Team v Pompey - the Official Thread.

vds

brown
rio
vidic
evra

fletcher
oshea
scholes
giggs

tevez
rooney

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

Consider the posibility of going to Chelsea/Liverpool with that side you've listed. It's a real possibilty.

Not really, Hargo'll be fit then, Nani un-banned and anderson back from the Olympics at the very least.

Originally Posted by Ginlarde

vds

brown
rio
vidic
evra

fletcher
oshea
scholes
giggs

tevez
rooney

Isn't Giggs injured?

Giggs is injured
Hargreaves aint fit yet

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Isn't Giggs injured?

didnt know, didnt read the rest of the thread. but i have now.

i really cant see anderson coming straight in....

he could be tempted to do somehting like

vds

brown
rio
vidic
oshea

fletcher
possebon
scholes
evra

tevez
rooney

Originally Posted by hopkins

Giggs is injured
Hargreaves aint fit yet

Hargo aint definitely ruled out.

Nani's headbutt's infuriating me more by the game.

Originally Posted by Ginlarde

didnt know, didnt read the rest of the thread. but i have now.

i really cant see anderson coming straight in....

he could be tempted to do somehting like

vds

brown
rio
vidic
oshea

fletcher
possebon
scholes
evra

tevez
rooney

I can see it being something like the above. Fletcher and O'Shea will certainly start. Tevez will probably start on the bench in all likelihood due to the bereavement and travel involved. Giggs is scheduled for a Aug 25th return so may start. Hargo will probably make the bench. All in all utterly depressing. We need (and always have needed) a spark up front (Eric , Yorkie-Cole, the portugeezer). Otherwise we are just a creative team that plays excellent football but lacks the killer instinct.

ive got a bad feeling about the game regardless of the team, always a tough place to go.

Originally Posted by Ginlarde

ive got a bad feeling about the game regardless of the team, always a tough place to go.

It is but I think we'll win. this team has shown its resiliance and quality over the last coupla years in tough situations and i think we'll see it again.

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

It is but I think we'll win. this team has shown its resiliance and quality over the last coupla years in tough situations and i think we'll see it again.

hope youre right.......but i just think it has draw written all over it. the only hope imo is if tevez is fit and raring to go

Originally Posted by Ginlarde

hope youre right.......but i just think it has draw written all over it. the only hope imo is if tevez is fit and raring to go

I'm sure he will be.

It's going to be a struggle.

Originally Posted by armchair

It's going to be a struggle.

Probably but all the more satisfying when we win for being so.

It seems Giggs is fit? according to teamtalk that is. No hargo though.

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/pre...030169,00.html

However, the duo were training with United's first-team squad at their Carrington HQ on Friday morning.

Hargreaves has an outside chance of making the UEFA Super Cup tie with Zenit St Petersburg in Monaco next Friday as he battles to overcome a tendinitis problem in his knee, but Park will probably not be used until after the forthcoming international break as he has only just returned to training after knee surgery.

The sight of Cristiano Ronaldo on the training ground would have gladdened the hearts of United followers, although the Portugal international will not be back in action until October following an ankle operation.

Carlos Tevez has returned after a family bereavement kept him out of the opening day draw with Newcastle, while it appears Sir Alex Ferguson has opted not to rush Anderson home from the Olympics, so John O'Shea stands by to fill Michael Carrick's midfield berth.

Nemanja Vidic did not train with the main group on Friday morning but is expected to face Pompey. Nani completes a three-game ban.

Kick-off at Fratton Park is at 8pm.

United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Brown, Neville, R Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, F Da Silva, Fletcher, O'Shea, Scholes, Possebon, Gibson, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez, Campbell, Welbeck

We need getty images to confirm who's in training

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

John O'Shea stands by to fill Michael Carrick's midfield berth.

at last! something he's good at. a world-class berth-filler. yes!

i thought Giggs played well until he came off against Newcastle

Originally Posted by borsuk

at last! something he's good at. a world-class berth-filler. yes!

I would think that we could avoid this at all costs by doing anything but that.

Originally Posted by Rossi the Red

i thought Giggs played well until he came off against Newcastle

So did I, think we'd have nicked it had he stayed on, would be great news if he's fit.