Manchester United vs. Wigan Athletic

[Ludens the Red]

Manchester United Vs. Wigan Athletic
Old Trafford
Barclays Premier League
26th December 2011
Kick Off 15:00

 

[charlenefan]

We'll lose now for the thread not being done properly upon submission of the submit button

 

[VidaRed]

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This.

 

[sammsky1]

This.

mate, looks like leroy has done you out of a job!

 

[Minkaro]

De Gea
Rafael Smalling Evans Evra
Valencia Carrick Park Nani
Rooney Welbeck​

Can't see Giggs starting. Just read that Ferdinand will miss the game, so I'm guessing that Rafael will come back into the side. Maybe Valencia at RB? I dunno.

As for subs (whilst I'm in the predicting mood)

Lindegaard, Fryers, Gibson, Giggs, Hernandez, Berbatov.

Only six subs, as I'm drawing a blank on who the last one could be. Would be nice if it was one of Morrison or Pogba, but I'm not exactly holding out hope for that. Although, looking at that it seems lacking in defence mostly, so perhaps there's a young CB that could go there?

 

[Ludens the Red]

This.

Dude, you don't even know when we're playing

Btw the Wigan game is Monday, Monday, this Monday, not Tuesday, not Sunday, MONDAY

 

[prateik]

They have draws against Chelsea and Liverpool.
Might not be a walkover

 

[charlenefan]

Just read that Ferdinand will miss the game

Where did you read that? Sky were suggesting he was just rested tonight?

 

[VidaRed]

mate, looks like leroy has done you out of a job!

That is yet to be seen

 

[championo]

feck everyone else LeRoy the Red, you are the new VidaRed. Oh and feck you vidaRed for that Barca thread, you are still not forgiven.
See thread starter makes all the difference and not the players.
As you can see Leroy the Red, support for thread starters is ephemeral so watch your back! What have you done for me lately?

 

[VidaRed]

Dude, you don't even know when we're playing

Because you couldn't get the dates right

 

[Minkaro]

Where did you read that? Sky were suggesting he was just rested tonight?

ManUnitedTalk on Twitter.

ManUnitedTalk ManUnitedTalk
SAF: "Phil Jones had an elbow to his jaw and will for X-rays. He is a concern. Rio will be out next Monday and Ashley Young for 2-3 weeks."

 

[ricky-romeo]

----------------------------de gea-------------------

rafael-----------smalling--------------evans-------evra

valencia----------carrick--------------rooney------nani

----------------welbeck-----------berbatov---------

 

[charlenefan]

ManUnitedTalk on Twitter.

fecks sake. Thankfully we've got 2 home games coming up

 

[VidaRed]

feck everyone else LeRoy the Red, you are the new VidaRed. Oh and feck you vidaRed for that Barca thread, you are still not forgiven.
See thread starter makes all the difference and not the players.
As you can see Leroy the Red, support for thread starters is ephemeral so watch your back!

if not for my thread we wouldn't have scored in the final

 

[That'sHernandez]

We'll lose now for the thread not being done properly upon submission of the submit button

This.

He's done it this way three times no, seems like a winning formula to me.

 

[sammsky1]

if not for my thread we wouldn't have scored in the final

 

[Ludens the Red]

They have draws against Chelsea and Liverpool.
Might not be a walkover

Haha crazy talk, its Wigan, they'll have their pants dropped and arseholes lubed for us as usual.

Oh and thanks Champiano.

 

[charlenefan]

Hope we're not tempted to put Rooney back into midfield not when he's found his goal touch again

 

[Unam333]

Haha crazy talk, its Wigan, they'll have their pants dropped and arseholes lubed for us as usual.

I'm quoting this. In case we drop points, then I consider this a jinx.

 

[Orton]

If Jones, Young and Rio are out, then let's hope we just go with the same team that started tonight, with Rafael coming in at right back.

 

[VidaRed]

will jones be playing or not ?

