gazza neville 
he is going to be great .. as usual
stop hating
he is going to be great .. as usual
stop hating
Stoke City vs. Manchester United
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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.
Are you a complete mongoloid? Just imagine(with our shaky defence also in mind) Rafael and Evra getting the ball put over their head all afternoon, just imagine weakling player's like Park and Obertan getting barged off the ball all afternoon, meaning we'd probably be put under more pressure due to the ball not sticking up top, and I'll tell you now, Hernandez is going to have a tough time imposing himself on this game, he'd have not started if we'd had more striking options right now.
O'Shea hasn't even kicked a ball yet and were already slating him. Come On United !!! We need to show we can put on a performance without that overpaid scouse twat.
I can't see Fergie playing JOS over Carrick as the anchor. Carrick's vastly superior to JOS in every single respect in that position. It was different against Everton because both Carrick and Anderson were injured.
Just hope we don't play to narrow.
O Shea cant be worse than Carrick was midweek.
we're playing stoke ffs
im sure we'd see barcelona drop iniesta, messi, xavi, dani alves to cope with stokes physical presence
We'll play 433. That's not "wide left". He'll be looking to get on the end of crosses from Nani and through balls from Berbatov.
Well O'Shea's not exactly going to be a massive improvement in that factor.
However he'll sit and protect our defense and he was very good at Goodison so I'm happy with him playing.
Neville on the right is scary though.
Neville's only previous appearance was against Everton this season. He was positioned poorly for their first goal (did well to recover and get a challenge on Arteta but then switched off for the follow up) and their 2 goals in stoppage time came from left wing crosses
Stoke: Sorensen, Huth, Shawcross, Faye, Collins, Pennant, Wilson, Delap, Etherington, Walters, Jones.
Subs: Begovic, Higginbotham, Whelan, Gudjohnsen, Pugh, Sanli, Wilkinson.
Subs: Begovic, Higginbotham, Whelan, Gudjohnsen, Pugh, Sanli, Wilkinson.
Carrick was ok in midweek.
Carrick is a top defensive midfielder. One of the best in Europe. Why we aren't playing him is wrong.
I'm not worried, we got Nani, Scholes, Berba and Hernandez all in there.
Have faith.
Have faith.
Obertan is not that weak, from what I've seen lately. If your theory was right I can't see why Neville is chosen ahead of O'Shea at the RB. Neville is not exactly a strong, tall defender, is he?
Come On United !!! We need to show we can put on a performance without that overpaid scouse twat.
If things dont go well today we'll end up praying for him to return soon (and in form)
I feel positive, I expect a convincing performance and win
I can also imagine our side taking control of the ball, creating chances and keeping Stoke pinned in thier own half
That's what some said before our European game that what Rooney did would have a galvanizing effect on the team.
Final result: 1-0 and anything but convincing.
Manchester United could set an unwanted record for their manager today. After celebrating his 2,000th game as a professional football boss on Tuesday, Sir Alex Ferguson will be desperate to get three points at Stoke this afternoon. If United don't win, it will be the first time under Fergie that they have ever failed to win any of their first five away league matches of the season.
we're playing stoke ffs
im sure we'd see barcelona drop iniesta, messi, xavi, dani alves to cope with stokes physical presence
Riiiiiight....
And who's the iniesta, messi, xavi and alvez dropped to our bench?
'kin weirdo...
SAF says Sheasy's height is a big reason for him starting
They are playing more wingers then we are
So your conclusion is ?
Stupid team, another case of SAF bowing to the opposition. Gaz Nev right back, JOS in centre mid? feck me.
Probably the Sunderland tactics again, i.e no left side of the team
but hey, as the other Sharky said to me "Thats a bit ignorant Sharky number 2. We always change personel to suit the situation, even if we're not playing a big team. That's why we've named an unchanged lineup in the PL only twice in 3 years."
Calm down dear
Talksport seem convinced it's Fletcher on the right and Nani on the left of a 4-4-2.
G Nev's 600th game
Moving Nani's position would be a big risk considering he's been our best player for a while on the right.
It definitely won't be that then
Scholes absolutely dominated this fixture last year...more of the same please
I completely agree. He needs a chance to play himself into form.
In my eyes it's no coincidence we won the prem for three years with him in the team and his loss of form saw us lose it by one point last year. Obviously the defensive crisis didn't help the situation but it's still no coincidence.
I wouldn't be overly optimistic on a good performance.
I thought everyone realized O'Shea would be playing, I'm just a bit surprised it's not at RB.
Gaz
Congratulations to T-Bag on 600 games
Fergie sat down watching the Rangers game.
I could see O'Shea leftback, Evra left wing ... maybe it's just me.
Fergie really must hate the Caf - first he takes Rooney back, now he plays O'Shea in midfield
I have faith in the team and Scholesy might need someone to do all the dirty work to have a more kind of free role.
I have faith in the team and Scholesy might need someone to do all the dirty work to have a more kind of free role.
I definately agree we need a five man midfield. I'm just questioning why Hernandez plays wide in that system.