It will have been a month since I sat down to a United game on a weekend when this is on.
If it's postponed I'm going to be the sad.
If it's postponed I'm going to be the sad.
Manchester United v Sunderland
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Are these games in any danger of being called off?
I just checked the weather in Manchester and it seems fine for the weekend. There is very little chance for precipitation and it seems sunny for the next three days.
Posh git
Say what?
There is no snow till Monday is what I meant. Chance of precipitation is 0%, 0% and 10% for today and the weekend.
5 Day Weather Forecast and Conditions for Manchester
5 Day Weather Forecast and Conditions for Manchester
Oh cool, so the games a goer then?
Are you being sarcastic?
Not intentionally.
I can never get the hang of sarcasm on the internet.
But seriously, all i was meaning was i dont think i could keep my emotions in check if i have to go through another weekend without United playing, Christmas will be cancelled here if it happens!
MANCHESTER UNITED v SUNDERLAND EARLY TEAM NEWS
Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has major selection problems for the Boxing Day trip to Manchester United as he has seven senior players missing.
Skipper Lee Cattermole is suspended after his fifth booking of the season and striker Danny Welbeck is ineligible under the terms of his loan agreement with United.
Central defender John Mensah will be out for three weeks with the ankle injury he sustained during last weekend's 1-0 win over Bolton.
Titus Bramble and Michael Turner are both out with knee injuries and David Meyler suffered a knock on his return from a long-term knee injury at Fulham.
Fraizer Campbell is also out with a knee injury.
Alex Ferguson expects Nemanja Vidic and Anderson to be available despite catching the flu virus that affected the club.
Michael Carrick and Nani were also been affected but should be fit to play.
Paul Scholes and John O'Shea are both out.
Manchester United Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Rafael, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Obertan, Carrick, Fletcher, Gibson, Anderson, Park, Giggs, Bebe, Rooney, Berbatov, Macheda, Hernandez, Owen.
Sunderland Squad: Gordon, Mignolet, Onuoha, Bardsley, Richardson, Angeleri, Da Silva, Riveros, Henderson, Malbranque, Elmohamady, Zenden, Bent, Gyan, Meyler, Adams.
Manchester United v Sunderland: Early Team News
Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has major selection problems for the Boxing Day trip to Manchester United as he has seven senior players missing.
Skipper Lee Cattermole is suspended after his fifth booking of the season and striker Danny Welbeck is ineligible under the terms of his loan agreement with United.
Central defender John Mensah will be out for three weeks with the ankle injury he sustained during last weekend's 1-0 win over Bolton.
Titus Bramble and Michael Turner are both out with knee injuries and David Meyler suffered a knock on his return from a long-term knee injury at Fulham.
Fraizer Campbell is also out with a knee injury.
Alex Ferguson expects Nemanja Vidic and Anderson to be available despite catching the flu virus that affected the club.
Michael Carrick and Nani were also been affected but should be fit to play.
Paul Scholes and John O'Shea are both out.
Manchester United Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Rafael, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Obertan, Carrick, Fletcher, Gibson, Anderson, Park, Giggs, Bebe, Rooney, Berbatov, Macheda, Hernandez, Owen.
Sunderland Squad: Gordon, Mignolet, Onuoha, Bardsley, Richardson, Angeleri, Da Silva, Riveros, Henderson, Malbranque, Elmohamady, Zenden, Bent, Gyan, Meyler, Adams.
Manchester United v Sunderland: Early Team News
So what's the weather like in Manchester?
Wes Brown was said to be out by SAF
How many times have we played Sunderland on Stephens/Boxing Day?
Even with O'Shea, Brown and Neville I suppose they could always use Fabio or Evans there if necessary.
Assuming Vidic, Anderson, Carrick and Nani were out:
Van der Sar
Rafael
Ferdinand
Evans
Evra
Park
Fletcher
Gibson
Giggs
Berbatov
Rooney
Subs:
Kusczcak
Fabio
Smalling
Obertan
Bébé
Hernandez
Owen/Macheda
Vidic/Anderson/Carrick and Nani are not out though as confirmed.
It's been too long, can't wait to watch us kick a ball again.
No Bramble
Feels like fecking ages since we last played a game.
No Bramble
Good, he's their best defender.
Last weekend league game was Blackburn, which was a month back
so is this on tv at all? cant seem to find any info
I've scored a ticket to this and I'll be wearing my new John Rocha wooley jacket/cardy thing to keep warm. Good times.
Feels like this game could not come any sooner.
Wouldn't be so surpriswed to see Bebe get a game in the next 4 games - as we'll be out of wingers.
I think SAF might throw in a surprise tomorrow.
No it's a 3pm therefore not on tv.
Fulham v West Ham morning tv game, Villa v Spurs afternoon tv game.
Match of the Day tonight though.
Fulham v West Ham morning tv game, Villa v Spurs afternoon tv game.
Match of the Day tonight though.
Setanta show 3pm kick offs sometimes but neither they nor espn have anything on today.
fecking pain in the arse.
fecking pain in the arse.
No Bramble
Turner is their best defender by some distance imo. Doesnt get the headlines but has been superb for them and was probably Hull's best player before that aswell. The fact that both him and Bramble and Mensah are out can only bode well for us.
Id imagine Sunderland will line up like this
----------------Gordon-------------------
Al-Muhammadi Onouha Ferdinand Bardsley
Malbranque Henderson Riveros Zenden
--------------Bent Gyan-----------------
Very cold.
Is this the lead game on Football first tonight?
-2°C is not cold.
any teams yet?
I had a dream that we went 1 - 0 down but came back to win 3 - 1.
A Rooney goal got us level, then an own goal. Then somebody called Vevre scored to make it 3 -1, which kind of quashed the dreams credibility. It may have been my brain trying to say Evra, not sure.
A Rooney goal got us level, then an own goal. Then somebody called Vevre scored to make it 3 -1, which kind of quashed the dreams credibility. It may have been my brain trying to say Evra, not sure.
Nani injured and Fletcher ill according to Mark Sullivan on MUTV on Twitter.
That Sunderland team could cause us problems, they look strong up front. Im going for a 2-1 win for us, Berba x2.
fecks sake
How long is nani out for?