 

[Damien]

..................Between the 2 teams
Manchester United..............Wigan Athletic
.............12...............Pld.............12
.............12................W...............0
...............0................D...............0
...............0................L..............12
.............37................F................4
...............4................A..............37
.............36...............PTS..............0

Last 5 Premier League Results

Manchester United (13 points from 15)

Manchester United 1-1 Newcastle United
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
Manchester United 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Manchester United
Fulham 0-5 Manchester United

Wigan Athletic (8 points from 15)

Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic 0-4 Arsenal
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Chelsea
Wigan Athletic 0-0 Liverpool

Won't be an easy game by any stretch, despite our history against them saying otherwise. Wigan have done very well over their last few games. Gary Caldwell is apparently suspended for Wigan.

I think we'll be playing a similar side to that which played tonight.

 

[stubie]

3-7-0 formation

Lindegaard

Smalling
Evans
Evra

Welbeck
Carrick
Park
Cleverley
Nani
Rooney
Berbatov

 

[Berlinknives]

Gibson will start, Caf will kill itself.

 

[charlenefan]

Team should be...

GK: De Gea

RB: Rafael
CB: Smalling
CB: Evans
LB: Evra

RM: Valencia
CM: Carrick
CM: Park
LM: Nani

CF: Rooney
CF: Welbeck

Subs: Lindegaard, Fryers, Giggs, Gibson, Pogba, Berbatov, Hernandez

Gonna just have to bypass the midfield area in this one and rip them up on the wings with Rafa, Nani and Valencia

 

[Cheesy]

I'm never one for sounding too confident, and I always prefer to be modest and opt for a small margin win, but after tonight's convincing performance and Wigan not looking all that good, I'm very confident. I'll go for a 4-0 for us.

 

[charlenefan]

Previous results v Wigan

10/11
Wigan 0-4 Man Utd - Hernandez x2, Rooney, Fabio
Man Utd 2-0 Wigan - Evra, Hernandez

09/10
Man Utd 5-0 Wigan - Rooney, Carrick, Rafael, Berbatov, Valencia
Wigan 0-5 Man Utd - Rooney x2, Berbatov, Owen, Nani

08/09
Wigan 1-2 Man Utd - Tevez, Carrick; Rodallega
Man Utd 1-0 Wigan - Rooney

07/08
Wigan 0-2 Man Utd - Ronaldo, Giggs
Man Utd 4-0 Wigan - Tevez, Ronaldo x2, Rooney

06/07
Man Utd 3-1 Wigan - Ronaldo x2, Solskjaer; Baines
Wigan 1-3 Man Utd - Vidic, Saha, Solskjaer; Baines

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

No Park in CM please.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Wigan have hit a decent little run of form, culminating in drawing with Chelsea, then Liverpool.

This might be trickier than it first seems.

 

[December_16]

I'm quoting this. In case we drop points, then I consider this a jinx.

You should be the last one on here to threaten somebody for jinxing, Unam.


I actually forgot what you jinxed, but whatever.

 

[Sir Matt]

A win and two draws isn't bad for them...we should still destroy them mind. As long as our midfielder(Carrick) doesn't get hurt between now and then.

 

[Cutch]

No Park in CM please.

This

 

[RDCR07]

I would like to see Rooney and Hernandez for this game and then Berbatov and Welbeck for the Blackburn game.

 

[Hans Moleman]

                  de Gea

Rafael     Smalling    Evans    Evra

Valencia   Carrick     Park     Nani

           Rooney     Welbeck

SUBS:
Lindegaard, Fryers, Giggs, Gibson, Pogba, Berbatov, Hernandez

4-0
Rooney (2), Nani, Smalling

 

[Ace]

Does anyone think Rooney might be tossed into the midfield for this match?

 

[Sunny Jim]

why is Rio out?

 

[rcoobc]

Leroy! Leroy! Leroy!

 

[Berlinknives]

why is Rio out?

The reason given on the BBC was "knock", either he's badly bruised or gone on a pilgrimage.

BBC Sport - Manchester United defender Phil Jones set for X-ray

 

[Carl]

Good form or not, I expect to give them a bit of a spanking.