Boro v. United

I think he will rest Scholes and Giggs again. O´Shea and Fletcher instead of them.
 
Giggsy PO said:
I think he will rest Scholes and Giggs again. O´Shea and Fletcher instead of them.

I am pretty sure Scholes will play. Ronaldo is struggling with a dodgy ankle, so I think he will be retsed and Giggs will be back. Wwe need Giggs or Ronaldo to play.
 
CnutOfAllCnuts said:
Wwe need Giggs or Ronaldo to play.

Spot on, we need someone to get in behind them other than the front 2.

Not sure Carrick needs a rest though but I can see it with Neville.

----------van der Sar
Brown----Rio-----Vidic----Evra
Fletcher--Carrick--Scholes--Giggs
---------Rooney--Saha

Hopefully Park or Ole can make the bench as well.
 
----------VDS-----------
Neville--Rio--Vidic--Heinze
---------Carrick----------
Ronaldo------------Giggs-
---------Rooney----------
------Saha---Larsson-----
 
3-0

hopefully some f*cking revenge for last season

ronaldo rooney saha
 
-----------VDS
Neville--Rio-Brown--Evra
Fletcher-O'Shea-Scholes-Giggs
-------Rooney-Saha

Thats my prediction, maybe Vidic instead of Rio.
Hopefuly we will win, 2-0 for us imo :smirk: .
 
I really wish Henke would be avaliable for this one :nervous:

Anyway according to manutd.com there are no injuries so we'll use the same side that faced Chelsea with possibly Evra coming in for Heinze.
 
Got to be our strongest team, SAF knows this and will pla the strongest team. Middlesborough outplayed us last season, time for payback!
 
kiristao said:
I think we should go with this line up and then substitute giggs and carrick when we have the lead.
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I agree with that.
 
---------------Saha
------Ronaldo---------Rooney
--------------Scholes-----------
-----Carrick-------------Fletcher
Heinze-----Vidic------Rio-----Brown
---------------VDS
 
I think we should win. I agree with those saying that we used to have trouble with them under Macca.. But with Southgate in charge, I think they will be hard to break down at the back.. I watched them last week vs Villa, it was very boring..
 
Sean_RedDevil said:
2-0 Utd, Rooney, Giggs

-----------------VDS------------------
-Brown-----Rio----------Vidic------Evra
Ronaldo---Scholes------Fletcher---Giggs
----------Rooney--------Saha---------

Rest: Neville
Bench: Kuszczak, Heinze, O´Shea, Carrick, Solskjaer

Carrick should start ahead of Fletcher.

No point changing a winning combination. Besides, playing Fletcher would be a tad negative, unless we are already 3 nil up by half time.
 
Nick 0208 Ldn said:
I can see Giggs coming back and Ronnie sitting this one out [whether that be rested outright or on the bench at the start] with Fletch taking his place on the flank.

We should field as strong a team as possible, wary of Boro after our recent history, and let's not forget what they did to Chelsea earlier this season too.

A tight 0-2 win, goal in each half.

Agreed.
 
i have a nasty feeling that this will be the one that we slip up in
 
United are a different team this year. And I'm sure no one at United (manager/players) are aware of this possible hurdle.

I think SAF will start with a full strength team and if we're doing well then sub the important players for the CL game ahead.
 
boro aren't really a bogey team you know!

other than the 4-1 hammering, we have won the other 3 previous visits to the riverside. but granted, they have a better record against us than many FAPL teams.

for a team with so much attacking flair and power - they don't score or even create enough. mendieta and rochemback are out of favour and so they will be replaced by workman-like players like cattermole. viduka is injured as is christie and yakubu is not in the form of last season.

it all points to them sitting back and playing for a draw.
 
032Devil said:
I think SAF will start with a full strength team

I dont think he will, i reckon Fletcher and possibly OShea may start
 
golden_blunder said:
i have a nasty feeling that this will be the one that we slip up in


Always a shite place to go. But our record there isn't that bad. We should win this game.
 
I hate this match.


----------VdS----------

Gary---Rio----Vidic---Evra

Ronnie-Scholes-Carrick-Giggs

-------Rooney-Saha-------

Evra played great last game so he deserves another go.

Pred:

2-0

Ronaldo and a first for Carrick
 
ole_gunner said:
If you're going to start a matchday thread you could at least be bothered to write the header in full and keep things sharp ffs..

"Middlesbrough versus Manchester United".. a bit too long of a topic I say
 
Jacob said:
"Middlesbrough versus Manchester United".. a bit too long of a topic I say


Agree. The thread is fine. But didn`t you have different badges to start with? Some fancy 3G stuff? Or is my memory playing tricks on me again?
 
Ruben said:
Agree. The thread is fine. But didn`t you have different badges to start with? Some fancy 3G stuff? Or is my memory playing tricks on me again?

I did :) But the links broke and I couldn't be arsed to upload them again.
 
Desert Eagle said:
I know and its now 15 minutes to the game

What game are you talking about? Our game starts at 17.15