Manchester United vs. Wigan Athletic

VidaRed

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Barclays Premier League
Old Trafford
Wednesday 14th January 2009
KO - 20:00 GMT
 
i think after today we will see a fresh yet very strong line-up against Wigan:
-------------VDS-----------
---Rafael-Vidic-Evans-Evra---
Nani-Carrick-Scholes-Anderson
------Tevez-Rooney-------

2-0 Tevez and Nani.

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Team should be...

GK: VDS

RB: Rafael
CB: Vidic
CB: Evans
LB: Evra

RM: Ronaldo
CM: Carrick
CM: Scholes
LM: Park - would loved to have put Tosic there

CF: Rooney
CF: Berbatov

Subs: PIG, Neville, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Tevez

Another win but due to Wigan's recent form and our (albeit today excluded) recent inability to convert chances to goals I'll go with 1-0 Ronaldo with the goal
 
Tosic won't be involved for a while. Reckon Ronnie will get a brace
 
van der Sar
Neville - Ferdinand/Evans - Vidic - Evra
Ronaldo - Carrick - Scholes - Nani
Tevez - Rooney
subs: PIG, Rafael, O'Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Park, Berbatov

Would love Ronaldo to score; beyond that, hopefully the lads use today's performance to spur themselves on to a comfortable victory. The thought of being top a week hence = :devil:
 
It would be devastating to drop points here now. Glad we're at home, another atmosphere like that would help (Not like there will be!)
 
Gotta win this or beating Chelsea meant nothing.
 
---------------- Ven der Sar ----------------
Rafael ----- Vidić -------- Evans ----- O'Shea
-------- Carrick ----------- Scholes ---------
Park -------------------------------- Ronaldo
--------------------- Rooney ---------------
--------------- Berbatov --------------------

Subs: Kuszczak; Neville; Fletcher, Anderson, Nani; Welbeck, Tévez.

Don't know how bad Evra's injury is, hopefully it's not too bad and he'll play. But O'Shea has been great at Left Back when needed IMO. Ferdinand will most definitely miss this, so Evans gets another game, he was great against Chelsea after two rather poor performances in Cup games. Rafael might get the nod after Gary played the full 90 against Chelsea. Vidić is the best.

If Sir Alex wants to play Rafael over Neville, he'll probably go for Park again just for the defensive assurance. Carrick and Scholes have been rested, so should start, while Ronaldo obviously will.

Rooney and Berbatov to continue upfront.

Park to go off in the second half for Nani, just because Park does need time to recover after such an effort against Chelsea, but I want to see Park out there again for a while. I'd probably say Scholes, Rooney or Berbatov should go off for Anderson to slot into midfield if we're comfy, while Tévez should also get some game time in this match, replacing Rooney or Berbatov.

Expect us to win, but Wigan are in very good form.

Possibility of seeing Tošić on the bench yet? Or still too soon does everyone reckon?
 
Skelter said:
It would be devastating to drop points here now. Glad we're at home, another atmosphere like that would help (Not like there will be!)
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There form is incredible, something like 6 wins from the last 7 games, probably the league's form team
 
-------------VDS
Rafael -- Evans -- Vidic -- O´shea
Ronaldo - Carrick - Scholes - Nani
---------Tevez - Rooney

Bench: Kuszczak, Neville, Fletcher, Anderson, Park, Welbeck, Berbatov

I´m kinda nervous for this game. Teams always have a habit of screwing up when they have games in hand, plus Wigan are in great form and they have done well against the big clubs since Steve Bruce took over.
 
Can't see us not winning this one.

2-0.
 
Boothy said:
Tevez must start...
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Why? I thought Berba and Rooney worked just fine today. With the poor form Tevez has shown recently, I'd rather him to prove that he can do well as a substitute - from there he can earn himself a place in the starting XI.
 
VDS

Rafael
Vida
Evans
Evra

Ronnie
Carrick
Scholes
Nani

Tevez
Berbatov

subs: PIG, Neville, Oshea, Anderson, Rooney, Giggs, Fletcher.
 
----------------- Do we need anyone ------------------
Rafael -------- Vidic ------- Evans ------ Evra/O'Shea
Ronaldo ---- Carrick ------- Scholes ---------- Nani
--------------- Berbatov ------- Rooney ---------------

Bench: PIG, Gaz, Fletch, Anderson, Park, Tevez, Welbeck
 
I'll echo everyone elses thought that Tevez MUST start this game. The reception that he got last night during his warm up was unbelievable.

Wigan's not going to be easy to beat. Most in-form team in the premiership at the moment ... 18 out of their last 21 ... we will have to be at our best to break them down and beat them.
 
Ps - How good is Valencia ? I didn;t rate him last year but seeing some of the performances he's put in the last weeks justifies the interest from Madrid and Italy. Good good player !!
 
VDS

Rafael
Vidic
Evans
Evra (if fit)/O'Shea

Ronaldo
Carrick
Scholes
Nani

Rooney
Tevez

Subs: Kusz, Neville, Anderson, Fletcher, Park, Berbatov, Welbeck.

3-0 to us. Hope we'll play to our strengths, not resting on our laurels.
 
Lets change some players to keep the team fresh.

Tevez in for Berbs, Carrick and Scholes in midfield, Nani for Park. Rafael for Nev. A pretty strong bench just in case. Remember we should have one eye on Bolton (Away).
 
My dodgy Foxtel is still being reprogrammed by the Lebanese cnut, I've been so upset recently.
 
Wigan had a hard game today and may not have too many fresh players to bring in. We will have Scholes, Carrick, Tevez, Anderson, Nani, O'Shea and Rafael rested. Home games suit Scholes, so I'd like to see him and Carrick back.
 
Yeh, I'll be very surprised if both Carrick and Scholes don't start after a rest, unless Fergie wants to give Anderson a game. I reckon Scholes will start and be taken off after 60-70 for Anderson though.

Giggs plays once a week nowadays, so I don't expect him to be in the squad, especially after all the effort he put in against Chelsea, he's bound to be knackered and won't recover in time. Park and Fletcher will be similar, except we'd normally expect them to be able to play again, but the game against Chelsea made them work harder than they usually do. I'd like to see Park still start, but if Nani is brought in, fair doo's. Just be careful of Valencia.

Rafael will probably start over Neville this time as well, but Rafael, Evra (if fit), Nani, Ronaldo, Rooney, and Berbatov on one team may leave us a bit open... We'll see though.
 
------------VdS
Rafael-Evans-Vidic-O'Shea
Carrick-Scholes-Anderson
Ronaldo-Rooney-Carlitos
 
------------------ van der Sar -------------------

-- Rafael ----- Vidic ------ Evans -- Evra/O'Shea --

--- Ronaldo --- Carrick ----- Anderson ---- Nani ---

-------------- Berbatov --- Tevez ----------------

Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Scholes, Giggs, Park, Rooney, O'Shea/Welbeck

2-0
Ronaldo x2 When was the last time that happened?
 
So Wigan is playing well and in good form :nervous:
We need the three points, however, we're in form as well and can bring on some fresh player. Hope that Tevez and Anderson play. My team:

VDS

Rafael
Ferdinand (Evans)
Vidic
Evra (O'Shea)

Ronaldo
Carrick
Anderson
Nani

Rooney
Tevez
 
Wigan are impressive and will give us a good game, but we'll be too strong. Can see it being 2-1 or 3-1
 
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