He's on loan. Nice line-up though. Might be better suited to West Ham, actually. Less finesse than a team featuring Cleverley and Carrick, but a bit more grit and muscle.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
He's on loan. Nice line-up though. Might be better suited to West Ham, actually. Less finesse than a team featuring Cleverley and Carrick, but a bit more grit and muscle.
Tom Thorpe is available from the reserves, he's the captain and quite a good center back himself, though he often plays in midfield. I wouldn't mind seeing him play if we indeed need to protect our CBs.
We've all seen the team suffer from discontinuity when we make a large number of changes and/or bring injured players back into the starting line-up.
Cheech and Val have been playing regularly and I'm not worried about them coming into the team. But if we're already looking at rotating 4 of our back 5, that is enough to cause some disruption. If we bring in Scholes as well as Nani and Anderson from injury, I would expect there to be some issues with team cohesion.
I'd guess Rooney starts, but Nani and Anderson come off the bench. Perhaps Cleverley will get the nod, being young and able to recover better than Carrick, to partner Scholes.
It seems a good game to start Giggs on the wing, and while Scholes and Giggs together may not be optimal, we'll have plenty of quality and speed all around them.
Tom Thorpe. Jeeze, talk about the forgotten man.
He's been pretty good in defense this year, him and Wootton are well ahead of the rest when you compare goals allowed per game at center back.
GOALS ALLOWED AVERAGE
G=Games
GA=Goals Allowed
GAA=Goals Allowed Average
GG=Goals in each Games
GOALS ALLOWED AVERAGE
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| [U]Center Backs[/U] | [U]G[/U] | [U]GA[/U] | [U][B]GAA[/B][/U] | [U]GG[/U] |
| Scott [B]WOOTTON[/B] | 7 | 6 | [B]0.86[/B] | 2,0,1,1,1,1,0 |
| Tom [b]THORPE[/b] | 9 | 8 | [B]0.88[/B] | 0,1,0,2,2,0,2,1,0 |
| Jonny [B]EVANS [/B] | 1 | 1 | [B]1.00[/B] | 1 |
| Michele [B]FORNASIER[/B] | 14 | 20 | [B]1.43[/B] | 2,0,2,2,0,3,1,4,1,1,1,2,1,0 |
| Luke [B]MCCULLOUGH[/B] | 2 | 3 | [B]1.50[/B] | 2,1 |
| Tyler [B]BLACKETT[/B] | 3 | 5 | [B]1.67[/B] | 2,1,2 |
| Michael [b]KEANE[/b] | 7 | 13 | [B]1.86[/B] | 1,1,1,3,1,4,0 |
| Frederic [B]VESELI [/B] | 1 | 2 | [B]2.00[/B] | 2 |G=Games
GA=Goals Allowed
GAA=Goals Allowed Average
GG=Goals in each Games
I believe Jones and Smalling will be cb pairing tomorrow, with Buttner on LB. It will be interesting to see who will play on right back position.
I hope so, particularly in the case of Jones. He needs to play some game in the position for which he was purchased and the Cup is his best opportunity right now.
He was restin up for 3 weeks in December and has played 3 games in 15 days on his return. He's also 22 and fit as feck. No way does he need a break
Is anything actually wrong with Nick Powell?
I'd have hoped he would play more so far this season and he's going to get even less opportunities now... Maybe he can sneak a sub appearance here.
I'd have hoped he would play more so far this season and he's going to get even less opportunities now... Maybe he can sneak a sub appearance here.
We could potentially be putting out an XI that would've been one of our best in the two previous seasons (a line up without our two new signings) in the FA cup. Nice to be in a position to do that.
Getting quite excited about this.
My prediction is that Welbeck & Chico as well as Giggs will start, I can see Rooney & Nani coming on together for the last 25 mins. Hopefully they be ready for a full 90 mins against Spurs at the weekend
My prediction is that Welbeck & Chico as well as Giggs will start, I can see Rooney & Nani coming on together for the last 25 mins. Hopefully they be ready for a full 90 mins against Spurs at the weekend
From what I've read sir Alex has mentioned Hernandez and Valencia as well as Rooney and Nani. Then claims few changes will be made.
