Team v Derby - The Official Thread

Same as The Watcher. I don't think sending out Hargreaves, at home against a side like Derby, sends the right message to be honest.

Originally Posted by Serenity Now

You're might well be correct about that, but on the other hand we've generally destroyed Jewell's teams when we've faced them before. We averaged something like 3 goals against him during his spells at Wigan and Bradford. And Derby really are £#%&!ing shocking.

I don't mean because of Jewell (although I do think he's a good manager), more becasue of the new manager factor. I think they'll be out to impress enough to avoid the kind of tonking they were getting under Davies.

Don't get me wrong, I'll still expect us to cruise it.

Originally Posted by Ether

Same as The Watcher. I don't think sending out Hargreaves, at home against a side like Derby, sends the right message to be honest.

Why not?

I think Hargreaves plays at a good tempo and plays a part in maintaining the pace of our play. He gets about and competes which the one thing you would at least expet Derby to do.

I would like

---------------VDS----------------------
---simpson----rio-------vidic------evra---
---ronaldo-----carrick--anderson----giggs-
----------------tevez---rooney-----------

Hopefully simpson will come up with a performance that will put to shame the ginger @#%&!.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

VDS

Brown
Vidic
Rio
Evra

Ronnie
Carrick
Anderson
Giggs

Tevez
Rooney

£#%&!ing smash the @#%&!s!

ditto. possibly nani for giggs, giggs to play against roma, and kuszczak for vds.

Van da star

'Weso'--Rio'o'--'El Pique nibre'--'da Evster'

Ronnie--Predator--Crickster--Giggles

Fat boy---Tevez

Word!

Carrick and Pique need games because we're going to need them later in the season.

Derby going 4-5-1.

hopefully they make an early mistake

Originally Posted by legendary saf

Derby going 4-5-1.

hopefully they make an early mistake

Wouldn't have expected them to play 4-3-3 to be honest.

We're rubbish

Dangerous freekick.......

wasted

Originally Posted by legendary saf

Dangerous freekick.......

wasted

At least he got it over the wall rather than straight at it.

Good play by Giggsy there, the Ryan of old

where are ppl watching this?

Ffs

Carp
The ref is a joke

Ronaldo, please stop taking freekicks, PLEASE

Rooney doesn't look fully fit. Those first touch clips over the defenders with his back to the goal aren't half frustrating to watch.

Paul Scholes would make a huge difference to this. Fact.

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

Paul Scholes would make a huge difference to this. Fact.

True.

I see this being a 0-0.