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FA Cup
Saturday 5th January
Kick Off: 17:15
Boleyn Ground (Upton Park)
Lindegaard
Jones smalling vidic buttner
Fletcher Scholes
Valencia Kagawa Powell
Welbeck
Give vidic a few more minutes, doubt he'll start against Liverpool because Evans and rio have been doing alright apart from Newcastle game. Rest pretty much everyone, give Kagawa more minutes to make him ready for Liverpool game. Should be enough to win the game anyways.
Then for Liverpool ..
De gea
Rafael Ferdinand Evans Evra
Carrick Cleverley
Young Rvp Kagawa
Hernandez
I don't think West Ham will be too bothered about this game either.
They are not safe at all, have got many players injured so I doubt Big Sam care for one minute about going through, staying in the PL is the only thing important.
And I don't care either, we have more games this year than city so I rather focus on PL and CL and play those who need games for the, possible, first rounds of the FA Cup.
Not sure why so many are resting near the whole team. We've rotated the pack well over Christmas, have 4 days til this game and another 8 til the Liverpool game. Fletcher and Scholes centre midfield? Seriously? West Ham at home are a force, and this is their cup final when United come to town.
Pick our best team, we havn't won this cup in years so its not a game to be fecking about in.
De Gea
Rafael
Evans
Rio/Vidic
Evra
Carrick
Cleverley/Kagawa
Young
Valencia/Giggs
RVP
Hernandez
^What is it you disagree with?
Not sure why so many are resting near the whole team. We've rotated the pack well over Christmas...
Evra and carrick have racked up a lot of minutes and could do with a break, likewise rvp has played quite a bit and with his history there's no poor taking risks.
Would hope those 3 get a rest. Would be great if nani/Rooney were back for this game.
Have we? I think we've kept rotation to a minimum. I'm expecting at least 8 changes for the West Ham game and I thoroughly expect to get beat. Mainly because that's what we do in the FA Cup and also because West Ham are excellent at home.
Generally most of our players have had a breather at some point and all should be in decent nick for playing another game in 4 days, and another 8 days after that. If we hadn't over a week to prepare for the Liverpool game after this one i would agree with you.
I know that the FA Cup isn't regarded quite as highly as it used to be, however the level of indifference displayed by some in this thread is more than i expected. It'll barely be a spectacle if such sentiment was shared at the clubs.
If we can beat West Ham it'd be nice to have some rousing draw in the next round, preferably away. Leeds, Boro [or even Hastings if pull of a giant killing], Aldershot e.t.c.
If eventually we got out of the competition who wants it to be some damp squib of game you know.
I see that Carroll is back from injury for West Ham, but we'll whether be thrown straight back in you'd doubt. With Jarvis on one of the flanks you'd like to have a midfield which can properly support the full backs.
Assuming Rooney, Anderson, Nani and Jones are still out, I'd go with:
Lindegaard
Rafael - Vidic - Smalling - Buttner
Fletcher
Scholes - Cleverley
Valencia - Welbeck - Kagawa
Kagawa drifting inside and do the playmaking while Valencia plays his usual game, this time with Rafael behind (which hopefully should improve his game considerably). I desperately want us to go as far as possible in the FA Cup this year, so keep decent options on the bench as well please...
Assuming Rooney, Anderson, Nani and Jones are still out, I'd go with:
Lindegaard
Rafael - Vidic - Smalling - Buttner
Fletcher
Scholes - Cleverley
Valencia - Welbeck - Kagawa
Kagawa drifting inside and do the playmaking while Valencia plays his usual game, this time with Rafael behind (which hopefully should improve his game considerably). I desperately want us to go as far as possible in the FA Cup this year, so keep decent options on the bench as well please...
It depends how seriously you want us to treat this competition. Personally i'd play all 3. Evra and Carrick have shown over the years that they can handle busy schedules while RVP is our talisman who in Rooneys probable absence should be nailed on to play imo.
Don't drop De Gea. I'd like us to win the cup this year.