corrected it about 2 minutes later when it was declared that he was playing with Fletcher and Carrick and not instead of.
Nice team!
I never though Rooney would be starting. Let's hope he is fully fit and not being risked. But anyway the team has speed, invention and plentu of goal threat. Let's show Bayern what we're truly made of.
Cmon United!
I never though Rooney would be starting. Let's hope he is fully fit and not being risked. But anyway the team has speed, invention and plentu of goal threat. Let's show Bayern what we're truly made of.
Cmon United!
Gibson isn't a strange choice when you think of the recent form of Scholes who clearly needed a rest. He will either step up to the challenge or be off early in the second half for Scholes, simple as that. I for one think he will step up.
Apparently he trained yesterday after the cameras had gone...
Alex you massive blagger.
Flash news: Bayern forfeit over United trickery.
How the atmosphere has changed since morning!
How the atmosphere has changed since morning!
oh I agree ,but I dont think Fergie would play him if he was not 100% fit.
If I was Berba I would be thinking, one big game I played and was so useless that they decided to start with a half fit Rooney. No shame in losing to a player of Rooney's caliber but I would feel worthless.
SSN is showing Carrick starting too.
Rooney's either fully fit or not fit at all. He won't lose match fitness in a week. If his ankle wasn't right he wouldn't start. No way would Fergie risk him missing the rest of the season if the ankle wasn't 100%
SAF has put the runners out there. Including Gibson. The only one out is Park, but I think it may just be fatigue
Im not too sure, this after Saturdays defeat this game is huge for the remainder of our season. He may have thought risking him tonight and losing him for another few games is worth the risk.
Didn't see the Bayern starting lineup posted - so this is what they have going:
Jorg Butt 22
Martin Gaston Demichelis 6
Daniel van Buyten 5
Holger Badstuder 28
Philipp Lahm 21
Bastian Schweinsteiger 31
Mark Van Bommel 17
Franck Ribery 7
Arjen Robben 10
Ivica Olic 11
Thomas Müller 25
Jorg Butt 22
Martin Gaston Demichelis 6
Daniel van Buyten 5
Holger Badstuder 28
Philipp Lahm 21
Bastian Schweinsteiger 31
Mark Van Bommel 17
Franck Ribery 7
Arjen Robben 10
Ivica Olic 11
Thomas Müller 25
Rooney starting =
Bring it on!
Massive test for Gibson and Rafael. Hope Rooney will be okay.
No chance. Tonight is just one game. If he had any worries about the injury getting worse he could have started him on the bench.
Was going to post lineups from UEFA - but Ribbery, Robben and Shweinsteiger start. AND CARRICK PLAYS!
I would hope so, but I have a feeling that Fergie has lost a bit of faith in Berbatov especially when it comes to big games. It's probably a bit unfair because Berbatov plays better as one of a front two and we tend to play one up front in the bigger games.