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Tuesday 29th October 2013​
League Cup-4th round​
Old Trafford​
KO: 19:45 GMT​
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Lindegaard

Rafael
Ferdinand
Evans
Buttner

Valencia
Anderson
Giggs
Young

Januzaj
Hernandez

SUBS: de Gea, Jones, Smalling, Cleverley, Nani, Welbeck, Rooney.
 
Lindegaard
Fabio smalling jones buttner
Zaha fellaini Anderson young
Januzaj
Hernandez
 
This cup grows in importance the way the league is going.

I'd probably keep Evans and Jones together, try and develop that partnership.

Januzaj, Hernandez and Zaha should definitely start.
 
Lindegaard
Rafael Smalling Jones Fabio
Zaha Fellaini Anderson Welbeck
Zanuzaj
Hernandez

Cameos from Will Keane and...Thorpe? M.Keane? Cole?
 
Hope Butner or Anderson get nowhere near a start as both dead wood!
 
Lindegaard
Rafael Rio Smalling Fabio
Zaha Fellaini Anderson Young
Januzaj
Hernandez

Hopefully a comfortable win.

Edit: If fit, Welbeck instead of Young.
 
Strange how our near £30 million midfielder is now part of the second team! Maybe this is an opportunity for him to relax and play?

Zaha a must.I would rather Adnan be a sub and have the last half hour because he'll be need to be fresh for the Fulham game with Arsenal to follow.

Lindegaard
Rafael Rio Smalling Fabio
Zaha Fellaini Anderson Young
kagawa
Hernandez​
 
----------------lindegaard------------------
fabio------smalling--------jones--------buttner
zaha------cleverley--------anderson-------young
----------hernandez------januzaj-----------

subs: amos, evans, carrick, giggs, valencia, rooney, van persie
 
I really wish Fellaini wasn't cup-tied.

Lindegaard
Rafael--Ferdinand--Vidic--Fabio
Giggs--Jones--Anderson
Zaha--Hernandez--Welbeck

Subs: Amos, Buttner, Carrick, Valencia, Young, Januzaj, W.Keane

If Welbeck isn't fit start Young on the left and put Larnell Cole on the bench.
 
Ah, Fellaini is cup-tied. Giggs it is then along with Anderson in midfield.
What about someone from U-21s, Larnell Cole or Charni Ekangamene being given a start?
 
Will be 3rd win in a row... MOYES IS ON FIYAAHHH
 

De Gea

Valencia Smalling Vidic Fabio

Jones Anderson Giggs

Zaha Hernandez Januzaj​

A win and hopefully a decent attacking performance. This is all I want from this game :cool:
 
If Moyes sees Evans and Jones as a partnership he wants to develop should keep them together despite the issues.

Other than that I don't really mind but would like to seen Zaha.
 
Zaha HAS to play this. Unless maybe he's injured and that's why he didn't play u21s on Monday.

Him not getting a look in is annoying as feck.
 
Can we please have a comfortable win? I won't last till the end of the season at this rate...

Lindegaard​
Rafael Smalling Vidic Fabio​
Cleverley Anderson​
Zaha Kagawa Young​
Hernandez​
 
De Gea

Rafael
Smalling
Vidic
Fabio

Zaha
Anderson
Jones
Januzaj

Giggs
Hernandez

Last chance saloon for Anderson.
 
Vital to win this. When I suggested before that we needed to take the League Cup seriously because of how difficult it might be to collect silverwear I was laughed at. Nobody's laughing now. Plus, winning something will do so much for Moyes and the Man Utd squad who both look a little uncertain and a little nervy right now. If we can get through this competition and actually win it, the confidence that's so obviously lacking in so many right now will come flooding back.
 
RonaldoVII said:
Can we please have a comfortable win? I won't last till the end of the season at this rate...

Lindegaard​
Rafael Smalling Vidic Fabio​
Cleverley Anderson​
Zaha Kagawa Young​
Hernandez​
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Something along the lines of this would be good.

Really young team but should have lots of energy and enthusiasm and hopefully a desire to prove something to the manager.
 
I hope Nani and Kagawa both play, they were poor today and need to get straight back on the horse.

Lindegaard

Rafael
Evans
Jones
Fabio

Nani
Anderson
Cleverley
Young

Kagawa
Hernandez
 
Wrote first post then realised Fellaini is cup tied. What a pain in the ass. This competition would be perfect for him to show if he can cover Carrick's position in the side. If Cleverley is close to full fitness, may as well try him with Anderson or Giggs then and give games to the likes of Fabio, Smalling, Januzaj, Hernandez and Welbeck. Pretty sure Young and Valencia will feature in this and as Kagawa and Nani got the starts today I'd expect them to be subs at best.
 
STARTING XI
Lindegaard - Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Büttner - Cleverley, Anderson; Zaha, Kagawa, Nani - Chicharito

BENCH
Amos, Fabio, Jones, Januzaj, Young, Rooney, W.Keane

RESTED
Giggs, van Persie, Carrick, De Gea, Valencia

OUT
Vidic, Ferdinand, Fletcher, Welbeck, Fellaini
 
If Zaha is fit and doesn't feature. He simply has no future at the club. It will make no sense from a footballing aspect and a business one.
 
