Hargreaves Fletcher 
West Ham vs. Manchester United
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No Rooney on bench? Injury?
Where is Carrick and Rooney?
Odd team, but should do the job.
Wtf, hope SAF's decision with starting Fletcher/benching Anderson won't cost us the game, like against Bolton....
Thank you for that.
Resting Rooney and Anderson on the bench. Hmm.
Ronaldo to play a blinder, I hope!
Resting Rooney and Anderson on the bench. Hmm.
Ronaldo to play a blinder, I hope!
No Rooney? Fletcher plays?
SAF out!!!!
SAF out!!!!
rooney not even on the bench?
I'll look forward to see old Bestie, saw him at OT in the early 70's.
No Rooney & Carrick today pwweeeehhhh
very good to play Rooney 90 min against Sunderland.....
Rooney not even on the bench?
where the feck is rooney? motherfecker. oh well, 4-0 still, ronnie with 2, saha and tevez with 1 each.
Carrick not even on the bench
Rooney not in the team.Could be flu.
Rooney's rested, Carrick's got man flu
That line-up didn't work wonders for my confidence. I'm worried about lack of creativity from our midfield. Let's hope Ronaldo and Giggs are at it today..
Tevez and Saha are pretty unproven, but nice to see Louis get a game. Hope Carlos is in great form, he will surely be determined to once again impress his old fans...
Tevez and Saha are pretty unproven, but nice to see Louis get a game. Hope Carlos is in great form, he will surely be determined to once again impress his old fans...
Still a good enough team. I'm off down the pub, make sure I get a seat in time for KO. Come on United!!!!!
O Noes!!!1
i see, well if things aren't going well in the first half we still have Nani and Anderson on the bench. Hope Ronaldo continues his fine form. Nick the early goal and we should be fine.
Park rested or did he pick up another injury?
Looking forward to seeing the Tevez Saha partnership.
I must admit I wondered about this piece of inside info from yesterday but it turns out to have been perfectly accurate, so respect to Robin.
Im shocked not to see Rooney there... I hope its nothing serious, why Fletcher and not Anderson though?
Surely this demonstrates the need to finally allow a 7-man bench? Why are the FA such bellends?
That being said, i thought Rooney would have thrived in an open game like this usually is. He was oozing confidence in the Sunderland one, should have atleast made the bench. Don't known if it is injury or whatever.
Anderson should have started; Hargreaves-Fletcher is probably one of the last preferential midfield combo probably just above a combo with O'Shea in it.
Ronaldo, Tevez and Saha are good enough to win this for us. Touch wood the defense does its usually solid job as well.
That being said, i thought Rooney would have thrived in an open game like this usually is. He was oozing confidence in the Sunderland one, should have atleast made the bench. Don't known if it is injury or whatever.
Anderson should have started; Hargreaves-Fletcher is probably one of the last preferential midfield combo probably just above a combo with O'Shea in it.
Ronaldo, Tevez and Saha are good enough to win this for us. Touch wood the defense does its usually solid job as well.
very strange
did v blkbrn - ronaldo got two.
i thought fergie would do this making him play 90 when he could have had rooney off at about the same time he took ronaldo off.
we'll have to depend on Giggs for the creativity today....
Fletcher surely just, because SAF wants to give him some games, not because he deserves the place in the team.
why no Dong
Who is the playmaker there? Holy shit and where is our Rooney?
Damn i suppose Fergie is starting to play FM...
OH NOESS !
Sack Fergie, Sell Fletcher.
That does not even make sense.
No West Ham team sheet?
C'mon you two worthless Hammer fans!?
C'mon you two worthless Hammer fans!?
Our squad and depth are an advantage we have over most teams, so why not use it, especially now? We've got opponents who have to play their top players for the full 90 minutes in each of those Christmas program matches, while we can let ours rest here and there and still put out a top team.
It's our best available defence, a solid midfield, and four proven match winners on the wings and upfront. It's a good team, and it should certainly be good enough to win.
It's our best available defence, a solid midfield, and four proven match winners on the wings and upfront. It's a good team, and it should certainly be good enough to win.
West Ham United: Green, Neill (c), Upson, Spector, McCartney, Solano, Noble, Mullins, Parker, Ljungberg, Cole
Subs: Wright, Pantsil, Ferdinand, Ashton, Camara
A fecking 4-5-1
Subs: Wright, Pantsil, Ferdinand, Ashton, Camara
A fecking 4-5-1
Game hasn't started yet.Lets see how it pans out before panicking.
Our squad players, who we will surely need at one stage or the other, are not miracle workers. If you get them on the pitch when you have to after months of not playing, they won't produce. Fletcher started at Sunderland for that reason exactly, done very well, so why should he be dropped?