Will be a very tricky tie as always. But I think we have enough to knick it 1-0.
Fulham vs Manchester United
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4 pm is late
Team should be...
GK: VDS
RB: O'Shea
CB: Vidic
CB: Evans
LB: Evra
RM: Valencia
CM: Fletcher
CM: Scholes
LM: Giggs
CF: Rooney
CF: Berbatov
Subs: PIG, Rafael, Smalling, Carrick, Nani, Owen, Hernandez
We surely cant loose on the same ground 3 years in a row? 0-2 to United Berbatov & Scholes scoring
GK: VDS
RB: O'Shea
CB: Vidic
CB: Evans
LB: Evra
RM: Valencia
CM: Fletcher
CM: Scholes
LM: Giggs
CF: Rooney
CF: Berbatov
Subs: PIG, Rafael, Smalling, Carrick, Nani, Owen, Hernandez
We surely cant loose on the same ground 3 years in a row? 0-2 to United Berbatov & Scholes scoring
But its only another 2 matches in the league before a 2 week break for internationals. In this sort of form we'd be mad to rest him imo when the seasons only started
we'll win but it will be close.
Maybe rest Evra if he isn't 50% fit at least.
Maybe this is his homegame season.
Gayyy, assumed this was a 3pm Saturday affair.
Potentially a sticky tie, but I think we'll get revenge on them for last season and finish quite comfortably. As long as we stay tidy and tight in the middle, we should be fine.
Potentially a sticky tie, but I think we'll get revenge on them for last season and finish quite comfortably. As long as we stay tidy and tight in the middle, we should be fine.
Starting XI: ----------- Van Der Sar -----------------------
O´Shea ------- Vidic ------------------ J.Evans ------- Evra
- Nani -------- Carrick ----------------- Fletcher ------ Park
-------------- Rooney ----------------- Berbatov ----------
Starting XI: Kuszczak, Rafael, Brown, Giggs, Valencia, Owen, Chicharito
No Scholes cause it´s a small pitch and he was never good at Craven Cottage.
1-1 (Davies - Nani)
O´Shea ------- Vidic ------------------ J.Evans ------- Evra
- Nani -------- Carrick ----------------- Fletcher ------ Park
-------------- Rooney ----------------- Berbatov ----------
Starting XI: Kuszczak, Rafael, Brown, Giggs, Valencia, Owen, Chicharito
No Scholes cause it´s a small pitch and he was never good at Craven Cottage.
1-1 (Davies - Nani)
Could someone post the website with the times and channels for the stations showing this in the US? Gonna be Stateside for a few weeks unfortunately
VDS
Rafael
Evra
Vidic
Evans
Fletcher
Scholes
Park
Valencia
Nani
Rooney
Subs
Berbatov + Hernandez for Rooney and Park after 60 mins.
With the tough fixtures against Everton and Liverpool quite soon, we need to get the likes of Park ready, as I'd be amazed if he didn't start at least one of those games in an advanced central midfield role. If the team was picked on form then Hernandez would have started against Newcastle.
Rafael
Evra
Vidic
Evans
Fletcher
Scholes
Park
Valencia
Nani
Rooney
Subs
Berbatov + Hernandez for Rooney and Park after 60 mins.
With the tough fixtures against Everton and Liverpool quite soon, we need to get the likes of Park ready, as I'd be amazed if he didn't start at least one of those games in an advanced central midfield role. If the team was picked on form then Hernandez would have started against Newcastle.
Same line up as the barcodes game, only play Park for Valencia.
VDS
Rafael, Vidic, Evans, Evra
Nani, Fletcher, Scholes, Giggs
Berbatov, Rooney
Park or Valencia probably in for Giggs + Hernandez in for either Roo or Berbatov during the second half
Rafael, Vidic, Evans, Evra
Nani, Fletcher, Scholes, Giggs
Berbatov, Rooney
Park or Valencia probably in for Giggs + Hernandez in for either Roo or Berbatov during the second half
This.
Rooney - Berbatov
Nani - Fletcher - Scholes - Park
Evra - Vidic - Evans - Rafael
Van der Sar
Nani - Fletcher - Scholes - Park
Evra - Vidic - Evans - Rafael
Van der Sar
Anyone think we might even go 4-5-1 (4-3-3)?
Is the whole Park-always-plays-well-at-Craven-Cottage thingamajig still relevant?
Why are so many people dropping Valencia?
Why are so many people dropping Valencia?
Park needs games and Valencia was pretty shit against Newcastle, that's why I suppose.
But he will probably start the game anyway.
i really hope we can win this by more than a goal.