Eric'sCollar said:
If Zaha is fit and doesn't feature. He simply has no future at the club. It will make no sense from a footballing aspect and a business one.
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This

But i believe he will start.

The problem is only.........he hasn't played much football in the last 2 months so it's not easy for him to make a great impact.

So it's difficult for Moyes to find the right team for the game............players like Lindegaard, Fabio, Büttner, Anderson, Zaha or Young haven't played much football in the last weeks and it's a big risk to play so many of them against a Premier League side.

I want that we win the League Cup.
 
lindegaard
rafael jones evans fabio
---anderson--cleverley---
-nani----------------zaha
----------kagawa--------
------chicha-------------

if united can get some kind of control in this game, can be a good chance for nani and kagawa to express themselves.
rest januzaj, rooney and rvp for the weekend.
need to try fabio at lb, as if he can get into some kind of form, he will be useful as a back-up to buttner.
 
I can see us putting out a fairly strong side for this. Probably rest one of Rooney and RVP, with Hernandez getting a start. I would like to see Fabio get a game, don't want to see Buttner getting a game over him. Would be good to see something of Zaha as well
 
I'd still start Kagawa if he's fit enough. He needs some continuity. Hopefully as a number 10.



My team:


-----De Gea / Lindegaard
Rafael-Smalling-Evans/Vidic-Fabio
-----Fellaini---Cleverley-----------
Zaha-----Kagawa-------Januzaj
-----------Hernandez
 
#07 said:
Vital to win this. When I suggested before that we needed to take the League Cup seriously because of how difficult it might be to collect silverwear I was laughed at. Nobody's laughing now. Plus, winning something will do so much for Moyes and the Man Utd squad who both look a little uncertain and a little nervy right now. If we can get through this competition and actually win it, the confidence that's so obviously lacking in so many right now will come flooding back.
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:lol: Nobody gives a toss about this competition, better to save our energy for trophies that actually matter.
 
Lindegaard
Rafael--Ferdinand--Vidic--Fabio
Jones--Anderson
Zaha--Welbeck--Young
Hernandez

Subs: Amos, Smalling, Buttner, Giggs, Valencia, Januzaj, W.Keane

Rotate the whole team. Not highly bothered about this competition but don't want us to lose to Norwich. If Ferdinand or Vidic are not 100% then start Smalling and put M.Keane on the bench. I was going to go Cleverley with Anderson or Giggs with Anderson but we'd get smashed on the counter as there would be no cover.

If Welbeck isn't fit then start Giggs and turn it into a 4-3-3 that way Anderson would have a bit more freedom.
 
ryan_forlan said:
lindegaard
rafael jones evans fabio
---anderson--cleverley---
-nani----------------zaha
----------kagawa--------
------chicha-------------

if united can get some kind of control in this game, can be a good chance for nani and kagawa to express themselves.
rest januzaj, rooney and rvp for the weekend.
need to try fabio at lb, as if he can get into some kind of form, he will be useful as a back-up to buttner.
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I like this team - I'd have a strongish bench though

I might start Giggs and rest Cleverley as I'd regard Tom as first choice....

its a shame Fellaini isn't available and this would have been a great game for Rio to come back into if he is fit

I'd take Fabio over Buttner every day of the week - Buttner has his attacking aggressive qualities but the guy has no positional awareness and is a liability defensively - must have started out as a winger
 
evra said:
:lol: Nobody gives a toss about this competition, better to save our energy for trophies that actually matter.
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i disagree

the most important thing for the team now is momentum.... a win on Tuesday, a win at the weekend will put us in great shape for the game with Arsenal

the team have an issue with confidence at the minute and we need to extend our winning run of 2 games....

if we are going to compete we need to be able to win 5/6/7/8 games in a row at different points in the season
 
buckooo1978 said:
I like this team - I'd have a strongish bench though

I might start Giggs and rest Cleverley as I'd regard Tom as first choice....

its a shame Fellaini isn't available and this would have been a great game for Rio to come back into if he is fit

I'd take Fabio over Buttner every day of the week - Buttner has his attacking aggressive qualities but the guy has no positional awareness and is a liability defensively - must have started out as a winger
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Welcome up, David Moyes!
 
evra said:
:lol: Nobody gives a toss about this competition, better to save our energy for trophies that actually matter.
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But Moyes has to win a trophy - any trophy. I've always thought the League Cup was a waste of time even when we managed to win it. Play the kids.
 
Silly arrogant talk saying this cup doesn't matter.

There's 3 domestic cups, we need to be getting one of them.
FA Cup we tend to get some ridiculous draws and haven't done well since the middle of last decade, so this one is our best chance.

Win the Norwich game and we're in the quarter finals!

And you can't beat the momentum of a win.

Put Norwich away, avoid the Chelsea/City/Arsenal and we're well away.
 
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