Manchester United vs. Fulham

The catch is the only way Rooney gets fit is by playing. He aint going to get sharp on the bench.

Two kinds of fitness: physical fitness and match fitness. Rooney is lacking both. Needs to get up to speed in training first before giving him minutes on the pitch.
 
I thought nani would at least be on the bench..l looks like fantasy points will take a hit this week unless kagawa gets a few goals :lol:
 
Nani should have been on the bench at least. It's clearly some discipline/contract issue; as it stands we have three strikers among the subs...

Rooney was probably left out for being shit, nothing more. It's also heartwarming to see that Fergie will not move Kagawa wide/drop him for the sake of playing Rooney and Van Persie together.
 
Even though he was awful, I would've preferred Rooney starting as I want him to get an understanding with Kagawa and RVP as quickly as possible and he's not going to do that from the bench.

Strong bench but no Nani at all is a surprise.
 
Great team. I'd have Nani on the bench though, no need for 3 strikers.
 
Nani not even on the bench?

What an absolute load of bullshit that is.
 
That bench :lol:. Ridiculously good.

Very worrying regarding Nani though. Hopefully just a minor knock, madness if there is any truth in us possibly offloading him.
 
I've got that feeling too... I mean if anzhi actually bid 40m or so then it should be an easy decision...

It shouldn't be. We'd be left with two actual wide players and Ashley Young is hardly an undroppable world class performer.

If Nani is sold, we will be forced to pray that Welbeck or Rooney quickly grasps what being a wide forward is all about.
 
Schwarzer; Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Briggs; Duff, Diarra, Dembele, Kacaniklic; Ruiz; Petric

I haven't heard of their fullbacks!
 
Nani not even on the bench?

What an absolute load of bullshit that is.

Why? He was shocking last week, maybe needs more of a rest after the summer or something but a good kick up the hole might be just as effective.
 
It shouldn't be. We'd be left with two actual wide players and Ashley Young is hardly an undroppable world class performer.

If Nani is sold, we will be forced to pray that Welbeck or Rooney quickly grasps what being a wide forward is all about.

Or we'll sign a winger. We tried for Hazard and Lucas.
 
It shouldn't be. We'd be left with two actual wide players and Ashley Young is hardly an undroppable world class performer.

If Nani is sold, we will be forced to pray that Welbeck or Rooney quickly grasps what being a wide forward is all about.

40 million though? There'd still be time to get a replacement too, someone like isco, or muniain. Not saying I want him gone because I love nani on form but SAF has never seemed to trust him and was always much more harsh with him then others, like leaving him out of the squad completely after a poor game.