Comfortable wins over chelseas and Newcastle and the quality in our squad suggests to me that if we play reasonably well we should win this game at without too much trouble
but as you say the trip to fulham is a bit of a banana skin sometimes. I would be happy with a 1-0 but hope for more
I hate to see park and rafael start on the right hand side especially away from home.
If he does start in a 4-4-2 then he'll probably be penciled in on the left with Nani on the right. With the actual game to unfold in more of a free-forwards type situation like we used to do before Valencia came.
Why are so many people dropping Valencia?
For me he he has just come after a very long lay off and in his first 2 games back was excellent but, perhaps the NC was a sign of him not being 100% back. The players that would be in his stead aren't exactly poor - for me it is Nani right and Giggs left - for others it's Park on the right with Nani starting on the left. It won't be a big drop off - might even be an improvement.
Yeh fair enough.
Will SAF keep (or be able to) an unchanged lineup for the first time in years?
Will be a hard game as ever. Newcastle at home wasnt really a test and allthough we were great as the game went on we were a bit sloppy at the start and gave the ball away easy at times. In fact thats normal at this time of the year. The thing is that Fulham would punish us for such errors. All in all i am positive that we can do them. In contrast to last year we even have a back four consisting of defenders.
I really have to say O Shea was the one player that made the most unforced mistakes against Newcastle and allthough i nomrally like him he would be the only one i would give a rest and bring Rafael on instead.
I really have to say O Shea was the one player that made the most unforced mistakes against Newcastle and allthough i nomrally like him he would be the only one i would give a rest and bring Rafael on instead.
We will score from a header.
--------------------------Van Der Sar-------------------------
--Rafael-------------Vidic-----------Evans------------Evra---
---Valencia-------------Park--------Fletcher----------Giggs----
----------------------Hernandez---Rooney---------------------
Scholes will be rested. I will be surprised if he plays. OOh, the hand ball incident comes to mind at fulham all of a sudden. lol
I think Owen will be an early sub for this. Quite alot of players need some playing time and they will be biting their teeth to get going. We lost the last match and this time round it will be a different story. We will thump them.
--Rafael-------------Vidic-----------Evans------------Evra---
---Valencia-------------Park--------Fletcher----------Giggs----
----------------------Hernandez---Rooney---------------------
Scholes will be rested. I will be surprised if he plays. OOh, the hand ball incident comes to mind at fulham all of a sudden. lol
I think Owen will be an early sub for this. Quite alot of players need some playing time and they will be biting their teeth to get going. We lost the last match and this time round it will be a different story. We will thump them.
I can't see Berbatov being dropped seeing as he was very good against Newcastle and if the midfield 4 are the 4 you mention then it would be Giggs in the middle with Park starting wide.
He had 5 missed passes out of 56 including 1 clearance into touch, in comparison to Nani's 16 out of 42, which included an unnessary step over in his own penalty area. Nani made a lot more tackles though albeit most of them unsucessful.
The stats only tell half of the story. O'Shea was very iffy on Monday. He's generally very solid though, i'm not worried about him.
What has Nani got to do with Oshea's performance against Newcastle?
Same team as the one that beat Newcastle for me.
Because the person he was quoting said that O'Shea made the most unforced errors so he was pointing out Nani made more.
Oh well then.
Thought it was about OSheas performance overall.
Anyway I think we should give Rafael some time and let him play against Fulham
Tough game this.
Bit worried.
Some of our rivals WILL drop points at the Cottage this season.
Bit worried.
Some of our rivals WILL drop points at the Cottage this season.
Always a tricky game, I got my 3-0 prediction right with Newcastle bar the Hernandez scoring late bit..... otherwise I think 2-0 because we're yet to win there and I just think Fergie will be desperate to win this one and keep the momentum going. I think we can do it but just about. I expect quite a few changes and a 4-5-1.
otherwise I think 2-0 because we're yet to win there and I just think Fergie will be desperate to win this one and keep the momentum going. I think we can do it but just about. I expect quite a few changes and a 4-5-1.
We've lost twice in a row, but we've won there before...
Always a tricky game, I got my 3-0 prediction right with Newcastle bar the Hernandez scoring late bit.....
Anyway.
Vds
Rafael
Vidic
Evans
Evra
Valencia
Carrick
Giggs
Nani
Rooney
Berbatov.
Could this be the week that Fergie names an unchanged side? I think it's very likely.
We know that's very unlikely to happen, we usually see 2 or 3 changes between games.
e.g Community Sheild ... Evra in, Rafael out, Fletcher in, Carrick out, Valencia in, Park out, Berbatov in, Owen out.
I could see something like:
Van der Sar; Rafael, Vidic, J. Evans, Evra; Valencia, Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs, Park, Rooney
Subs: Kuszczak, Brown/Smalling, O'Shea, Nani, Scholes, Hernandez, Berbatov.