BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE
Sunday 1st of May 2011
EMIRATES STADIUM
KO: 14.05 BST
Arsenal vs. Manchester United
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BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE
Sunday 1st of May 2011
EMIRATES STADIUM
KO: 14.05 BST
Form guide:
Arsenal: DDWDDL
Manchester United: LWWWDW
Injuries:
Arsenal: Vermaelen
Manchester United: Hargreaves
Suspended:
Arsenal: None
Manchester United: Scholes
Last 5 games:
Arsenal
Bolton - Arsenal 2 - 1
Tottenham - Arsenal 3 - 3
Arsenal - Liverpool 1 - 1
Blackpool - Arsenal 1 - 3
Arsenal - Blackburn 0 - 0
Manchester United
0 - 2 Schalke 04 - Man Utd
1 - 0 Man Utd - Everton
0 - 0 Newcastle - Man Utd
1 - 0 Man City - Man Utd
2 - 1 Man Utd - Chelsea
Going to miss this. 
Reckon we'll win 1-0.
Reckon we'll win 1-0.
where are the badges?
Reckon Fergie will play:
--------------------- VDS -------------------
O'SHEA -- FERDINAND -- VIDIC --- EVRA
NANI --- CARRICK --- SCHOLES ---- PARK
-------------------- ROONEY ---------------
----------------- HERNANDEZ --------------
--------------------- VDS -------------------
O'SHEA -- FERDINAND -- VIDIC --- EVRA
NANI --- CARRICK --- SCHOLES ---- PARK
-------------------- ROONEY ---------------
----------------- HERNANDEZ --------------
6-0. Easy win.
14.05 kick off, not 14.25
Scholes is suspended
where are the badges?
Worst match day thread ever. We are doomed
Brown has 89th minute own goals in his eyes
You certainly could have done better Jacob..
0-1.
0-1.
Odd kick-off time
Fergie'll take the piss again,
---------Lindegaard
Brown Smalling Evans Fabio
Bebe Fletcher Anderson Obertan
-----Owen Hernandez
---------Lindegaard
Brown Smalling Evans Fabio
Bebe Fletcher Anderson Obertan
-----Owen Hernandez
I think same as today, with Nani coming in for Valencia. And any one of O'Shea/Rafael/Fabio at RB
van der Sar
Rafael
Ferdinand
Vidic
Evra
Valencia
Carrick
Anderson
Park
Nani
Rooney
SUBS: Kuszczak, O'Shea, Smalling, Giggs, Fletcher, Berbatov, Hernandez.
Could potentially see Fletcher or Berbatov coming in for this one if Fergie wanted to rest Valencia, what with the midfield (and Rooney's) flexibility, any combination is viable, really.
Rafael
Ferdinand
Vidic
Evra
Valencia
Carrick
Anderson
Park
Nani
Rooney
SUBS: Kuszczak, O'Shea, Smalling, Giggs, Fletcher, Berbatov, Hernandez.
Could potentially see Fletcher or Berbatov coming in for this one if Fergie wanted to rest Valencia, what with the midfield (and Rooney's) flexibility, any combination is viable, really.
You have to be joking ....... oh wait, you are.
Fabio/Rafael on the wings again ?
Same lineup please. Possibly swapping Giggsy for Scholes and Rafael for Fabio.
He will rest player vs Schalke instead like he did when we were 2-0 up from the Roma game in 2008.
Pretty sure this will be the team. Unless Berbatov is fit!
Team should be...
GK: VDS
RB: Fabio
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Vidic
LB: Evra
RM: Valencia
CM: Carrick
CM: Park
CM: Anderson
LM: Nani
CF: Rooney
Subs: PIG, Rafael, Smalling, Giggs, Gibson, Hernandez, Owen
Would take a draw right now!
GK: VDS
RB: Fabio
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Vidic
LB: Evra
RM: Valencia
CM: Carrick
CM: Park
CM: Anderson
LM: Nani
CF: Rooney
Subs: PIG, Rafael, Smalling, Giggs, Gibson, Hernandez, Owen
Would take a draw right now!
Me too. A draw means that defeat to Chelsea would not be fatal. We would win the league by beating Blackburn and Blackpool.
Fergie wants to win the next two league matches and be done, simply because he wants to rest up for two weeks for the CL final.
We wont lose to Chelsea.
Arsenal have 7 points from their last 6 league games. We will thrash them
Bottlers gonna bottle
Arsenal have 7 points from their last 6 league games. We will thrash them
Bottlers gonna bottle
We now have as many away wins in Europe in 6 in games as we have in 17 in the PL
We now have as many away wins in Europe in 6 in games as we have in 17 in the PL
That's because we don't get pressed high up, and for our own part, we seem more concentrated defesively. In that sense, this game should suit us. Arsenal aren't the most tactically savvy or defesively resolute in the world, and we'll get our share of space to play and create chances. We better finish them better than we did tonight thouhg if we want to get a result.
feck it, let's stick Ollie Norwood in goal again.
I did consider Anderson instead of Giggs or Nani.
I did consider Anderson instead of Giggs or Nani.
Hernadez will play against Arsenal. His movement will cause chaos against he gunners fragile defense. We need to go all out and beat Arsenal imo.
The same team as tonight please. Why change a winning formula? I know Shalke weren't exactly our most formidable opposition, but we were brilliant as well.
Keep it the same please SAF.
Keep it the same please SAF.
Either 1-4 or a tight 1-1. Depending on how we respond mentally.
0-0 will do me fine.
Going to this one. I've only attending winning matches, I expect that run to continue. I'm hoping for a similar line up like the Schalke game.
think we will play on the counter.
wont be surprised if we win this 2-0
wont be surprised if we win this 2-0
The good thing is though, we weren't that troubled by Schalke tonight. We played the game at our own pace, we barely broke a sweat.
We should be okay on Sunday, can't see us suffering from fatigue too much.
We should be okay on Sunday, can't see us suffering from fatigue too much.
He was clearly jokingYep that and the 5 day rest between the two games
Reckon ferdinand will be rested.