Tony V with nani ahead of him
Yeah, but who will play on the left then? I almost forgot we have Giggsy, yeah, that could be good to see.
I hope that scabby little pikey Cole plays tonight, just so someone can kick the shit out of him.
I can't see Rio starting 2 games in 4 days. I reckon he'll probably go for...
Either that or he'll start one of Giggs/Scholes in the middle and Welbeck out wide.
De Gea
Valencia... Smalling... Jones... Buttner
Nani... Scholes...Anderson... Giggs
Rooney
Hernandez
Valencia... Smalling... Jones... Buttner
Nani... Scholes...Anderson... Giggs
Rooney
Hernandez
Either that or he'll start one of Giggs/Scholes in the middle and Welbeck out wide.
According to the Telegraph:
Provisional squad: Lindegaard, De Gea, Amos, Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evans, Buttner, Evra, Cleverley, Giggs, Fletcher, Anderson, Scholes, Carrick, Kagawa, Nani, Hernandez, Rooney, Welbeck, Van Persie.
Provisional squad: Lindegaard, De Gea, Amos, Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evans, Buttner, Evra, Cleverley, Giggs, Fletcher, Anderson, Scholes, Carrick, Kagawa, Nani, Hernandez, Rooney, Welbeck, Van Persie.
Rafael?
Basically the strongest squad we could put out minus Rafael AND Jones? Oh, Valencia and Young is missing too.
Jones?
Jones must be injured again. There's no reason not to have him on the subs' bench, at least.
Is it also the norm to have three keepers in the squad?
Those squads are never correct so Jones and Rafael will of course be there.
Saf
So basiaclly minus most of the wide players except Nani, Evra and Buttner
He's deservedly one of our most praised u21 players this season after looking the bee's knees in midfield as well as defense. Having turned 20 just 3 days ago there's nothing forgotten about him.
These are the players available:
de Gea, Lindegaard, Amos
Rafael, Evra, Jones, Ferdinand, Smalling, Vidic, Buttner
Valencia, Anderson, Giggs, Carrick, Nani, Scholes, Cleverley, Fletcher, Kagawa
Rooney, Hernandez, Welbeck, van Persie
Young and Evans are the only definite absentees. I imagine rests will be handed to Evra, Ferdinand, Carrick and van Persie but other than that will be largely full strength.
de Gea, Lindegaard, Amos
Rafael, Evra, Jones, Ferdinand, Smalling, Vidic, Buttner
Valencia, Anderson, Giggs, Carrick, Nani, Scholes, Cleverley, Fletcher, Kagawa
Rooney, Hernandez, Welbeck, van Persie
Young and Evans are the only definite absentees. I imagine rests will be handed to Evra, Ferdinand, Carrick and van Persie but other than that will be largely full strength.
Jones just came on against Liverpool. It's just a dumb mistake by the speculators.
Yeah, that's true. But considering that he had 3 billion injuries in past years I think that we should be a little more careful with him.
Do you consider a potential home game versus Fulham, that as a kick away from being Blackpool, a particularly "Fixed" draw?
Judging by the lack of posts in here it seems I'm not the only one who isn't particularly arsed about this match.
The website is confident...
No, I'm waiting for someone to post the line-ups. The usual crew aren't upto their jobs tonight.
I'm looking forward to this! Mostly to see Ando and Nani back in action.
The website is confident...
Expect that in the Daily Mail if everything goes wrong tonight.
Would anyone be kind enough to check the box to see what time the program starts, as you can't check in Ireland.
lineups?
#WHUFC v #MUFC : Jaaskelainen, Spence, Tomkins, Reid, Potts; Diarra, O'Neill, Diame, Taylor; Vaz Te, C Cole
Lineups??
